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Jens Petersen Lauritzen
5 Nov 1825 – 12 Feb 1904
| Birth | 5 Nov 1825 |
| Death | 12 Feb 1904 |
| Cemetery | Hyrum City Cemetery Hyrum , Cache County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Marie on 16 Nov 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100810982 |
Bio
Jens Petersen Lauritzen was born on November 5, 1825 to Lauritz and Margrette Petersen Jensen. He served in the Danish Army from 1848 to 1850. On March 23, 1862, Jens joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He immigrated to the United States in 1863 and came to Hyrum, Utah. Jens married Annie Kersteina Larsen on May 11, 1874 in the Endowment House in Salt lake City, Utah. They had 10 children: Heber, Erastus, Christine, Annie, Rasmine, James, Orson, George, Johannah and John. Jens loved horses. He had good teams of horses as well as good teams of oxen. Jens purchased one of the first threshing machines to be used in Hyrum. Jens died on February 12, 1904. He is buried in the Hyrum Cemetery beside his wife, his daughter, Rasmine and his sons, Erastus and George.
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- Heber Lauritzen 1875–1968
- Erastus Jens Lauritzen 1876–1916
- Annie Catherine Lauritzen McBride 1880–1930
- Rasmine Lauritzen 1882–1899
- James Christian Lauritzen 1885–1962
- Orson Martinus Lauritzen 1886–1980
- George Wilford Lauritzen 1888–1918
- Johannah Louise "Hannah" Lauritzen Nyquist 1891–1978
- John Lorenzo Lauritzen 1894–1954
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