Fresno County, California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


J. C. HANSEN. � Few men are better known in Fresno County or more 
deservedly popular in both commercial and social circles here than J. C. Han- 
sen, the wide-awake, courteous and attentive proprietor of The Toggery, 
Selma's most important headquarters for men's and boys' attire. A native 
son, Mr. Hansen was born in Fresno County about five miles north of Selma 
on October 20, 1890, the son of Thomas Hansen, the well-to-do farmer of 
the county, who first came to California in 1878 and settled in Fresno County 
three years later. He is the third son and child of a family of four children, 
one of the family being a girl ; and his boyhood and youth were as happy as 
that of the typical Californian. 

Growing up on his father's ranch, young Hansen attended the district 
school and also the grammar school in the Monroe School district : then he 
entered the Selma High School, from which he was graduated with the Class 
of '09. On leaving school, he lost no time in getting into the real struggle of 
life ; and engaging with the Selma Land Co., for three years he acted as its 
Secretary. 

Next he formed a partnership with T. E. Rasmussen of Selma under the 
firm name of The Toggery, opening shop at 2033 Second Street, in the George 
B. Otis Block. This establishment was originally started by L. J. Price and 
Frank Dusy of Selma, and they sold out to H. J. Jacobson, who conducted 
the business for eight years. When Jacobson retired, Rasmussen succeeded 
him, and it was when he was ready to dispose of one-half of his interest that 
Mr. Hansen became his partner. 

In January, 1918, the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Hansen buying 
out Rasmussen ; and since then the former has been the sole proprietor, the 
store being known as one of Selma's most reliable concerns. What makes it 
so important, aside from the principles and methods obtaining there, is the 
fact that it is the only exclusively clothing, gent's furnishing and merchant 
tailoring establishment in Selma. Mr. Hansen carries the best goods ob- 
tainable, and courteous and careful attention is guaranteed every customer. 

Mr. Hansen was married to Miss Mabel Schultz, an accomplished and at- 
tractive belle of Selma. and the couple participate, as favorites, in the social 
life of the progressive town.