He was my Great-Grandfather on my father's mother's side. He came to America from Norway as a young man.
John was born in 1883. He passed away in 1977.
Sources
"Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MB-1Q21 : 1 February 2016), John A Hanson in entry for Harold Ingvold Hanson, 04 Dec 1907, Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho, United States; citing certificate #D70-0867, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Boise.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHJ-RNL : accessed 3 February 2022), John Hansen, Humbird, Bonner, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 11B, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 223; FHL microfilm 1,374,236.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9QV-51L : accessed 3 February 2022), John A Hanson, Curran, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 1B, line 73, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2575; FHL microfilm 2,342,309.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7N9-Y1V : 10 January 2021), John Hanson, Curran Township, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-11, sheet 2A, line 33, family 28, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4484.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5SX-HMP : 14 March 2020), John A Hanson, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102366775/john-a-hanson : accessed 03 February 2022), memorial page for John A Hanson (30 Nov 1883–23 Apr 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 102366775, citing Upper Pigeon Creek Cemetery, Northfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Jim Olle (contributor 47664779) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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