Christen and Kirsten Marie Johansen Jensen are my 3rd Great Grandparents from Denmark. The first missionaries arrived in Copenhagen in 1850, but my ancestors are from the northern area of Denmark called Hjorring (don't ask me how to pronounce because I will get it wrong), so they weren't baptized until 1853. I'm not exactly sure when they emigrated to the Utah Territory because it was after the railroad arrived in 1868 and their 8th child, a daughter Anna was born in 1870 in Denmark. I do know that their 6th son Frederick, my 2nd Great Grandfather, stayed behind to do missionary work before joined his family in Utah.
Prior to 1850 Danish last names were done by patronymics, which is the first name of the father was the last name of the children and in Denmark the last names were done by -sen (-son in Norway and Sweden). Daughters had the last name of -datter, so Kirsten was really Johandatter. But after 1850 all the last names were the same from parent to child, thus my Mom's side of the family are known as the Jensen's because Christen's father was Jens Pedersen. Christen and Kirsten were married in 1843 and had eight children, so the older children have a last name of Christensen, but Frederick was born in 1857, has the last name of Jensen.
Christen and Kirsten's PB both say they are from the tribe of Ephraim, which is the first PB I've come across that says that. The others either didn't say it or used flowery language. In Christen's I do like the part on page 1 that says, "you have received a companion of your youth she shall prove a source of comfort and blessing unto you all her days." In Kirsten's it says, "The Lord loveth thee because of they integrity." They both say that they will some day receive their temple blessings, which was done in 1878 in the Endowment House.
Christen's PB page 1 taken in Ephraim, Utah
Christen's PB page 2
Kirsten's PB, both took place on 8 January 1877
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