Fergus County Democrat., 1916-03-16
PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

In the District Court of the Tenth Ju-
dicial District of the State of Mon
tana, In and for the County of Fer
gus.
In the Matter of the Application of
Nlels Hjerregnrd Jensen, for he
| change of name to Nels Bjerregard
Johnson. Petition for G. ngc of
Name.
TO the Honorable, the District Court
of the Tenth judicial District of the
state of Montana, In and for the coun-
| ty ~ Feruag;
| Tho undersigned Niels Bierregard
Jensen respectfully shows:
| L. That his name IL Niels Hjerrcg
ard Jensen. and that he wns born III
Vester Hjmitslev. Denmark. on the
! 18th day of July. A. -. 1875. and that
he In over twcnty-one years Of age.
| 2. That his father IL not living, and
that the names of his nearest relatives
are as follows: n sister, Mrs Peter Mel
son, in the state OF California, and n
brother In Denmark, and that he has
been residing for several years at Ty-
Ter, Fergus County, Montana.
| 3, Tint your petitioner Is desirous
| that this Court should make an order
authorizing him to uHe another name
In accordance with the provisions of
| 1850. 226l, 2263 and 1854 Of tho Code
OF civil Procedure or the State or Mon
tana. and that the name he desires To
assume is Ncls Bjcrregnrd Johnson.
Your petitioner bases this petition
upon thu following grounds. to-wit:
I. That his father. Neis +. Jensen.
died when your petitioner was a small
child and his mother married N. -.
Johnson, whose name your petitioner
took and WAS known by the same un-
III he took out his citizen papers In
the United States under the name of
Niels Bicrregard Jensen. ana your pc
titioner In desirous of still .oing by the
name OF Johnson.
2. That your petitioner waH mar
ricd under the name of Ncls Rjcrreg-
nrd Johnson and he has been known
to many of his acquaintnnces by that
name since ne became OF ngc.
3. That because your petitioner has
been known by two names he has CON
tinual trouble about his name. his busi-
ness transactions and court records:
and he believes that n change of name.
ns hercinbefore set forth. Will be of
great advantage to his social and busi-
ness life.
Your petitioner knows OF no objoc-
tions against said change of name, nor
does he know Of any reason that can
be urged against 1t.
Wherefore, your petitioner pray =
that the Honorable Court net the time
for a hearing of this application. and
. that at such hearing II be ordered, ad-
Judged and decreed that the name Of
the petitioner be changed to Nels Bier
, regard johnson,
NIEI.S BJERREGARD JENSEN.
Petitioner.
State of Montana County OF Fer
gus, ss
I Niels Bjerregard Jensen, being first
| duly sworn. depOses and says that he
Is tho petitioner In the above entitled
, action; thnt he has read the within
| and foregoing petition and knows the
contents thereof; and that the same is
true of his own knowledge. except mr.
to matters therein stated on infOrmn :
ton and belief; and as to those mat l.
ters that he believes II to be true.
NIELS BJERREGARD JENSEN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 28th day of February. 1870
(SeaD CHARLES ANDERSON,
Notary Public for the State Of Mon
tana. Residing ut Lewistown. Mon
tana. My commission expires June
23, 1917 H# gro 7#
Upon reading and filing the petition
In the foregoing application, It ID here
. by ordered that Monday. the 3rd da ,
> of April, Mt 10 o'clock a. M, at the
Court room OF said Court be and the
same hereby are appointed the time
and place for the hearing OF said Pc
tition. 81 lHt
Dated February 28, 1916.
: ROY r. AYERS.
/ District Judge.
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