JENSEN
BOOK REFERENCES
August
Jensen -
"Winds of Change, 100
years in Widgee Shire"
by Ian Pedley. Page 204
Member of Neerdie cricket club
in 1886.
C.
Jensen
- "Winds of Change,
100 years in Widgee Shire"
by Ian Pedley. Page 45
Member of Committee to form sugar
mill in Cooran area on 8 Oct
1894.
C.F.
Jensen
- "History of Bundaberg,
a typical Queensland
agricultural
settlement" by J.Y. Walker.
Page
154 Member of first
Bundaberg Board in March
1880. Re-elected in February
1881.
Christie
Jensen - "Taming
the Isis", by
B.W. O'Neill
Page 35 Cordalba - Henry and
Heinrick Appo;
.........Christie Jensen; ..
Page 36 Photo of Jensen's
Store at Horton (Circa 1895)
Photo courtesy Mr. Alan
White
Page 51 The first business
to open at Horton was a store
built by Mr. Jensen, then
Mr. Stringer opened a
blacksmith shop, ......
Page 339 Photo of Jensen
Family at Horton (Circa 1902)
Photo courtesy Mr. A. White
Diane
Jensen -
"Princess Alexandra
Hospital - Silver Jubilee
1956 - 1981". Nurse at
P.A. Hospital in 1969.
Erik
Jens Jensen - "Debretts Handbook of Australia - Bicentennial
Edition".
Son of Jens and Metta J.
Jensen, born 22 May 1929.
Erik
Jens Jensen - "Notable Australians".
Born 22 May 1929 in
Copenhagen, Denmark. Married
Gillian E. Shakespear on 21
May 1955. Father of
Christopher, Michael, and
Kirsten Elisabeth.
Erik
Jens Jensen - "Who's Who in Australia 1985".
As above.
Eugene
Jensen -
"Bundaberg history and
people" by Janette Nolan.
Appendix 2 Member of
Queensland Parliament 1969 - 1977.
Eugene
Dubois -
"Notable
Australians"
Jensen
Born 13 Feb 1915, in Darwin.
Married Olive Margaret
Magee on 30 May 1941. Father
of Colleen Margaret
and Dorothy Ann. MLA for
Bundaberg 1969-77.
Eugene
Dubois -
"Biographical Register
of the Queensland Parliament
Jensen
1930 - 19080", by D.B.
Waterson and John Arnold.
Born 13 Feb 1915 at Port
Darwin, N.T. Son of Harald
Ingemann Jensen (DSC) and
Jane Elizabeth Ellen
Jensen (nee England). Sugar
Mill Technologist.
His father was a consulting
and Government
Geologist.
Florie
Jensen -
"The Townsville and
District Pioneer and
Biographical Register"
by Marilyn Hammond.
page 43. Florie Jensen
married James Petersen.
Information supplied to book
by N. Emmerson,
267 Warwick Rd., Ipswich,
4305.
Georg
Jensen - "Encyclopedia
Brittanica".
Born 31 August 1866 at
Raadvad, Denmark. Died
2 October 1935. Danish
silversmith and designer. He
opened a workshop in
Copenhagen in 1904. Won a gold
medal at the Brussels
Exhibition of 1910. After his
death the business was
carried on by his son, Soren
Jensen, born 1917.
Gerrit
Jensen -
"Encyclopedia
Brittanica".
Born in low countries?, 1680
-1715, London. Royal
cabinetmaker of Louis XIV -
style furniture. Jensen
settled in London before
1680, in which year he
created furniture for King
Charles II.
H.
Jensen
- "Gladstone ... City
that waited" by Lorna McDonald.
Page 145 Joined the AIF in
1940 & awarded life
membership the next year.
Hans
Peter
- "The Spirit of the
Forty - Second"
Jensen
by Vivian Brahms.
Hans Peter Jensen was a
Private in the 42nd
Batallion, A.I.F., 1914 -
1918.
Harold
Ingeman -
"Caboolture State
School"
"1889 - 1989
Centennial Book"
Book held by Alan
Abercrombie.
Dr. H.I. Jensen was born in
Denmark in 1878 and
migrated to Australia with
his parents in the mid-
eighties. He was first day
pupil at Caboolture State
School. He graduated with
first class honours in
Geology, Chemistry, and
Biology. He became Director of
Mines and Chief Government
Geologist. He died in 1966
after he was badly burnt in
a grass fire on his
property at Jensen Road,
Caboolture.
Harry
Jensen -
"Notable
Australians"
Born on 26 Mar 1921 in Ring,
Denmark. Married Ritta
Jensen Frederiksen on 12 Jul
1952. Father of Mikael
Jensen and Lone Jensen.
H.C.
Jensen
- "Gladstone ... City
that waited" by Lorna McDonald.
Page 144 Founder of Port
Curtis Womens Hockey
Association on 22 May 1935.
Also founder of Port
Curtis Hockey Association
for men. Represented
state on 2 occasions.
Henry
Frederick -
"Debretts Handbook of
Australia - Bicentennial
Jensen
Edition".
Son of Lawrence Francis and
Alicia Agnes Jensen.
Born 12 July 1913. Married
Beryl Agnes Allard in
1935. Former Lord Mayor of
Sydney and Mayor of
Randwick.
Henry
Frederick -
"Notable
Australians"
Jensen
Born 12 July 1913 in Sydney. Father
of Lawrence,
Janette, Ronald, Dianne,
Catherine, and Mark.
Henry
Frederick "Gentlemen
of the
Australian Turf" by David Hickie.
Jensen
Former Lord Mayor of Sydney, Harry
Jensen, attended
the funeral of Perce Galea
in August 1977.
Jens
Jensen
- "Encyclopedia
Brittanica".
Born 13 September 1860 at
Dybbol, Denmark. Died
1 October 1951 at Ellison
Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Highly original landscape
architect. Went to the
U.S. in 1884 and settled in
Chicago. He was
employed by the Municipal
West Side Park System. He
redesigned Humboldt Park and
the new Columbus Park.
Jens
Peter Jensen - Page 383 Jens Peter Jensen was born in Denmark
and
emigrated to Australia,
arriving at the Port of
Maryborough on board the
ship "Shakespeare" in 1871.
Jens was a qualified civil
engineer and was brought to
Australia to build the
railway bridges on the line
between Maryborough and
Gympie.
He later moved to the
Palmer River where he started as
a gold miner, but then
returned to Maryborough where he
operated
a hansour cab. Like many
other Maryborough
residents, Jens lost
everything in the 1893 flood. He
then took his wife, the
former Miss Marie Sempf, and
five children, Eunice,
Herbert, Caroline, Elsie and
Helen, to the Isis where he
selected land at Horton.
His wife Marie Sempf was
born in Germany, and migrated
to Australia as a child.
Jens and his wife later
operated a store at Horton, and
Marie was often called upon
to perform midwifery
duties.
Their daughter, Elsie
married Mr. Joseph Benjamin White
(jnr) at the Horton
Methodist Church on 12th November
1914. Their sons Aubrey,
Alan, Dallas and Clive still
reside in the Isis.
Johannes
Hans -
"Encyclopedia
Brittanica".
Daniel Jensen Born
25 June 1907 in Hamburg, died 11
February 1973
in Heidelberg, West Germany.
German physicist.
Joint recipient for Nobel
Prize for Physics in
1963.
Johannes
Vilhelm - "Encyclopedia Brittanica".
Jensen
Born 20 January 1873, at Farso,
Denmark. Died
25 November 1950 at
Copenhagen, Denmark. Danish
novelist, poet, essayist and
writer of many myths.
Received the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1944.
Son of a veterinarian.
John
Hjalmar -
"Debretts Handbook of
Australia".
Jensen
Son of Jacob and Mabel Jensen, born
16 May 1929.
1 son and 4 daughters.
Professor of History.
Morten
Jensen -
"Bundaberg history and
people" by Janette Nolan.
Page 47 Danish carpenter
arrived in Maryborough in
July 1871. Secured a holding
in Bingera area in
following year. Grew maize
to supply Mt. Perry
copper miners. Sold land,
worked as contract
carpenter for Queensland
Railways for two and a
half years. Took up 600
acres at Daylesford for
dairying and grazing. Ran a
butchering business on
Moolboolaman and later a
small hotel (later known
as Burnett Hotel) in South
Kolan area. Also
licensee of the North Star
Hotel.
Morten
Jensen -
"Bundaberg history and
people" by Janette Nolan.
Page 54 during first year in
Bundaberg lived on
proceeds of scrub clearing
in Bingera and South
Kolan area.
Mr.
Jensen
- "History of
Bundaberg, a typical Queensland
agricultural
settlement" by J.Y. Walker.
Page 132 Asking question at
election rally meeting.
Niels
Jensen -
"The Townsville and
District Pioneer and
Biographical Register"
by Marilyn Hammond.
Born Feb 1849 in Denmark.
Son of Jens Marksen ? and
Kirsten Nieldsen. Arrived in
Australia on
7 Sep 1871 on Lammershagen.
Farmer at Ross River.
Married 9 Sep 1871 in
Rockhampton to Sidsel
Nielsen. Died 22 Apr 1928.
Children - Christina
Nicolina, Nicolai Denius (22
Feb 1874), Lina, Niels
Christie Sloth (21 Jan
1878), Emily (1879), Annie,
Andrew, & Arthur, all
born in Townsville, and Nora
(17 Sep 1887) born Thisted,
North Jutland, Denmark
and Florence, born in
Townsville. Information
supplied by Mrs. S.J.
Jensen, now deceased, of
59 Ahearne St., Hermit Park,
Townsville, 4812.
Norman
Jensen -
"Winds of Change, 100
years in Widgee Shire"
by Ian Pedley.
Page 133 School at North
Deep Creek, agreement
reached on siting. Norman
Jensen sent 2 children to
the school.
Rolf
Arthur
- "Notable Australians"
Jensen
Born on 19 Apr 1912 in Wallasey,
England. Married
Elfrida Snell on 9 Apr 1936.
Father of Peter Rolf
and Rodney John Clive.
Rolf
Arthur
- "Who's Who in
Australia - 1985".
Jensen
Son of H.R. Jensen. As above.
R.
Jensen
- "Gladstone ... City
that waited" by Lorna McDonald.
Page 348 Research Officer
with University of
Queensland assessed economic
impact of three new
major industries in
Gladstone.
Sonya
Jensen -
"Princess Alexandra
Hospital - Silver Jubilee
1956 - 1981".
Nurse at P.A. Hospital in
1971.
Susan
Jensen -
"Princess Alexandra
Hospital - Silver Jubilee
1956 - 1981".
Nurse at P.A. Hospital in
1970.
Thomas
Matthew -
"Notable
Australians".
Jensen
Born on 28 May 1909 in Waihi, New
Zealand. Married
Olive Phillips on 9 Aug
1935. Father of Clement
Thomas Michael and Joan
Olive.
Vicky
Jensen -
"Princess Alexandra
Hospital - Silver Jubilee
1956 - 1981".
Nurse at P.A. Hospital in
1980.
Wilhelm
A.
- "The Story of the
Seventeenth Battalion A.I.F. in
Jensen
the Great War 1914 - 1918"
by Lt. Col. K.W. Mackenzie
M.C.
Wilhelm A. Jensen, Army
Service No. 7061.
"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products
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