This week's Amanuensis Monday project is to transcribe the newspaper obituary for Andrew Jorgensen. Andrew's name at birth was Anders Johan Jorgensen when he was born in Udby. Holbæk, Denmark on 06 August 1881. He would change his name upon his immigration to the United States.
Andrew was my great-grandfather's brother, which makes his my second great-uncle. I was very happy when I found that my great-grandfather William Christian Johnson, had been a Jorgensen and many of his brothers and sisters came to America. It was a break-through in a brick wall when I learned many of William's siblings had also immigrated from Denmark and settled in Fresno, California. Little by little, I have been learning more about my California connections.
Andrew died on 22 November 1949 and his obituary was published in the Fresno Bee.
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| IMAGE: Obituary for Andrew Jorgensen, published in the Fresno [CA] Bee, on Tuesday, 22 November 1949. [1] |
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VETERAN FRESNO CONTRACTOR DIES
Andrew Jorgensen, 68 of 3728 Washington Avenue, a building contractor in Fresno for many years,
died today in a local hospital, where he had been a patient for a week.
Jorgensen suffered from asthma for many years and the ailment in recent years affected his heart.
He was born in Denmark and came to the United States in 1902. Six years later he settled in Fresno and had lived here ever since.
In partnership with R. Pedersen, he built the San Joaquin Baking Company's plant and many schools in and around Fresno. In recent years, since the dissolution of the partnership, he built apartment structures and other buildings. He was the contractor on the apartment building now nearing completion at Simpson Avenue and First Street.
He was a member of the Danish Brotherhood, the Danish Soldiers Club and Dania. He and Mrs. Jorgensen would have celebrated their forty second wedding anniversary next Sunday.
Surviving relatives include his widow, Mrs. Dorothea Jorgensen; a son Axel H. Jorgensen of Berkeley; two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Ellis of Bakersfield and Mrs. Ingeborg Smith of Livermore; a brother, Carl Jorgensen of Fresno; a sister, Mrs. Marie Johansen of Pacific Grove and four grandchildren.
The Lisle Funeral Home will announce the arrangements for the last rites.
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Source:
1.) "Veteran Fresno Contractor Dies," obituary, 22 November 1949, page 4B, Fresno Bee, Fresno, California. 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.]
If you would like to learn more about Andrew, I have also transcribed his Intention and Petition for Naturalization and you can read that here.
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; to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.
Thank you for stopping by today and letting me share this newspaper article with you. I also hope that your week has had a good start. And as always, I hope you have a great day.
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