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Jensen family

 Family

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of Gerhard Jensen family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307057]
Identifier: MSS SC 928
Scope and Contents

20 photocopied leaves of a typewritten manuscript by Arola McDonald about the Gerhard Jensen family. Gerhard Jensen was a Mormon pioneer who came to the Salt Lake Valley, Utah; a polygamist; and colonist in Brigham City, Utah.

Dates: 1960-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Gerhard Jensen family

Janet Jenson biographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8184
Scope and Contents

Contains two biographies, compiled by Jenson, about her parents, Ralph W. Jenson and Helen Harris Jenson. The volumes discuss their lives and heritage. Materials date from between 1984 and 2000.

Dates: 1984-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Janet Jenson biographies

Passing years

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330919]
Identifier: MSS SC 3223
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. The manuscript is a history of the early settling of southern Idaho and northern Utah. Most of the early settlers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Also included are biographies of the author's ancestors including David Jensen. David and his wife, Serena Peterson joined the Mormon Church in 1862 in Denmark. They came to Utah in 1863.

Dates: 1950-1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Passing years

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