Jens Møller Christensen

Brief Life History of Jens Møller

When Jens Møller Christensen was born on 8 January 1846, in Kirkeby, Hornstrup, Koldinghus, Denmark, his father, Christen Andersen, was 36 and his mother, Anne Margrethe Jensen Moller Ringkloster, was 28. He married Ane Kirstine Frederiksen before 1867, in Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1867 and lived in Hornstrup, Nørvang, Vejle, Denmark for about 5 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 7 January 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jens Møller Christensen
1846–1915
Petra Sophia Andersen
1868–1956
Marriage: 11 October 1883
John Franklin Christensen
1886–1965
Anna C. Christensen
1888–1967
Rosanna Christensen
1890–1891
Sadie Orrila Christensen
1892–1941
Vivian Miller Christensen
1894–1914
Harry Miller Christensen
1897–1951
Pearl Luetta Christensen
1900–1968
George Milton Christensen
1902–1904
Vera Leona Christensen
1905–1977

Sources (75)

  • Jens Møller Christensen in household of Christen Andersen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jens Moller Christensen - birth: 8 January 1846;
  • James Miller Christonson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"

World Events (8)

1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)

The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented

A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.

Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Dedication of the Aalborg, Denmark Chapel, 7 July 1907

On July 7, 1907, the new Aalborg Chapel was dedicated; of this occasion, the "Manuscript History of the Scandinavian Mission" records: “This beautiful July day dawned upon the city of Aalborg with a c …

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