Brief Life History of Marie Magdalena
When Marie Magdalena Jensen was born on 8 December 1858, in Copenhagen, København, Denmark, her father, Hans Jensen, was 41 and her mother, Christena Jensine Madsen Nielsdatter, was 37. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 14 June 1870, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 11, and was buried in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Maria Jenson in household of Hans Jenson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Marie M Jensen, "BillionGraves Index"
- Marie M Jensen, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"
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World Events (8)
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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