James Edwin Hansen

  Research Notes:

1910 US Census, Mcintosh Twp, Spokane Co; ED 0139; sheet 11B; dw/fam 75/78 [line 86]
James E Hansen, age 37 b in MN, single; lumberman in a sawmill
Fred E Hansen, age 24 b in MN; single; mill hand
Nelse M Lassen, age 25 b in MN; single lumberman
Albert Larsen, age 22 b in MN; single; lumberman [this is actually a "step nephew" - mother Inga ... Modig -Larsen]

1920 US Census, Rockford Twp, Spokane WA; ED 0139; sheet 8B; [line 51 - first on the page]
James E Hanson [Hansen], age 46 b in MN; a boarder; manager of lumberyard

1930 US Census, Thermopolis, Hot Springs Co, Wyoming; ED 0002, sheet 11A; dw/fam 307/319 [line 40] **
James E Hansen, age 56 b in MN; married at age 47 [m. abt 1920]; proprietor, gas station
wife Mary A, age 51 b in Missouri [abt 1879] ; married at age 18 [abt 1897 - so this would be her first marriage]
** remember that James' father's obit, indicates his son [J E] lived in Wynoming
[Thermopolis, Hot Springs Co, Wyoming is about 200 kms west and north of Casper WY; from wiki -
county seat and largest town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States; 2020 U.S. Census, population was 2,725;
home to numerous natural hot spring]


1940 US Census, Thermopolis, Hot Springs Co, Wyoming; ED 0002, sheet 13B; visit no 386 [line 53]
James E Hansen, age 66 b in MN; lived at same place in Apr 1935; manager, gasoline filling station
wife Mary A, age 61 b in MI

WW 1 US Draft, registered 12 Sep 1918, Spokane Co
- age 45; records his birth as 29 Apr 1873 - but no location
- address, Rockford, Spokane Co, WA; contact - Mads P Hansen

California death cert: died 25 Mar 1945 at Tuolumne Co - maybe city of Sonaro in Sierra Nevada region

** wife Mary, obit - searched through FamilySearch FT, id LXSB-DHT
and findagrave id 110286680, posted obit from Spokane Chronicle issue 14 Sep 1940, page 22
Molly Hansen - hom at Thermopolis, Wyo
- survived by her husband J E Hansen at home
- survived by a daughter, Mrs D C Akers, Teko, WA; son Howard Matney of Worland, Wyn
- interment at Rockford Cemetery

the FamilySearch FT - a bit confusing, BUT
- birth as Mary Alice Betty [surname Betty]; father William Archie Betty, 1849-1917
- birth as 31 Dec 1878 at Deepwater Twp, Bates Co, Missouri [added by NOstler, 8 May 2017]
- first marriage on 21 Oct 1896, Rockford, Spokane Co, WA to Solomon "Sollie" Matney (1871-1939) and
they had 4 children: including Edith Irene L Matney, b 8 Nov 1900, 1st married to Carl David Akers [then a 2nd m]
and Howard Edgar Matney b 1908 with unknown death
- then Mary Alice second marriage to James Edwin Hansen

BUT note that the FamilySearch FT has some errors re: Marit Eriksdotter and Olof Modig

James married Mary A Betty on 17 Jan 1921 in Hot Springs Co, Wyoming, United States.⁹⁶¹⁰ (Mary A Betty was born about 1879 in Missouri, United States, died on 12 Sep 1940 in Washington, United States and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Rockford, Spokane Co, Washington, United States ⁹⁶¹².)