Brief Life History of Mads Peter
When Mads Peter Jessen was born on 22 April 1822, in Mejsling, Jerlev, Jerlev, Vejle, Denmark, his father, Jes Olesen, was 43 and his mother, Anne Marie Ebbesdatter, was 40. He married Maren Jensen on 24 October 1851, in Vejlby, Koldinghus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in København, Denmark in 1845 and Engum, Hatting, Vejle, Denmark in 1850. He died on 14 December 1862, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Mads P Jessen in household of Georg Johan Holst, "Denmark Census, 1850"
- Birth record for Mads Peter Jessen 22 April 1822 Mejsling, Jerlev, Jerlev, Vejle, Denmark image 12 entry 55 (new colorized scan)
- Ebbe Jessen, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark
Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Gudmund, Nels, Carsten, Holger, Niels, Sten, Sven, Thorvald. German Hans, Gerhard, Otto, Elke, Frieda, Georg, Johannes, Kurt, Rainer, Wilhelm.
Danish and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jess . Compare Jesson .
German: habitational name from any of various places called Jessen, mostly in eastern Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sketch of JessenFamily History by Lowell E Jessen
My father, Jesse Jessen (1873-1952) suffered a heart attack in the summer of 1942. With a clot lodge in his heart, his activities were severely restricted. Debilitating effects of inactivity began sho …
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