Brief Life History of James S.
When James S. Jensen was born on 2 October 1851, in Spørring, Århus, Denmark, his father, Christen Jensen, was 28 and his mother, Barbara Jensdatter, was 24. He married Martine Pedersen on 25 November 1872, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He immigrated to Castle Garden, New York County, New York, United States in 1863 and lived in Scipio, Millard, Utah, United States in 1863 and Redmond, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1886, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as precinct poundkeeper in Redmond, Sevier, Utah, United States. He died on 1 February 1920, in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- James C Jensen, "United States Census, 1920"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- James S. [“Samuel” added in ERROR]Jensen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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