Simon came to Minnesota from Norway. Also his Wife Nanna. They were married there and later came to North Dakota and settled 11/2 miles east of Jessie (where Michael Heinz now lives).
Simon and Nanna had 7 children, Julius in Washington who had five children, Norma, Huldis, Leo and Leroy (twins) and Shirley all married
Gertrude (Mrs. Ingvald Haakenson, New Rockford who has 5, Deloris, Mildred, Ovidia, Irving, and Darwin
Marvel passed away with scarlet fever at the age of 2
Fritjof is out west - he was married to Myrtle Arneson, they had 3 children all are married
Eugene Jenson is in Astoria, Oregon they have 15 youngsters
and Sylvia (Mrs. Wallace McCulloch) who lives in New Auburn, Wisconsin who had one son
Grant Jenson a plumber in Cameron, Wisconsin. Sylvester, who lives in New Rockford works for road construction has 2 girls both married
and Alfred Jenson who lives in Fargo is married to Eunice Knutson has 5 children 4 of whom are married.
"Nanna," Mrs. Simon Jenson and Fred Fredrickson were brother and sister. Mr. Jenson passed away in September 1942 and Mrs. Jenson died in April 1943.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 457