Brief Life History of Jens Peter Ipsen
When Jens Peter Ipsen Bendtsen was born on 26 April 1831, in Aaker, Åkirkeby, Bornholm, Denmark, his father, Jeppe Bendtsen, was 35 and his mother, Maren Kirstine Hansdatter Kofoed, was 36. He married Mary Jane Simpson on 26 December 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Vester Marie, Vestermarie, Bornholm, Denmark in 1850 and Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 21 June 1898, in Newton, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Jens Peter Benthin in household of Jeppe Benthin, "Denmark Census, 1840"
- Peter Benson, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Peter Benson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bent, Per. German Kurt, Otto.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Bengt, Ben(d)t, short forms of Benedikt (see Benedict ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of Danish variant Bendtsen and possibly also of Norwegian and Danish Bengtsen. Compare Bensen 2, Benson 3, and Bentson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jeppe Bendtsen
In the little village of Pedersker, Aaker Parish, in the southeast part of Bornholm, Yeppa Benson (Jeppe Bendtsen) was born 20 October 1796. He was the son of Bendt Jensen and Kirsten Pedersen, t …
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