Jensen Family History
- Jensen Name Meaning
- Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens, a reduced form of Johannes (see John). This is Denmark’s most frequent surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 4,648,654 Historical Documents with Jensen on Ancestry
- 2,337,866 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 428,494 Census and Voter Lists
- 102,928 Military Records
- 295,475 Immigration Records
- 1,483,891 Member Trees
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Number of Jensen families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Jensen families
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Jensen census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Jensen census records
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