The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Jensen

♂Christian Lauritz Jensen

Born 1855, Jeisig, Hostrup Sogen, Tønder Amt, Denmark. Died 1930, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States.

7 of 9 events rest on a record we have read; the rest come from compiled sources or are still to be documented.

Parents

Peter Nikolai Jensen 1819–1894 and Christine Marie Bossen 1829– their family

Spouses and children

Life, as the records tell it

EventWhenWhereHow we know
Birth 23 Feb 1855 Jeisig, Hostrup Sogen, Tønder Amt, Denmark on record
Living at
in the household as Børn; Religion: Lutherske
 1860 Hostrup, Slogs, Tønder, Danmark on record
Emigrated
Port of Hamburg
 abt 15 Jan 1870 Hamburg, Germany on record
Occupation
Stage line proprietor
 1876 Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States on record
Occupation
Founder, People's Telephone and Telegraph Company
 1895 Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota, United States on record
Living at 1899 309 South Fifth Street, Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota, United States on record
Living at 1900 Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota, United States on record
Death
According to his obituary, Chris was visiting Leslie and was at Leslie's home in Aberdeen when he died. His body was shipped to Hot Springs later.
 14 Jan 1930 Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States from a compiled source
Burial
Evergreen Cemetery, Hot Springs
 . Evergreen Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota, United States from a compiled source

on record means we have read the original document. from a compiled source means an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so. not yet documented means it is in the family's record but no source is attached yet.

Sources

  • Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark, Censuses, 1769-1860 — Birth, Living at
  • Oyos (ed.), Over a Century of Leadership: South Dakota Territorial and State Governors (Center for Western Studies, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, 1987) - Leslie Jensen, pp. 133-137, by Will G. Robinson — Birth, Occupation
  • U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 (NARA M1490) — Emigrated
  • National Register of Historic Places nomination - Governor Leslie Jensen House, Hot Springs, Fall River Co., South Dakota — Occupation, Living at
  • 1900 U.S. census, Hot Springs city, ED 17, Fall River Co., South Dakota, sheet 6A - Christian L Jensen household (FS MMRQ-7B5) — Living at
  • South Dakota death index, 1930-1939 — Death
  • Find a Grave Index: Christian L. Jensen, memorial 46734403, Evergreen Cemetery, Hot Springs — Burial

Ancestors in time

Time runs down the page, oldest at the top. Each dot is a person at the year they were born (hollow where the year is estimated); curves run from a person up to their parents, pink for a woman, blue for a man. Hover for names and years; click a dot for that person's page or their own charts; drag to move, scroll to zoom, double-click to reset.

Line of descent

  1. Peter Nikolai Jensen 1819–1894
    1. Laust Jensen 1783–1868
      1. Jens Petersen 1753–
      2. Mette Andresen 1753–
    2. Catharina Peters 1784–
      1. Peter Neilsen
      2. Agnetha Caspersen 1753–
  2. Christine Marie Bossen 1829–
    1. Niels Jensen 1801–
    2. Anne Jensdr 1806–1892

Descendants in time

Christian Lauritz Jensen at the top; each descendant a dot at their birth year, joined to the parent they came through. A descendant who may still be living is shown only as "Living", at an estimated birth year, with no page of their own.

Descendants

  1. Maud L. Jensen 1889–1968
  2. Christian Leslie Jensen 1892–1964
    1. Leslie Ward Jensen 1931–2021
    2. children who may still be living
  3. A. Herbert Jensen 1894–1913