Darrell & Rose Hansen's Family Roots
Find ancestors, discover their stories and family traits
Darrell Hansen is the curator and primary family history researcher for this site. He has a diverse ancestral background: he's half Danish and a mix of German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Manx. His rich heritage includes 19th-century pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who traversed the plains, sailed from Denmark, or made their way to Utah via routes around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America to California or by way of the transcontinental railroad. He also has many European ancestors who came to America before the American Revolution. He graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Computer Science degree and authors a blog MyFamilyConnections.org. His grandparents are John & Hannah Hansen and Reed & Maggie Jamison.
Rose Hansen, Darrell's wife, also has a diverse ancestry, including French, German, Scottish, English, Irish and, Jewish. Some of her family came to the United States from France by way of Canada. She too has many European ancestors that came to America before the American Revolution. She is a dedicated contributor to FamilySearch.org Indexing, having diligently transcribed over 100,000 names. Her expertise extends beyond genealogy and includes floristry, furniture restoration, painting, and interior design. As a passionate storyteller and avid collector of family photographs and histories, Rose is excited to preserve and share her research with future generations through a platform dedicated to her family's rich heritage. Her grandparents are Clifford & Magdalen Tucker and Albert & Ora Mae Brown.
...When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves...
- Elder Russell M. Nelson (April 2010)
Married Anna Kathrine Mikkelsen. Had 15 children: Johannes, John, Anders, Olga, Hans, Carrie, Erastus, Julia, Annie, Mary, Rasmine, Boy (stillbirth), James, Eveline, and Hilda
Married Thomine Matilde Mortensen. Had 10 children: Peder, Annie, Matilda, Chris, Josephine, Hannah, Martin, Hyrum, Charley, and Elvira
Married Mary Arzella Jamison. Had 8 children: William (Reed), Hazen, Vernon, Arnel, Mary (Arzella), Ada, Vivian, and Rulon
Married Martha Elizabeth Comish. Had 3 children: Margaret (Gretta), Phyllis, and Maggie.
Married Marvela Curry. Had 2 children: Clifford and Maxine.
Married Lucie Marie Du Vert. Had 11 children: Paul, Maurice, Alphonse, Eugenie, Louis, Mary, Yves, Theresa, Marguerite, Magdalen, and Yvonne.
Married Rosa P. Wardlaw. Had 7 children: Sam, Pauline, Albert, Pat, Paul, Claude, Emily.
Married Emma Josephine Ayers. Had 2 children: Willie Wallace and Ora Mae
Our Favorite Genealogy Stories
Aunt Treek was the most like my grandma Magdaline. When she came
into a house she would sing "Who Who!" Her grandchildren called her
Grandma Who Who.
Where there is Heart room, there is House room.
She used to like to talk to the Indians. So many of them used to camp close to our place and used to give her strings of beads and other trinkets.
Love and Romance of Real Life as Told by One of the Lovers Both Await the Visit Of the “Death Angel” - Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah July 10, 1904
The 28th of October was the red letter day to this handcart expedition. On that memorable day Joseph A. Young, Daniel W. Jones and Abel Garr galloped unexpectedly into camp amid the cheers and tears and smiles and laughter of the emigrants.
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