When James Lars Jenson was born on 21 August 1853, in Östra Torp, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Lars Jönsson, was 29 and his mother, Ingar Andersson, was 31. He married Bertha Marie Carlsen on 15 June 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1866 and lived in Hyrum Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900 and Fairfield, Blaine, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 31 August 1939, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Jean Pierre “Peter” Stalle' BIRTH 25 Dec 1803 Angrogna, Città Metropolitana di Torino, Piemonte, Italy DEATH 17 Aug 1856 (aged 52) Wyoming, USA CENOTAPH Hyrum City Cemetery Hyrum, Cache County, Utah, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 210905806
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English: from the Middle English personal name Jen (a short form of Old French Jehan, i.e. John ) + son. See Jenkin and Janson , as well as Johnson , with which Jenson and Jeynson were freely interchangeable.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Jensen or Jenssen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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