Hello!

My great-great grandfather Jens Christian Jensen (1869-1957) registered for emigration from Denmark on 11 May 1898, as I've discovered from the Danish Demographic Database online. The record there indicates that he was traveling "Indirekte," meaning he took a feeder ship to another European port before making the trip across the Atlantic. He was traveling with his wife Petrine Marie, and four sons Edward, George, John, and Christian, and the destination listed was Deloraine, Manitoba. Upon arrival the family must have immediately made their way south to Bottineau County, North Dakota, where Jens filed his first papers requesting naturalization on 1 Jul 1898.

His son Edward was my great-grandfather. In an interview on file at the ND State Historical Society, Ed tells a story about their trans-Atlantic travel; apparently they all became badly ill (he said he thought it was measles or smallpox) and had to be quarantined for three weeks on "an island."

With all that background information in mind, I'm trying to fill in a few missing pieces. First, what was their itinerary after leaving Denmark on the feeder ship? From which port did they actually leave Europe, and what ship did they take? Where was this quarantine island located? When and where did they arrive in Canada?

I'm hoping someone here might be able to point me in the right direction for further research on all this; I'd love to be able to get the full story!

Thanks,
Adam

Found this:
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=1263&pa...

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 about J Jensen
Name: J Jensen
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Date of Arrival: 28 May 1898
Vessel: Scotsman
Search Ship Database: View the 'Scotsman' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Quebec and Montreal, Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: C-4541

Image 3:
Landed at Grosse Isle
1 child with measles
The whole Jensen-family of 6 persons has a mark "measles"

Image 7:
6 landed
17 quaratine
measles

About Grosse Island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse_Isle,_Quebec

Thanks for sending this; it's definitely them! That helps clarify some of the details of their voyage.

Thanks!
Adam

I have information on a john c jensen from denmark born 1865. He made his way to greenville mi and eventually to big rapids mi. worked in and then started his own store called j.c. jensen dry goods and notions. store was located in nisbett block on michigan ave in big rapids. Imigration date is listed as 1879 in the book found on google titled: "big rapids the water power city"