1895 IA Census: Charles Hanson Family

In the following 10 years, several changes occurred in the Hanson household that are reflected in the 1895 Iowa Census. Another daughter, Hannah Maria, was born on 18 August 1887. A few years later, Charles and Jane's oldest daughters married. On 22 December 1891 Clara married Ole P. Hovey and on 19 Mar 1894 Minnie married Peter T. Hovey. The Hoveys' exact relationship to each other, if any, is not currently known. That same year on 26 December 1894, Charles' father Martin passed away and was buried in the Hanson plot in the East Madison (Vold) Cemetery.


Detail of 1895 IA Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

69 / 69 / Hanson, Chas M. / 50 / M / M / Norway / Farming
_____, Jane / 47 / F / M / Norway
70 / 70 / _____, Ben M. / 27 / M / S / Iowa
_____, Oscar C. / 17 / M / S / Iowa
_____, Nettie / 13 / F / S / Iowa
_____, Hannah / 7 / F / S / Iowa

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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.

Also at about this time or possibly a few years later, the portrait below of the Hanson children was taken. Unfortunately it is not dated.


Hanson Children (c. 1895). Image courtesy of Verla Williams. From left: Oscar, Clara, Hannah, Nettie, Minnie, and Ben.

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.

1900 US Federal Census: Charles Hanson Family

Detail of 1900 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Hanson, Charles / Head / W / M / Mar 1845 / 55 / M / Norway
_____, Jennie [Jane] / Wife / W / F / Nov 1848 / 51 / M / Norway
_____, Nettie / Daughter / W / F / Dec 1881 / 18 / S / Iowa
_____, Hannah / Daughter / W / F / Aug 1887 / 12 / S / Iowa

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Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Lincoln, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: 466; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0136; FHL microfilm: 1240466.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

1910 US Federal Census: Charles Hanson Family

Detail of 1910 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Hanson, Charles / head / M / W / 65 / M / 43 / Nor / Nor / Nor / farmer
_____, Jane / wife / F / W / 62 / M / 43 / Nor / Nor / Nor/ none
_____, Hannah M. / daughter / F / W / 22 / S / Iowa / Nor / Nor / dressmaker

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Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Lincoln, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: T624_428; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0159; FHL microfilm: 1374441.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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.