Jens Hansen
Alternate Names
James Hansen (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1823 October 13 (Born)
Death Date
On 1897 June 28 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Otterup, Odense, Denmark
1823 October 13
Mother
Maren Kirstine Pedersdatter
Father
Hans Jorgensen (1795 - 1878)
Date Details
Occurred On 1823 October 13
Baptized by Christian Christiansen
1851 August 25 (Age 27)
Traveled in
Hans Peter Olsen Company (1854)
1854 June 15 – October 5 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Joseph Christian Hansen (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1854 June 15
Joined Company
Ended On 1854 October 5
Company Arrived
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1865 May 1 (Age 41)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Taylor
Location Served
Europe Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1865 May 1
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Traveled in
Leonard G. Rice Company (1867)
1867 August 11 – October 5 (Age 43)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Started On 1867 August 11
Joined Company
Ended On 1867 October 5
Company Arrived
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1878 October 10 – 1879 September 24 (Age 54)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
21st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Orson Pratt
Location Served
Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1878 October 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1879 September 24
Released
Served in
Scandinavian Mission
1885 May 2 – 1888 June 19 (Age 61)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Priesthood Quorum When Called
19th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Erastus Snow
Location Served
Scandinavia
Date Details
Started On 1885 May 2
Set Apart
Ended On 1888 June 19
Released
Died in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
1897 June 28 (Age 73)
Media
Jens Hansen (1823 - 1897) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Weekly
"Obituary", Deseret Weekly, (14 August 1897), Page 289.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1878, Vol. B, Page 46, Line 1824.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 October 1878, Vol. A, Page 43, Line 1824.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 2 May 1885, Vol. B, Page 82, Line 3254.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 2 May 1885, Vol. A, Page 76, Line 3254.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 1 May 1865, Vol. A, Page 7, Line 261.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 1 May 1865, Vol. B, Page 7, Line 261.
Pioneer
Biographical sketches, 1891-2013
"Jens Hansen", Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.
Breinholt family histories, 1844-1990
Breinholt family histories, 1844-1990, Page 6-7.
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963
"Jens Hansen, reminiscences", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 8-9.
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1854: Page 7.
Jens Hansen autobiographical sketch, undated, 6-8
Jens Hansen autobiographical sketch, undated, 6-8.
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Our Danish heritage and our temple work on the Peter Frost Family
"Jens Hansen Diary", Our Danish heritage and our temple work on the Peter Frost Family, (June).
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Scandinavian Jubilee Album
Scandinavian Jubilee Album.
The Semi-weekly telegraph
"Arrived", The Semi-weekly telegraph, 4, (10 October 1867), 2. Page 2.
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