Christian Jacobsen

Brief Life History of Christian

When Christian Jacobsen was born on 30 November 1846, in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, his father, Jørgen Jacobsen, was 31 and his mother, Birthe Kirstine Hansdatter, was 25. He married Mary Paulina Litz on 31 March 1881, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 17 January 1921, in Cornish, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Christian Jacobsen
1846–1921
Mary Paulina Litz
1863–1903
Marriage: 31 March 1881
William Christian Jacobsen
1883–1970
Sarah Bertha Jacobsen
1886–1975
Lorenzo Jacobsen
1895–1895
Walter Jacobsen
1899–1899

Sources (27)

  • Christian Jacobsen in household of Jorgen Jacobsen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
  • Christian Jacobsen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Christian Jacobsen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Jorgen, Nils, Anders, Gudrun, Iver, Knud, Alf, Bjorn, Borge, Fredrik.

Danish, Norwegian, North German, and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Jacob . Compare Jacobson and Jakobsen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

1854: "Hans Peter Olsen Company" Birthe Kirstine Hansdatter, children Maria & Christian in co. Husband Jorgen Jacobsen, 4 kids, dead of cholera

Transcript for Jens Hansen autobiographical sketch: I was appointed captain of the camp, which assignment I had until our arrival at the Great Salt Lake Valley. It consisted of seeing to it that ther …

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