When Christian Jensen was born on 30 April 1826, in Flade, Sejlstrup, Denmark, his father, Jens Jacobsen, was 40 and his mother, Johanne Andersdatter, was 41. He married Kirsten Andersdatter on 28 December 1848, in Torslev, Ålborghus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Flade, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark in 1834 and Torslev, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark for about 10 years. He died on 12 August 1898, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Richfield City Cemetery, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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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.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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