Christen Jensen ^{1 2}

   Another name for Christen was Chris Jensen.

  General Notes:

As the story goes, fled to Pacific Northwest because of a murder charge, along with his brother Hans. From a letter by Donald Johnson, son of Marine Johnson, 8/17/1972: "There is another family legend that I hope to trace in respect to either Uncle Hans or Uncle Chris. The legend is that one of them killed a man when they were immigrants in Kankakee [Illinois], then took off before he could be thrown in the Bastille and lived the rest of his life on the 'lam' so to speak. My father [Marine] and Anthony finally traced these two of their brothers to Eugene, Oregon but Anthony probably knew all the time where they were but wasn't talking."

  Christening Notes:

Christen was baptized at home on 11 Feb 1852 and at Dronninglund Church on 4 Apr 1852. Godparents: Christen Nielsen's wife Ane Johanne Sørensen, girl Ane Cathrinen, farmer Anders Christensen, bachelor Peder Christensen of Asaa and bachelor Christen Larsen of Dorf.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Denmark, 1 Feb 1860, <Asaa, Dronninglund Sogn>, (Broenderslev-Dronninglund), Nordjyllands, Denmark. ⁶ Household:
Jens Christian Jensen, [head], 38, born in Dronninglund Parish, Hjørring Amt, Dannebonde
Ane Chathrine Hansen, wife, 30, Hou [should be Laesø], Baptist
Christen Jensen, child, 8, [Asaa], Dronninglund Parish
Marie Jensen, child, 6, Dronninglund Parish
Line Jensen, child, 4, Dronninglund Parish
Hans Jensen, child, 2, Dronninglund Parish
Bergette Hansen, 31 [probably the sister of Ane Cathrine Hansen], servant, Laesø