Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1995.151 |
Object Identification Number |
1995.151.003 |
Object Name |
Apron |
Donor |
Johnson, Kristi Planck |
Description |
An apron. The waist apron is long in length and made from blue and white checked cotton. There are two ties, one on each side, made from the same material. There is design of a pair of love birds repeated three times along the bottom. The birds sit on a branch. The birds are created using "X" stitches similar to cross-stitch. Along the hem, there is a chain of roses as well. The material is gathered at the waistband |
Dimensions |
W-18 L-34 inches |
Made By |
Jensen, Jensine |
Creation Date |
ca. 1900 |
Owned By |
Johnson, Kristi Plank |
Material |
cotton |
Associated People |
Johnson, Kristi Plank Jensen, Jensine |
Search Terms |
Johnson, Kristi Plank Jensen, Jensine apron |
Provenance |
This apron was owned and made by the donor's maternal great-grandmother, Jensine Jensen, ca. 1900. ------------------------------------------------------------- FAMILY HISTORY: Lars and Jensine (sometimes spelled Jensina) Jensen were the maternal great-grandparents of donor Kristi Plank Johnson. Their daughter, Anna Marie Henrietta (née Jensen) Hansen, also sometimes referred to as Annie), was the donor's maternal grandmother. Lars Christian Jensen was born on 26 September 1852 in Odense, Denmark. He was a carpenter by trade. Lars married Jensine Wilhelmenia Jensen on 24 March 1874. Jensine was also from Odense and had been born on 22 February 1847. Lars and Jensine had seven children, five of whom were born in Denmark and two in the United States. The family immigrated in 1884. Daughter Anna Marie, who was born in Odense on 22 November 1877, was six years old at the time. Shortly after their arrival in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Jensine gave birth to daughter Hannah. The family suffered numerous hardships their first year, as they were unable to speak English and two of the sons contracted diphtheria and Anne Marie contracted both scarlet fever and whooping cough. The family moved out west, living in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota while Lars sought employment. Anne Marie met her husband, a Danish immigrant named Andrew (Anders) Hansen, while the family was living in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. Andrew Hansen was born in Magleby, Langeland, Denmark on 4 May 1870. He had immigrated to the U.S. alone in 1886 and settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where he delivered newspapers on a pony. Later he moved to Iowa, where he found employment at brickyards. Lars and Jensine finally settled in Houston, Texas. Andrew and Anne Marie were married in Houston on 12 February 1897. Lars returned to Iowa to build a house for his daughter and new son-in-law in Sioux City, Iowa. Lars died in 1933 and Jensine died in 1939. Andrew ran a brickyard in Sioux City, Iowa until 1910. Then Andrew and Anne Marie moved to Omaha, where Andrew ran another brickyard until his retirement. Andrew sang with Dania, a Danish mens' choral group in Omaha, and the couple would often entertain the group at their home. Andrew and Anne Marie had two surviving children, Esther Jensina (the donor's mother) and Carl Howard. Anne Marie died in 1963. |
Images |
207\1995151003.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
07/17/1995 |