(Written September 1958 by a great-granddaughter, Sylvia Ravsten Toolson.  Information for this history was obtained from a son of Jens, 
Joseph G. Christensen, and from research records obtained from a researcher, Hans N. Ogaard, at Copenhagen, Denmark.)

Jens Christensen was born February 6, 1822, at Ondense Amt Fyn, Denmark, a son of Christian Christiansen Lamp and Johanne 
Margrethe Jensen Steen.  He was born in the forest at what was called the "hunters house" in Dallund Gaard.

His father, Christian Christiansen Lamp, was born Feb. 11, 1796, at Schoenberg Preetz, Holstein, Germany, a son of Clas Lamp and Malen 
Schuett.  His mother, Johanne Margreth Jensen Steen, was born July 4, 1792, at Tved, Svendborg,  Denmark, a daughter of Jens 
Rasmussen Steen and Anne Petronille Andersen.

Jens was the second child in a family of four children.  His brothers and sisters were:  

Claus Christian 	born  9 Nov 1819 at Faaborg; 
Magdalene 		born 26 Feb 1823 at Dalum and 
Christian Peder 	born 25 Apr 1826 at Faaborg, Denmark.

In Denmark Jens Christensen's name was "Jens Christiansen Lamp" and when he came to America he didn't use the name of "Lamp" and 
was known as Jens Christiansen.  When he obtained some land from the government they spelled his name "Christensen" and that is the 
way he spelled his name after that.

Grandfather worked as a coachman for a minister for some time, served his term as a soldier and took part in the Danish-German war in 
1848-1850.  While stationed with the army at one place in Denmark, he met his future bride.  After his release from the army he remained 
in that vicinity and they were married in 1856.  They had two children before they joined the church, Hannah and Martha.  Grandmother 
joined the church five years before grandfather.

Grandfather worked as a carpenter after his marriage and also served as night watchman for eleven years.  They came to America in 
October of 1880, bringing with them the four youngest children, the others having come on before.  They came to Farmington, Utah, and 
lived there for two years and moved to Kanesville.  They lived in West Weber for awhile and then moved back to Kanesville where they 
lived until 1890 when they moved to a farm east of Clarkston, Utah.

He was the father of nine children:

Hannah Margresha 		born 23 Oct 1857;
Martha 				born 12 Jan 1861;
Emma 				born  6 Jan 1864;
James 				born 11 Jul 1866;
Joseph George 			born 14 Feb 1869;
Petrea Willardine (Thea) born 17 Mar 1872;
Eliza Brighamine 		born  9 Feb 1875;
Josephine Hansine 		born  7 Jul 1877;
One son died in infancy.  

He also reared a granddaughter, Clara Emelia Christensen.

After grandfather joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he still used chewing tobacco.  One night he dreamed that 
President Brigham Young rebuked him for this and showed him the error of it.  After that dream he quit using tobacco.  He was strictly  
honest and very firm.  He enjoyed a good clean joke and liked to sing old war songs.  He did not use slang or profanity and never took a 
drink of liquor.  He was a home man.

He was five feet eleven inches in height and weighed about 170 pounds, of medium complexion with blue eyes.

Grandfather was injured in a run-away with a team of horses and never fully recovered from this accident.  He died at Clarkston, Utah, 
February 13, 1894, and was buried at the Clarkston cemetery.