Amanuensis Monday - Obituary for Louise Jorgensen (1842-1927)

Dear FOLKS,

For today's transcription project I am sharing with you the obituary and funeral notice of Louise Jorgensen, née Lovise Wilhelmine Petersdatter, who was born on 20 April 1842 in Dragerup, Holbæk, Denmark and died on 30 May 1927 in Monterey, California. Louise was my father's paternal grandmother, or my great-grandmother. She moved from Denmark in 1902, at the age of 60. I recently wrote about her entry found on a passenger list and here is the link to that article.

Within this transcription, my comments are shown surrounded by square-brackets [ ].

IMAGE: Obituary for Louise Jorgensen
printed on 31 May 1927 in the
"Fresno Bee," Fresno, California.[1]

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Mrs. Louise Jorgensen
       Dies at Coast City

     Mrs. Louise Jorgensen, 85; mother of Mrs. L. Lauritzen of 1425 Blackstone Avenue, died yesterday at the home of another daughter, Mrs. J. Johansen in Monterey where she had been living since leaving Fresno one year ago. Besides her daughters, she leaves five sons, Carl and Andrew Jorgensen of Fresno, Peter Jorgensen of Minnesota, William Jorgensen of North Dakota and Chris Jorgensen of Denmark. Mrs. Jorgensen was a resident of Fresno twenty-four years, coming here in 1902. She was a native of Denmark. Funeral Services will be held in Fresno, the time and place to be announced later.

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A few days later a funeral notice was printed in another Fresno paper announcing the day, time and location of the event.

IMAGE: Funeral Notice for Louise
Jorgensen printed on 2 June 1927 in the
"Fresno Morning Republican," Fresno,
California, page 13, column 6.[2]

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Vital Statistics -- Deaths --

JORGENSEN --


At Monterey, Calif., May 30, 1927, Louise W. Jorgensen, dearly beloved mother of Marie Johansen of Monterey, Mrs. Anna Lauitzen [sic – s/b Lauritzen], Carl and Andrew Jorgensen of Fresno. William Jorgensen [sic] of North Dakota, Peter Jorgensen [sic] of Minnesota and Chris Jorgensen of Denmark; native of Denmark, aged 85 years.  Friends are invited to attend the funeral services, which will be held at the chapel of the Mission Undertaking company, North Broadway at Belmont, this (Thursday) at 3:30 o’clock.  Interment will be in Mountain View cemetery.

[Note. Louise's sons Louis and William used the surname JOHNSON instead of Jorgensen.]

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SOURCES:

1.) "Mrs. Louise Jorgensen Dies at Coast City," Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, USA, 31 May 1927, page and column unknown. Provided by California GenWeb volunteer, M Hoftiezer, mailed to this researcher on 25 November 2015.

2.) "JORGENSEN," The Fresno Morning Republican, Fresno, California, USA, 2 June 1927, page 13, column 6. Fresno County Public Library, San Joaquin Valley Heritage & Genealogy Center, 2420 Mariposa Street, Fresno, California, USA, phone 559-600-7323. [Visited by this researcher on 11 October 2015.]

Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings. Thanks guys.

Transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down and "smell the roses," and to capture all aspects of the paper in hand.

Wishing you a good day and a great week. It's a pleasure to have you stop by.

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