When Jens Christensen was born on 16 January 1838, in Torslev, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Christen Jensen Vaeversted, was 41 and his mother, Johanne Marie Madsdatter, was 34. He married Anna Gertrude Erdmann on 26 October 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880 and Chester, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 3 October 1917, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Spring City Cemetery, Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
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