When Elvin Christian Jorgensen was born on 29 January 1907, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Christian Jorgensen, was 39 and his mother, Jane Ann Reese, was 33. He married Margaret Allen on 15 December 1932, in Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Århus, Denmark in 1930 and Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 7 May 1993, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, South Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Jorgen, Nels, Lars, Niels, Holger, Anders, Borge, Einer, Folmer, Morten, Bjorn.
Danish and Norwegian (Jørgensen); North German (Jörgensen): patronymic from the personal name Jørgen, Jörgen, from Greek Geōrgios (see George ). Compare Jergensen , Jergenson , Jorgenson , and Yorgensen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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