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Jens And Karen Jensen's Pioneer Story, Gladys Johnson Heghin
Jens And Karen Jensen's Pioneer Story, Gladys Johnson Heghin
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Jens Jensen was born ... in 1827 at Rodby not far from Varpelev. Jens became a soldier and a farmer. He fought in the Slesvig-Holstein War. Karen Jensen was born in 1839 in the parish of Kongsted near the village of Eskilstrop .... They were married in 1855. When Karen's foster-father died, Karen and Jens inherited his good farm.
The Copenhagen Settlement Near Story City, Iowa, Arlen Twedt
The Copenhagen Settlement Near Story City, Iowa, Arlen Twedt
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According to Thomas Peter Christensen, the third Danish settlement established in Iowa was the Copenhagen Settlement started near Story City, Iowa, in 1867.1 Located in central Iowa approximately 40 miles north of Des Moines, Story City was founded in 1855 after Yankees, many of them immigrants from the state of Indiana, began to settle in northwest Story County in the early 1850s.