Brief Life History of Jens Christian
When Jens Christian Nielsen was born on 22 August 1848, his father, Jens Nielsen, was 27 and his mother, Johanne Christine Gronberg, was 22. He married Marine Margrethe Frederiksen on 21 June 1871, in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Ørslev, Løve, Holbæk, Denmark for about 10 years. He died on 24 June 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Unknown, "Denmark Census, 1901"
- Rønne Parish Birth Record for Jens Christian Nielsen
- J C Nielson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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World Events (8)
1850 · California Is Admitted to Union
California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850, and became the 31st state.
1863
Historical Boundaries 1863: Idaho, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Idaho Territory, United States 1863: Owyee, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Oneida, Idaho, Territory, United States 1875: Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Jorgen, Knud, Lars, Nels, Bent, Borge, Holger, Ove, Einer, Oluf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Niels, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). Compare Nielson , Neilsen , Nelsen , Nilsen , and Nilson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jens Christian Nielsen's journal entry about his step father Carl Fredrick Christian Ertel
My mother married again and I got a stepfather. His name was F.G. Ertel a German and stone cutter by trade. He thought I could earn more by leaving the printing and learn stone cutting. In obedience …
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