Jens Peter Jensen was known as JENS PETER CHRISTENSEN when he lived in Demark. Ater he followed several of his children to Eureka, California, he changed his surname to Jensen, which was more in keeping with customs in the U.S., where fathers and their sons usually shared the same surname.
Jens and his wife, Karen, along with their two youngest daughters, Marie and Christiana, left Denmark on July 6th, 1882 on the ship, "Helkla," bound for San Francisco. They made their home in Humboldt County, first at Hydesville with their daughter, Sophie, and her husband, Peter Johnson. When Sophie and Peter moved to Eureka, Jens and Karen moved with them.
Some of the source material used to research Jens Peter Jensen is as follows:
Obituary of J.P. Jensen, The Humboldt Times, Eureka, California, Sunday, 13 Nov 1898, front page
Myrtle Grove Cemetery Records, Section #2, Page #74
"Some Deaths and Burials in Humboldt County California, 1852-1905" page 135
Published by The Humboldt County Genealogica Society, Jan 1993, "Humboldt County, California, Death Records, Abstarct of Books 1 & 2, 1873-1925"
Lars Peter Pedersen, "Ancestors of Weaver J. P. Christensen," email enclosure, 27 Mar 2009
Fanefjord; Den Danske Folkekirke; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Batch #Mwwe184, 1839-1886, film #50568
In Denmark, he made his living as a roof thatcher during the summer, and as a weaver during the winter.
Jens and his wife, Karen, along with their two youngest daughters, Marie and Christiana, left Denmark on July 6th, 1882 on the ship, "Helkla," bound for San Francisco. They made their home in Humboldt County, first at Hydesville with their daughter, Sophie, and her husband, Peter Johnson. When Sophie and Peter moved to Eureka, Jens and Karen moved with them.
Some of the source material used to research Jens Peter Jensen is as follows:
Obituary of J.P. Jensen, The Humboldt Times, Eureka, California, Sunday, 13 Nov 1898, front page
Myrtle Grove Cemetery Records, Section #2, Page #74
"Some Deaths and Burials in Humboldt County California, 1852-1905" page 135
Published by The Humboldt County Genealogica Society, Jan 1993, "Humboldt County, California, Death Records, Abstarct of Books 1 & 2, 1873-1925"
Lars Peter Pedersen, "Ancestors of Weaver J. P. Christensen," email enclosure, 27 Mar 2009
Fanefjord; Den Danske Folkekirke; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Batch #Mwwe184, 1839-1886, film #50568
In Denmark, he made his living as a roof thatcher during the summer, and as a weaver during the winter.
Jens Peter Jensen was known as JENS PETER CHRISTENSEN when he lived in Demark. Ater he followed several of his children to Eureka, California, he changed his surname to Jensen, which was more in keeping with customs in the U.S., where fathers and their sons usually shared the same surname.
Jens and his wife, Karen, along with their two youngest daughters, Marie and Christiana, left Denmark on July 6th, 1882 on the ship, "Helkla," bound for San Francisco. They made their home in Humboldt County, first at Hydesville with their daughter, Sophie, and her husband, Peter Johnson. When Sophie and Peter moved to Eureka, Jens and Karen moved with them.
Some of the source material used to research Jens Peter Jensen is as follows:
Obituary of J.P. Jensen, The Humboldt Times, Eureka, California, Sunday, 13 Nov 1898, front page
Myrtle Grove Cemetery Records, Section #2, Page #74
"Some Deaths and Burials in Humboldt County California, 1852-1905" page 135
Published by The Humboldt County Genealogica Society, Jan 1993, "Humboldt County, California, Death Records, Abstarct of Books 1 & 2, 1873-1925"
Lars Peter Pedersen, "Ancestors of Weaver J. P. Christensen," email enclosure, 27 Mar 2009
Fanefjord; Den Danske Folkekirke; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Batch #Mwwe184, 1839-1886, film #50568
In Denmark, he made his living as a roof thatcher during the summer, and as a weaver during the winter.
Jens and his wife, Karen, along with their two youngest daughters, Marie and Christiana, left Denmark on July 6th, 1882 on the ship, "Helkla," bound for San Francisco. They made their home in Humboldt County, first at Hydesville with their daughter, Sophie, and her husband, Peter Johnson. When Sophie and Peter moved to Eureka, Jens and Karen moved with them.
Some of the source material used to research Jens Peter Jensen is as follows:
Obituary of J.P. Jensen, The Humboldt Times, Eureka, California, Sunday, 13 Nov 1898, front page
Myrtle Grove Cemetery Records, Section #2, Page #74
"Some Deaths and Burials in Humboldt County California, 1852-1905" page 135
Published by The Humboldt County Genealogica Society, Jan 1993, "Humboldt County, California, Death Records, Abstarct of Books 1 & 2, 1873-1925"
Lars Peter Pedersen, "Ancestors of Weaver J. P. Christensen," email enclosure, 27 Mar 2009
Fanefjord; Den Danske Folkekirke; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Batch #Mwwe184, 1839-1886, film #50568
In Denmark, he made his living as a roof thatcher during the summer, and as a weaver during the winter.
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