Brief Life History of Christian
When Christian Jensen Jr. was born on 17 November 1868, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Christen Jensen, was 45 and his mother, Barbara Jensdatter, was 41. He married Mary Ann Petersen on 25 April 1894, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He lived in Redmond, Sevier, Utah, United States for about 7 years. He died on 20 January 1958, in Magrath, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 89, and was buried in Magrath Cemetery, Magrath, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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- Christian Jensen, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Christian Jensen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Christian Jensen, "BillionGraves Index"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
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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History of Christian Jensen Jr.
HISTORY of CHRISTIAN JENSEN JR. Assembled and written by his son, Lalovee R. Jensen Source of Material: His Father Excerpt from "HISTORY of CHRISTIAN JENSEN and BARBARA CHRISTENSEN JENSEN and T …
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