Brief Life History of Christina
When Christina Hanson was born on 3 November 1849, in Sundals-Ryr, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Olof Hanson, was 18 and her mother, Marta "Martha" Stina Larsdotter, was 23. She married Rasmus Berndtsson on 25 May 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 18 October 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Christina Hansen in household of Olof Hansen, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Christina Hanson - birth: 3 November 1849; Sundals-Ryr, Alvsborg, Sweden
- Christine Hanson Berntson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): from the Middle English personal name Hann or Hand + son; see Hand 5.
Irish: variant of Hampson .
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Hansson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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