Brief Life History of Herbert
When Herbert Jensen was born on 10 February 1862, in Norway, his father, Nels Carl Jensen, was 25 and his mother, Elen Karine Jacobsdatter, was 24. He married Ida Mathilda Hansen on 15 December 1892, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Grønland, Gamle Oslo, Oslo, Norway in 1865. He died on 25 November 1950, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
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- Hagbart Jensen in household of Elen Karine Jacobsdatter, "Norway Census, 1865"
- Herbert Jensen, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
- Herbert Jensen, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · 1865 Norwegian Census
Arranged by county, clerical district, parish. Includes names with their birth years & places, position in family, occupation, indexes to farms & localities.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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