California Biographies
Mendocino and Lake Counties, California
 
Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Source:
History of Mendocino and Lake Counties, California
With Biographical Sketches
History by Aurelius O. Carpenter And Percy H. Millberry
Illustrated, Complete In One Volume
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1914


CHRIS. HANSEN. � The opportunities afforded by Mendocino county 
to young men of determination of character and energy of temperament find 
an illustration in the life of Chris. Hansen, a native of Aro, Denmark, born 
November 4, 1854, and since the spring of 1875 a resident of California. His 
father was a farmer in the fertile little island where Chris was reared and 
educated in the public schools, and he remained at home assisting on the 
farm until nearly twenty-one years of age, when he came to California. After 
two years at Stewart's Point he came in 1877 to Westport, Mendocino county, 
where he engaged in teaming until 1902. At that time he rented land and 
began farming, afterwards purchasing the ranch known as the Gordon ranch 
and at about the same time engaged in butchering in Westport. In about 
1907 he located in Covelo, Round valley, where he purchased and improved 
a ranch ; later, in 1910, removing to Ukiah and from there to Willits. 

At this writing Mr. Hansen is the owner of a quarter section of grain 
land in Round valley and also owns a one hundred and sixty acre ranch of 
valley land adjoining Willits, the tract forming a rich, productive farm well 
adapted to grain, hay and potatoes, which he superintends and operates. In 
addition he owns a butcher shop at Willits and a slaughter house near the 
town, besides having a one-half interest in the Ukiah Meat Market. The 
management of the land and the meat business keeps him busily engaged 
the year round and just now his activities are rendered more important 
through the filling of a large contract to supply meat to the employes of the 
Utah Construction Company, engaged in construction work in the extension 
of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to Eureka. 

Fraternally Mr. Hansen was made a Mason in Covelo Lodge No. 231, 
F. & A. M., and with his wife is a member of Willits Chapter No. 314, O. E. S. 
By his marriage at Westport in August. 1887, he was united with Miss Martha 
Branscomb, born in Green valley, Sonoma county, the daughter of B. F. 
Branscomb, a pioneer of California now residing in Branscomb, Mendocino 
county. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen have a family of nine children, namely : Ethel 
(now Mrs. E. S. Bray of Willits, Cal.), Carrie, Lawrence (who is married to 
Kate Hurt and who assists his father), Genevieve, James (deceased), Lillabel, 
Mildred, Chris. T., and Lucile, all natives of Mendocino county.