Helmer O. Hanson

Mr. and Mrs. Helmer O. Hanson were residents of Barnes County most of their lives. Helmer, the eldest son of Otto and Pauline Hanson, was born September 26, 1884 in LaMoure County, a few miles south of Litchville, and came to Litchville in 1906. Hilda, the oldest daughter of Charles and Julia Olson, who homesteaded in Rosebud Township in Barnes County in 1887, was born September 26, 1889. Helmer and Hilda were married September 2, 1908.

Mr. Hanson was employed in the First State Bank of Litchville for many years and later was the manager of the Citizen's Motor Company. He was elected Mayor of Litchville in the year 1913. The Hansons moved to Fessenden, North Dakota, in 1926, returning to Valley City in 1936, where they lived until their deaths. Helmer died in July 1952 and Hilda died in May 1972.

There were nine children born to this union:

  1. Bernice Hanson Olsen, Valley City;

  2. Lucille Hanson Jamieson, deceased;

  3. Cynthia Hanson Kanwischer, Valley City;

  4. Homer Hanson, deceased;

  5. Adele Hanson Eide, Tulsa, Oklahoma;

  6. Kenneth Hanson, deceased;

  7. Malcolm Hanson, deceased;

  8. LeRoy Hanson, Bismarck and

  9. Robert Hanson, Seaside, California.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 93