BORN: 1840
DIED: 1917
AGED: 77
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BURIED IN UNION CEMETERY WITH THE SAME LAST NAME:
- Hansen, Andrew
- Hansen, Anne C
- Hansen, Emma A
- Hansen, Emma Lilian
- Hansen, Ester L M
- Hansen, Infant of Barney
- Hansen, Male
- Hansen, Peter
- Hansen, Soren
- Hansen, Thorwald
BURIED NEARBY IN PLOT 17:
CURRENT EVENTS:- 1845 Texas annexed into U.S.
- 1846 Mexican-American War
- 1849 California Gold Rush
- 1850 California became the 31st State
- 1860 The Pony Express
- 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
- 1861 American Civil War
- 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
- 1866 Ku Klux Klan
- 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
- 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
- 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
- 1876 Baseball's National League
- 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
- 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
- 1901 Teddy Roosevelt elected President
- 1903 First powered flight (Wright Brothers)
- 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake
- 1912 The Titanic sank
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OBITUARY ---------------NICHOLAS HANSEN
Redwood City Democrat
Feb 22, 1917
The funeral of Nicholas Hansen, former well known Woodside resident, who died Sunday night, was held at his late residence in Palo Alto this morning and was attended by many of his late friends, and of the family from this city. A solemn requiem mass was celebrated for the repose of his soul at St. Thomas Quinas Church at 9 o’clock, following which the remains were taken to this city for interment in Union Cemetery where the deceased owned a plot.
Hansen is survived by wife, Mrs. Catherine Hansen and the following children Henry J.; Frank A.; Edward A.; Charles A.; Harold A.; Mrs. Sedmer Pedro; Mrs. Katherine Kettlewell, and Helen G. Hansen, besides a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Hansen was one of the pioneer settlers in San Mateo County, having come here in 1857. He built the first road across the mountains in this section of the country, the old Bear Gulch Road. He was a personal friend of the late Senator Stanford. The deceased was a man of sterling character, a splendid citizen and one who was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. He was a kind and loving husband and father and a true friend to all.
Lot 17
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