When Jens Jensen Nielsen Beck Bæk was born on 6 May 1847, in Rakkeby, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Niels Jensen Bæk, was 23 and his mother, Ane Olesdatter, was 25. He married Oline Marie Hansen on 2 December 1871. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1867 and lived in Jelstrup, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, Denmark for about 5 years and Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 16 years. He died on 8 February 1928, in Centerfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Centerfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1869: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.
English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJens Nielsen Jensen Beck and his wife Olene Marie Jensen were cousins. Jens joined the church as a teenager. He was about 19 when he and his older sister, Kirsten, left Denmark and came to America wi …
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