Brief Life History of Morten
When Morten Jensen was born on 22 May 1861, in Honum, Hvirring, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Mikkel Jensen, was 36 and his mother, Karen Jensdatter, was 35. He married Johanne Marie Kirstine Christiansen on 6 December 1882, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1885 and lived in Hvirring, Nim, Skanderborg, Denmark in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 19 April 1925, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Andreas Martin Michelsen in household of Michel Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Morten Jensen - birth-name: Morten Jensen
- Martin Jensen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1862 · The Dakota Conflict/War
The Dakota War was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of Dakota Native Americans. It began along the Minnesota River four years after Minnesota was admitted as a state. The Dakota made attacks on hundreds of settlers, which resulted in their deaths. A military tribunal sentenced 303 Dakota men to death for their crimes but 264 of them were exonerated. The remaining 38 were apart of a mass hanging on December 26 that same year. It was the largest mass execution in United States history.
1868 · Magasin Du Nord
Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.
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 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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Michel Jensen
"Death of M. Jensen. – Pioneer of Richfield Called Hence Suddenly. – Richfield, Nov. 13 – Mickel Jensen, one of Richfield’s most respected citizens and one of our oldest pioneers died here Monday morn …
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