Ruth Nettie Hart ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Nice lady - good cook - quiet - never yelled at her kids; Straight short bobbed brown hair, heavy (big woman). (per Martha Drugan-Westphal)
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Elroy, WI on 6 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 4A, Roll 1990, District 66, Family 79
Elroy, Juneau County, Wisconsin
Rents Home
Nettie R. Hanson..Wife..26..SD
(Living with husband and son.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Baraboo, WI on 14 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 9B & 10A, Roll 2608, District 56-4, Family 273
Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin
907 Second Street; home rented, $30
Ruth Hanson..Wife..36..SD
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Baraboo, WI on 26 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 61A, Roll 4523, District 56-6, Family 391
Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin
321 Vine Street, home owned $2400
residence in 1935: Same House
Ruth Hansen..Wife..45..WI..12 grade
(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 11 Nov 1893, then her age should have been 46 instead of 45.
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• She was buried after 15 September 1953 in the Evergreen Cemetery in Centerville, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial #136011488
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• Her obituary was published in the Winona Republican-Herald on 21 September 1953 in Winona, MN.

Funeral services were held Friday morning at the Scheibel Funeral Home, Baraboo, Wis., for Mrs. Harry Hanson, 59. She died Tuesday at St. Mary's Ringling Hospital, Baraboo, after an extended illness.

The former Ruth Hart she was married to Harry Hanson, Trempealeau, in 1916.

The Hanson's lived in Elroy for a few years after their marriage, but had lived at Baraboo the last 28 years. Hanson was the Railway Express agent there.

Surviving are her husband; two sons, Howard, Baraboo, and Harry Jr., Stoughton; two daughters, Mrs. William Schrieber, Baraboo, and Mrs. Clarence Smith, Portage, and 10 grandchildren.

Mrs. Hanson was a member of the Congregational Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and the Eagles Auxiliary, Baraboo.

Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Trempealeau, at 3:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Robert Lane, Baraboo, officiated.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 21 Sep 1953, page 13)
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Ruth married Harry Louis Hanson, son of Lars Syversen Hanson and Helena Catherine Kramer, in September 1916 in Winona, MN.^{1 2 3} (Harry Louis Hanson was born on 26 October 1889 in Trempealeau, WI,^{1 2 3 4 6 7 8} died on 2 August 1959 in Columbia County, WI ^{4 8} and was buried on 6 August 1959 in Trempealeau Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ^{4 8}.). The cause of his death was automobile accident.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Elroy, WI on 6 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 4A, Roll 1990, District 66, Family 79
Elroy, Juneau County, Wisconsin
Rents Home
Harry L. Hanson..Head..30..WI..Expressman, Railway
Nettie R. Hanson..Wife..26..SD
Harry Louis Hanson..Son..1y 2m..WI
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Baraboo, WI on 14 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 9B & 10A, Roll 2608, District 56-4, Family 273
Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin
907 Second Street; home rented, $30
Harry Hanson..Head..40..WI..Agent, Railway Express
Ruth Hanson..Wife..36..SD
Harry E. Hanson..Son..11..WI
Howard Hanson..Son..2y 4m..WI
Marian Hanson..Dau..11m..WI
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Baraboo, WI on 26 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 61A, Roll 4523, District 56-6, Family 391
Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin
321 Vine Street, home owned $2400
residence in 1935: Same House
Harry Hansen..Head..50..WI..10th grade..Agent, Railway Express Co.
Ruth Hansen..Wife..45..WI..12 grade
Howard Hansen..Son..13..WI..6th grade
Marian Hansen..Dau..11..WI..3rd grade
Margaret Hansen..Dau..9..WI..2nd grade
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  Marriage Notes:

TREMPEALEAU
Mr. Harry Hanson and Miss Ruth Hart of Elroy are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hanson.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, August 9, 1915, Page 8)
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A marriage license was issued today to Harry L. Hanson and Nettie Hart, both of Elroy, Wis.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 18 Sep 1916, Page 10)
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per Martha Drugan-Westphal (Apr 2003):

"My uncle Harry was a real nice guy... very quiet, polite, and a good husband and father. Aunt Ruth was very nice as well. I lived with them when I was 18 and moved to Baraboo. They lived on Vine Street. Every day when I'd come home from working at the Ration Board, Ruth would have a nice lunch waiting for me. I paid them $1.00 a day for room and board. Harry worked for the railroad, and knew your dad's (Robert Westphal) father, Roy. From time to time he'd stop in your grandpa's tavern for a beer after work."
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