Brief Life History of Jensine
When Jensine Iversen was born on 21 October 1833, in Skibet, Koldinghus, Denmark, her father, Iver Jensen, was 34 and her mother, Wilhelmine Reinholdine Madsdatter, was 35. She married William Christian Nielsen on 25 July 1857, in Skibet, Koldinghus, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1864 and lived in Skibet, Tørrild, Vejle, Denmark for about 21 years and Vejle, Denmark in 1860. She died on 2 August 1907, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Jensena Nelson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Jensine Iversen, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Jensine Jensen Nielsen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1854 · St. George's Hall
In 1854, St. George's Hall was completed. The site that it sits on is were the Liverpool Infirmary was previously located. The hall was built for entertainment.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Iver, Bernt, Erik, Niels, Svein, Alf, Anders, Bent, Bjorg, Einer, Gudmund, Jorgen.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Iver, from Old Norse Ívarr, a compound of either ív ‘yew tree, bow’ or Ing (the name of a god) + ar ‘warrior’ or ‘spear’.
North German: patronymic from an ancient Germanic personal name, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Iverson 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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¬¬Life of Jensene Iverson Nielsen Jensene Iverson Nielsen was born in Knalering_ Veile, Denmark, on Oct 21, 1835. Being born of wealthy parents, she stayed at home and worked until the time of he …
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