When Maurice William Jensen was born on 20 May 1903, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States, his father, John Jensen, was 29 and his mother, Eva Johnson, was 26. He married Erma Sonetta Wirth on 16 September 1929, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States for about 20 years and World for about 30 years. He died on 20 July 1971, in Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Byron Cemetery, Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.
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Efforts to realign Oneida County became the top priority on the political agenda as the county seat was fifty miles away from Preston. They succeeded in their efforts and the bill to create Franklin County was passed on January 30, 1913.
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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.
Possible Related Namesson of Eva Johnson & John Jensen married Erma Sonette Wirth (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31959750)
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