Amalie Rasmine Jensen

Brief Life History of Amalie Rasmine

When Amalie Rasmine Jensen was born on 7 October 1885, in Vejlby, Vends, Odense, Denmark, her father, Peder Jensen, was 45 and her mother, Mette Kirstine Hansen, was 43. She married Lars Peter Pedersen on 21 March 1907, in Pierce, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Bancroft Township, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 2 June 1979, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lars Peter Pedersen
1880–1951
Amalie Rasmine Jensen
1885–1979
Marriage: 21 March 1907
Agnes Lauretta Pedersen
1908–1996
Richard Franklin Pedersen
1910–1973
Dorothy Ann Kristine Pedersen
1912–1997
Axcel Nels Pedersen
1914–1989
Irma Irene Bernice Pedersen
1918–2010
Evelyn Lucille Pedersen
1921–1938
Hobert Kenneth Pedersen
1923–1991
Howard Luverne Pedersen
1925–1997

Sources (32)

  • Amelia R Pedersen, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95Q5-93C?cc=1920099&wc=3XSV-GPX%3A212868201%2C212868202 - Hobert Pederson
  • Amalie R Jensen, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

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1893 · The Minnesota State Flag

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Holger, Einer, Jorgen, Bent, Knud, Per, Ove, Morten.

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen . Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson .

English: variant of Jennison .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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