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Jens Christian “James” Sorensen

Birth: 9 Apr 1866
Denmark
Death: 16 May 1933 (aged 67)
Dannebrog, Howard County, Nebraska, USA
Burial: Loup Fork Cemetery

Boelus, Howard County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 6941353 View Source

Jens, sometimes known as "J.C." or "James", was the son of Soren "Post" Pedersen and Mette Marie "Maria" Sorensdatter. In 1880 Soren and Mette moved from Denmark to the U.S. along with Jens' siblings Kirestine, Nels, Soren, and Anton. They arrived in New York Harbor aboard the S.S. Habsburg on May 28, 1880.

In 1889 Ane Madsen was working as a cook and seamstress in a boardinghouse for railroad workers in the Wyoming Territory. It was there that she met Jens "James" Christian Sorensen. On August 31, 1889 they were married in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory.

After homesteading in Wyoming, they moved to western Nebraska where they lived in a dugout/sod house. Subsequently they moved to the Loup City, NE area and finally settled for several decades in the area around Boelus and Dannebrog, NE. Jens & Ane had 13 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood.

Jens, sometimes known as "J.C." or "James", was the son of Soren "Post" Pedersen and Mette Marie "Maria" Sorensdatter. In 1880 Soren and Mette moved from Denmark to the U.S. along with Jens' siblings Kirestine, Nels, Soren, and Anton. They arrived in New York Harbor aboard the S.S. Habsburg on May 28, 1880.

In 1889 Ane Madsen was working as a cook and seamstress in a boardinghouse for railroad workers in the Wyoming Territory. It was there that she met Jens "James" Christian Sorensen. On August 31, 1889 they were married in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory.

After homesteading in Wyoming, they moved to western Nebraska where they lived in a dugout/sod house. Subsequently they moved to the Loup City, NE area and finally settled for several decades in the area around Boelus and Dannebrog, NE. Jens & Ane had 13 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood.

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Ane "Annie" Madsen Sorensen

1869–1949 (m. 1889)

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Created by: David Osborne
Added: Nov 20, 2002
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6941353/jens_christian-sorensen: accessed ), memorial page for Jens Christian “James” Sorensen (9 Apr 1866–16 May 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6941353, citing Loup Fork Cemetery, Boelus, Howard County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by David Osborne (contributor 46555655).

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