Sarah Ephramina Jensen

Brief Life History of Sarah Ephramina

When Sarah Ephramina Jensen was born on 10 October 1855, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, her father, Hans Peter Jensen, was 40 and her mother, Sara Josepfina Dina Catharina Claussen, was 26. She married Lorenzo Snow on 12 June 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 2 January 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lorenzo Snow
1814–1901
Sarah Ephramina Jensen
1855–1908
Marriage: 12 June 1871
Le Roi Clarence Snow
1876–1962
Minnie Mabelle Snow
1879–1962
Cora Jeane Snow
1883–1883
Lorenzo Lamont Snow
1885–1954
Rhea Lucile Snow
1896–1976

Sources (38)

  • Winnie Snow, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Sarah Ephramina Jensen BIRTH Ward Record
  • Minnie Jenson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865 · Cornerstone is Laid for the Tabernacle

In May 1865, Brigham Young placed the cornerstone for the Tabernacle building. The work was delayed because of the construction the railroad. The walls of the Tabernacle begun in 1876. The building was first used in 1881.

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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