Brigham City Cemetery, August 2012. On our way to North Dakota we stopped at the Brigham City Cemetery and got a picture at the grave of Anders Christian Christensen (Jenson). He took his father's last name and anglicized it with an "on." Pictured are myself, Blake (behind the tombstone), Tyler (with the scooby doo t-shirt) and Andy (army shorts). Nicolena and Mariane are not listed on the headstone with their parents as they were buried with their husbands. The dates on the tombstone are not all correct (see prior post for correct dates).
The names of the parents are listed: Anders C. with the incorrect birthdate (correct: October 12, 1836). Kirsten Marie is also anglicized to Christina M..
Anders C. would have been their first child born in the United States and the fifth documented in the family.
Rosena was the eighth and last child born to Nicolena (father Carl Gustaf Engstrom) and lived two years.
Matilda was the 7th child and only lived two years (father Carl Gustaf Engstrom) .
Hannah was born in Denmark and was buried in the Torslev parish in Hjorring county. She lived only three years and her birth name was Ane Johannes Christensen. She was the third child born to the Jensons.
In between the pillars is a name I can't quite make out but this was for the child Jens Christensen. He was the fourth child born to the Jensons and was buried in the Torslev parish in Denmark the month prior to Anders and Nicolena leaving.
On the other inner pillar is Clara Marie who lived only two years as well (father Carl Gustaf Engstrom). In all, the Christine Marie Jenson only had two surviving children of the eight that she had. Sadly one year after arriving in the United States her husband was killed in a wagon accident.
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