Olive Christiana Belnap (1888-1979)

Gathered here is the most comprehensive repository of materials on the life of Olive Christiana Belnap, granddaughter of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap through Gilbert’s son Hyrum Belnap.  Click on the links below to access biographical and historical information concerning Olive Christiana Belnap:

Biographical Materials

• Belnap, W. Dean. Heritage With Honor: Genealogy and History of the Ancestry and Descendants of Gilbert Belnap (1821 – 1899) (1974)

Newspaper Articles

• “Daughters Of The Pioneers,” Ogden Standard Examiner, 27 Jan 1924
• “Display Will Be Open Until Nine Tonight,” Ogden Standard Examiner, 17 Dec 1935
• “Ogden Artists To Be Featured At Club Meet,” Ogden Standard Examiner, 27 Oct 1940

Marriage Records

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Census Records

• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Ogden, Weber, UT (5 Jun 1900)
• 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ogden, Weber, UT (21 Apr 1910)

Travel Records

• U.S. Passport Application: Olive C. Belnap, 18 Apr 1913
• Boston Passenger List, S.S. Cymric; 1 Jul 1913 (departed Liverpool, England; arrived 10 Jul 1913, Boston, MA; from Ancestry.com)
• New York Passenger List, S.S. Leviathan, 5 Apr 1929

Death Records

• Death Certificate: Conrad Heber Jenson, 1952

Art/Painting Records

• Jenson, Michael B. The Art of Olive Belnap Jenson (n.d; privately printed)
• Utah Painting and Sculpture, p. 280 (mention of Olive Belnap Jensen painting)

Photographs and Images

Individual Images

• Olive Christiana Belnap, as a child
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Group Images

• Hyrum Belnap with wife Christiana Rasmussen, daughter Olive, and Christiana’s brother at monument to man who wrote “Home Sweet Home” in San Francisco, California, early 1900s
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Headstones

• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Olive C. Belnap Jenson (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Conrad Heber Jenson (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Conrad H. Jenson (family plot marker) (front) (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Conrad H. Jenson (family plot marker) (front) (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Edward Dean Flanders and Olive Arlene Jenson (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: David J. Flanders (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)

Spouse

• Conrad Heber Jenson (1890-1952)

Children

• Olive Arlene Jenson (1922-1996)
• Conrad Belnap Jenson (1926-2012)

Parents

• Hyrum Belnap (1858-1938)
• Christiana Rasmussen (1863-1928)

Last update:  4 Sep 2020