When Jens Julius Jorgensen was born on 2 February 1849, in Hals, Hals, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark, his father, Peter Jorgensen, was 33 and his mother, Louise Janine Hansen, was 23. He lived in Hals, Kær, Ålborg, Denmark for about 5 years and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Jorgen, Nels, Lars, Niels, Holger, Anders, Borge, Einer, Folmer, Morten, Bjorn.
Danish and Norwegian (Jørgensen); North German (Jörgensen): patronymic from the personal name Jørgen, Jörgen, from Greek Geōrgios (see George ). Compare Jergensen , Jergenson , Jorgenson , and Yorgensen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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