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Thiesen found a job tending bar in a saloon. The saloon owner died in the epidemic. In 1884, Thiesen married the saloon owner's widow, Emilie Lehnkuhl, and thus became the owner of a profitable business. Christen and Emilie had four children who lived to adulthood; Thiesen also adopted his stepdaughter Dina. Emilie died in January, 1900 due to complications of childbirth. In April, 1901, Thiesen married Effie Lee Mitchell. Thiesen was granted U.S. citizenship in 1902.
rewrote my paragraph about how Thiesen emigrated to Pensacola
'''Christen Ustrup Thiesen''' (first name sometimes given as '''Christian''') was a Pensacolian businessman best remembered for his ownership of the [[Thiesen Building]].
Christen Thiesen emigrated to 's career as a Pensacola during businessman began through unusual circumstances. Born in Denmark, Thiesen was the Pensacola yellow fever epidemic navigator of [[1882]]a Danish sailing ship. According to a story passed down in the Thiesen family from generation to generation, Thiesen was became stranded in Pensacola during the navigator Pensacola yellow fever epidemic of a Danish sailing ship[[1882]]. After he had disembarked in Pensacola, the rest of the crewhis crewmates, hearing of the epidemic, refused to would not let Thiesen him back on board. (At that time it was not yet known that yellow fever is not transmitted by person-to-person contact, but by mosquitoes.)Thiesen found a job tending bar in a saloon. The saloon owner died in the epidemic. In 1884, Thiesen married the saloon owner's widow, Emilie Lehnkuhl, and thus became the owner of a profitable business.
He built the [[Thiesen Building]] on the northeast corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Romana Street]]s in [[1901]]. He was reportedly warned that his venture would fail and the building would be lost to receivership; when this failed to happen, Thiesen gloated by flying the Danish flag from the building every year until his death.
