Individual Details

Marcus Jenson

(4 Jun 1892 - 1 Jan 1972)

BIRTH: Delayed Birth Certificate, Pierce Cty, Ellsworth, WI

In Novermber 1912 Marcus applied for employment as a coal dock foreman with the Northern Pacific Railway. He was 22 years old and had two years prior experience in the St. Paul Division.

HSO, 27 Nov 1924, p4, c2, Home News
Marcius Jenson left on Monday last for his home in Denver, Col. He will motor home.

Events

Birth4 Jun 1892Wilson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin
Occupation1910 - 192Northern Pacific Railway Co. - St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Marriage20 Nov 1928Ft. Morgan, Colorado - Vera Elizabeth Ferris
Military27 Apr 1942WWII "Old Man Draft" Registeration - Rainer, Oregon
Death1 Jan 1972Columbia, Oregon
MilitaryU.S. Army

Families

SpouseVera Elizabeth Ferris (1905 - )
ChildNels Ellis Jenson
ChildErik Vern Jenson
FatherHans Hendrik Jenson (1840 - 1905)
MotherCaspara Mathea "Thea" Christophersdatter (1868 - 1920)
SiblingHenry T. Jenson (1895 - 1973)
SiblingAagotte Elena Jenson (1899 - 1989)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Northern Pacific Railway Company Personnel Files, 1890-1963.

2. FamilySearch, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," index and images, FamilySearch .

3. The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Wisconsin; State Headquarters: Wisconsin; Record Group Name: Records of the Selective Service System, 1940-; Record Group Number: 147; Box Number: 92; Microfilm Series: M2126; Microfilm Roll: 31, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; State Headquarters: Oregon; Record Group Name: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Archive Number: 563991; Box Number: 62 [Ancesry.com].

4. FamilySearch, "Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZHF-G4L : accessed 09 Jan 2014), Marcus Jenson, 1972, Cert. No. 72-00176.

5. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.