Papers of the Hansen and Bales Family 1860-1975

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Papers of the Hansen and Bales Family 1860-1975

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This collection contains the family correspondence of a prominent Logan, Kansas family of Danish descent. The family is predominantly professionally oriented, including teachers, businessmen, and farmers. Biographies of the principle correspondents follow below. A genealogy is appended to this guide.

6 linear ft (12 boxes)

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6354736

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Hansen, P. E. (Peter Emanuel), 1846-1930

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Hansen, Alpha A. G., 1858-1957.

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Bales, Alpha H., 1886-1936.

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Hansen, George T., 1880-1963.

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Hansen, Dane Gray, 1883-1965

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Hansen, Kate, 1879-1968

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Hansen and Bales (Family : 1860-1975

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Hansen, Peter (1846-1925) Peter Hansen was born on November 15, 1846 at Sonderberg, Denmark, the son of George and Ingeborg Hansen. In 1862, at the age of sixteen, he left Denmark to come to America. He later moved west to the Soloman River Valley and settled. This area was later to become Logan, Kansas, of which Peter Hansen was one of the principal founders. In 1878, he married Alpha Ama Gray of Kirwin, Kansas. They had four daughters and two sons. Peter Hansen, as a businessman, ...