Charles M. and Jane (SANDER) Hanson Family and Spouses

Charles and Jane (SANDER) Hanson extended family (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams. Front: Clara (Hanson) Hovey, Charles, Jane, Nettie (Hanson) Bothner. Middle: Ole Hovey, Minnie (Hanson) Hovey, Hannah (Owen) Hanson, Hannah (Hanson) Sollied, Gusta (Wold) Hanson, Ludwig Bothner. Back: Peter Hovey, Oscar Hanson, Hans Sollied, Bernt "Ben" Hanson.

1920 US Federal Census: Charles Hanson Family

By 1920, all of the Hanson children had moved out. Living with Charles and Jane were their eight year old grandson, Charles G. Bothner (his mother, Annetta, had passed away in 1913), and two boarders, Anton H. Ark and Helmer G. Gunhus, who were apparently working on the farm. Their names appear on the next page of the census not included here.


1920 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Hanson, Charles M. / head / M / W / 74 / M / Nor / Nor / Nor
_____, Jane / wife / F / W / 72 / M / Nor / Nor / Nor / Nor

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Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Lincoln, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 171; Image: 322. 
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Obituary: Charles M. Hanson

Obituary. Charles M. Hanson. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Gravestone: Karelus (Charles) M. Hanson

Charles Hanson passed away on 12 Dec 1921 and was buried in the family plot. His name appears on the grave marker as Karelus. His father, Martin, who died in 1894, and two of Charles and Jane's children, Klara and Annetta are also buried there.


Gravestone. Karelus M. Hanson (Madison, Winneshiek, IA: East Madison (Vold) Cemetery). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Winter photo of Hanson family gravestones. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

1930 US Federal Census: Jane (SANDER) Hanson

At some point after Charles passed in 1921, Jane moved in with the family of her granddaughter, Stella (Hovey) Falck. The 1930 Census shows Jane, age 82, still living with the Charles J. Falck family at 408 Oak St., in the 2nd Ward of Decorah, IA.


Detail of 1930 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Falck, Charles J. / Head / M / W / 42 / M / Iowa / France / Iowa / Salesman
_____, Stella B. / Wife / F / W / 37 / M / Iowa / Norway / Iowa
_____, Rocellia C. / Daughter / F / W / 11 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
_____, Gertrude K. / Daughter / F / W / 9 / S / Iowa / Iowa /Iowa
_____, Elsie M. / Daughter / F / W / 6 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
_____, Frances E. / Daughter / F / W / 3 11/12 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
_____, Harriet M. / Daughter / F / W / 2 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
_____, Barbara A. / Daughter / F / W / 9/12 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
Hanson, Jane / Grandmother / F / W / 82 / W / Norway / Norway / Norway

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Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: 688; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 713.0; FHL microfilm: 2340423.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. 
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

Obituary: Jane (SANDER) Hanson

On 18 Apr 1930, only a week after the 1930 Census above, Jane passed away. She was buried beside her husband in the family plot in the East Madison (Vold) Cemetery.


Obituary. Jane (SANDER) Hanson (23 Apr 1930). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

RIDGEWAY

Mrs. Chas. Hanson Dies

Word was received here by friends of the death of Mrs. Chas. Hanson, a long time resident of Winneshiek Co., who passed away at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Chas. Falck of Decorah, Friday morning. Funeral services were held at the United Lutheran church of Decorah at 2:30 Monday afternoon and burial was made in the Volds cemetery.

Mrs. Hanson, nee Jane Sander, was born in Brandvold, Soler, Norway about eighty-two years ago and at the age of five years she came to this country with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Brede Sander. Mrs. Hanson has lived here in Winneshiek County since then except for the time she spent in Canada and South Dakota with her children since the death of her husband. For several years she and her husband, C. M. Hanson lived on the farm now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ludwig, about three miles north of Ridgeway and in the Rheinhart residence of this place.

Mrs. Hanson is survived by the following children: Ben and Oscar Hanson of Sisseton, S. D., Mrs. O. P. (Clara) Hovey of Decorah, Mrs. Peter (Minnie) Hovey of Orleans, Mrs. Hans (Hannah) Sollid of Kyel, Canada. Two daughters preceded her in death, Mrs. L. M. (Nettie) Buttner and Clara, who died in infancy.


Gravestone. Gunne "Jane" B. Hanson. (Madison, Winneshiek, IA: East Madison (Vold) Cemetery). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Bernt "Ben" Martinus Hanson

Bernt Martinus Hanson (1867-1947). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Charles and Jane (SANDER) Hanson's son, Bernt, was born on 31 Dec 1867 in Winneshiek County, IA. Around 1899 he married Gusta Wold (b. Dec 1878, NOR). The 1900 Census states they had been married for 0 years.


Gusta (Wold) Hanson (1878-1955). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

They moved to Roberts County, South Dakota where their first daughter, Beatrice Genevieve, was born on 14 Jun 1904. Another daughter, Gladys Viola, was born on 5 Mar 1906.

Bernt died on 12 Jun 1947 and Gusta died on 17 Mar 1955 and are both buried in the Sisseton Cemetery in Roberts County, SD.