Person Sheet


Name Niels Johan Jensen
Birth 24 Oct 1870, Ugelbølle, Mørke Sogn, Randers Amt, Denmark
Death abt 1944, New York City, New York
Father Jens Peter Eskildsen (1824-)
Mother Ane Kirstine Pedersdatter (1826-)
Spouses
1 Jensine Rasmussen
Birth 5 Jul 1864, Hvilsager, Randers Amt, Danmark
Death abt 1963, Danmark
Father Rasmus Nielsen (1815-1895)
Mother Mariane Nielsdatter (1824-1877)
Unmarried
Children Rasmus "John" Marius (1890-1973)
Notes for Niels Johan Jensen
Niels was in Hornslet in 1880, but he was in Mørke in 1884, before he was age 14.
Misc. Notes
New York Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24:

Name: Niels Jensen
Address: 244 Riverside Dr
Volume #: 192
Page #: 143
Date: 05 May 1915
Misc. Notes
Match questionable. Our Niels Johan Jensen was born Oct 24, 1870 (this record is a day off), and our man could not have arrived before March 1891:

New York Naturalization Index
Niels Johan Jensen
Arrival: May 1885
Nat: April 15, 1895
Bundle #792
Page --
Copy of Rec # 35
436 W. 52nd Street, NYC
Occupation: coachman
Birthdate: Oct 25, 1870
Danish
Misc. Notes
Match questionable. Our Niels Johan Jensen would have been 49, but he could not have arrived before March 1891. How, then, could he have been naturalized before 1896? This looks like the NJJ in the 1920 census, but this NJJ arrived 5 years earlier.

1920 Census:

Jensen, Niels John
Vol. 262; E.D. 1032; Sheet 11; Line 74
Age: 49
Birthplace: Denmark
Marital status: single
Citizenship: 1890 na. 1895
Residence: 1035 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Boarding with Mary Burke
Occupation: private farm (?)
Misc. Notes
It appears that Niels was drawn to Ommestrup because his aunt Ane Kirstine Jonasdatter lived there. His parents may have moved to Mørke Sogn before he was born for the same reason. Apparently, Niels was living in his aunt's home in Ommestrup when he met Jensine Rasmussen, who was a house servant at the time. From the 1890 census:

Ane Kjerstine Jonasdatter, f, 68, Enkemand eller Enke, Mørke Sogn, Husmader, Gaardejer...?
Peder Mortensen Skriver, m, 32, Gift, Mørke Sogn, Barn (son), Gaard ...?
Mette Krist, f, 28, Gift, Vejlby Sogn
Morten Petersen Skriver, m, 4, ugift, Mørke Sogn
Petrine Marie Skriver, f, 1, ugift, Mørke Sogn
...
Bodil? Petersdatter, f, 74, ugift, Lihme Sogn
Niels Johan Jensen, m, 19, ugift, Mørke Sogn, Tjeneste ...?
Søren S..? Petersen, m, 17, ugift, Mørke Sogn, Tjeneste ...?
Rasmus Sørensen, m, 45, ?, Mørke Sogn, Tjeneste ...?
Anders Andersen, m, 20, ugift, Mørke Sogn, Tjeneste ...?

...
Jensine Rasmussen, f, 25, ugift, Hvilsager Sogn
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