Brief Life History of Jens James
When Jens James Anderson was born on 28 April 1835, in Bromme, Sorø, Denmark, his father, Anders Frederiksen, was 39 and his mother, Ellen Jensdatter, was 39. He married Caroline Johanne Kirstine Sophie Nielsdatter on 6 April 1863, in Trinitatis, Sokkelund, København, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 16 years and Springville Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 16 September 1906, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Jens Andersen in household of Anders Frederiksen, "Denmark Census, 1850"
- Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966
- James Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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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.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Ander(s), a northern Middle English form of Andrew , + son ‘son’. The frequency of the surname in Scotland is attributable, at least in part, to the fact that Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so the personal name has long enjoyed great popularity there. Legend has it that the saint's relics were taken to Scotland in the 4th century by a certain Saint Regulus. In North America, this surname has absorbed many cognate or like-sounding surnames in other languages, notably Scandinavian (see 3 and 4 below), but also Ukrainian Andreychenko etc.
German: patronymic from the personal name Anders , hence a cognate of 1 above.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Andersson , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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