Petersdotter

Ingri Helena Petersdotter

Ingri was the mother of Maria Christina who married Per August Hanson.  Ingri married Gustaf Mansson.  (Christina's name is seen both with a C and a K.  This particular record had it as a C).
Source: parish Church Records in Augerum, Sweden

Kristina & Per and a Few Children

Kristina Gustafsdotter Hansson

1890 Per Hansson 

"SWEDISH VALHALLA = PASTIES ! " ("borrowed" from the Cornish miners)

From Dar Hanson

A HANSON TRADITION

Here is an original "pasty" shop on U.S. 41 in Marquette, Michigan- the very road where RUDY'S childhood home was, OTTO & GREAT GRAM KRISTINA'S homestead too... this shop was one of many in Michigan's upper peninsula. Rudy's cousin "Auntie Verle" claims nowdays the best pasties are made at the Lion's Club or the church where the old guard knows what they're doing ( LARD for the crust- crisco for the wimps).. dad's other cousin,"Auntie Leona" is 91 and still drives herself to church during pasty week to do her volunteering- she puts the fresh pasties in a sack for those to go & refers to herself as the "Bag Lady" of pasties. Occasionally my brother Dean will bring me a few from a Cornish family joint up by his place- we make a joke- if he does something particularly good to help his old sister, I say "I **PASTY** love you for that!".....I know this post will make all the Hansons DROOL.."I'll have mine with lotsa 'Stokleys' catsup and whole milk in a jelly glass"........

Click on "pasty shop" or the logo to visit their home page. Some fun pictures there.

Kristina's Family

These are some of the people mentioned in Ida's Obituary.

Kristina's brother, Charlie Gustafson, with his family in Marquette.

Eddie, Charlie's adopted son

BELOW: starting at upper left: Otto and Pearl wedding photo.

Otto was Kristina's youngest child- he was less than a year old when his father Pehr drowned @ Lake Superior

upper right: John Larson

Hilda Hanson's husband. Hilda is the oldest of Pehr and Kristina.

bottom left: Pehr Hanson

bottom right: Kristina Hanson

A (rather formal) Christmas greeting to Kristina from her brother Axel

Axel W. Gustafson was the first doctor in French Camp, California (near Justine?)

Leona "Lee" Hanson Coppo- Family Historian

"WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY DAR HANSON"  on11-3-11 (the anniversary of our Dad Rudy's birthday- he would've been 87 today!)

Here is a picture of Leona (Hanson) Coppo surrounded by her lovely collection of Cambridge glass. As a young woman she was paid for a babysitting job in a piece of original Cambridge and has been hooked ever since. She has written for the Cambridge Glass Magazine, hosted and attended Cambridge Glass Club functions (with her daughter Carol) featuring the pieces in Flint, Michigan. Leona has the gift to make a written text come alive and is in the process of doing her own extensive scrapbooking project for her branch of the Hanson line. We often share photos & information, but best of all the STORIES! Leona has total recall about even the smallest details back when our great grandma Kristina and all those other names, dates and faces we wonder about were alive and we spend hours late at night in that magical space of living history. She is the COOLEST!

   Leona is the daughter of Otto and Pearl Hanson- born in 1920. Though I call her "Auntie", she is my dad Rudy's 1st cousin. She met her husband, Martin Coppo (as many seemed to in Skandia) at Fredricksons post office/general store. Here is my favorite pic of her in their "salad days"- about 1946.

They were married December 17th 1943 at Ypsilanti, Michigan when Martin was home on leave from the Navy (type U.S.S. Pequot in your browser to see an entire web circuitry about that WW2 ship Martin served on) . Leona lived in Ypsi and worked as a civilian for the Army Air Corps at Willow Run where they made the famous B-24 aircraft.
Leonas father was Otto Hanson, b.1891- d.1977 (Otto was Kristina and Pehr's last child- under a year old when his father drowned while working at Lake Superior). Leona's mother was Pearl Robinson b. 1893- d. 1980 (from the reknowned Robinson Family of Skandia)..Leona's Mom Pearl was considered the best cook in Skandia (i can attest to it personally!) & the ultimate homemaker..

LEONA'S BROTHERS

Glen was Leona's brother and Rudy's best friend growing up..Glen married later in life to Lillian Swanson of Skandia- they had no children...her other brother, Bert, married Pat Bradley of Detroit-(they lived in Kristina's old house while Bert built their new one across highway 41 in the 50's- Pat is the one with the chicken recipe in former post). Bert served both in WW2 and Korea- they had one daughter, Pamela..here is a picture of cousins Glen, Bert and my dad Rudy in front of the legendary Donckers Sweet Shop (still there in Marquette!) while Bert was on leave after boot camp about 1941 or 42, yet to see the horrors of war.

According to Leona, her Mom Pearl died at Norlite Nursing Home in Marquette, Michigan. Here is Otto and Pearl's wedding picture in January 1920 (not to be confused with Rudy's wife Pearl!) they were married at Green Bay, Wisconsin when Otto had a job at the Carnation factory there.

Here are each of Pearl's parents, Demmon Robinson b. 1866- d. 1922...and his wife, the legendary Minnie Goodman Robinson b.1872- d. 1945

Verle Kellstrom- matriarch of Skandia

"Aunt" Verle Kellstrom (Rudy Hanson's 1st cousin) - as told to Dar Hanson:

Today is October 28th, 2011- Auntie Verle's 87th birthday! She is the daughter of Ida Fredrickson-Hanson and granddaughter of Kristina Hanson.

Verle lives now in Palm Springs, California with her daughter and son-in-law. Her son and family are also close by in Laguna Beach.

Verle was reluctant to leave her dear Skandia having lived there all her life- and in the same house (with attached post office) her father built. Here's a pic of her house there in Skandia.

After her husband Howard died she had a long time boyfriend named George-a dutiful suitor (see photo below) and also like Verle, a highly valued member of the community. When he passed away she decided it was time to pack up all those memories and head west.

Reminiscing from what her mother told her, today she recalled the story of her being born in 1924 in that house in what was then the "music" room- delivered by her own grandmother Kristina Hanson- it was said Verle's younger sister Gloria was the last baby Kristina delivered before she retired (at the ripe old age of 70) from being the midwife of Skandia, Michigan.
My Uncle Robert Hanson (Rudy's little brother) is friends with the new owner and works on his vintage autos in the "car barn" on Verles old property.

Verle was very much the matriarch of her community (having served as postmaster too) and is still much sought after when she visits "little shag lake" (near Glen Hanson's old "camp") in the summertime.

Here's Verle with Judge Judy (Larry King in backround)

Below singer, Jerry Vale with Verle. Both pictures taken in Palm Springs.