Brief Life History of Annie Maria
When Annie Maria Jensen was born on 15 October 1852, in Børglum, Børglum, Denmark, her father, Jens "Loth" Jensen, was 51 and her mother, Maren Andersdatter, was 39. She married John Shawcroft on 9 February 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Børglum, Børglum, Børglum, Denmark for about 5 years and Sanford, Conejos, Colorado, United States in 1910. She died on 10 April 1930, in Richfield, Conejos, Colorado, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sanford, Conejos, Colorado, United States.
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- Annie Maria Jensen Shawcroft, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Annie Maria Jensen - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Anne Marie Jensen
- Annie Maria Jensen Shawcroft, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Conejos, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Conejos, Colorado, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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Maria Jensen Shawcroft—Her Story
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