Hansen's in Denmark

 Hansens in Copenhagen, Denmark

Hans Ludwig Hansen was born February 10, 1842, in Brondbyoster Smourm district, Copenhagen, Denmark. His mother was Johanne Henriette Pederson from Odense, a seaport city on the island of Fyn, also the birthplace of Hans Christian Anderson. Johanne was 31 years of age when Hans Ludwig Hansen was born.

Johanne Henriette Pederson Hansen

 Hans Hansen, Hans Ludwig's father, was a woodworker and wheelmaker, by trade.  He was born in 1808.

 

Hans Hansen

 Hans Hansen built this house in 1838 in Copenhagen, Denmark

 

 

Much of the history of our ancestors was collected by the research of Linda Hansen Speckman (daughter of Herbert Hansen, grandson of Hans Ludwig Hansen), Pat Hansen DeHeis (grand daughter of Carl August Hansen, brother of Hans Ludwig), and Eric Curtis (son of Vivian Erickson Curtis, grand daughter of Hans Ludwig).

 

During Linda's research, she found records showing that Hans Ludwig Hansen was christened on June 26, 1842.   Records also showed that when Hansen Ludwig was 41, he and his wife, Caroline Amundine Mariager were the parents of seven children:  Carl Christian, Maria, Emma, Hans Otto, Ingeborg, Robert, and Vilhelm.

 

Caroline Amundine Mariager

Hans Ludwig Hansen

 

The family lived in Copenhagen.  Linda found records of one child, Hans Otto Hansen (her grandfather) who was born September 26, 1876 and christened November 5, 1876. The records state that as well as the presence at the christening of his father Hans Ludwig Hansen and mother Caroline Amundine Mariager, were also Jorgen Ludwig Jogensen and Karl Hansen.  She also found a record of Vilhelm Theodor Hansen who was born September 19, 1883 and christened October 14, 1883.   

 

The family lived in Saint Stephans Parish in an apartment in Copenhagen.  The godparents of Vilhelm were Kristine Mariager and Ludwig Jorgensen, and Carl Hansen. 

 

On October 29, 1883, Hans Ludwig Hansen and his family left Demark forever on the ship Geiser, bound for New York.