Jensen, James A.

Jens Andreas "James A." Jensen

Lived in Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin per US Census in years 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940

Born: July 1, 1858 in Borglum, Lokken-Vraa, North Jutland, Denmark
Died: July 11, 1940 in Town of Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.  Buried Oakwood Cemetery in Somers, Wisconsin

James A. Jensen, Oakwood Cemetery, Somers. Wisconsin

Marie Jensen, Oakwood Cemetery, Somers. Wisconsin

Marriage

November 20, 1880 in Ingstrup, Hjorring, Nordjylland, Denmark
Name:  Jens Andreas Jensen and Marie Johanne Jeppesen (also spelled Jepsen)


More About
James A. and Marie on the Oakwood Cemetery website.  Click here.

Immigration

Depart June 6, 1888 from Hamburg
Arrival in New York

Seven Children

Eric Andrew born in Borglum, Denmark November 26, 1882
Jacob Andrew Jensen born in Denmark 1884. Died 1948
Christian A. Jensen born in Denmark August 5, 1885. Died May 18, 1963
Milton Anton "Anton Amel" Jensen born in Denmark March 18, 1887. Died 1926
Anna Jensen born in Wisconsin January 30, 1889. Died 1964
Andrew Jensen born August 15, 1890 in Racine, Wisconsin. Died 1966
Rosalie Jensen born October 15, 1893 in Wisconsin. Died 1903

(Source:  Pruneda-Tremmel Family Tree/Ancestry.com)

Jacob "Jake" Andrew Jensen. Born in Denmark. Son of James A. and Marie Jensen
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

(Photo courtesy of USGenWebArchivesProject Larry & Linda Kopet)

Chris A. (Christian Andrew) Jensen and Edith J. (also known as Jessie Edith Yule) Jensen
Edith is the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Yule and Margaret Jessie Robena Strang.
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

(Photo courtesy of USGenWebArchivesProject Larry & Linda Kopet)

Anton Amel (also known as Milton Anton Amel) Jensen
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

(Photo courtesy of USGenWebArchivesProject Larry & Linda Kopet)

Rosalia Jensen died in infancy
1893 - October 15, 1893
Daughter of James A. Jensen and Marie Jepson Jensen
Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

(Photo courtesy of USGenWebArchivesProject Larry & Linda Kopet)

James A Jensen Genealogy of 2nd and 3rd Generations

(Source: Gail Jensen Lesjak)

Christian A. Jensen Family

Partial 1924 Plat Map of Town of Somers, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Section 16 - C.A. Jensen 45 acres.  Highway EA just south of Highway E

Marriage

February 26, 1908 in Somers Congregational Church, Somers, Wisconsin

Christian A. Jensen and Jessie Edith Yule (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Yule and Margaret Jessie Robena Strang)

Five Children

Jessie Bernice Jensen born December 4, 1908 in Somers, Wisconsin. Died October 20, 1928.

James Raymond Jensen born January 6, 1911

Bernard Chris "Buzz" Jensen born November 19, 1914

Lillian Edith "Toot" Jensen born July 11, 1917

Robert Stanley "Bud" Jensen born April 14, 1919

Lorraine Marshall marries Robert Stanley Jensen at Somers Congregational Church in Somers, Wisconsin
1940

Robert "Bud" Stanley Jensen

(Source: Photos above provided by Gail Jensen Lesjak, daughter of Robert S. Jensen and granddaughter of Chris and Edith (Yule) Jensen)

Chris A. and Edith J. Jensen

Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

(Photo courtesy of Gail Jensen Lesjak)

Jessie Bernice Jensen, daughter of Chris A. and Edith J. Jensen

Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

(Photo courtesy of Gail Jensen Lesjak)

Obituaries

Robert S. Jensen, Lillian E. "Toot" Woltersdorf, Bernard C. "Buzz" Jensen

Children of Chris and Edith (Yule) Jensen