John Alfred Hanson

   Another name for John was John Alfred Halstensson.

  Research Notes:

Ancestry Family Trees

Hanson FT [hanprent456]; access 19 Jul 2023
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/159797126/person/262091824868/facts
- links to Alfred, with the name as John Alfred "Johan Alfred Hallstensson" Hanson
- has a few photos - but also I believe copies of pages from the Cherryville local history book - see point 5, 6



1. See his father's research notes - living with his parents.

2. I have used the Benson FT and Jones FT on ancestry have been used mainly for information on John Alfred Hanson
Also: Cleland_Duncan_Lindsey_Stevenson FT [see my z-folder, re John Alfred Hanson and wife's photo]

3. US Land records: US Track Books; ND

Eddy Co, ND; ; patent issued 6 Apr 1897

(Vol 75) and image 75: is Alfred Hanson
S½SE¼ sec 4 Twp 150N, Range 66, 5 Meridian, 80 acres; paid $5, 26 Sep 1891; final 7 Dec 1896;
* son of Per Halstensson, b 1823; and close to the same time as his father
- this is just north-east of the current boundaries of Sheyenne next to a small lake with an outflow to the Sheyenne River and his father's land was just east of the eastern end of the lake and off or between 69 th Ave NE and 70 Ave NE

NOTE: Peter Hanson wife Pernilla Vick was a sister to Peter's brother's (John Alfred Hanson) wife and her name was Olava Elsie Vick.



4.
1901 Canada Census: (Assinobia East, Fletwode, page 2, dw 21 fam 21 line 37) - Note that this is the same page for his sister's son, William Hedman (b 1874 and recorded as family 20 on the above page (John Alfred Hanson's sister, Stina was b 1855 in Sweden). On this record his name is recorded as:

Alfred J Hanson, b 16 Dec 1869 in US ; em 1899 [See Cherryville ..... history book, point 5,6];
wife Olava, b 4 Apr 1873 [a bit hard to read] [often recorded as Lava]
Hazel b 1893 [ actual: Hazel Olava b 22 Jan 1893, image 22 no 43; Granfield Lutheran Church records ]
Minerva b 1895 [actual: Junie Minerva born 21 Nov 1894, image 22 no 64, Granfield ...
Roy V, b Oct 20 1906
daughter Jett A ?? , b 11 May 1898
Mabel, b 6 Dec 1906

then, on line 44 is David Erickson, lodger, b 1876 in US, age 29; em 1899; parents, Swedish
++ Note: David and Alfred J Hanson [my Legacy database - name as John Alfred Hanson]
were 1st cousins - David's dad was Jons Erickson and one of his brothers was Per Halstensen who
was the father of John Alfred [Alfred J] Hanson.
++ Note on the 1901 cenus, the family above Alfred J Hanson, is William Hedman


from Benson FT)
Olava b 1873
children:
Hazel b 1893
Minerva b 1895
Roy b 1897
Jett? b 1898
Mabel b 1901
Annie b 1905
Mark b 1905
Myrtle, b 1906
Alph b 1908
Sam, b 1911
Ivar b 1914
private
private


1906 Western Canada Prairie Census (AB, SK, MB): Assinobia East, sub-dis 19, page 1, fam #?; starting with line 9
[scan copy is poor, but the copy on "auto genealogy a bit better"; Ancestry is better]; Kennedy Post Office

Alfrd (Alfred) Hanson, age 37 in US; em 1899; land sec 12 or 18?, twp 12, range 3, W2; horses-5, milk cows-3, other-7, hogs - 2
wife Lava, age 33 in Norway
children:
Hazel age 13
Minerva age 11
Roy age 9
Jett age 8 (daughter)
Mabel age 5
Annie, age 2
baby b 20 Dec 1905

NOTE: the first family on the above page: John P Hedman age 24 and wife Christina


*** see word doc, "Twp 12, Rge 12-13, W2 - west-east of Kennedy, SK" z-folder - Kaisa.... -- 16 Jul 2023



1911 Canada Census [BC, Yale and Cariboo, sub 50 Okanagan-Lumby, p 10, line 18];
- FT records 7 children, but 1911 Canada Census records 9 children

children:
Hazel b Jun 1893
Minerva b Oct 1894
Roy b Oct 1896
Jett b May 1898
Mabel b Dec 1900 in SK
Annie, Dec 1903
Myrtle (?) b 20 Dec 1905 (daughter; ancestry transcibed, "Marke")
Alph b Oct 1908 in BC
Sam b Feb 1911 in BC

NOTE: John Alfred Hanson b 1869 in MN (half-brother to Christina - John Hedman's wife) is recorded in the Lumby - Cherryville area in the 1911 Canada Census; John Alfred Hanson's youngest son was born Oct 1908 in BC - name is transcribed as Alph (Ralph?).

Thus, the family (and likely John P Hedman) came to BC around 1907 (1906-1908)


1921 Canada Census [BC, Yale, sub-district 09 - North Okanagan, page 5, dw 65 fam 128, line 25; Camagna twp - Camagn Municipality ]
Alfred Hanson and family
- same as recorded in 1911, with the exception of the 4 oldest
Mabel
Annie
Myrtle
Alph H, age 12
then Charles, age 10 [ Sam ??; yes Charles Earl Hanson born 25 Feb 1911 at Hullcar, BC
Ivar age 8 [1913]
Helen age 5 [1916]
Ella Kathleen age 3 months [b abt Mar 1921; ie date of census was to be on 1 Jun 1921]


1931 Canada Census, BC, Yale, Ed 0015, Unorganized, page 2 [image 3, Ancestry], dw/fam 20 [line 3]
Alfred J Hanson, age 60 b in US, em 1899; own house, value $1600, stone, wood 6 rooms, no radio; farmer
wife, Olava, age 56 b in Norway, em 1899, housewife
son Ray, age 34 b in US em 1899 single, laborer, odd jobs,
son Charles, age 20 b in BC, single; laborer father's farm
son Iver, age 17 b in BC, single; laborer father's farm
dau Helen, age 15 b in BC,
dau Ella, age 10 b in BC


Find a grave, id 168958615; Lumby; Alfred Hanson b 16 Dec 1869 MN, d. 28 Dec 1949
also linked: - wife Olava Elsie Vick, b 14 Apr 1875 in Norway, d. 8 Apr 1856; age 81; widow; husband John Alfred Hanson
- the above findagrave links to his wife and children

- also, wife Olava Elsie Hanson (nee Vick); BC Death registration, 1956-09-004547
died 8 Apr 1956 at Vernon Jubilee Hospital
18 months in Vernon -1804 33 St , 48 years in BC - abt 1908 and 48 yrs in Canada ??; informant, Iver Hanson, son, RR#1 Lumby



John Alfred Hanson: BC Death Cert registration #, 1949-09-011482
died at Cherryville, BC; farm; died 25 Dec 1949; age 80 yrs 0 months 9 days (buried 29 Dec 1949); born 16 Dec 1869 in MN
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- informant is Ray V Hanson from Miocene, BC [35 kms north-east of Williams Lake on the way to Horsefly] **
- name of Father and Mother - Not Known; father born in Sweden ??
- wife Olava Elsie Vick [see findagrave link], b 4 Arp 1875 in Norway; died 8 Apr 1856 [ Olava Vick sister to Peter Hanson's wife ? ]
- Alfred John - in Lumby area for 40 years; in BC for 42 years [1907]; in Canada 52 years [1897?]

** there is a Canada WW 1 Canadian Forces file for son Ray Victor Hanson, with Ray's address as Vanguard, SK; Ray born 21 Oct 1896 at Sheyenne ND; Ray's father, Alfred Hanson living in Lumby, BC; dated 26 Jan 1918, Weyburn



5. Cherryville - history; https://cherryville.net/history-of-herryville/
- the above page: "In 1919, the name of Cherryville was finally christened when the Cherryville Post Office was opened with Olava Hanson as Postmistress" ..... post office close 1947
- note: neither the 1921 or the 1931 Canada record her as "a housewife" with no occupation

6. local history: "A Century of Life in Cherryville 1860 - 1960". Cherryville and area Historical Society. 2007.

- Jones FT on Ancestry, under daughter Helen
- posted one page from the above - only page 83 - but looks like there is more
https://www.vdfhs.com/#location - Vernon and District History Society has a copy
- no copy Ok Regional library or not available - looks like it is through, Inter-library loan and the other book,
"Cherryville : Our Early Years & Pioneers", 1994 - Cherryville and area Historical Society

- I found some more pages from other FTs - at another 4 FTs with only 1 or 2 pages posted
However, I combined them all and combined them into one PDF - currently saved in Alfred J Hanson folder in 'z-folder',
1 Aug 2023. I have sourced this book, and added a note.

- to Kennedy Sk in 1899
- to Otter Lake, near Armstrong, BC in 1907 - kms or so south of Armstrong, along Otter Lake Rd
- then, 1908 - to Cherryville area - see BC Crown Land Grants
- - post office etc..... roads..... traplines....
- ......... the pages continue with brief comments on each of the 12 children, etc ^8877,8878

John married Olava Elisa Vick on 9 Jul 1892 in Sheyenne, North Dakota, United States. (Olava Elisa Vick was born on 4 Apr 1873 in Norway, died on 8 Apr 1956 in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada and was buried in Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.)