Jane (SANDER) Hanson: Family Group Sheet

Jane SANDER married Charles M. Hanson (1845-1921) on 22 Dec 1866 and together they had six children that lived into adulthood: Bernt "Ben" Martinus, Clara Matilda, Mina "Minnie" Amelia, Carl Oscar, Annetta "Nettie" Gustava and Hannah Maria.


Family Group Sheet. Jane (SANDER) Hanson (1847-1930). Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.

We know a little bit about Charles Hanson from his biography in Past and Present of Winneshiek County, Iowa by Edwin C. Bailey.



"Charles M. Hanson." Edwin C. Bailey, Past and Present of Winneshiek County Iowa, Vol. 2 (Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1913), pp. 553-554. Images courtesy of Spelhaug.org.

UPDATE (2 Aug 2018): The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America records at Ancestry.com give the marriage date for Jane Sander and Charles Hanson as 22 Dec 1866. This is more likely accurate than 1867 as shown in the Family Group Sheet above.

1870 US Federal Census: Charles Hanson Family

Detail of 1870 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

117 / 115 / Hanson, Carelius [Charles] / 25 / M / W / farm laborer / Norway
_____, Jane / 22 / F / W / keeping house / Norway
_____, B. M. / 2 / M / W / Iowa
_____, Clara M. / 1/12 / F / W / Iowa
_____, Martin / 56 / M / W / farm laborer / Norway

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Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Madison, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: M593_426; Page: 238A; Image: 479; Family History Library Film: 545924.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Gravestone: Klara Mathilde Hansen

Charles and Jane Hanson's first daughter, Klara Mathilde, was born on 29 May 1870 and died very young on 5 Mar 1873. She was buried in the Hanson family plot in the East Madison (Vold) Cemetery.


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

Following Norwegian tradition, when Jane gave birth to a baby girl on 28 Aug that year, they named her after her older sister.

UPDATE (6 Mar 2015): The Winneshiek County, IA, GenWeb site has a photo of an older individual gravestone for Klara.


Gravestone. Klara Mathilde Hansen (29 May 1870-5 Mar 1873). Image courtesy of Winneshiek County, IA, Genweb site (2008).

1880 US Federal Census: Charles Hanson Family

Detail of 1880 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

28 / 31/ Hanson, Charles / W / M / 35 / Farmer / Norway
_____, Jane / W / F / 32 / Wife / Keeping house / Norway
_____, Bernt M. / W / M / 12 / Son / At School / Iowa
_____, Clara M. / W / F / 6 / Daughter / At School / Iowa
_____, Minnie A. / W / F / 4 / Daughter / Iowa
_____, Carl Oscar / W / M / 2 / Son / Iowa
Hanson, Martin / W / M / 66 / Father / Laborer / Norway

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Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Madison, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: 370; Family History Film: 1254370; Page: 182D; Enumeration District: 351; Image: 0554.
Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Hanson Family Children

Hanson family children (c. 1882). Image courtesy of Verla Williams. From left: Clara, Nettie, Oscar, Ben, and Minnie.

Charles Hanson Family (c. 1885)

This picture of the Charles Hanson family dates to around 1885. This can be determined since Charles and Jane's youngest daughter, Hannah, who was born in 1887, is not in the picture and Nettie (far left) who was born in 1881, appears to be about 3 or 4 years old.


Charles Hanson family (Decorah, IA: J. T. Relf, c. 1885). Image courtesy of Verla Williams. From left: Nettie, Oscar, Jane, Clara, Charles, Minnie, and Ben.

Additional confirmation that the image is from the early 1880s comes from a Family Tree Magazine article: "According to the Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West (Carl Mautz), J. T. Relf operated a photo studio on Water Street in Decorah, Iowa, in 1880."

In 1885, the state of Iowa took a census. As expected Charles Hanson's family listed above, as well as his elderly father, Martin, are all still sharing a household in Madison township, Winneshiek county.


Detail of 1885 Iowa Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

69 / 69 / Hanson, Charles / 39 / M / M / Farmer
_____, Jane / 37 / F / M / Keeping house
_____, Bernt M. / 17 / M / S
_____, Clara M. / 11 / F / S
_____, Minnie A. / 9 / F / S
_____, Oscar C. / 7 / M / S
_____, Annettie G. / 3 / F / S

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Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. 
Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

Clara and Minnie Hanson

This portrait of Clara and Minnie Hanson is also undated, but it appears to have been taken possibly a few years after the Hanson children portrait above.


Clara and Minnie Hanson (Decorah, IA: Star Gallery, date unknown), daughters of Charles and Jane (SANDER) Hanson. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

The following information about the Star Gallery was found at the State Historical Society of Iowa website, IowaHistory.org:

REYNOLDS, BARTLEY J. (1853–1927). Reynolds had a studio in Decorah, Winneshiek County, from about 1892 until 1917. His gallery, called the Star Gallery, was located at 113 W. Water Street (Ben Bear Block). Reynolds' pictures of famous Decorah land sites such as Dug Way, appear in the book Picturesque Decorah which was published by the Decorah Public Opinion newspaper in 1899. He was buried at Phelps Cemetery.

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.

Clara Matilda (Hanson) Hovey

Clara Matilda (Hanson) Hovey (1873-1949). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Clara Matilda Hanson was born in Winneshiek County, IA on 28 Aug 1873. On 22 Dec 1891 she married Ole P. Hovey (b. 24 Jun 1862, Valders, NOR).


Ole P. Hovey (1862-1922). Cropped from a Hanson family portrait (bef. 1913). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Ole and Clara had six children: Stella (b. 7 Nov 1892), Clarence (b. 21 Sep 1895), Florence (b. 23 Mar 1898), Esther (3 Aug 1900), Lloyd (30 Jun 1904), and Beatrice (26 Feb 1907).

Three Generations of Hansons

Unfortunately there is only a photocopy of this portrait of three generations of the Hanson family coincidentally all married on December 22nd.


Three generations of the Hanson family (c. 1916). From left: Charles and Jane (SANDER) Hanson (m. 22 Dec 1867), Clara (Hanson) and Ole Hovey (m. 22 Dec 1891), and Florence (Hovey) and Oscar Vick (m. 22 Dec 1916). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Obituary and Gravestones: Ole and Clara Hovey

Ole P. Hovey died on 28 May 1922 and was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah, Winneshiek, IA.


Obituary. Ole P. Hovey. Decorah Journal (31 May 1922). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Gravestone. Ole P. Hovey (1862-1922). Image courtesy of Iowa Gravestones Photo Project.

His wife, Clara, died 15 Nov 1949 and was buried next to Ole.


Gravestone. Clara M. Hovey (1873-1949). Image courtesy of Iowa Gravestones Photo Project.

Descendants of Clara Matilda (Hanson) Hovey

Descendants chart (page 1). Clara Matilda Hanson. Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 2). Clara Matilda Hanson. Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 3). Clara Matilda Hanson. Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 4). Clara Matilda Hanson. Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 5). Clara Matilda Hanson. Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.


Descendants chart (page 6). Clara Matilda Hanson. Image courtesy of Williams Family Pages.