Dorothy Hansen (1893 - 1964)

Dorothy Hansen (or Hansine Dorthea Hansdatter Jøssund as her name was in Norway) was born on 13 Mars 1893(# 7) in Jøssund, Åfjorden, Sør-Trøndelag County, Norway. She died on 26 Apr 1964 in Waukesha hospital, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA. She was daughter of Hans Peter Kristoffersen and Dorothea Margrethe Lorentsdatter. Hansine married Arne Hansen on 19 Feb. 1916 in Wisconsin, USA. They had 4 children:

1. Agnes Hansen, b. 20 Oct 1916, d. 7 Nov. 2000, Mukwonago, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, m.1. Glade G. Wambold, m.2. Harold J. Krueger.
2. Arne Harry Hansen, b. 25 June 1918, d. 1 May 2000, m. Mildred J. Waisner.
3. Eunice Hansen, b. Sept. 1926, d. June 1983, m.1. Joseph Shave, m.2. Robert Brandemuehl.
4. Beverly Hansen, b. ca. 1928, m. Robert Steckman. Living in New Berlin, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.


Her name is written as Hansine Hansen and Dorothy Hansen in the sources in USA.

Hansine Dorthea was christened on 28 Apr. 1893(Nr. 7) in Jøssund church.

In the census 1900 Hansine was living in Jøssund, Åfjord, Sør-Trøndelag County, Norway, together with her parents and siblings.

In the census 1910 Hansine was living in Jøssund, Åfjord, Sør-Trøndelag County, Norway, together with her parents and siblings.


Hansine emigrated 23 Aug. 1912(Nr. 21) from Christiania (Oslo) to New York on the ship S/S Oscar II. Her destination was her brother Ludwig Hansen in Wisconsin.

On 20 Des. 1919 Passport Applications for her self and her children Agnes and Harry. She was going to Norway to visit her sick mother. They were going with United States on 7 Jan. 1920 from New York.

Hansine and her children Agnes and Harry travelled from Kristiania (Oslo) 26 Sep. 1924 with the ship S/S Bergensfjord. They arrived in New York 7 Oct. 1924.

I census 1920 Dorothy was living in Ward 23, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, together with her husband and her children Agnes and Harry.

I census 1930 Dorothy was living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, together with her husband and her children Agnes, Harry, Eunice and Beverely. Her brother Klaus and his wife are also living with them.

I census 1940 H Dorothy was living in Ward 8, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, together with her husband and her children Arne, Eunice and Beverly.

Her gravestone at FIND A GRAVE.

Many of her siblings also emigrated to USA.

Mer info. kommer ...... 1)

1) SAT, Ministerialprotokoller, klokkerbøker og fødselsregistre - Sør-Trøndelag, 654/L0665: Klokkerbok nr. 654C01, 1879-1901, s. 42.
Folketelling 1900 for 1629 Jøssund herred.
Folketelling 1910 for 1629 Jøssund herred.