Brief Life History of Maren Sophia
When Maren Sophia Jensen was born on 13 April 1856, in Haverup, Pedersborg, Alsted, Sorø, Denmark, her father, Hans Jensen, was 39 and her mother, Sidse Marie Jacobsdatter, was 41. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1857. She died on 31 August 1857, in Fort Bridger, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 1.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Marie Sophia Jensen - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Marie Sophia Jensen
- Maren Hansen, "Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941"
- Sophie [Maren] Jensen, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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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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Maria Sophia Jensen
Maria Sophia Jensen, born 13 April 1856 in Haverup, Pedersborg, Alsted, Sorø, Denmark; died 31 August 1857 by Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial; Stone 8 Maria Je …
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