Happy Winter Catherine: Am forwarding your message to a few other local genealogy buffs who may have better ideas. But we are aware of the Jesperson clan, they have been prominent in agriculture, business, education and public affairs during the 1900s. A school, a road and a tire service company still carry the name. A Jesperson was our local State Senator in the mid-1900s (California State Legislature). Hopefully someone can successfully link you up with a descendant. Richard At 01:00 AM 8/4/2001 -0600, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:05:53 +1000 >From: "Catherine Edwards" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [CASANLUI] JESPERSEN in San Luis Obispo > >Hi everyone, > >I am hoping someone can help with my quest to find the JESPERSEN's. > >I am descended from JEP HANSEN JESPERSEN who was born circa 1838 in >Aabenraa, Schleswig Holstein, Denmark. Jep came to Australia about 1860, >married and died here. This is as far as I have been able to go on this >line - I have been unable so far to find a record of his birth etc. although >I do have a death certificate stating his parents were Anna Christina Hansen >and Christian Jespersen (I am suspicious of this information due to naming >patterns of the Danes). > >I also have in my possession a copy of a photo of a very large family clan >standing beside what appears to be an frame for an oil well ???, water stand >or something. Beside the photo are the words "Jep's brother who went to San >Luis Obispo". No further details are mentioned. > >I am hoping someone may also be looking for this family, and if so please >contact me and perhaps we can help each other. > >Cheers, > >Catherine