Brief Life History of James
When James Jensen was born on 7 June 1841, in Haverup, Pedersborg, Alsted, Sorø, Denmark, his father, Hans Jensen, was 24 and his mother, Sidse Marie Jacobsdatter, was 26. He married Mette Jacobine Petrine Sørensdatter on 21 September 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1857 and lived in Pedersborg, Alsted, Sorø, Denmark for about 10 years and Blooming Prairie Township, Steele, Minnesota, United States in 1880. He died on 15 January 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jens Hansen in household of Hans Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
- James Jensen, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- James Jensen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1847 · Casino Theatre (Copenhagen)
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.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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.
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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Hans Jensen and Sidse Marie Jacobsen
Hans and Sidse Jensen lived in the little village of Hagerup, Denmark, on the island of Sjeland, in the little village of Hagerup, Denmark. The village was small and its chief resources, its farms, we …
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