Brief Life History of Bertha Marie
When Bertha Marie Carlsen was born on 2 June 1855, in Store Heddinge, Præstø, Denmark, her father, Hans Carlsen, was 34 and her mother, Maren Pedersdatter, was 33. She married James Lars Jenson on 15 June 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1866 and lived in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Hyrum Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 15 January 1946, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Bertha M Jensen, "United States Census, 1920"
- Bertha Maria Jensen, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
- Bertha Maria Carlson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Niels, Lars, Lief, Alf, Berger, Bernt, Bjorn, Carsten, Erik, Folmer, Holger, Iver. German Kurt, Bernhard, Friederike, Gerhard, Gerhardt, Hans, Helmut, Otto.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Carl (see also Charles ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Karlsen . Compare Carlson and Charlson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Bertha Marie Carlson Jenson
Bertha Marie Carlson Jenson June 2, 1855-January 16, 1946 By Faye Peterson daughter of Elmo Peterson [Added by Benjamin B. Anderson, 20 July 2014] Reminiscing back sixty years to 1924 and high …
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