Jens Pedersen

  Generelle notater:

Han blev født den 17 juni 1853. Hjemmedøbt den 9 juli. Fremstillet i kirken den 20 november 1853, søn af indsidder Peder Christian Jensen og hustru Ane Hansdatter fra Sønderhaven.
Faddere: gårdkone Ane Pedersdatter, Johanne Larsdatter, aftægtsmand Thomas Jensen fra Østermellerup i Jerslev sogn, husmand Rasmus Hansen ibid, ungkarl Jens Larsen
(Kilde: Serridslev kirkebog 1851 - 1856, opslag 9, Hjørring amt.)

I USA blev han kaldt JAMES JENSEN.

Utah has drawn her citizenship not only from every state in the Union but also
from almost every civilized country on the face of the globe. A goodly number of her substantial citizens have come from Denmark, including James Jensen, of Pleasant View, who was there born in 1853. his parents being Peter C. and Annie Jensen, who in the year 1862 bade adieu to friends and native land and with their family came to America as converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Crossing the plains to Utah, they settled for a time in Pleasant Grove and afterward removed to Mount Pleasant, Sanpete county, where they lived until 1866. They then returned to Omaha. Nebraska, where they resided for two years, when they again became residents of Utah, settling in Ogden, where the father worked on the railroad.

James Jensen was a lad of but nine years when the family came to the new world.
He was therefore largely reared upon the frontier of Utah and became familiar with all of the experiences, hardships and privations incident to the settlement of the state. He
aided his father in the work in which the latter engaged, becoming active in the management of the brickyard, and following his father's death he turned his attention to farming, which claimed his time until 1877. In that year he became connected with mercantile interests and in addition to conducting a store engaged in buying and shipping fruit.
He also grows fruit on an extensive scale, being one of the leading horticulturists of his district. He has made a close and discriminating study of the best methods of propagating and caring for the fruit trees and his orchards are in excellent condition, producing
large crops annually.

In 1870 Mr. Jensen was married to Miss Sophia Hansen, who came to Utah in 1869,
making the trip on the first train to Riverdale, which was then the terminus of the line.
To Mr. and Mrs. Jensen have been born nine children who are yet living and they also
lost one child. Their son, Henry L., filled a mission to London, going abroad in 1910
and returning in 1912.

The family adhere to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
and Mr. Jensen is a high priest. He has served as a member of the school board and has
filled the office of constable, while for many years he was postmaster of Pleasant View.
He has been an active factor in the development and upbuilding of the district in which
he resides, connected with its industrial and agricultural interests and now busily and
successfully engaged in farming and fruit growing. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/noble-warrum/utah-since-statehood-historical-and-biographical-volume-3-rra/page-9-utah-since-statehood-historical-and-biographical-volume-3-rra.shtml

The Life Summary of Jens
When Jens Pedersen was born on 17 June 1853, in Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Peder Christian Jensen, was 32 and his mother, Anne Hansdatter, was 31. He married Karen Sophie Pedersdatter on 4 July 1870, in Mound Fort, Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Serritslev, Serritslev, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark in 1855 and North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 24 April 1934, in Pleasant View, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

  Begivenheder i hans liv:

• Bopæl: Sønderhaugen Mark, 1855, Serridslev, Børglum, Hjørring, Denmark.

• A Scandinavian Company with about 264 individuals and 40 wagons in the company from the outfitting p: A Scandinavian Company with about 264 individuals and 40 wagons in the company from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha), 23 Sep. 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States.

• Bopæl, 1880, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

• Bopæl, 1930, Pleasant View, Weber, Utah, United States.

Jens blev gift med Karen Sophie Pedersdatter den 4 Jul. 1870 i Mound Fort, Weber, Utah, USA. (Karen Sophie Pedersdatter blev født den 3 Jun. 1852 i Stensby, Kalvehave, Præstø, Danmark, dåb den 1 Aug. 1852 i Kalvehave, Kalvehave, Præstø, Danmark, døde den 23 Maj 1935 i Pleasant View, Weber, USA og blev begravet den 26 Maj 1935 i Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA.)