Jørgen Christensen

  Generelle notater:

Han blev født den 10 december 1834, døbt den 1 januar 1835, søn af Christen Jørgensen og hustru Karen Thomasdatter i
Kibsgaard.
Der er i kirkebogen ikke nævnt faddere.
(Kilde Dronninglund kirkebog 1830 - 1836, opslag 14, Hjørring amt).

Jørgen Christensen emigrerer til USA og gifter sig med en amerikansk kvinde Hannah Wallace.

pg. 605 HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

JØGEN CHRISTENSON (deceased).—In reviewing the lives of the settlers of Contra Costa County due mention should be made of the name of Jiergen Christenson, one of the most prominent and enterprising ranchers of the eastern section. He was a native of Denmark, born December 10, 1834. At the age of eighteen he came to America, arriving in New Orleans in January, 1853. A short time afterward he went to St. Louis, where he remained until 1858. Then he crossed the plains with ox-teams and came to San Francisco. Here he first found employment in a cofifee and spice house with Charles Bernard, and by close application to business was made manager and conducted the business for sixteen years. About 1865 he settled on two hundred and fifty acres, and at one time he leased over seven hundred acres, in Marsh grant. While a resident of Utah, Mr. Christenson was united in marriage to Hannah Wallace on April 6, 1850, and she died on January 20, 1917. To this union there were twelve children, five of whom are now living. Thomas W. Christenson, a resident of Oakland, was born October 26, 1861. Hannah Wallace Christenson, wife of Joseph Sloan (deceased), was born January 12, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan had three children, Joseph, Jr., born November 6, 1885, and his children are Margery, born October 25, 1911, and Violet, born January 7, 1913; Violet Sloan, born June 8, 1894; Rosetta Sloan died at the age of two years. Charles Bernard Christenson was born April 3, 1869, and is now a resident of Taft, California; his children are Jiergen, born August 4, 1901, and Wallace, born September 8, 1902. James Henry Christenson was born January 3, 1888, and is engaged in the grocery business at Capitola, California; his son, Henry M., was born July 15, 1902. Florence A. Christenson was born January 27, 1881. Thomas W. Christenson, the eldest son, was united in marriage to Emma Brown, of San Francisco, in 1891; to this union was born Blanche, wife of A. Hudson, and Chrissie, who died at the age of fifteen years. Jiergen Christenson was a Republican in his political views. Fraternally, he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The land he bought Mr. Christenson improved in many ways. He erected a large and commodious residence, besides barns and other buildings, which were above the average in his locality. He was a man greatly beloved by all, and his death, which occurred on June 4, 1910, was deeply mourned, and his useful deeds perpetuated his memory.

The Life Summary of Jørgen
When Jørgen Christensen was born on 10 December 1834, in Dronninglund, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Christen Jørgensen, was 41 and his mother, Karen Thomasdatter, was 41. He married Hannah Wallace on 6 April 1859, in Utah Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1853 and lived in California, United States in 1870 and Contra Costa, California, United States in 1900. He died on 4 June 1910, in Capitola, Santa Cruz, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
IMMI: _DATE2 19 MAR 1853

  Begivenheder i hans liv:

• Bopæl, 1840, Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Danmark.

• Konfirmation, 15 Apr. 1849, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Danmark.

• Indvandring: Listed as passenger #247 - "Jorgen Christensen", age 20, coach maker aboard the ship Forest Monarch with other Scandanavians, Jan. 1853, Liverpool, England to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

• Bopæl, 1870, California, United States.

• Voter Registration, 5 Jun. 1874, Point of Timber, Contra Costa, California, United States.

• Voter Registration, 24 Aug. 1892, Byron, Contra Costa, California, United States.

• Bopæl, 1845, Dronninglund, Dronninglund, Hjørring, Danmark.

• Bopæl, 1900, ED 413 Supervisor's District 5, Brentwood, Byron, and Empire Precincts, Contra Costa, California, United States.

• Voter Registration, 8 Jul. 1896, Byron, Contra Costa, California, United States.

Jørgen blev gift med Hannah Wallace den 6 Apr. 1859 i Utah Territory, USA. (Hannah Wallace blev født den 14 Jan. 1836 i Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, dåb den 3 Apr. 1836 i Christ Church, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, døde den 19 Jan. 1917 i Capitola, Santa Cruz, California, USA og blev begravet den 22 Jan. 1917 i Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.)