Hyrum Angus Jensen

Brief Life History of Hyrum Angus

When Hyrum Angus Jensen was born on 4 May 1895, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Hyrum Julius Jensen, was 26 and his mother, Bodell C. Hansen, was 27. He married Mary Adell Wright on 25 December 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 2009. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 15 April 1986, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hyrum Angus Jensen
1895–1986
Mary Adell Wright
1896–1975
Marriage: 25 December 1918
Marvin Angus Jensen
1919–1994
Shirrel Hyrum Jensen
1920–1965
Marjorie Beth Jensen
1922–2013
Beth Adell Jensen
1924–2009
Marilyn Jean Jensen
1930–2006

Sources (41)

  • Hyrum A Jensen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Hyrum Angus Jensen, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
  • Hyrum A. Jensen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1899

Germany annexes Western Samoa, the U.S. takes over eastern Samoa and Britain withdraws its claim to the islands in accordance with treaty between Germany, Britain and the U.S.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

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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JENSEN, Hyrum Angus

I am the oldest grandson of Hyrum and was blessed to be his and grandmas traveling partner on many many trips to various places in the west. Grandpa was interested in the old missions of the south wes …

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