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.

Jens Peter Petersen
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2011P_PETERSENMv28_005979
- Title
- Jens Peter Petersen
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Manawatu
- Date
- circa 1889
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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