When Christian Jessen was born on 6 January 1846, in Trinitatis, Fredericia, Vejle, Denmark, his father, Ebbe Jessen, was 29 and his mother, Dorthe Pedersen, was 36. He married Diantha Brodersen on 7 October 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He lived in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880 and Fremont, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 April 1914, in Squirrel, Fremont, Idaho, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Squirrel, Fremont, Idaho, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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