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• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Amanda Katherine Jensen [Amanda Katherine Wilson]
  Birth 2 Feb 1895 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
  Father Soren P Wilson
  Mother Kristine M Sorensen
  SSN 484588999
  Oct 1963: Name listed as AMANDA KATHERINE JENSEN
  
  Amanda Wilson
  Birth 2 Feb 1895 in Iowa
  Death 14 Apr 1968 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA
  Parents Soren Wilson 1865-1944, Christina b 1870
  Spouse Oluf Jensen, Birth 4 Apr 1895 in Kansas, Death 14 Jul 1983 in California
  --  Julie Ann Ryan, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16486092/person/433720088
  
  Olaf Frederick Jensen
  14 APR 1885 - 14 JUL 1983
  BIRTH 14 APR 1885, Americus, KS
  DEATH 14 JUL 1983, Council Bluffs, IA
  Father Jensen
  Spouse Amanda Katherine Wilson
  Children:
  Ferne Virginia Jensen
  Russell Soren Jensen
  Jeanette Louise Jensen
  Earl Wilson Jensen
  --  Carrigan Genealogy, http://www.carriganlane.com/w_dir/d0000/g0000016.html#I1231
  
  1910 Federal Census, Pottawatamie County, Iowa, 18 April, Council Bluffs Ward 4, District 140, page 5B, 1701 So 9th St, Hse #102, Fam #103
  Wilson, Sorne [sic, =Soren]  Head M W 45 Married 16 yrs Denmark Denmark Denmark immigrated 1887 Naturalized Coal Dealer Owns
  Wilson, Christina M Wife F W 40 Married 16 yrs 4 children/4 living Denmark Denmark Denmark
  Wilson, Amanda K Dau F W 15 Single Iowa Denmark Denmark
  
  In 1925, the Iowa census includes excellent detail on each individual that informs us about family relationships and details on each individual.  Amanda has married Olaf Jensen, also of Danish extraction, born in Kansas.  On Olaf Jensen's name the A is open and was mistaken for a U by the Ancestry transcriber.  Most of the As on this page are open like that, including the A in Denmark, which looks like Dunmark in many instances.  Amanda also looks like Amunda.  (It is possible that the enumerator actually meant to spell the name Oluf, based on the sound if he was an Anglo, and unfamiliar with this common Scandinavian name.  But on the other evidence of the page, I have kept the normal spelling of Olaf.)
  
  1925 Iowa State Census, Pottawatamie County, Council Bluffs Ward 5, page 403,  927 6th Avenue
  Jensen, Olaf Head M W 39 Rents $25/mo 39 yrs in US, 20 yrs in Iowa  4th reader rural grade edu b Kansas;  Father Jensen Soren b Denmark age 71 mother Christensen Christiana b enmark age 69 married Denmark
  Jensen, Amanda  Wife F W 30  30 yrs in US, 30 yrs in Iowa  8th grade edu b Iowa;  Father Wilson Soren b Denmark age 59 mother Sorenson Christiana b Denmark age 56 married Iowa
  Jensen, Fern F W 9  9 yrs in US, 9 yrs in Iowa  4th grade edu b Iowa;  Father Jensen Olaf b Kansas age 39 mother Jensen Amanda b Iowa age 30 married Iowa
  Jensen, Russell  M W 6  6 yrs in US, 6 yrs in Iowa  1st grade edu
  
  Amanda's parents and three siblings are living next door to the Jensens.
  
  1925 Iowa State Census, Pottawatamie County, Council Bluffs Ward 5, page 403,  919 6th Avenue
  Wilson, Soren Head M W 59 Owns Free $6000 value 43 yrs in US, 43 yrs in Iowa  naturalized 8th grade edu b Denmark;  Father Wilson Peter b Denmark [no age, deceased], mother Myrtue Mette K b Denmark [no age, deceased] married Denmark
  Wilson, Christiana Wife F W 55 35 yrs in US, 35 yrs in Iowa  naturalized 8th grade b Denmark;  Father Christanson [sic] Soren b Denmark [no age, deceased], mother Petersen Anna b Denmark [no age, deceased], married Denmark
  Wilson, Hazel F  W 27  27 yrs in US, 27 yrs in Iowa  12th grade b Iowa b Iowa;  Father Wilson Soren b Denmark age 59 mother Sorenson Christiana b Denmark age 55 married Iowa
  Wilson, Jacob P  M W 21  21 yrs in US, 21 yrs in Iowa  3yrs college b Iowa b Iowa;  Father Wilson Soren b Denmark age 59 mother Sorenson Christiana b Denmark age 55 married Iowa
  Wilson, Emmett S  M W 12  12 yrs in US, 12 yrs in Iowa  7th grade b Iowa b Iowa;  Father Wilson Soren b Denmark age 59 mother Sorenson Christiana b Denmark age 55 married Iowa
  
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  Amanda K Wilson Jensen
  BIRTH 2 Feb 1895
  DEATH 14 Apr 1968 (aged 73) Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
  BURIAL Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
  Parents:
  Soren Peter Wilson 1865-1944
  Christine M Sorenson Wilson 1869-1937
  
  Spouse O F Jensen 1885-1983
  
  Siblings:
  Viola O Wilson Jensen 1896-1961
  Emmett S Wilson 1912-1991
  
  Children:
  Ferne Virginia Jensen 1915-2012
  Russell Soren Jensen 1919-2014
  Jeanette Louise Jensen Ryan 1926-2018
  
  Created by Julie Ryan 22 Apr 2012
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 88971914, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88971914
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Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
  • 18 April, Council Bluffs Ward 4, District 140, page 5B, 1701 So 9th St, Hse #102, Fam #103
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • Julie Ann Ryan, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16486092/person/433720088
• 3. 1925 Iowa State Census, Pottawattamie County
  • Council Bluffs Ward 5, page 403, 927 6th Avenue
• 4. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 6. Carrigan Genealogy