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Jensen (Family : 1885- : Jensen, Louis Reuben, 1865-1909)

 Family

Biography

The Jensen family was established by Louis Reuben Jensen (born 1865) and his wife Kirsten Marie Sorenson (1868-1973). They married in 1885 and had eleven children. Doyle S. Jensen (1890-1945) was one of their children. In 1914, he married Ruth Zimmerman, and they had ten children. Winston McKay Jensen was born to Doyle and Ruth Jensen in 1945.

Citation:
Find-A-Grave, via WWW, Sept. 30, 2014 (Louis Reuben Jensen; b. Mar. 21, 1865 in Alpine, Utah to Lars Rove Jensen and Elizabeth Ann Freestone; d. January 14, 1909, in Basalt, Idaho)

FamilySearch, via WWW, Sept. 30, 2014 (Louis Reuben Jensen; m. December 18, 1885 Kirsten Marie Sorensen in Saint George, Utah; eleven children; Doyle S. Jensen married Ruth Zimmerman in 1914, they had ten children)

UPB files, Sept. 30, 2014 (Louis Reuben Jensen; from 1898-1900, he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Southern United States)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Jensen family journals and histories

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6189
Scope and Contents

Collection contains journals and family histories of members of the Jensen family, dating from between 1898 to 1988. Most of the diaries deal with missionary service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also includes information on family life in Idaho and genealogy.

Dates: 1898-1988
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jensen family journals and histories

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