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 
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R. HANSEN. � The genial host, owner and manager of the Corbly 
Hotel, at Del Rey, Fresno County, Mr. R. Hansen, who has satisfactorily 
catered to the public at this popular hostelry during the past seven years, 
possesses the happy faculty of making everybody welcome, which is indeed 
an art. He always has a smile for the care-worn, a word of sympathy for the 
despondent, a comforting message for the sorrowing, a cheerful smile for 
all : and besides all these splendid requisites he is an efficient cook. The 
table at the Corbly Hotel is always supplied with the best products of the 
season, and the bill of fare is always temptingly prepared. The hotel has ac- 
commodations for seventy-five guests, while the table capacity is much 
greater. 

Mr. Hansen is a native of Denmark, where he first saw the light of day 
in 1871, his parents being R. and Sine Hansen, also natives of Denmark, 
Their family consisted of nine children, but R. Hansen is the only member 
of the family living. He immigrated to the United States in 1891, arriving 
on December 23, and came directly to Sanger, Cal. After laboring at San- 
ger for some years he had by economical habits saved enough money to 
pay for a trip back to Denmark to visit the scenes of his childhood, where he 
remained five years. After his return to the United States he spent two 
years in the East, but of all the places he visited he found none that could 
compare in climate and business opportunities with Fresno County. 

On March 1, 1903, R. Hansen was united in marriage with Miss Marie 
Jakobsen, a native of Denmark. This union has been blessed with four 
children: Christian. Arthur, Agnes, and Sigfred. Fraternally, Mr. Hansen 
is a member of the Danish Brotherhood.