Jens Christian Berthelsen

Brief Life History of Jens Christian

When Jens Christian Berthelsen was born on 14 June 1858, in Voel, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Christian Bertelsen, was 46 and his mother, Ane Sørensdatter, was 37. He married Mary Or Maren Jensen on 14 August 1877, in Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lake City, Hinsdale, Colorado, United States in 1900 and Garland, Park, Wyoming, United States in 1910. He died on 3 June 1929, in Penrose, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Penrose, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jens Christian Berthelsen
1858–1929
Botilda Marie Gylling
1876–1962
Marriage: 11 December 1893
Mary Berthelson
1894–1895
Junius Gylling Berthelson
1895–1967
Agness Berthelson
1897–1982
Urania Berthelson
1898–1933
Nellie Berthelson
1900–1901
Alton Lund Berthelson
1903–1911
Violet Berthelson
1907–1991
Arnold Marion Berthelson
1910–1994
Edna Berthelson
1913–1944
Herman Goldwin Berthelson
1916–2000
Dolly Berthelson
1917–1932
Lola Berthelson
1922–1922

Sources (36)

  • James C. Berthelson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • J C Berthelsen, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
  • James C Berthelson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks

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.

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Holger, Einer, Maren, Viggo.

Danish and Norwegian: variant of Bertelsen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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