Sunday, June 29, 2014

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.

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