Jens Eriksen

Brief Life History of Jens

When Jens Eriksen was born on 3 February 1868, in Sporup, Gjern, Skanderborg, Denmark, his father, Niels Eriksen, was 35 and his mother, Karen Ditlevsen, was 27. He married Helene Christiansen on 2 September 1892, in York, York, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Otis Township, Hamilton, Nebraska, United States for about 30 years and Hampton, Hamilton, Nebraska, United States for about 5 years. He died on 7 July 1944, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hampton, Hamilton, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jens Eriksen
1868–1944
Dorthea Rasmussen
1870–1960
Marriage: 1893
Carl Harry Ericksen
1904–1997
Johannes Lauritz Ericksen
1908–1973
Arnold Theodore Ericksen
1909–2002
Carroll Hubert Ericksen
1911–1991

Sources (16)

  • Jens Jensen in household of Niels Eriksen, "Denmark Census, 1870"
  • James Erikson, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Jens Ericksen, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1879

Historical Boundaries: 1879: Hamilton, Nebraska, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Morten, Alf, Johan, Aase, Bjorn, Einer, Fredrik, Helle, Iver, Knud.

Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Erik, from Old Norse Eiríkr (see Erickson ).

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

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