information on Harold Edmund Hanson
Started by alhanson · 2005-04-02
alhanson · 2005-04-02#1
Hi!
I am searching for information on my Hanson family background: my great-grandfather - Harald Edmund Hanson (also called Edmund H. Hanson) -- was born on July 20,1859 in Norway. He emigrated to Canada from Norway in 1880, leaving on April 2 and landing in Richebucto N.B. He was one of only two passengers on a ship so I imagine it was a cargo ship. I do not know where he was born in Norway, where he left from or what the name of the ship was that he travelled on. He eventually settled in the Leamington/Wheatley area in Ontario, Canada where he ran a dry-goods store "Hanson's" and raised 5 children - Ada (Waghorne), Ida (McGregor), Hans, Minda and Sally -- baby Harald died at 4 months. Edmund died in 1921 and is buried in Fairview Cemetary, Wheatley, Kent Co., Ontario. He was married to Gerhardine Alvide J. Hansen in Chatham on November 25 1884 -- after her arrival from Denmark (I think). Gerhardine was born on Nov 25 1859 and died in 1913. After 1921, Edmund's son -- Hans Gerhard -- took over running of the store in Wheatley. Hans and his wife Winnifred Moore from LaSalle (they were married on Jan 31, 1917) had two children: Gerhard Moore and Kathryn Loretto. Hans was born on July 18, 1888 and died died in the early 50s. Gerhard (my father) was born in Vulcan, Alberta on July 10, 1920 and died in Toronto on January 22, 1969. Kathryn (now Wilkinson) was born on August 9, 1923 in Wheatley and currently resides in Toronto.
I would be grateful for any information on my family background you might have or come across.
Thanks
Anne Hanson