Olaf (Olavus) HANSON

   Other names for Olaf were Olaf HANSON, Olaus HANSON and Olavus HANSON.

  Death Notes:

likely La Crosse, WI

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Amherst > 071, 1880, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Ole Hansen 42 Norway
Clia Hansen 32 Norway
Eliza Hansen 8 MN
Olaus Hansen 5 MN
Ingabert Hansen 3 MN

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• Biography: History of Fillmore County, Minnesota, 1912, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Olaf Hanson was born in Amherst township, Fillmore county, February 9, 1875, son of Ole and Celia Hanson, natives of Norway, who came to the United States in 1872, remained several years in Lanesboro, and then purchased a farm of forty acres in Amheart, where the father died June 18, 1910, and where the mother still lives. Olaf Hanson received his education in the common schools of the country and assisted his parents on the home farm. He then worked out several years and afterward rented land. He now operated the home farm for his mother and rents over 200 acres, carrying on general farming operations. He had a good heard of eighteen general purpose cattle and eight horses, and raises from twenty-five to fifty hogs annually. He is a member of the Lutheran church. In politics he is a Republican, be never sought public office. Though busy with his farm the year around, he has a sawing outfit and finds time in the winter months to cut wood for the farmers in his locality. He was marred November 30, 1905, to Nora Quam, born in Preble township, April 14, 1877. To them have been born two children, Pearl Oveda and Orvill Bertram.

• Reference: Winona Republican-Herald, 1932, Minnesota, USA. Friday, December 23, 1932, page 8

Olaf Hanson of Amherst township was taken ill Saturday [13 Dec 1932] and immediately rushed to the hospital in La Crosse where an operation was performed. He is reported to be in a serious condition.

• Alt. Death: unconfirmed, 20 Dec 1932, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA.

• Cemetery: Elstad Lutheran Cemetery, 1932, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA.

• Notes: have wedding picture.

Olaf married Josefine Benora (Nora) QUAM, daughter of Peder Magnus Olson KVAM and Oleanna Iversdatter NORDGAARD, on 30 Nov 1905 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA.¹ (Josefine Benora (Nora) QUAM was born on 14 Apr 1877 in Preble Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA and died on 3 Feb 1923 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA ².)