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George Fredrick Jensen

George Fredrick Jensen

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  • Name George Fredrick Jensen 
    Birth 20 Jan 1901  Mundaring Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I258  The Cream Family
    Last Modified 13 May 2012 

    Father George Jorgen Jensen   d. 28 Jul 1927, Mullewa W.A Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Annie Gill 
    Marriage 1900  Fremantle W.A Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Winifred Kennedy 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1932  St. Brigid's Catholic Church Mt Magnet Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Births
      JENSEN (nee Winnie Kennedy).? On April 16, at Miss Harvey's Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. George Jensen, Bullado Station, Mullewa? a son. Both well. [1]
    • 1932 'JENSEN?KENNEDY

      JENSEN-KENNEDY

      St. Brigid's Catholic Church. Mt Magnet was prettily decorated on Wednesday evening, June 8, the occasion being the marriage of Miss Catherine Winifred Kennedy, third daughter of Mrs and the late Mr. Thomas Kennedy, of Mt. Magnet, to George Frederick Jensen, eldest son of Mrs and the late Mr. G. J. Jensen, of Bullardoo Station, Mullewa.

      The Rev. Father Prendergast officiated. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her brother-in-law, Mr. J. Duplex , looked beautiful in her gown of ivory satin close fitting at the bodice with long sleeves, the skirt falling in soft fiares. A long satin train edged with seed pearls and lined with shell pink was carried by the three small nieces of the bride. Misses Mary Jones, Josephine and Kathleen Duplex, all dressed alike in long frocks of rose pink crepe de chine made with tiny bodices, puff sleeves and full skirts.

      The wedding veil was prettily arranged, and to add further effect the bride carried a sheaf of white roses. The bridesmaids, the Misses Pat and Sheila Kennedy, both in powder blue crepe de chine, with square cut bodices and long flared skirts with matching coatees, looked charming. They wore silver and blue headdresses and carried sheaves of pink. roses.

      Mr. Bob Jensen was best man and Mr. Tom Kennedy groomsman. The wedding breakfast was held at the Commercial Hotel, where Mrs. Kennedy received her guests wearing a handsome frock of black morocain, relieved with beige and a black felt hat. Mrs. Jensen wore a lovely frock of black georgette, with a matching coatee and a black felt hat The happy couple left by train to spend their honeymoon in the city. The bride's travelling frock was of dark brown morocain relieved with orange and hat to match.
      [2]
    Children 
     1. ? Jensen
    Family ID F81  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 May 2012 

  • Notes 
    • 1914 'FISHING BOAT UPSET

      FISHING BOAT UPSET.
      Geraldton, Sept. 2.

      A disaster occurred to the fishing boat Ivy of Fremantle, off the Abrolhos Islands on Saturday, involving the loss of two lives. The Ivy left Fremantle on August 21, and engaged in fishing until Thursday, catching over a ton of fish between Gun Island and Woody Island. Owing to heavy weather she ran for shelter to Gun Island, and remained there over Thursday and Friday.

      As the weather improved on Saturday morning fishing was resumed between the two islands. At about 9 o'clock in the morning one of the crew called to his mates to look at the heavy sea which was coming, and to hold fast. Immediately the vessel was struck, and turned right over, floating keel upwards.

      The captain, Martin Peterson, clung to the keel, and he called to George Jensen, who had been thrown clear into the water, to try to secure the dinghy, whilst the other member of the crew, a German known as Paul, was also in the water. Then another heavy sea struck the boat and righted her, but ripped out the mast and all of the rigging.

      When Jensen came to the surface there was no trace of his companions. Clinging to the wreck Jensen held on during Saturday, and on Sunday morning he was gladdened at the sight of Woody Island and the appearance of two fishing shacks lying sheltering close to it.

      He stuck to the wreck until she drifted as far as he thought she would go, and then he struck out for the shore, being then nearly done up. His cries for assistance were heard by Frank Morrison, captain of the Marie, of Geraldton, one of the two boats, who saw Jensen as he was just reaching the shore, and putting off in a dinghy went to his help and brought him to the Marie, where he was provided with dry clothes, given food, and put to bed.

      The Marie returned to Geraldton on Tuesday. Jensen states that the wreck drifted about 13 miles from the scene of the disaster. He was very stiff and sore after his buffeting. Peterson was a married man, and had a wife and son at Fremantle Paul, the German, was unmarried.
      [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] National Library of Australia.
      1933 'Family Notices.', The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 19 April, p. 1,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32469468

    2. [S2] National Library of Australia.
      1932 'JENSEN?KENNEDY.', Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), 3 July, p. 5 Section: Second Section, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58666377

    3. [S2] National Library of Australia.
      1914 'FISHING BOAT UPSET.', The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 3 September, p. 8 Edition: SECOND EDITION., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28566551