Paulson, Hans 1840-1911

PAULSON, CHRISTIANSON

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/19/2010 at 10:48:51

DEATH OF HANS PAULSON
Lived in the Neighborhood for Thirty
Years

Friends in Le Mars have received
word of the death of Hans Paulson,
who lived for thirty years on a farm
on the Plymouth county line, a mile
south of Carnes. The Plainview News
has the following sketch of his life:
Hans Paulson was born in Tors-
land, Sjaeland, Denmark, April 20,
1840. In the spring of 1867 he emigrated
to this country and settled
in Black Hawk county, Iowa, where
he lived for three years, then moved
to Sioux county, Iowa, in which county
he homesteaded and lived for
thirty years. In 1899 he moved to
Antelope county, Neb., living there
until death, January 16th, 1911. In
the fall of 1881 he visited his old home
in Denmark, returning in the spring
of 1882, when he was united in marriage
to Miss Ingeborg Eliza Christianson,
who now survives him with
three sons, John, Alfred and Arthur,
also one brother, C. Paulson, and one
sister, Mary Johnson, the former, of
Kildare, Okla., and the latter of Emmetsburg,
Iowa. In the year 1900
he joined the Danish Lutheran
church. The funeral was held at t he
Danish Lutheran church, Copenhagen,
on Thursday, January 19, 1911,
conducted by Rev. Karl M. Hansen
and Rev. Litherland, of Brunswick,
and the remains were laid to rest in
the Danish Lutheran cemetery near
the church.

Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Tuesday, January 31, 1911
Le Mars, Iowa