Claresholm, Alberta, Friday, March 27 1936
MR AND MRS JACOB SORENSEN CELEBRATE THEIR DIAMOND WEDDING JUBILEE
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The Diamond wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Jacob Sorenson was celebrated Friday March 20th at the home of Mrs Selma Gibbie.
......description of the decorations, gifts and guest list.......
Mr Sorensen spent his boyhood assisting his father on a farm in Denmark, received his schooling there and taught school for one year. At the age of twenty-one he married a neighbor's daughter, Matilda Peterson. A family wedding was given in honor of the couple after which they moved to the city of Aarhus, Denmark, where they operated an apartment house. At this time they began investigating the Later Day Saints religion. becoming members of the church and immigrating to Utah, July 29 1880. They made their home in Castle Dale Utah, where Mr Sorenson operated a planing mill and became a general builder and contractor. In 1903 the Church called Mr Sorenson among others to settle in Canada. He took a homestead about 14 miles east of Claresholm and moved his family to it in 1904. Mr and Mrs Sorenson devoted much time to religious and community affairs as long as their health permitted.
Mr and Mrs Sorenson are the parents of fourteen children, eight of whom are living. They are:
Mrs Clara Seely of Castle Dale, Utah
Mrs Emma Miller (of Salt Lake City)
Mrs Anena Larsen (of Salt Lake City)
Mrs Elva Whitehead (of Salt Lake City)
Mrs Eva Ellingson (of Salt Lake City)
Alfred Soreson (of Claresholm)
Mrs Blanch Whitehead (of Claresholm)
Mrs Selma Gibble (of Claresholm)
32 grandchildren & 24 great-grandchildren
Claresholm, Alberta, Friday, March 27 1936
MR AND MRS JACOB SORENSEN CELEBRATE THEIR DIAMOND WEDDING JUBILEE
(excerpts)
The Diamond wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Jacob Sorenson was celebrated Friday March 20th at the home of Mrs Selma Gibbie.
......description of the decorations, gifts and guest list.......
Mr Sorensen spent his boyhood assisting his father on a farm in Denmark, received his schooling there and taught school for one year. At the age of twenty-one he married a neighbor's daughter, Matilda Peterson. A family wedding was given in honor of the couple after which they moved to the city of Aarhus, Denmark, where they operated an apartment house. At this time they began investigating the Later Day Saints religion. becoming members of the church and immigrating to Utah, July 29 1880. They made their home in Castle Dale Utah, where Mr Sorenson operated a planing mill and became a general builder and contractor. In 1903 the Church called Mr Sorenson among others to settle in Canada. He took a homestead about 14 miles east of Claresholm and moved his family to it in 1904. Mr and Mrs Sorenson devoted much time to religious and community affairs as long as their health permitted.
Mr and Mrs Sorenson are the parents of fourteen children, eight of whom are living. They are:
Mrs Clara Seely of Castle Dale, Utah
Mrs Emma Miller (of Salt Lake City)
Mrs Anena Larsen (of Salt Lake City)
Mrs Elva Whitehead (of Salt Lake City)
Mrs Eva Ellingson (of Salt Lake City)
Alfred Soreson (of Claresholm)
Mrs Blanch Whitehead (of Claresholm)
Mrs Selma Gibble (of Claresholm)
32 grandchildren & 24 great-grandchildren
Family Members
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Clara Eliza Sorensen Seely
1876–1951
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Anena Mathilda Sorensen Larsen
1881–1985
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Alfred L. Sorensen
1885–1954
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Emma Sorensen Miller
1889–1983
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Elva May Sorensen Whitehead
1892–1954
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Anna Blanche Sorensen Whitehead
1894–1974
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Selma Irene Sorensen Gibbie
1895–1989
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Arnold Leo Sorensen
1897–1897
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Eva Margaret Sorensen Ellingson
1898–1985
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Alonzo Sorensen
1901–1901
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