When Johanne Sophie Jensdatter was born on 28 July 1823, in Hovby, Fakse, Tryggevælde, Denmark, her father, Jens Jensen, was 28 and her mother, Ane Marie Johansdatter, was 30. She married Peder Hansen on 3 November 1848, in Fakse, Præstø, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Terslev, Ringsted, Sorø, Denmark in 1860 and Øster Skerninge, Sunds, Svendborg, Denmark in 1870. She died on 14 February 1905, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Possible Related NamesPeter Hansen and Family in the Bennington Ward 1875-1888 By Niki Harrison McOmber, great grandson of Peter Hansen and grandson of Josephine Ellen Hansen McOmber CONTENTS SYNOPSIS HISTO
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