When Jens Christian Bolander was born on 8 May 1858, in Åsted, Sejlstrup, Denmark, his father, Svend Gustav Bolander, was 39 and his mother, Anna Katrina Andersdotter, was 33. He married Ane Petrine Marie Jensen on 3 October 1879, in Lendum, Sejlstrup, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Åsted, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark in 1870 and Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States for about 8 years. His occupation is listed as owner and operator of shoe shop in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States. He died on 19 March 1942, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
Historical Boundaries 1861: Nez Perce, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Nez Perce, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Nez Perce, Idaho, United States
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Swedish: ornamental or topographic name composed either of bol ‘farm’ + the suffix -ander, derived from Greek anēr (genitive andros) ‘man’, or of bo ‘farm’ + -lander, a hybrid suffix from land ‘land’ and -ander.
German (mainly Boländer): variant of Bohlander .
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