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Last modified: November 2023
Created: February 1996

AUGUST HANSEN
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1885
My best guess:
August Hansen
Magdalena, Susan holding Anna, Frank
John E., Jacob, John Peter
BORN: May 28, 1827 in France (possibly Paris) 3 4 14 16 17 23 24 26
DIED: September 14, 1905 in the Town of Belgium, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin 5 15 16 17 31 32
BURIED: St. Nicholas Cemetery, Dacada, Wisconsin. 15 17 31 32 Find-a-Grave entry
PARENTS: Louisa and Leo Hansen They were from France. 16
RELIGION: member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church 4 17 31 32 33
OCCUPATION: farmer 2 14 16 24 26
pensioner in 1900
SERVICE: Civil War 1861-1864 5th Illinois Cavalry Co. L 14 3 17
MARRIAGE: Susan Feltes (1842-1921) on August 27, 1858 in St. Peter's Catholic Church in Chicago by Rev. M. Liermann. Witnesses were Luther and Maas. 31 32 2 3 4 16 17 23 24 26 13



August 27, 1858 Marriage record of August Hansen and Susan Feltes from St. Peter's Church in Chicago. 13

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St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Dacada, Wisconsin. Built in 1849. August Hansen may have worked on the 1st or the 2nd church.






CHILDREN
(13 total) 3 died before 1900 26
NAME BORN DIED SPOUSE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BURIED NOTES PHOTO
Nicolaus HANSEN (Nick) July 14, 1859 Holland, WI or Chicago IL? June 15, 1922 Chicago, IL Not married - St. Nicholas Cemetery, Dacada, WI. Buried next to August and Susan Hansen FAG
Louis or Leo HANSEN 1861 or 1862 Holland, WI or Chicago IL? between 1940 and 1956 in V.A. hospital in Milwaukee. Not married. - Wounded in W.W.1. Lived in Almond, Ill. in 1922. Lived in Romeoville, Ill. and then with brother Frank in 1940.
Marie HANSEN Dec. 1864 Holland, WI probably died before 1870 (not in the Census) Not married. - Probably buried in St. Nicholas Cemetery without a headstone. Baptised Dec. 31, 1864 in St. Nicholas Church.
Mary HANSEN FISCHER 29 Oct. 1866 Holland Township, WI 16 Feb 1931 Chicago, IL Louis Fischer (1862-1936) on Apr. 10, 1888 in Cook Co., IL 4 All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL FAG Lived in Chicago, IL
Peter HANSEN Nov. 2, 1869 Holland Township, WI Dec. 5, 1931 in Albion, Michigan Adella Warner (1869-1938) in about 1900 in Chicago, IL 4 (no grandchildren) Riverside Cemetery, Albion, MI FAG Lived in Albion, Mich.
Emma Anna Maria HANSEN Mar. 22, 1871 Holland Township, WI Sept. 14, 1879 Holland Township, WI not married - St. Nicholas Cemetery, Dacada, WI Buried near Katharina Feltes grave. FAG She was baptised as Marie Mar. 23 in St. Nicholas Church in Dacada.
Magdalena HANSEN KUNGER Sep. 21, 1873 Holland Township, WI Mar. 10, 1912 Chicago, Cook, IL Lorenz Kunger (1872-1910) 4 St. Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, IL FAG Lived in Chicago, IL
Frank HANSEN July 1875 Holland Township, WI 1953 Chicago, IL Christine Wagner (1890-1972) on Jan. 11, 1912 in Chicago, IL 7 Memorial Park, Cemetery, Skokie, IL FAG Lived in Chicago, IL
John E. HANSEN Dec. 7, 1876 Holland Township, WI Aug. 17, 1955 Susan Rasaal (1888-1987) On Oct. 15, 1907 in St. Nicholas Church, Dacada, WI 3 St. Nicholas Cemetery, Dacada, WI FAG Lived in Random Lake, WI
Jacob HANSAN (Jake) Sep. 5, 1878 Holland Township, WI June 23, 1963 Oshkosh, WI Pearl Gilboe (1890-1965) on Apr. 29, 1920 in St. Peter's Church, Oshkosh, WI 2 Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, WI FAG Lived in Oshkosh, WI
Peter HANSAN Mar. 15, 1880 Holland Township, WI Aug. 12, 1881 Dacada, WI St. Nicholas Cemetery, Dacada, WI No headstone but there is a burial entry in St. Nicholas Church records. FAG Baptised at St. Nicholas Church on March 18, 1880. Age 3 months in 1880 Census done in June.
John Peter HANSAN June 14, 1882 Holland Township, WI Oct. 20, 1956 Oshkosh, WI Cora Glidden (1891-1959) on June 15, 1909 in St. Peter's Church, Oshkosh, WI 6 Lake View Memorial Park, Oshkosh, WI FAG Lived in Oshkosh, WI
Anna Mary/Maria HANSEN WEILAND July 28, 1884 Holland Township, WI May 23, 1950 Port Washington, WI John Weiland (1885-1959) about 1908 in Chicago, IL 0 St. Mary's Cemetery, Port Washington, WI FAG Lived in Port Washington, WI

RESIDENCES: Born in Bever or Beauvoir, Germany or France possibly near Paris 14 3 4 26
The 1900 census indicates that he came to the United States in 1848. 26
He lived in Dacada, Wisconsin from before 1859 until his death. 14 15 31 32 2 3 4 17 5 33 24 26 Their home was across the street from St. Nicholas Church. 3
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NOTES: The last name is spelled Hansen in the cemetery and by many of the children. It was spelled Hanson on many of the war records.

According to Lillian Burton, he had a brother who was a gendarme (a member of the French police force) in France.

The last name may have been HANS in France. (Many last names were changed when people immigrated to the U.S., either because of simple misspellings, or to anglicize the name, or even to leave the past behind.)

Margarite remembers her father telling her of how when he went to school at St. Nicholas, he had spit on the floor and was reprimanded physically by the nuns and how Grandpa August went across the road and took the nuns to task. 3 4

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CIVIL WAR: He enlisted Sep. 1, 1861 at Effingham, Ill. for 3 years. He mustered in at Camp Butler near Springfield, Ill. on Dec. 30, 1861 in the 5th Regiment Illinois Cavalry, Company L. He supplied his own horse and the government of Illinois provided the equipment worth $35. A letter from Irene Bauernfeind in 1957 after getting information from her father, Jake Hansan, says that "His horse was shot from under him and later, when given another, it became frightened, nearly trampling him to death. Sometime during the war he had fingers on both hands cut off." On March 2, 1863 he went AWOL to the town of Helena, Ark. and returned on March 4. He was tried and found guilty on Dec. 14, 1863. He was fined two weeks pay. His commanding officer was Lt. William W. Berry and tried by Major A. H. Seley. In August 1863 he was recommended for the Invalid Corps because of Diarrhea and intermittent fever. They were at Big Black River, Miss. He appears on the company muster out roll at Vicksburg, Miss. on Dec. 29, 1864. He had been transferred to the Invalid Corps on Feb. 15, 1864 where he was on duty in the prison barracks. He went on leave from March 5, to May 5, 1864 to Sheboygan, Wis. He was discharged with one fourth disability for the loss of three fingers on Nov. 7, 1864 at Rock Island Barracks, Ill. He was described as having blue eyes, dark complexion, auburn hair, and 5 feet 8 inches tall. His age varies from 25 to 36. There is a plaque at Vicksburg with his name on it. 14 3
More information on the 5th Illinois Cavalry.
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NOTES: The 1900 census indicates he was naturalized. He spoke English and could read and write. He owned his own home free and clear. 26

SOURCES:
---People---
Much of their information was oral.
1Carol Hansan Seurer
2Marian Hansan Reschlein
3Margarite Jonagan (Letters from 1978 and 1981)
4 Lillian Hansan Burton
5 Lucy Jakubiac Hansan

---Key Records---
13 Marriage record for August and Susan from 1998 Letter from St. Peter's Catholic Church, Chicago, Illinois
14 Civil War record of August Hansan
15 Department of Veterans Affairs
16 1905 Death Certificate of August Hansen
17 St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Dacada, Wisconsin by Pat Hansan
18 Family Search Record from St. Nicholas Church of August Hansen's burial

---Census Records---
23 1870 Census Wisconsin, Sheboygan County, Holland Township
August Hansen 40 Farmer from France; Susan 28 from Luxembourg; Nicholas 11 WI; Leon 9 WI; Mary 3 WI; Peter 8/12 (Nov 1859) WI
24 1880 Census Wisconsin, Sheboygan County, Holland Township
August Hansen 52 Farmer from Germany; Susan 40 wife from Germany; Peter 11 son WI; Mary 11 dau WI; Lane 7 son WI; Frank 5 son WI; John 4 son WI; Peter 3/12 (Mar 1880) son WI
25 1890 Census Wisconsin, Sheboygan County, Holland Township Veterans Schedule
August Hansen Private Company S 5, Illinois Cavalry, Enlisted 1 Sept 1861, Discharged 4 Nov. 1864, Address is Dacada
26 1900 Census Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Belgium Township
August Hansen 73 born May 1827 married 42 years from France immigrated 1848 naturalized, pensioner, owns house free of mortgage; Susan 60 born Jan 1840 13 children 10 living from Luxembourg Immigrated in 1850; John P. 17 born June 1882 WI
27 1905 Census Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Belgium Township
August Hansen 78 born Germany, retired, owns house free of mortgage; Susan 63 born Germany; John 28 born WI, watch repair
28 1910 Census Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Belgium Township
Susan Hansen 68 Widow 13 children 10 living German Immigrated in 1845 owns house free of mortgage; Jacob 30 son WI father from France does odd jobs

---Records for Close Relatives---
These records primarily provide relationship information.
31 1921 Last will and testament of Susanna Hansen
32 1921 Obituary of Susan Hansan and another obituary
33 1882 Baptismal Certificate of John Peter Hansan
34 1922 Obituary of Nicholas Hansen and in the Chicago Tribune
35 1956 Obituary of John Peter Hansen and the short version
36 1963 Obituary of Jacob Hansan
37 1965 Obituary of Pearl Glidden Hansan
38 Letter from Riverside Cemetery
33 1876 Baptismal Certificate of John Hansan


1905 Death Record for August Hansan 16


1905 Burial record from St. Nicholas Church in Dacada, WI 18