Kirsten Marie Sorensen Jensen family history, 1988

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: MSS 6189

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Scope and Contents

Materials include the family history of Kirsten Marie Sorensen Jensen, which contains her journal and poetry along with additional family history information.

Dates

Creation: 1988

Creator

Jensen, Kirsten Marie Sorensen, 1868-1973 (author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Jensen family journals and histories must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.

Biographical History

Kirsten Marie Sorensen Jensen (1868-1963) was a Mormon woman in Idaho.

Kirsten Marie Sorensen Jensen was born January 12, 1868 in Dastrup, Denmark, to Mads and Kirsten Sorensen. In 1874, she migrated to the United States to travel to Utah to be with the majority of the Latter-day Saints. Upon arriving in Utah, her family moved to Orderville, Utah, where she met Louis Reuben Jensen. They were married in Saint George on December 18, 1885. Marie and Reuben had eleven children. Marie lived to be 105 years old, and died June 17, 1973, in Shelley, Idaho.