When Josephine Albertina Jensen was born on 11 February 1855, in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway, her father, Johan Andreas Jensen, was 59 and her mother, Petra Andrea Amundsdatter, was 26. She married Niels Lars Christensen on 16 December 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1863. She died on 9 March 1888, in Redmond, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Redmond, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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Birth year of Theodor Kittelsen. One of the most popular artists in Norway. He became famous for his nature paintings, as well as his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.
School Act of 1860 which required permanent schools in both towns and rural areas.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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.
Possible Related NamesJohan Andreas Jensen married Petrea Andrea Pederson. He had previously married and been widowed and had a family almost grown at the time of this marriage. He was a captain on a merchant sailing ves …
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