Seaquist, Elizabeth.

Sofie Andersen was born on a farm in Rock Dell Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota on September 3, 1881. She was the daughter of Knud Andersen (who sometimes called himself Knud Orbeck) (1839-1922) and his wife Ane (Nielsen) Andersen (1849-1938), immigrants from Denmark. As a young woman Sofie spent time working as a servant or nanny for the families of Dr. Charles Mayo, Rochester, Minnesota and John Washburn, Minneapolis. She accompanied the Washburns on a trip to Europe in 1904.

Sofie married Andrew Peter Jensen in Minneapolis in 1911. Jensen was born in Denmark on February 17, 1871. They had three children: Elizabeth (Anna Elizabeth) (1912-1984), Elsie Marie (1916-1968), and Andrew Philip (1919-). Andrew died on July 3, 1937 in Bloomington, Minnesota. Sofie died on August 2, 1970 in St. Peter, Minnesota. Both are buried at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis.

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