Brief Life History of James Peter
When James Peter Jensen Jr. was born on 9 December 1881, in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Jens Peter Sorensen, was 22 and his mother, Ane Marie Petersen, was 24. He married Emma Belle Christian on 12 October 1904, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Crescent, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 7 November 1960, in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Sandy City Cemetery, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Peter Jensen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- James P. Jensen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- James Peter Jensen, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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