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Anne Mathia “Matia” Brandon Hanson

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Birth	:	1848 Norway
Death	:	10 May 1930 Campbell County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Norway Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mound City, Campbell County, USA
Coordinate	:	45.6445000, -100.1926000
Description	:	Anne Mathia Brandon, known as Matia, was born North of Oslo, Norway, and like so many of the area girls, spent her summers as a "dairy girl." Chaperoned by older women, Matia and other girls would herd the cattle up into the mountains, bringing the milk in to make cheese. At the end of the week they could frequently look forward to the arrival of some of the young men of the area and the dances that were held. It was at one of these dances that she met Hendrik Hanson, who lived on a farm called... Read More	Anne Mathia Brandon, known as Matia, was born North of Oslo, Norway, and like so many of the area girls, spent her summers as a "dairy girl." Chaperoned by older women, Matia and other girls would herd the cattle up into the mountains, bringing the milk in to make cheese. At the end of the week they could frequently look forward to the arrival of some of the young men of the area and the dances that were held. It was at one of these dances that she met Hendrik Hanson, who lived on a farm called Nybakke near the City of Gjovik. Henry and Matia, after being married in Norway, immigrated to Allamakee County, Iowa, in 1872, eventually homesteading in South Dakota in 1885, North of what is now the village of Glenham. Blizzards, drouth, crop failures and a money panic were all a part of the hard times that pioneers in this section tell about. These were bearable, but sickness, which often meant death, was the main hardship among the sturdy homesteaders who settled this part of Walworth and Campbell Counties. One who probably knew best of the many family crises was Matia Hanson, wife of Hendrik. In the days when doctors were few and far apart, Matia was known as a highly efficient midwife and it is said she brought most of the babies in the world who were born in that vicinity. Her kind labors were extended much as a matter of course during the cold, long winters when countless times she was called from her home at night to travel long, slow miles to be present at the sod shanty bedside of an expectant mother. Another matter in which Matia helped many a neighbor was in the preparation of the deceased for burial. These privations were recounted by her husband in an interview: "Why do we need a graveyard in this country where no one ever dies," a small boy asked as he watched his elders preparing a graveyard near the site of the present Norway Church. The question was answered all too soon as he lay in the grave, a victim of the diptheria plague that visited this community. Three other small graves soon made their appearance beside his, the children of Hendrik and Matia Hanson, all victims of the dreaded disease within a week. The mother had to fashion the grave clothes and prepare her own two sons, Halvor and Sever, for burial. The death of her little girl, Mina, was too much to bear and a kindly neighbor girl performed the service for her. Hendrik fashioned the caskets and hauled his own to the church yard, remarking simply as he left of little Engval, still sick at home, "Have his grave clothes ready; he, too, will be ready when we get home." But Engval survived, although others in the community died and their bodies were laid where the small boy said, "no one ever dies."

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Anne Mathia “Matia” Brandon Hanson's memorial is located at: Norway Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mound City, Campbell County, USA.
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Anne Mathia “Matia” Brandon Hanson death on 10 May 1930 in Campbell County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 45.6445000
Longitude: -100.1926000

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Hendrik Hanson

(1853 - 1944)

Children

(1874 - 1948)

(1881 - 1890)

(1883 - 1961)

(1885 - 1890)

(1887 - 1890)

(1890 - 1973)

(1894 - 1894)

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Coordinate: 45.6445000, -100.1926000

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