Brief Life History of Gyda Marie
When Gyda Marie Jensen was born on 14 June 1849, in Nørre Nærå, Odensegård, Denmark, her father, Jens Andersen, was 38 and her mother, Anne Christoffersdatter, was 40. She married Frank Foster. She lived in Klinte, Skam, Odense, Denmark in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1860.
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- Anders Marie Jensen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
- Gyde Marie Jensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- Gyde Marie Jensen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
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1850 · Translation of the Book of Mormon into Danish
Erastus Snow and Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish after six months of being in the country. This translation was the first full translation of the Book of Mormon into another language, after English.
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 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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