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.

Gravestone: Minnie and Peter Hovey

Peter died on 1 Oct 1940 and was buried in the Orleans Lutheran Cemetery in Winneshiek County, IA. Minnie died on 13 Feb 1955 and was buried beside her husband.


Gravestone. Minnie A. (1875-1955) and Peter T. Hovey (1868-1940). Image courtesy of the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project.

Descendants of Mina Amelia (Hanson) Hovey

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


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


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


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