Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Jorgensen, Emil C. February 12, 1851 - June 2, 1923
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Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalle to the Sea, Volume II, 
Pages 73-74

	EMIL C. JORGENSEN.  Starting out in life empty-handed, Emil C. 
Jorgensen made the most of his opportunities and for many years was numbered 
among the substantial business men of Portland, in which he settled during the 
pioneer epoch of the history of the city.  Of sturdy Scandinavian stock, he 
was born February 12, 1851, in Haderslev Denmark, one of a family of seven 
children, and when a youth of nineteen decided to seek his fortune in the 
west.  In 1870 he made the journey to California and for a bout six months 
worked for a wholesale liquor firm of San Francisco.  On the expiration of 
that period he came to Portland and continued in the same field of activity.  
For some time he was a traveling salesman for Miller & Company, representing a 
wholesale liquor house on Front street, and eventually became the owner of the 
business, which he conducted successfully for many years.  It was first 
located at the intersection of Third and Taylor streets and later was moved to 
the corner of Main and Third streets.  In the management of his affairs Mr. 
Jorgensen displayed foresight and good judgment and accumulated a substantial 
competence which enabled him to retire in 1905.  The property which he bought 
in early days, is now occupied by the Hotel Lenox, a modern, first-class 
hostelry, of which his sons are the proprietors.
	In 1878 Mr. Jorgensen married Miss Pauline Landenberger, who was born 
in Yonkers, New York, and attended the public schools of Portland, Oregon.  
She was one of five children whose parents were Christian Adam and Marie 
(Decker) Landenberger, natives respectively of Wurtemberg and Stuttgart, 
Germany.  Her father made the trip to New York in 1825 and six months later 
the mother arrived in the city.  The family left the Empire state when Mrs. 
Jorgensen was a child of seven and went to California by the isthmus route.  
They came to Oregon in 1866 and Mr. Landenberger engaged in the newspaper 
business in Portland.  For a number of years he was the owner of the Oregon 
German Zeitung, which he sold in the early ‘70s, retiring from business at 
that time.  His demise occurred February 7, 1906, and Mrs. Landenberger died 
January 20, 1903.  To Mr. and Mrs. Jorgensen were born three children, one of 
whom died in infancy.  Their son, Edwin D., was graduated from the high school 
of Portland and for a time was identified with the jewelry trade, later 
turning his attention to the hotel business.  He married Miss Grace Dalrymple, 
by whom he has two daughters, Grace and Sarah Frances.  The younger son, 
Victor Hugo, pursued his high school studies in this city and also attended 
Portland Academy.  He married Miss Martha Polivka and they now have three 
children:  Polly Ann, Victor H., Jr., and Marita E.
	Mr. Jorgensen exercised his right of franchise in support of the 
candidates of the republican party but neither sought nor held political 
office, preferring to remain in the background.  He considered Portland an 
ideal place of residence and heartily cooperated in movements for the general 
welfare.  The principals of truth and honor constituted his guide throughout 
life and his passing on June 2, 1923, deprived the community of a good citizen 
and a man of genuine worth.  Mrs. Jorgensen still resides in Portland, 
occupying the home at No. 581 Glisan street, is highly esteemed by all who 
have been brought within the sphere of her influence.


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History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume II, 
Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928

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