When Helen Julia Svare was born on 15 April 1899, in Barnesville, Clay, Minnesota, United States, her father, Hans John Svare, was 34 and her mother, Maria Stephenson, was 36. She married Henry Charlie Hanson on 22 May 1917, in River Falls Township, Pennington, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Tansem, Clay, Minnesota, United States in 1930 and Tansem Township, Clay, Minnesota, United States in 1940. She died on 12 November 1979, in Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in West North Immanuel Church Cemetery, Norwegian Grove, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States.