When Hans Daniel "Dan" Hansen was born on 27 February 1871, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Michel Abraham Hansen, was 22 and his mother, Michaellina Jensen, was 22. He married Clara Ann Kirkman on 29 September 1897. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 5, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 7 October 1935, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.