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Jensen, Naomi Asay Anderson (1898-1987)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1898 - 1987

Biography

Naomi Asay Anderson Jensen (1898-1987) was a writer for the Emery County Progress, and author of local histories.

Naomi Asay Anderson Jensen was born to Jerome Asay Sr. and Nancy Jane Meeks Asay on February 3, 1898, in Hatch, Utah. She had 10 siblings and was the second youngest. In 1920, Nancy married Ervin Andrew Anderson. They had three children together. Unfortunately, Ervin died just six years after their marriage due to a mining accident. In 1931, she married Hyrum Jensen, with whom she had two daughters. She completed bachelor's and master's degrees at Minnesota State University.

Naomi was a reporter for the Emery County Progress and sent news to the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune. She wrote many local histories, including stories on various state pioneers and histories written for the Daughters of Utah Pioneers organization. Naomi died on May 7, 1987, in Ferron, Utah.

Citation:
Recollections & snapshots, 1997:t.p. (Naomi Asay Anderson Jensen)

Naomi A. Jensen biographies, approximately 1969(Naomi A. Jensen)

FamilySearch, June 21, 2024 (Naomi Asay was born to Jerome Asay Sr. and Nancy Jane Meeks Asay on February 3, 1898, in Hatch, Utah. 10 siblings, second youngest. In 1920, married Ervin Andrew Anderson. Had three children together. Unfortunately, Ervin died just six years after their marriage due to a mining accident. In 1931 married Hyrum Jensen, two daughters. Died on May 7, 1987, in Ferron, Utah)

Guide to Women's Manuscript Collections, via www, June 21, 2024 (Completed bachelor's and master's degrees at Minnesota State University; reporter for the Emery County Progress, and sent news to the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune. Wrote many local histories, including stories on various state pioneers and histories written for the D.U.P. organization) https://atom3.lib.byu.edu/womensmanuscripts/657/

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

O. J. Anderson and family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313089]
Identifier: MSS SC 1563
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Olaf J. Anderson, including information about his two wives Kathinka and Nathalia and several of their children. She presents the history of the family's "Anderson Hotel" in Castle Dale, Utah and Olaf's and Kathinka's mission for the Mormon Church in Copenhagen, Denmark where he edited the Mormon newspaper, "Scandinavian Star," 1908-1912.

Dates: 1980

Asay town, now a ghost town, in Garfield County

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325976]
Identifier: MSS SC 2731
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history of Asay Town, Utah. The town was founded in 1872 along Asay Creek by Mormons and was later abandoned. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950

Biography of Niels Peter and Ellen Anderson Miller

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313477]
Identifier: MSS SC 1615
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed biography of Niels Peter Miller and his wife, Ellen Anderson Miller, Danish converts to the Mormon Church who lived in Mount Pleasant, Utah and later settled Castle Valley, Utah.

Dates: 1969

Early history of Emery County mail and mail routes, post offices and post masters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325984]
Identifier: MSS SC 2732
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history of mail delivery in Emery County, Utah. Also included is a one-page history of "Cattle Rustling" in Emery County. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950

The ghost town of Hillsdale

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325968]
Identifier: MSS SC 2730
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history Hillsdale, Utah. The town was founded in 1871 by Mormons. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950

The ghost town of Hillsdale

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313568]
Identifier: MSS SC 1624
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typed history of Hillsdale, Utah and of the Johnson and Wilson families who founded it.

Dates: 1969

Naomi A. Jensen biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342849]
Identifier: MSS 761
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten biographies. The subjects of these biographies were Mormons living in Emery and Sanpete Counties of Utah. The date of composition of most of these items is uncertain, but some were composed apparently in 1969.

Dates: approximately 1969

John and Nancy Jane McCleve biography and Twiss Bermingham diary / compiled by Naomi A. Jensen

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313584]
Identifier: MSS SC 1626
Scope and Contents This collection contains the biography of John and Nancy Mccleve, compiled by Naomi Asay Anderson Jensen, and a transcript of Twiss Bermingham's diary. The biography occupies 7 pages, compiled June 1972. The typed copy of Twiss Bermingham's diary contains daily accounts of life on the Samuel Curling ship as it crossed the Atlantic, and crossing the plains to Utah. Bermingham was the first clerk of the ship and kept records of the people who emigrated on the ship from England, including the...
Dates: 1972 June; 1856 April-September

Mary Jane McCleve Meeks biography written by Naomi A. Jensen

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313592]
Identifier: MSS SC 1627
Scope and Contents This collection contains the biography of Mary Jane McCleve Meeks written by Naomi A. Jensen, grandaughter of Mary Jane McCleve Meeks, in her capacity as historian of the Camp Dale chapter of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in Castle Dale, Utah, dated July 21, 1969. Mary Jane McCleve was born in Crawfordsburn, Ireland, in 1840. Mary Jane emigrated to Utah with her family at the age of 16. The family traveled with the S. Curling ship to Boston and crossed the plains with the Daniel D. McArthur...
Dates: 1969 July 21

Robbers Roost : Caste Gate payroll robbery

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325950]
Identifier: MSS SC 2729
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history of a payroll robbery. Jensen writes a history of outlaws at Robber's Roost, Utah, and tells the story of a payroll robbery in 1897 in which $9000 was stolen by Butch Cassidy and others. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950