One of first settlers at Norsewood, New Zealand.
Took up section 56 in the Te Whiti clearing.
Emigration records from Norway show Thomas JENSEN (FORLAND) was aged 28 years when he emigrated from Norway with his wife, Eli, and daughter Marie.
Letters of Naturalisation for Thomas JENSEN of Norsewood, Settler, 27 Feb 1878 (The NZ Gazette, 1878 p236 - Auckland Archives).
Thomas and Eli JENSEN had 5 more children in New Zealand.
Lived in Union Street and 5 Rata Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
Last Address: 5 Rata Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.
Aged 90 years at death.
Buried in JENSEN family plot at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand:
Thomas JENSEN (1844-1930) and Eli JENSEN (1842-1920), Joseph Edward MOYLE (187?-1938) and Inga Amelia MOYLE (1879-1957), Nellie JENSEN (188?-1901) and Ellen MILLER (188?-1906), Alexander Tudehope MACPHERSON (1906-1975) and May Eileen MACPHERSON (1903-1988).
One of first settlers at Norsewood, New Zealand.
Last address: 5 Rata Street, Posonby, Auckland, New Zealand.
Buried in JENSEN family plot, Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand.
Nellie aged 19 years at death.
Never married, no children.
Buried in JENSEN family plot, Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand.
