Jens was the youngest son of Arthur Petersen, son of a Norwegian Prime Minister. Jens helped to found the Mauriceville Dairy Company in 1889. Sometime between 1910 – 1920 the family moved to Palmerston North, where Jen’s son George Conrad became a leading lawyer and a well known local historian.
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- 2011P_PETERSENMv28_005979
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- Jens Peter Petersen
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- Coolstore
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- Unknown
- Place
- Manawatu
- Date
- circa 1889
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- Palmerston North City Library
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