Mariana Hansen

Mrs. John Hansen died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Baer of this city at 1:40 Tuesday morning. She was born in Brondesler, Denmark in 1843 and came with her parents to this county in 1862, settling in Omaha where they lived until 1865 when they moved to a farm in York Creek near Spiker where they lived for some time

Coming to this country in 1862 and to this county in 1865 Mrs. Hansen went through the pioneer years of settlement. In those early days Indians camped by hundreds on their hunting trip near her father’s home on York Creek and she became acquainted with their manners and customs. Her first home in the county was a log house built by Peter Johnson, who owned land in the York Creek valley but later moved to the farm now occupied by the Will Linden family.

In 1969 she was married to Mr. John Hansen. The made Omaha for a time and then moved to a farm west of Orum. Here their family of eight children were reared, five boys and three girls, six of whom are still living, Charles, Wm. and Jesse, Mrs. Emma Toft, Mrs. Martin Rasmussen and Mrs. Wm. Baer.

After residing on the Orum farm for a number of years the family moved to Omaha and later in 1894 to Blair which has since been her home. Here the husband passed away in March 1912 and in her old age Mrs. Hansen has made her home with the daughter, Mrs. Wm. Baer where she passed away in her eighty-fourth year.

Mrs. Hansen was a woman well liked by those who knew her. She was of a deep Christian nature and her life was one of usefulness and those of her family who live after her will always remember her with reverence and love.

The funeral services will be held at the Danish Church in this city at on o’clock today (Thursday) with Rev. Nielsen officiating and later at the church at Orum where Rev Reinertsen will officiate and interment will be mead in the Orum Cemetery.

#2-Published in The Pilot January 26, 1927

Mrs. Mariana Hansen died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Baer, Monday night from the effects of a paralytic stroke suffered last fall, since which time she has been bedfast most of the time. The funeral service will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Orum, tomorrow, Rev. P. J. Reinertson officiating. Burial will be in the cemetery at the church, where he husband has been at rest since 1912. Mariana Paulsen was born in Denmark August 12, 1843, so was 83 years of age last August. She came to this county with her parents in 1862 and they settled in Omaha, after a few years purchasing a farm in York Creek neighborhood. She was married to John Hansen in 1869 and they lived in Omaha for a time, then on a farm near Orum for some eighteen years, moving then to this city in 1894. Since the death of her husband in 1912 she has made her home here with her youngest daughter, Mrs. Baer, most of the time. She was the mother of eight children, one son dying in infancy and one at the age of 21. The living are C. N. Hansen, proprietor of the Home Bakery, Wm. and Jesse of the Orum neighborhood, Mrs. Martin Rasmussen, of Fremont and Mrs. Emma Toft, of this city. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Chris Holstein, of the Spiker neighborhood and Mrs. C. E. Christensen, of Fremont. Mrs. Hansen was of sturdy stock, sturdy in character as well as of body and her many friends will greatly miss her presence and good cheer. The bereaved relatives have the sincere sympathy of their many friends.

# 3 Published in the Pilot January 27, 1927

AN AGED LADY PASSES

Mrs. Mary Hansen Dies Following Second Paralytic Stroke

Mrs. Mary Hansen died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Baer, last Tuesday morning at 2:30. She was born in Bronderslev, Denmark the 12th of August, 1843, thus bringing her age to over 83 years.

At the age of eighteen she came to America with her parents, settling at Omaha for a time, but later moving to a farm near Orum. In 1869 she was married to John Hansen of Omaha, and the couple took up farming west of Blair until 1887 when they bought out a feed store business in Omaha and removed to that place.

In 1912 her husband died, and she removed to Blair, making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Baer. Her health remained good despite her advanced age until last fall when she was stricken with paralysis. Since that time she was bedfast and another stroke last Saturday night hastened her death.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at one o’clock at the Danish Lutheran church, Rev. Nielsen officiating, after which the body was taken to the church at Orum where a short service was conducted by Rev. Reinertsen. Burial was in the cemetery at Orum

She leaves to mourn her departure three sons, Charles, William and Jesse, and three daughters, Mrs. Winn Baer and Mrs. Emma Toft of Blair, and Mrs. Martin Rasmussen of Fremont. Two sisters, Mrs. Chris Holstein of Spiker and Mrs. C. C. Christensen of Fremont also survive her.

#4 Funeral leaflet

Funeral of Mrs. Marion Paulsen Hansen

Born August 12, 1843 ~ Died January 25, 1927

Age 83 Years, 5 Months, 13 Days

Funeral Service

Time One P.M. Date January 27, 1927 at The Danish Lutheran Church

~~~Obituaries and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. ~~~

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