James Christian "Jens" Petersen (11 December 1880 – 30 April 1953) was a builder and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography. Petersen was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, to parents Neils Petersen and his wife Maria Elizabeth (née Thorsen). He attended school in Rockhampton and became a builder, working in Rockhampton, Mount Morgan, and Sydney. He was secretary of the Rockhampton Workers Political Organisation in 1898. In 1905 he married Cordelia May Dawbarn in Sydney and together had two daughters. He died in Sydney in April 1953 and was buried in Frenchs Forest Cemetery.
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James Christian "Jens" Petersen (11 December 1880 – 30 April 1953) was a builder and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography. Petersen was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, to parents Neils Petersen and his wife Maria Elizabeth (née Thorsen). He attended school in Rockhampton and became a builder, working in Rockhampton, Mount Morgan, and Sydney. He was secretary of the Rockhampton Workers Political Organisation in 1898. In 1905 he married Cordelia May Dawbarn in Sydney and together had two daughters. He died in Sydney in April 1953 and was buried in Frenchs Forest Cemetery.
