When Lars Hansen was born on 7 February 1834, in Enningdal, Idd, Halden, Østfold, Norway, his father, Hans Peder Larsen, was 20 and his mother, Bertie Anderson, was 30. He married Maren Johanne Olsdr in 1855. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 5 March 1917, at the age of 83.