When Hilma Cecilia Thollander was born on 18 February 1890, in Clinton, Barron, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Charles G Thollander, was 40 and her mother, Signe Bjornsdotter Dalane, was 29. She married Fred John Hanson on 27 September 1911, in Barron, Barron, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 31 July 1967, in Barron, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 77.