Herbert Jensen

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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Family Time Line

Herbert Jensen
1862–1950
Ida Mathilda Hansen
1873–1940
Marriage: 15 December 1892
Ruth Myrtle Jensen
1894–1940
Beatrice Eleanore Jensen
1896–1986
Herbert Revere Jensen
1898–1920
Dorothy Viola Jensen
1908–2003
Lowell W Jensen
1911–2004

Sources (28)

  • 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"

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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