Our Family

This last Tuesday (Veteran's day) I got to thinking about all of the sacrifices that people have made for us. What amazing blessings we have received from those who came before us. A picture came to my mind that I had seen at Aunt Mary's house of John (Johann) Jensen who is Grandpa Jensen's Grandfather. I know that some of us have heard the story of him fighting in the Civil War. But I thought I would share it for those who don't know, as well as for those of us who do know as a reminder. John joined the army and went to fight for the Union. He served faithfully in company H in the 6th reg Wisconsin Volunteers and was honorably released. When he got home his brother Peter was drafted, at this point Peter had gotten married and started a family. So John who was unmarried decided to go back into the Army again this time on behalf of his brother this time in company K 17th infantry Wisconsin Volunteers. During his time serving he was injured at least twice that we know of and one of those he was shot in the stomach at the famous battle of Gettysburg. I hope that we will all remember the Sacrifice that he gave for his Brother and show the same kind of love to each other. What great ancestors we have. Love you all!

This is John Jensen dressed in his civil war uniform.

Welcome Jensen's and others

Welcome every one recently Chelley and I started a blog and I feel that we as a wider extended family need to have one as well so that we can all communicate easier. It is really simple and there is no doubt in my mind that it is something that we all should be able to use. If you can't figure out how to put up some info please call and I will walk you through it. My hope with this is that we as a family will be able to stay in close contact and updated on what is happening with everyone. I also think it will help open the communication lines with what is happening with family history because we will be able to post any info for everyone to see. I realize that with all technology their is some hesitancy because of privacy issues however through out family us e and other research we have done we feel confident that our info can and will stay confidential. There is also the option that we can only allow invited user's to look at the info. If that is something we would like to do please just let me know and I will take care of it. Other than that I hope this will be a place for our Family to grow and progress and still remain in contact. We love you all. Josh and Chell