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2—CMr end Mrs. James Jensen of Pleasant VIeW celebrated. tHelr 60th wSg anniversary at pen* home nn jSv 4 Abou-t 106 descendants and other relatives were present. Dinner was served, in the afternoon fallowed by a program of music, and speeches- The elderly couple were presented with a bedroomS°An account of their lives follows:Sophia Hansen was born on- the island of Sjaelland, Denmark, on June 3, 1852. Her home was but- a few miles from the city of Copenhagen and a quarter of a mile from the sea. She was the ninth child of a family of ten. At the age of 16 vears she joined the h. D. S. church. She was baptized in the Baltic Sea on December 13-, 1368. Because of hatred and persecution toward those adhering- to the Mormon faith she was baptized at 12 o’clock at pighfc. The sea was frozen with a foot of ice which was necessary- to cut before the baptism could be performed.CAMS TO XI. S. AT 17Just a few days after her seventeenth birthday she started west. She was accompanied by her brother, Hans J., who had been a seaman’ hflr mother and two sisters. They sailed- from Copenhagen to London, from there to Liverpool by train and then on Thursday, July 15, set sail on board the steamship, Minnesota, for New York. On board the ship were about 600 of the Latter Day Saints, in charge of O. c. Olsen. After 12 days on the Atlantic they landed at Castle Garden, New York harbor, July 28. Here they were held- in quarantine for two weeks. From New York they traveled by train to Omaha. Hre again they camped in bos cars for. several days. Finally they arrived, at Taylor Switch. Ogden, on Aug-: ust 6, 1869. Remaining in Ogden: hut a few days they then traveled.; bv wagon to Salt Lake and thence on to Provo. The long, hard and tedious journey was too much for the young lady so that she became quite ill and was some time in regaining her health. Upon arriving, in Provo she was placed in the home of Peter Madsen. There was also at this time an Indian girl living at the Madsen, home so she and the Indian, girl soon became, acquainted. In about a year and a half- she left Provo and came to Mound Fort, Ogden, On June S of that year she was eighteen years old and on the following July 4 she was married at Five Points to James Jensen.DIFFICULT VOYAGEJames Jensen, the son of Peter C. Jensen and Annie Hansen, was born at Hjorriow, Denmark, June 10, 1853There were but two children in the family, himself and his sister, who died as a babe. In company with his mother and father he joined the church and started west at the age of nine years. From Copenhagen they sailed to Hamburg, Germany, and on Tuesday the 15th day of April, 1862, in. company with 413 other Scandinavian Saints the boy Janies and his mother and father set sail from Hamburg on the sailing vessel, Franklin, for New York. The Latter Day Saints -were under the charge of Christian Madsen. After being tossed around on the Atlanta for six weeks and two days during which time much sickness and hardship were endured and during which an epidemic of measles broke out which took the lives of fifty children they landed at New •York harbor, May 29. From here they traveled by rail to Florence. Nebraska, arriving there- on June. . 9. Here they organized the fust independent owned and outfitted companies to cross the plains, The-company was still in command of Madsen and' was augmented most oi the time by the company of Ola N. Liljenquist. whose company had sailed from Hamburg a week later than Madsen. * .CROSSED THE PLAINSFive hundred immigrants with 80 wagons began, the long trek across the plains. It was a long hard trip-and at times it seemed as if the journey would never end and yet it was a magnificent adventure for a boy of nine years. For he was seeing a new world, new adventure, buffalo, deer, bear, and Indians.They had started their long journey in the spring and it was fall when they arrived. It was on- Tuesday, September 23, 1862, that they arrived in Salt Lake. From Sait Lake James and his parents went to Pleasant Grove, then Nit.. Pleasant and on to Fort Ephraim. In 1864 his mother died and in '66 his father decided to return to* Omaha. Omaha was a town of about 35 adobe huts and business shacks. Here the boy James as a means of earning liis living, peddled apples from a basket carried on his arm. Early in 1868 the boy prevailed Upon his father to again come west.. This time they came as far as Fort Benton by rail and then on by wagon the balance of the journey. WORKED ON KAXLHOKDAt the age of 15 James went to work up Weber canyon helping to build the grade and lay the- rails for the great Union Pacific that wassoon to link the east and the west. Later he came to Mound Fort. Here he met his future wife and they Were married on July 4, 1870, 60 years ago. They lived at Mound Fort for a time then moved to Har-risville and some three years later to pleasant View. It was about 1ST? that he started selling, dry goods and merchandise, loading his wagon at Ogden he made trips into various parts of the country, especially down- into the Sevier country, taking as pay for his goods mostly, eggs and grain-. Later he made^ headquarters for his store in. the old brick house that stood in a field on the old Willard Cragun farm.. Here Mis. Jensen kept the store and cared for the family while he operated. the store wagon. From here th-ov moved to the old adobe building that stood on the spot where the Cragun brick store now stands. The adobe store, well stocked with merchandise at the time, burned down in 1893, bringing him a loss of $2,000. At various times he has had as partners while in the merchandise business, Edward W. Wade •and Wiley G. and Wilson Cragun, After retiring from the- general merchandise business- and up to the-present time he has been engaged ■to growing and shipping of fruits and produce. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen have a family of 10 children, nineof whom are living. They axe: Mrs. W. J, Fields, Ogden* James Jensen, Long Beach; Mrs. 'Ashman Rose, Pleasant .View; Mrs. George- Sanders, Pleasant View; E. L. Jensexl, Boise,. Idaho; Mrs, H. E. Chamber- j lain, of Ogden; Henry L. Jensen, J-os. M. Jensen,- and Vera Hicken-Iooper, all of Pleasant View.UTAHNS TO TAKE TRIP TO ALASKAMiss Lavon Rees, of 2369 Van Buren avenue, Ogden, and her- sister, Miss Helen Rees- of Salt Lake, will leave Wednesday, July 16, for a month's- trip to Alaska. They ere the daughters of Mrs.' J, E. Rees, of Croydon. They will leave, by train for Seattle and sail from there on the Steamship Dorothy Alexander, going to Skagway. They will take ride trip to Lake Bennett.Correctureand Correct Sheet go hand4n-hand./.
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Ogden Standard Examiner
Ogden, Utah, US
Sun, Jul 13, 1930
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