San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 1/30/2010
AUGUST HANSEN
A very industrious, progressive and successful orchardist is August Hansen, who was born at Stepping, in Holstein, Denmark, on June 6, 1869, the son of John and Magdalena (Sorensen) Hansen, highly-esteemed citizens of that prosperous country. His father was a farmer, but he was also for many years postmaster at Stepping. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen had seven children, among whom August was the eldest; the others being John, Anna, Magdalena, and Doris, and two deceased.
August attended the excellent public schools of Denmark, and when sixteen started to learn the creamery trade. A year later, he came out to America. He first went to Nevada, and for five years worked for one man at Carson City; and then, moving farther west to California, he settled at Santa Rosa and took out his final citizenship papers in Sonoma County. He purchased forty acres near Santa Rosa, devoted to grapes and prunes, and some apples and peaches, and after five years in Sonoma County, he sold out and came to San Joaquin County, where he bought fifteen acres of open land in the Elliott section, about one mile to the south and one mile to the east of the old Elliott schoolhouse. There he set six acres out to almonds, and built a comfortable, attractive home, and also all the necessary farm out-buildings. Two years ago he added ten acres to his holdings, making twenty-five acres in his fine ranch tract, not a bad showing, surely, for one who came to San Joaquin County only seven years ago.
At Santa Rosa, on May 1, 1892, Mr. Hansen was married to Miss Christina Jepsen, who came from the vicinity of his Danish birthplace, and is the daughter of Mathias and Gertrude Jepsen. She attended the adjoining school to which Mr. Hansen in his boyhood had been sent, and she came to California three years prior to the date of her marriage. Three children were born from their fortunate union. Dorothy is married to Harry Graham at Port Costa; Pauline also lives at Port Costa; and Mabel is attending the University of Iowa. Mrs. Hansen passed away at Reno, Nev., in 1902, beloved and mourned by all who knew her.
At the present time, Mr. Hansen is foreman of the famous Henderson Ranch on Dry Creek, north of Elliott, a fine estate belonging to J.E. Finnell of Sacramento; a tract of 436 acres, being set out to vineyard and orchard, and at present operated very successfully under Mr. Hansen's experienced guidance as a dairy ranch. Mr. Hansen spent two years farming in Nevada, near Reno, just after he moved from Santa Rosa, so that he came from Nevada to San Joaquin County. While living at Reno, he served as a school trustee, and belonged to the I.O.O.F. He is a Republican.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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