Researching Kurt Jensen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 194 people with the Jensen surname? In that year Jensen was ranked number 3385 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Kurt means "Form of CURTIS. courteous" and is of German origin.
Records of Kurt Jensen on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Kurt Jensen and the Jensen Genealogy
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Jensen Genealogy Databases
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Jensen Forums
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Miscellaneous Jensen Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Kurt Jensen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Kurt Jensen
Kurt Jensen (musician)
Kurt Jensen (26 March 1913 in Kiel, Germany – 2 January 2011 in Melbourne, Australia) was a Danish-Australian mandolin virtuoso. From age 12 he studied with the mandolin maestro Alberto Bracony, and participated in one of the first Danish radio broadcasts with Bracony's orchestra in 1925. As a guitarist and violinist he played both in Jazz ensembles and symphonic orchestras, but maintained the mandolin as his main instrument. As a teacher he taught many students of both guitar and violin. In the 1980s he performed in the Danish Mandolin Duo with his former pupil Tove Flensborg and toured widely in Europe and beyond. In 1989 he emigrated to Australia where he lived until his death at 97 in 2011.
Source: Kurt Jensen (musician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Jensen
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Jamesion Jameson Jamieson Jamison Jammison Jamson Janisson Jankin Jannequin Jansema Jansen Jansenius Jansens Janson Janssen Janssens Jansson Janzen Jeanequin Jeanesson Jeannequin Jeannesson Jeansonne Jehnzen Jemison Jemmison Jemson Jencken Jenison Jenken Jenkens Jenkin Jenking Jenkins Jenkinson Jenkyn Jennison Jenson Jimeson Jimison Jimmison Jimpson Jimson Jinkin Jinkins Jinkinson Johanchon Johannessen Johannesson Johannsen Johansen Johanson Johanssen Johansson Johnakin Johnican Johnigan Johniken Johnikin Johnsen Johnson Johnsonbaugh Johnsson Joinson Jonassen Jonasson Jongsma Jonican Jonigan Jonsen Jonson Jonsson Jouannisson Joynson Jungenberg Jungknecht Jungman Junkan Junken Junkin Junkins Junkinson
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