Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

ELOF HANSON

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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Thrift and industry have been the underlying qualities that have aided Elof 
Hanson to gain the respect of the citizens of his community.  He was born 
February 13, 1871, at Landskrona, Skane, Sweden, a son of Sven and Amelia A. 
(Westerdahl) Hanson.  His father, who was a teacher and a horticulturist, lived 
and died in his native land, passing away at the age of seventy-six years.  Mrs. 
Hanson died when she was eighty-two years old.  They were blessed with four 
boys: Hans Gustav, Olaf Frederick, Martin Sigfried, and Elof, the subject of 
this sketch.
Elof Hanson attended the schools of Sweden and when he was fourteen years old he 
began to work at odd jobs in the city; and his last year in Sweden was spent 
working in the stove department of a foundry.  In 1892 he came to the United 
States and settled in San Francisco, where he worked in laundries and 
restaurants for five years.  He then went to Seattle, Wash., where he was 
employed for several years.  In 1914 he came to Arboga, Yuba County, and bought 
sixty acres of land located two miles northwest of Arboga Station.  The ranch is 
devoted to grain, alfalfa, orchard and vineyard.  Mr. Hanson has installed a 
four-inch centrifugal pump, which is used for irrigation purposes.
On January 11, 1901, at Seattle, Wash., Elof Hanson married Miss Louise W. Lund, 
a native of Verdal, Norway, and the daughter of Antone and Bertha (Williamson) 
Lund.  Her father, who was a carpenter, became a rancher in the latter years of 
his life.  Mr. Lund emigrated to the United States in 1893 and settled in 
Minneapolis.  His family followed him in 1894 and they also settled in 
Minneapolis where Mr. Lund worked as a carpenter.  In 1898 the Lund family moved 
to Seattle.  Mr. and Mrs. Lund were blessed with seven children, who grew up: 
Samuel A., Louise W., Sigurd M., John, Albert, Stephen, Carl Joseph, and 
Benjamin Antone.  Mrs. And Mrs. Hanson have ten living children: Selma, Mrs. 
Noah Wood of Colby, Wash.; Alma Betty, Mrs. Reed of Bogue; and Helen Esther, 
Hazel Alexandria, Eleanore Ruth, Clara Elizabeth, Elof Leonard, Theodora Olga, 
Edith Roberta and Goldy Lenora.  Mr. Hanson is a stanch Republican.  He is clerk 
of the board of trustees of the New England Union Grammar School, and is a 
member of Arboga Farm Center.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p 1246