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Hansen Family History & Genealogy

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Early Hansens

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Frena (Hansen) Maris was born on August 26, 1671 in New York, New York United States, and died at age 72 years old on July 8, 1744 in New York. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frena (Hansen) Maris.
Anders Hansen was born on January 2, 1791 at Udnes, Nes, Viken, Norge, in Norge, and died at age 57 years old on March 19, 1848 at Nes, Viken, Norge in Nes, Viken County, Viken. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anders Hansen.
Walter Hansen of South Sioux City, Dakota County, Nebraska was born on February 1, 1809, and died at age 99 years old in December 1908.
Christian Hansen of W Town Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 99 years old in 1909 in W Town.
Ann Mary Hansen of Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 69 years old in 1879.
Hans Christian Hansen of Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 65 years old in 1875.
Peter Hansen of Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 58 years old in 1868.
Klein Christian Hansen of Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 65 years old in 1875.
As of the 1865 Norwegian Census, esten Hansen had an unknown marital status.
William Hansen of Kilmore Australia was born in 1812, and died at age 77 years old in 1889 in Kilmore.
Mildred Hansen was born on April 29, 1817, and died at age 100 years old in April 1917. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mildred Hansen.
Peter Hans Hansen of Australia was born in 1818, and died at age 60 years old in 1878.

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John B Hansen of Appleton, Outagamie County, WI was born on June 19, 1920, and died at age 79 years old on January 24, 2000.
Grace (Pecard) Hansen
Grace (Pecard) Hansen of Spruce, Wisconsin United States was born to James David Pecard I and Sarah Grace (Piper), and has siblings Emery Pecard, James David Pecard II, Georgein (Pecard)(Spielvogel) Cowan, Donald Pecard, Howard Pecard, and Suzanne (Pecard) Steffeck. Grace Hansen was in a relationship with Herbert Hansen, and has children Linda Lee Hansen and Sandra (Hansen) Vann. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Grace (Pecard) Hansen.
Herbert Hansen of Suring, Oconto County, Wisconsin was born on April 5, 1909. He was in a relationship with Grace (Pecard) Hansen, and had children Linda Lee Hansen and Sandra (Hansen) Vann. Herbert Hansen died at age 60 years old in January 1970.
Sandra Lynn (Hansen) Vann of Spruce, Wisconsin United States was born on March 31, 1944, and died at age 79 years old on January 24, 2024.
Herbert Hansen of Wisconsin was born on April 5, 1895, and died at age 68 years old in May 1963.
Linda Lee Hansen of Spruce, Wisconsin United States was born on October 25, 1942 to Herbert Hansen and Grace (Pecard) Hansen. She had a sister Sandra (Hansen) Vann. Linda Hansen died on October 25, 1942.
Bernice M Hansen of West Chicago, Du Page County, IL was born on October 25, 1914, and died at age 85 years old on January 2, 2000.
Frena (Hansen) Maris was born on August 26, 1671 in New York, New York United States, and died at age 72 years old on July 8, 1744 in New York. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frena (Hansen) Maris.
Clarence Mccarl Hansen of Euroa Australia was born on March 22, 1903 in Euroa to Amy Sarah (Smithers) Hansen and John Mccarl Hansen. He had siblings Rose Hannah Pearl Hansen, Bernard Lewis Spilbu Hansen, Heazel Amy Hansen, Hilda May Hansen, Norman Henry Hansen, Kenneth Reginald Hansen, Bernard Hansen, Hazel Amy Hansen, Kenneth Reginald Hansen, Lindsay Stawell Hansen, Clarence Mccarl Hansen, and Clayton John Hansen. Clarence Hansen died at age 51 years old in 1954 in Korumburra, Victoria.
Gail Hansen
Gail (Alexzander) Hansen of Stanton, Montcalm County, Michigan United States, was in a relationship with Gary Hansen, and has a child Jill Lyn Kitchen. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gail Hansen.
Jill Lyn Kitchen
Jill Lyn (Hansen) Kitchen of Commerce Charter Township, Oakland County, Michigan United States was born on November 21, 1980 to Gail Hansen and Gary Hansen. Jill Hansen married George Wesley Kitchen. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jill Lyn Kitchen.
Gary Hansen was in a relationship with Gail Hansen, and has a child Jill Lyn Kitchen. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gary Hansen.
Kai F Hansen of Torrance, Los Angeles County, CA was born on June 19, 1914, and died at age 88 years old on October 6, 2002.
Bonita Hansen was born on May 22, 1969. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bonita Hansen.
Ursella Foster (Annear) Hansen of Sandhurst Australia was born in 1876 in Sandhurst, City of Frankston County, VIC, and died at age 73 years old on May 22, 1950 in Perth, WA.
Susan K Hansen
Susan's father was Ruben Tobler, 1919-1953, and her mother was Ruth Adele Collins, 1921-1995. Susan's social security card was issued in California. There are records of her having lived in Taft, Tehachapi, and Fresno CA. She married David Russell Hansen, born 1943, in Clark County NV on June 5 1975 and they had 1 child.
Serena Matilda (Hansen) Hatfield of Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia was born on May 15, 1891 in St Kilda, Port Phillip City County, and died at age 75 years old in 1966 in Geelong, Greater Geelong City County.
Lillian S Hansen of Willits, Mendocino County, CA was born on October 9, 1910, and died at age 92 years old on October 26, 2002.
Shannon P Hansen of TX was born circa 1974. Shannon Hansen was married to Jon R. Hansen on July 7, 2007 in Hunt County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shannon P. (Wilson) Hansen.
Ada Christina (Hansen) Mortimore of Warburton, Yarra Ranges Shire County, VIC Australia was born on July 2, 1876 in Warburton, and died at age 69 years old on April 26, 1946 in Warburton.

Popular Hansen Biographies

Susan K Hansen
Susan's father was Ruben Tobler, 1919-1953, and her mother was Ruth Adele Collins, 1921-1995. Susan's social security card was issued in California. There are records of her having lived in Taft, Tehachapi, and Fresno CA. She married David Russell Hansen, born 1943, in Clark County NV on June 5 1975 and they had 1 child.
Hans Christen Hansen
Hans Christen Hansen was born on September 6, 1861. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hans Christen Hansen.
Melanie Rose Hansen
Melanie had the Best humor. She always made People laugh. She was a Real people person and made friends where ever she went. She was smart and loved to learn new things. She wasn’t afraid of hard Work or a Challenge.
Zerita Marie Hansen
She had three children, Carla, Terry, and Kay. She gave them up later in life due to hardship. She married Elon D. Hansen. She loved farm life and the animals that came with it. She was independent and kept to herself and was not trusting of others. Due to the childhood experiences she endured. A fathers abandonment. In her 50''s her health began to fade due to leg circulation, heart surgeries, and diabetes.
Catherine M Hansen was married to Richard Neal Smink. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Catherine M Hansen.
Ane Kathrine Marie Hansen
Finally, I found out where Ane Kathrine Marie Hansen lived in America! I do my genealogy work on MyHeritage, and lately, they have indexed and integrated a lot of large databases worldwide, included FamilySearch records. And wouw, suddenly I got an exciting match there, and was given the names of Ane Kathrine Marie Hansen's husband and 4 children in Nebraska. Her husband was Jens Christian Pedersen Elkjær. The children: Victor, Anfelt, Lena and Emmanuel Petersen.
Vivian L Heeschen
Vivian L (Hansen) Heeschen of San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA was born on April 1, 1920, and had siblings Arlo R Hansen and Vern Hansen. She was the mother of Jerry Heeschen. Vivian Heeschen died at age 72 years old in August 1992 in San Jose.
Kathy (Schommer) Hansen
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kathy (Schommer) Hansen.
Jill Lyn Kitchen
Jill Lyn (Hansen) Kitchen of Commerce Charter Township, Oakland County, Michigan United States was born on November 21, 1980 to Gail Hansen and Gary Hansen. Jill Hansen married George Wesley Kitchen. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jill Lyn Kitchen.
Anders Hansen was born on January 2, 1791 at Udnes, Nes, Viken, Norge, in Norge, and died at age 57 years old on March 19, 1848 at Nes, Viken, Norge in Nes, Viken County, Viken. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anders Hansen.
Hubert Hansen was born to Niel Hansen Christiansen and Gloria Garcia, and has siblings Edgar Hansen-Garcia and Harry Hansen. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hubert Hansen.
Elsie Friederike Emma Hansen
Elsie Friederike Emma Hansen was born on January 25, 1893, and died at age 84 years old on October 18, 1977. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elsie Friederike Emma Hansen.
Isidore Josefine Hansen
Isidore Josefine Hansen was born on April 16, 1902 in Fredrikstad, Fredrikstad County, Ostfold Norway, and died at age 1 year old on March 8, 1904 in Fredrikstad. Isidore Hansen was buried on May 6, 1904 in Fredrikstad. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Isidore Josefine Hansen.
Gjertine Birgitte (Petersdatter) Hansen
Gjertine Birgitte (Petersdatter) Hansen was born on November 18, 1856 in Evenstad Norway, and died at age 35 years old in 1891. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gjertine Birgitte (Petersdatter) Hansen.
Hans Christian Hansen was born in Tønder Danmark, and died in Tønder.
Anna K  (Rasmussen) Hansen
Anna K (Rasmussen) Hansen was born on May 16. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anna K (Rasmussen) Hansen.
Andrea Margrethe Hansen
As of the 1865 Norwegian Census, Andrea Margrethe Hansen was single / never-married.

Helen Hansen
Helen M Hansen was born in 1912. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Helen Hansen.
Hannah E (Hansen) Olson
Hannah E (Hansen) Olson was born in 1864. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hannah E (Hansen) Olson.

Hansen Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Hansen family member is 74.0 years old according to our database of 55,912 people with the last name Hansen that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

74.0 years

Oldest Hansens

These are the longest-lived members of the Hansen family on AncientFaces.

Adda Hansen was born on December 1, 1881, and died at age 109 years old on August 28, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Adda Hansen.
109 years
Katharine H Hansen of San Mateo, San Mateo County, CA was born on October 7, 1891, and died at age 107 years old on May 26, 1999.
107 years
Maude Hansen of Fort Collins, Larimer County, CO was born on December 15, 1893, and died at age 107 years old on March 17, 2001.
107 years
Ethel V Hansen of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA was born on December 12, 1903, and died at age 106 years old on March 18, 2010.
106 years
Marie Hansen of Kent, King County, WA was born on June 17, 1880, and died at age 107 years old on October 1, 1987.
107 years
Bernice M Hansen was born on December 5, 1905, and died at age 106 years old on May 22, 2012. Bernice Hansen was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 82 Site 1 2900 Sheridan Road, in St. Louis, Mo. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bernice M Hansen.
106 years
Marie Hansen of Albert Lea, Freeborn County, MN was born on May 8, 1860, and died at age 107 years old on July 15, 1967.
107 years
Christine Andrea Hansen of Arlington, Snohomish County, Minnesota was born on December 21, 1899, and died at age 106 years old on September 9, 2006.
106 years
Julia Hansen of Ogdensburg, Waupaca County, Wisconsin was born on May 26, 1876, and died at age 107 years old in May 1983.
106 years
Lawrence L Hansen of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on December 2, 1896, and died at age 106 years old on March 22, 2003.
106 years
Antoinette Hansen of Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI was born on September 15, 1901, and died at age 106 years old on September 25, 2007.
106 years
Mary E Hansen of La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI was born on January 23, 1882, and died at age 106 years old on April 23, 1988.
106 years
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I do have that Oscar Hansen in my line.
I have petersons too. This family is hard to track down. My mom was adopted. So I don't know much about her family. But my family lived in Sheridan Michigan and Montcalm areas. Surrounding areas.
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I have a Robert Hansen who was a pharmacist . For Hansen drugstore in Sheridan Michigan. The name of the building he owned by Robert Hansen. Well the building had a fire in 1955.
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Hi! Where was your Hansen's from in Sweden/Norway?

Best regards,

Malodie
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Sweden I believe? Not certain
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My grandfather told this story to me shortly before he died. His sister, Lillian Hansen Segers told me the story was true. My grandfather (Albert Sidney Hansen) wanted to make sure that the family history lived on...and through me, it will.

My greatgreatgrandfather was Hans Sorensen. He was the tailor to the king of Denmark (I believe King Christian). Hans lived with his family in Schleswig-Holstein (which was part of Denmark at the time. It is now part of Germany.) Hans and Lena Sorensen raised 13 children. My greatgrandfather was John Hansen (In Denmark, sen means son, so he was the son of Hans.) He had a brother Peter (who came to America with him), a brother, Walter, who ended up in Australia, and another 10 brothers and sisters.

But, I am getting ahead of myself. Hans Sorensen made fine clothing for the king and his family. One time, someone invaded the castle, threatening the king's life. Hans stopped the person from hurting the king and received some medals for doing so (they were in my greatgrandfather's possession but were lost in a fire).

Later, when Hans had a stroke and could not work any more, the king let him stay in the castle and took care of the family....but, the king died and I believe his cousin became king. Hans, Lena and the family were thrown out...they had no money and a hungry family to feed, so the children were sent to live with people as endentured servants. John and Peter went to live with a harness maker, but the man abused them severely. John and Peter jumped a cargo ship and stowed away. They were found and became cabin boys to pay their keep. They stayed on this ship for awhile but eventually ended up in New York. They made their way west ending up in Sherman, Texas, where they started the Hansen Carpet Company. John met and married my great-grandmother, Minnie Orena Givens, who was part Native American (Comanche and possibly Cherokee). Orena means Laughing Water. The two made a life together in Galveston Texas. They later moved to California.
My grandfather told this story to me shortly before he died. His sister, Lillian Hansen Segers told me the story was true. My grandfather (Albert Sidney Hansen) wanted to make sure that the family history lived on...and through me, it will.

My greatgreatgrandfather was Hans Sorensen. He was the tailor to the king of Denmark (I believe King Christian). Hans lived with his family in Schleswig-Holstein (which was part of Denmark at the time. It is now part of Germany.) Hans and Lena Sorensen raised 13 children. My greatgrandfather was John Hansen (In Denmark, sen means son, so he was the son of Hans.) He had a brother Peter (who came to America with him), a brother, Walter, who ended up in Australia, and another 10 brothers and sisters.

But, I am getting ahead of myself. Hans Sorensen made fine clothing for the king and his family. One time, someone invaded the castle, threatening the king's life. Hans stopped the person from hurting the king and received some medals for doing so (they were in my greatgrandfather's possession but were lost in a fire).

Later, when Hans had a stroke and could not work any more, the king let him stay in the castle and took care of the family....but, the king died and I believe his cousin became king. Hans, Lena and the family were thrown out...they had no money and a hungry family to feed, so the children were sent to live with people as endentured servants. John and Peter went to live with a harness maker, but the man abused them severely. John and Peter jumped a cargo ship and stowed away. They were found and became cabin boys to pay their keep. They stayed on this ship for awhile but eventually ended up in New York. They made their way west ending up in Sherman, Texas, where they started the Hansen Carpet Company. John met and married my great-grandmother, Minnie Orena Givens, who was Native American (Comanche and possibly Cherokee). Orena means Laughing Water. The two made a life together in Galveston Texas. They later moved to California in or about 1921...moving to Berkeley, CA. They stayed in the bay area and raised a family. Minnie's brother, Albert Sidney Givens must have eventually moved out west too because his descendants live in Washington state. My grandfather, Albert Sidney Hansen was named after this uncle (something I learned only a few years ago.)
Anyway, John and Minnie raised a big family, Richard (Dickey) Lillian, Albert, William, Bryan, Dewey and a few others..Richard had a twin that died...John stayed in the carpet business, taught that to my grandfather..my grandfather taught it to his son...My father learned it also from my grandfather (his father-in-law). Sewing was in our blood...my Great-Aunt Lilly (Lillian) worked in a factory, making clothing. My mother, Virginia Alberta Hansen Wilson made clothing for us 5 girls without using a pattern!! My sister made a beautiful wedding dress at the age of 17...the rest of us girls sew fairly well..I have cousins on both sides of the family that are carpet layers and now their children are carpet layers...and it all started with Hans Sorensen, tailor to the king of Denmark...I had heard a rumor that some of Hans work was displayed in the Mary Hill Museum in Washington State...but by the time I got there, the clothes had been taken to France to be displayed in another museum...there was supposed to be a dress covered in gold coins...Well, that's about it...Oh, by the way, on my grandmother, Arlene Thurber Hansen's side, we are related to Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis...but that is another story
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My mom (Sylvia Hansen/maiden name Wheatley) learned this recipe at the blind school she went to when she was young, and my sisters and I have made it dozens of times since she passed it on to us. We usually make it without nuts, but of course, you can add them if you'd like.

Banana Bread

Temp. 350°
1 hour
Yields 1 Loaf/16 slices


1 ¾ cup Flour

2 teaspoons Baking Powder

¼ teaspoon Baking Soda

½ teaspoon Salt

1/3 cup shortening/butter/margarine

2/3 cup sugar

2 eggs well beaten

1 cup mashed, ripe bananas

½ cup chopped nuts (optional)

1 teaspoon vanilla (I use 2 teaspoons)


Mash bananas with pasty blender until no lumps remain. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat shortening/butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon until creamy. Then, add eggs and beat well. Add the sifted dry ingredients alternately together with the bananas to the sugar mixture. Beat until smooth. Stir in nuts if using. Add vanilla.

Grease the pan(s) with butter/margarine. I either use my hand or put my hand in a plastic bag and spread a scoop of butter around all sides. Works better than PAM or anything else.
Lightly flour the pan(s).

Bake @ 350° for 1 hour – large breadpan; 2 small pans – 40 minutes

*I set the timer for 30 minutes, then take the bread out. I then spread
melted butter over the top of the partially baked loaf.

Then, I set the timer for another 20 minutes, because sometimes it doesn't take the full hour. Test middle with knife (ok if no gooey stuff left on). If not okay, bake another 10-15 minutes. When done, pop loaf out of pan and spread butter on edges that were against the pan. This keeps it from being dry.

Enjoy!

-Alicia, Karolyn, Kathy Hansen-
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