Sutter-Yuba County Biographies


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JOHN H. HANSEN
 
            America has been the land of opportunity to many men of foreign 
birth, and Denmark has not been behind other nations in sending to the United 
States those who have been influential in molding the development and promoting 
the progress of the communities with which they have become allied.  Among this 
number is John H. Hansen, who has demonstrated the value of industry and 
perseverance in the attainment of success and has taken his place with the 
leading agriculturists of District No. 10, Yuba County.  He was born in Ravsted, 
Denmark, November 24, 1877, the third in a family of ten children whose parents 
were Christian and Anna (Hendricksen) Hansen.
            John H. Hansen arrived in Ferndale, Cal., in December, 1893, joining 
his brother, C. P. Hansen, who was located there four years previously.  For 
four years he worked on the ranch of his uncle, J. Hansen, and then embarked in 
an independent venture, starting in the dairy business on the Hart place at 
Pleasant Point, which he conducted for seven years with pronounced success.  In 
1913 he sold his lease, returning to Denmark, where he spent four months.  On 
his return to California he located in Yuba County in 1914, and purchased his 
present ranch of 101 acres, situated seven mile north of Marysville.  The tract 
was bare and undeveloped at the time it came into his possession; but through 
hard work and judicious management he has transformed it into a productive and 
valuable property, supplied with all modern improvements.  He raises alfalfa, 
and in 1923 set out a vineyard and prune orchard, while he also operates a 
dairy.  He is thorough and painstaking in his work and makes it a point to keep 
well informed regarding all new developments along the lines in which he is 
specializing.
            Mr. Hansen was married in Ferndale, on February 8, 1906, to Miss 
Regine Christensen, also a native of Denmark.  She was born in Esbjerg, on 
September 5, 1885, a daughter of Capt. Hans Peter Christiansen, who followed a 
seafaring life for many years, later being appointed harbor director at Esbjerg 
by the Danish government.  Mrs. Hansen was also attracted by the opportunities 
of a newer country, and arrived in Ferndale in 1898.  By her marriage she has 
become the mother of seven children:  Harry, Gerda, Eunice, Justin, Mederd, Amy 
and Elaine.
            Mr. Hansen received his citizenship papers from Judge Wilson at 
Eureka, Cal., in February, 1902, and exercises his right of franchise in support 
of the men and measures of the Republican party.  He is deeply interested in the 
educational development of his district and is now serving as a trustee on the 
school board of Feather River Union School District.  He belongs to the Danish 
Lutheran Church and is a charter member of District No. 10 Center, of the Yuba 
County Farm Bureau.  He is affiliated with Friendship Lodge No. 220, I.O.O.F., 
in Ferndale, and for about twenty-seven years has belonged to Valhalla Lodge No. 
11, Dania of Ferndale, in which he is a past officer.  He is loyal to the 
interests of his adopted country; and his present prosperity is well deserved, 
for it has been won through honorable methods and untiring effort, intelligently 
directed.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p 533-534