Chronology
4 Nov 1857 Birth of father, Ephraim Peter Jensen, son of Hans Peter Jensen and Sarah Josephine Clausen in Brigham City, Utah
Nov 1860 Election of Abraham Lincoln as 16 th US President
Oct 1861 Completion of the 1 st Transcontinental Telegraph in Salt Lake City
31 Jan 1864 Birth of mother, Mary Harriet Critchlow daughter of William Fuller Critchlow and Mary Eliza Brown in Riverdale, Utah
Nov 1864 Re-election of Abraham Lincoln as US President
15 April 1865 Death of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson becomes 17 th US President
6 Oct 1867 Salt Lake Tabernacle completed
Nov 1868 Election of Ulysses S. Grant as 18 th US President
10 May 1869 Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit
1870 The railroad is constructed from Ogden to Brigham City
Nov 1872 Re-election of Ulysses S. Grant as US President
Nov 1876 Election of Rutherford B. Hayes as 19 th US President
6 Apr 1877 St. George Temple dedicated
29 Aug 1877 Death of Brigham Young
10 Oct 1880 John Taylor sustained as 3 rd President of the Church
Nov 1880 Election of James A. Garfield as 20 th US President
19 Sep 1881 Death of James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur becomes 21 st US President
22 Mar 1882 Passage of the Edmunds “Anti-Poligamy” Bill
29 May 1883 Death of grandfather, Hans Peter Jensen in Brigham City, Utah
1 May 1884 Marriage of parents, Mary Harriet Critchlow to Ephraim Peter Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah
Nov 1884 Election of Grover Cleveland as 22 nd US President
10 May 1885 Birth of brother, Earl Ephraim Jensen in Brigham City, Utah
19 Sep 1886 Birth of brother, William Critchlow Jensen in Brigham City, Utah
28 Mar 1887 Death of great grandmother, Harriet Hawkins Critchlow , mother of William Fuller Critchlow in Ogden, Utah
31 Aug 1887 Death of great grand mother, Sarah’s mother, Catherine Oelrich Jorgensen in St. Louis, Missouri
13 Jul 1888 Birth of sister, Vera Jensen in Brigham City, Utah
Nov 1888 Election of Benjamin Harrison as 23 rd US President
7 Apr 1889 Wilford Woodruff sustained as 4 th President of the Church
20 Jan 1890 Birth of brother, Don Fuller Jensen in Brigham City, Utah
6 Oct 1890 “Manifesto” accepted by general conference terminating plural marriage
23 Feb 1892 Birth of Keith Royal Jensen in Logan, Cache Co., Utah
22 Dec 1892 Birth of future wife, Florence Langford in Salt Lake City, Utah to Jeremiah Langford and Sarah Ellen Olsen
Nov 1892 Election of Grover Cleveland as 24 th US President
6 Apr 1893 Salt Lake Temple dedicated with grandmother, Sarah Josephine Jensen attending
7 June 1894 Death of great grandfather, William Coe Critchlow in Ogden, Utah
Nov 1895 Election of William McKinley as 25 th US President
4 Jan 1896 Utah becomes a State
20 Sep 1897 Birth of brother, Bryan Critchlow Jensen in Logan, Utah
13 Sep 1898 Lorenzo Snow becomes the 5 th President of the Church
April 1900 Census list Keith Jensen (8) living with the Jensen family on “J” Street in Logan, Utah
14 Sep 1901 Assassination of William McKinley in Buffalo, NY, Theodore Roosevelt becomes 26 th US President
17 Oct 1901 Lorenzo Snow dies, Joseph F. Smith becomes the 6 th President of the Church
23 Feb 1902 Keith’s 10 th Birthday
13 Jul 1902 Birth of future wife, Violet Marian Thurston
17 Feb 1903 Birth of sister, Ruth Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah
20 Mar 1903 Death of grandmother, Mary Eliza Brown in Ogden, Utah
Nov 1904 Election of Theodore Roosevelt as US President
1 Sep 1905 Death of grandmother, Sarah Josephine’s second husband, N.C. Mortensen
10 Jan 1906 Death of grandfather, William Fuller Critchlow in Ogden, Utah
5 Jul 1906 Death of brother, Don Fuller Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah
17 Dec 1906 Birth of sister, Alice Virginia Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah
1 Nov 1907 Death of great grandmother, Mary McRee Black Brown in Ogden, Utah
2 Jan 1908 Death of aunt, Sarah Ephramina Jensen Snow, fifth wife of Lorenzo Snow in Salt Lake City, Utah
10 Jun 1908 Marriage of brother, William Critchlow Jensen to Alice Fern Miller
23 Jun 1908 Marriage of brother, Earl Ephraim Jensen to Mary Katherine Archer
Apr 1910 Grandmother Sarah Josephine Jensen receives a blessing from Apostle Francis Lyman
Nov 1908 Election of William Howard Taft as 27 th US President
25 Jan 1905 Death of Dorothea Johanna Clausen Jensen, Hans Peter’s third wife and sister of Sarah Josephine in Brigham City, Utah.
1909 First regular radio broadcast
Birth of future wife, Edith Claire Rynders in Illinois
Jan 1910 U.S. Population is 92 million
April 1910 Census lists Keith R. (18) living with his family at 134 Clinton Avenue, Salt Lake City.
25 Sep 1911 Keith R. Jensen is issued a passport for his mission
27 Sep 1911 Goes to Salt Lake Temple to go on LDS mission to the Netherlands and Belgium under President LeGrande Richards. Companions are Ray Van Wagoner (Provo, Utah), Lawrence Taylor (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Jay Castleton (Salt Lake City, Utah)
17 Jan 1912 Marriage of sister, Vera Jensen to David Robert Anderson
23 Feb 1912 Keith’s 20 th Birthday
15 Apr 1912 Sinking of the Titanic
Nov 1912 Election of Woodrow Wilson as 29 th US President
1913 Henry Ford begins the Model T assembly line
27 Mar 1914 Keith Royal returns from his mission via St. John, New Brunswick, Canada on the ship Virginia.
17 Mar 1913 Death of Sarah Josephine’s sister Louise Stege in St. Louis, Missouri. Her other sister was Lena Gerhardt
10 Dec 1914 Marriage of Keith Royal Jensen and Florence Langford in Salt Lake City, Utah at 22 years of age
24 Nov 1915 Birth of daughter, Beth Florence Brown in Salt Lake City, Utah
1916 Birth of future wife, Dorothy Rynders in Illinois
Nov 1916 Re-election of Woodrow Wilson as US President
2 Dec 1916 Marriage of father, Ephraim Jensen to Mary Elizabeth McDonald
7 May 1917 Birth of daughter, Sarah Ellen Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah
27 May 1917 Birth of half-sister, Phyllis Elaine Jensen in Salt Lake City
1917 Family listed as living at 134 Clinton Avenue, Salt Lake City which is the home of Hattie Jensen.
11 Nov 1917 Russian Revolution
1918 Keith R. Jensen moves to California and is admitted to the California Bar to practice law. Office is in the Broadway-Temple Building, later in the Law Building in the Los Angeles Civic Center while his brother Earl goes into the Armed Services during WWI.
11 Nov 1918 End of World War I – Armistice Day
23 Nov 1918 Heber J. Grant becomes the 7 th President of the Church
13 Nov 1919 Death of Florence’s father, Jeremiah Euchlet Langford in Salt Lake City.
27 Nov 1919 Hawaiian Temple dedicated
April 1920 Census lists Keith R. (27), Florence (27), Florence Beth (4) and Sarah Ellen (2) living at 818 E. 21 st South in Salt Lake City, the home of Sarah Ellen Langford. She is not listed as living there at this time.
26 Aug 1920 19 th Amendment granting Women’s Suffrage is approved
Nov 1920 Election of Warren G. Harding as 29 th US President
23 Feb 1922 Keith’s 30 th Birthday
24 Mar 1922 Birth of son, Keith Langford Jensen in Los Angeles, California
2 Aug 1923 Death of Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge becomes 30 th US President
24 Dec 1924 Family lives at 431 W. Las Tunas Drive, San Gabriel, CA
Nov 1924 Election of Calvin Coolidge as US President
21 Jan 1925 Marriage of sister, Alice Jensen to Paul Lincoln Holbrook
1925 Keith’s office is listed under Jensen & Back at 509 W. Las Tunas Drive, San Gabriel, CA
6 June 1925 Baptism of Sally and Beth in the Alhambra Ward
25 June 1925 Marriage of sister, Ruth Jensen to Thomas Alfred Clawson, Jr. in Salt Lake City
15 Oct 1926 Marriage of brother, Bryan C. Jensen to Naomi Ellsworth in Honolulu, Hawaii
1927 Charles Lindbergh files solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs
1927 San Gabriel City Directory lists Keith and Florence living at 431 N. Milton Drive, San Gabriel
1928 Discovery of penicillin
Nov 1928 Election of Herbert Hoover as 31 st US President
17 June 1929 Graduation of Beth from Washington Elementary School
15 July 1929 First Tabernacle Choir broadcast
29 Oct 1929 Stock market crash, start of the Great Depression
Apr 1930 Census lists Keith R. Jensen living as a roomer at 646 Whittier Blvd., Whittier. Occupation listed as probation officer .
31 Dec 1930 U.S. Population is 122.7 million
23 Feb 1932 Keith’s 40 th Birthday
14 Aug 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles
29 Aug 1932 Final divorce decree from Florence Langford Jensen granted
Nov 1932 Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as 32 nd US President
1933 FDR launches the New Deal. Residence at 370 ½ So. Walnut Street in Alhambra, California
1934 Whittier City Directory lists Keith R. living with Violet M. Jensen at 228 Rincon Drive, Whittier
1934 Los Angeles City Directory lists Jensen & Jensen Attorneys at 617 S. Olive, Room 810, Los Angeles. Keith in the practice with his brother, Will.
14 Aug 1935 Marriage of brother, Earl Jensen to Mary Lee Peterson
18 Oct 1935 Marriage of daughter, Beth Jensen to Robert F. Brown
7 Feb 1936 Graduation of son, Keith L. Jensen from Granada Elementary School
1936 Residence listed at 1228 Rincon Drive, Whittier. Works at the Whitter Juvenille Facility
1 Sep 1939 Germany invades Poland, start of World War II
Nov 1936 Re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt for 2 nd Term
23 Oct 1938 Birth of first grandchild, Patricia Ann Brown in Alhambra, California
24 Oct 1939 Death of father, Ephraim Peter Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah
10 Dec 1939 Death of aunt, Huldah Jensen Snow, wife of Lorenzo Snow, Jr.
April 1940 Census lists Keith R. (48) and Violet Jensen (37) living at 126 N. Santa Anita Street, San Gabriel
28 June 1940 Graduation of son, Keith from Alhambra High School
Nov 1940 Re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt for 3 rd Term
16 Jun 1941 Death of brother Earl Ephraim Jensen in Los Angeles, California
7 Dec 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
1942 WWII draft card lists Keith R. living at 12 N. Santa Anita Street, San Gabriel
23 Feb 1942 Keith’s 50 th Birthday
4 Nov 1944 Marriage of sister, Alice Jensen Holbrook to Dr. George W. Buchanan
Nov 1944 Re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt for 4 th Term
12 Apr 1945 Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt
8 May 1845 Victory in Europe Day
14 May 1945 Death of Heber J. Grant, George Albert Smith becomes 8 th President of the Church
13 Aug 1945 Marriage of son, Keith Langford Jensen to Vada Cherry
6 Aug 1945 Drop of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
15 Aug 1945 Victory in Japan Day
22 July 1946 Birth of second grandchild, Richard Allen Brown in Alhambra, California
1946 Marriage to wife #4, Dorothy E. Rynders
16 Nov 1946 Marriage of daughter, Sarah Ellen Jensen to Raymond Henry Running in San Gabriel, California
6 Oct 1947 Birth of third grandchild, Ronald Keith Running in Pasadena, California
4 Apr 1948 Death of mother, Mary Harriet Critchlow Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah
4 Sep 1948 Birth of fourth grandchild, Donna Beth Brown in Downey, California
Nov 1948 Election of Harry S. Truman as 33 rd US President
5 Jan 1950 Son, Keith Langford Jensen admitted to the California Bar Association
Residence at 5051 Collis Avenue, South Pasadena, CA
26 May 1950 Birth of fifth grandchild, Mary Ellen Running in Pasadena, California
Dec 1950 U.S. Population is 150.6 million
9 Apr 1951 Death of George Albert Smith, David O. McKay becomes the 9 th President of the Church
1952 City Directory lists Keith R. living with Dorothy Jensen at 5052 Collis Avenue in South Pasadena
2 June 1952 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England
2 Nov 1952 Birth of sixth grandchild, Janet Leslie Jensen in Pasadena, California
Nov 1952 Election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as 34 th US President
6 May 1956 Birth of seventh grandchild, Keith Eric Jensen in San Diego, California
Nov 1956 Re-election of Dwight D. Eisenhower as US President
24 Jul 1959 Nixon and Kruschev have their “kitchen” debate in Moscow
11 Jun 1960 Marriage of grand-daughter, Patricia Ann Brown to Henry Joseph Schmidt in Downey, California
Nov 1960 Election of John F. Kennedy as 35 th US President
Dec 1960 U.S. Population is 180 million
24 Apr 1961 Cuban Bay of Pigs invasion ends in disaster
5 Aug 1962 Death of Marilyn Monroe
25 Sep 1962 Birth of first great-grandson Michael J. Schmidt in San Diego
11 Nov 1962 Death of Keith Royal Jensen with a heart attack on a flight to Europe. Death pronounced at the Royal Greenland Trade Department Hotel, Sondrestromfjord, Greenland.
Funeral for Keith Royal Jensen held at the Turner-Stevens mortuary at 530 East Main Street, Alhambra. Burial at the Valhalla Cemetery, North Hollywood, California
22 Nov 1963 Death of President John F. Kennedy
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Preserved from Ron’s original collection. The wording and historical recollections are the authors’ own.
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