PB Frederick Young Jensen Jr

Apparently I haven't posted a copy of my Great-Grandpa, Frederick Young Jensen Jr's PB yet. I've posted about Fredrick's wife Madora previously, but haven't said much about him. I do remember him because he didn't die until 1978. At the end he lived with my Grandpa's brother Neal, who also lives in Centerville, Utah. My only memory of him is when me, Corey, my Mom, and Grandpa went over to Uncle Neal's house to visit and he had a big bag of popcorn he shared with me and Corey. I just thought he was a nice old man, until years later I saw a picture of us eating popcorn together and my Mom said he was my Great-Grandpa.

This is at my brother Corey's baby blessing, Great Grandpa Jensen is holding Corey. I am the blonde on the left on the ground, my cousin Konda in the middle, and Konda's brother Chris on the right. Chris and I are the same age and Konda is a year younger than me.

PB Jensen/Spackman

Just so my Jensen and Spackman side of the family knows, here is a final list of PB's (if you want copies let me know):

Jensen

1.       Edward Quinn Jensen 1939 Monticello and 1933 Blanding

2.      Fredrick Young Jensen Jr 1938

3.      Madora Laverna Rogerson Jensen 1901 Monticello

4.     SarahJane Perkins Rogerson 1875 Parowan

5.      John Edward Rogerson 1901 Monticello

6.      Jane Benson Perkins 1896 Manti

7.      Christen Jensen 1877 Ephraim

8.     Kirsten Marie Johansen Jensen 1877 Ephraim

Spackman

1.       Joyce Lucille Spackman Jensen 1936 Raymond

2.      Amy Clarissa Neal Spackman 1921 Stirling

3.      Sarah Ann Criddle Spackman 1899 Farmington

4.     Thomas Spackman 1909 Stirling

5.      Christina Elizabeth Mattson Bohman (but name on PB is Christinna E Greenburg) 1862 GSLCity

6.      Mary Ann Bull Criddle 

7.      Clemency Litten Casper Neel 1837 Kirtland Ohio

8.     William Stevens 1869 GSLCity

9.     Edmund Walker 1872 Peoa Utah

10. Maria Antoinette Swallow Walker 1872 Peoa Utah

No PB

1.       Alfred Bohman

2.      William Henry Spackman

3.      Cora Caroline Walker Neel

4.     John Marion Neel

5.      Thomas Alfred Spackman

6.      Axie Matilda Bohman Spackman

7.      John Perkins

8.     Henry Criddle

9.     Johan/John Larsson Bohman

10. Maria Christina Gavert Bohman

11.    Mattias Anderson

12.   Elizabeth Larsdotter Anderson

13.   John Austin Neel

14.  Ellen Christiana Stevens Neel

15.   John Neel Sr

16.   Rebecca Guess Neel

17.   William Casper

18.  Avarilla Nancy Durbin Casper

19.  John Neel Jr

20.  Emma Crowden Stevens

21.   Thomas Henry Wright

22. Elizabeth Barrett Wright

23. Walter Pharas Walker

24. Charlotte Wright Walker

25.  Frederick Young Jensen Sr

26. Else Marie Andersen Jensen

27. Jens Christian Andersen

28. C/Kathrine Marie Christensen Andersen

Christen and Kirsten Marie Johansen Jensen PB

Christen and Kirsten Marie Johansen Jensen are my 3rd Great Grandparents from Denmark. The first missionaries arrived in Copenhagen in 1850, but my ancestors are from the northern area of Denmark called Hjorring (don't ask me how to pronounce because I will get it wrong), so they weren't baptized until 1853. I'm not exactly sure when they emigrated to the Utah Territory because it was after the railroad arrived in 1868 and their 8th child, a daughter Anna was born in 1870 in Denmark. I do know that their 6th son Frederick, my 2nd Great Grandfather, stayed behind to do missionary work before joined his family in Utah. 

Prior to 1850 Danish last names were done by patronymics, which is the first name of the father was the last name of the children and in Denmark the last names were done by -sen (-son in Norway and Sweden). Daughters had the last name of -datter, so Kirsten was really Johandatter. But after 1850 all the last names were the same from parent to child, thus my Mom's side of the family are known as the Jensen's because Christen's father was Jens Pedersen. Christen and Kirsten were married in 1843 and had eight children, so the older children have a last name of Christensen, but Frederick was born in 1857, has the last name of Jensen. 

Christen and Kirsten's PB both say they are from the tribe of Ephraim, which is the first PB I've come across that says that. The others either didn't say it or used flowery language. In Christen's I do like the part on page 1 that says, "you have received a companion of your youth she shall prove a source of comfort and blessing unto you all her days." In Kirsten's it says, "The Lord loveth thee because of they integrity." They both say that they will some day receive their temple blessings, which was done in 1878 in the Endowment House. 

Christen's PB page 1 taken in Ephraim, Utah

 Christen's PB page 2

 Kirsten's PB, both took place on 8 January 1877

Quoted

I've had this chill Sunday, so I go on facebook to see if my Mom is on to say Hi. Instead I see that the University of Wolverhampton press office got a quick quote from my professor about my research because one of the celebrities on Strictly Come Dancing has a neck injury. They don't even bother to reference that it is my research and when I emailed my professor about it he said the press office added the false info about the Jive into it! And now I see the Daily Mail has quoted it! Granted the Daily Mail is just a gossip magazine, but still GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!! No wonder I got a notice from Academia.edu that someone had looked up my research a couple of days ago! I don't even know if Denise Van Otten really has my hyperextension neck injury (I call it HNI for short)! Ugh, I'm so annoyed that they don't even say it was MY research!

Dave's Visa

See that pile of papers above my blue folder and yellow pen? That is everything we have collected for Dave's visa application. Letters from family and friends, marriage and sealing certificate, birth certificates, government forms, blog posts, twitter messages, text messages, etc. All we have to do is take new passport pictures and copies of our passports to add to this small dead tree. Too bad the government won't accept electronic applications yet. If we are killing a small tree for Dave's application think of how many people apply for visas and how many trees altogether we are killing just for visas!

Plus we have been married for 18 months today!

Can't wait until we are all back together again!!!