By His Sister – Chloe Nelson My recollection of my brother, Orson Hancock, fifth child of Joseph Hyrum Hancock and Mary Annah Glover Hancock. He was born in Mendon, Cache County, Utah, February 14, 1882. A lovely Valentine gift for his parents, two brothers and two sisters at that time. Another boy and girl were …
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Autobiography This short autobiography of Mary Ann Nicholas Hansen was transcribed from a tape made just a few weeks before her death in October 1974. I was born in Elkhorn, Idaho, a little place in the mountains. It’s a very beautiful place with streams of water and lots of alfalfa fields and lots of wild roses and all …
6 February 1961 I, Mary Hansen was born April 27, 1896, at Elkhorn, Idaho, a little valley near the mountains. I was born in a little two room log cabin, in a field near a running stream of water, which was covered with willows and wild rose bushes, also wild fruit such as yellow currants, …
By Her Grandson, Dennis I have wanted to include a tribute or my own mom, along with the others here, but have felt overwhelmed at the thought. Anything that I can say is very insignificant. The beauty that was hers and the love I feel for her far exceed my language skills. I find myself …
By Neva Tippetts What made Mary Hansen, my mother, an inspiration to her five children, as well as her orphaned grandson whom she raised from infancy, and the children and people she associated with? Her real test of character came when she got a divorce after twenty years of marriage. I was enrolled in my sophomore …
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By Ken Hansen It’s only natural for one to eulogize their departed loved ones, especially a parent. But I feel I can objectively say our mother was a very special spirit whom we were all privileged to know in this life. She will be numbered among the Saints of this generation though she had shortcomings and was …
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(Book of Remembrance Entry) 8 November 1963 Ontario, California Doug and Pat Hansen, along with myself at 6 am, started on a journey to the Los Angeles Temple to meet Kenneth Hansen and his sweet family who have come to the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity. Ruth, my daughter, met us …
By Irene Lindley Mary was born in Elkhorn, Idaho, April 27, 1896, in a little sod roof log cabin with earth for its floor. All the neighborhood homesteaders had similar ones, a few had two room sod or log cabins. In nearby hills a few had dug out cave homes with a log front with …
By Adele Thomas Harker Adele Thomas Harker, daughter of David Phillip Thomas and Anna Davis Thomas, was born 27 May 1920 at Samaria, Oneida Co., Idaho. My paternal grandparents were David Bynon (Beynon) Thomas and Martha Ann Reese (Rees) Thomas. My maternal grandparents were Samuel Watkins (Williams) Davis and Mary Ann Martin Davis. My family …
By Max & Adele Thomas Harker We’re going to write our memories of Samaria, Idaho, and its people in the form of a letter. Max C. Harker and I spent two years (1942 to 1944) teaching in my hometown of Samaria. As the years come and go we remember those years as choice years and two of …
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