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Elizabeth Bassett Hansen

Birth	:	23 Mar 1850 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Death	:	8 Jan 1883 Weston, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Ngaruawahia Cemetery, Ngāruawāhia, Waikato District, New Zealand
Coordinate	:	-37.6803921, 175.1656371
Inscription	:	Elizabeth Wife of Frederick Hansen DIED Jan. 8, 1883 Aged [illegible]
Description	:	Elizabeth Bassett Hansen immigrated with her family from Wales at the tender age of 6. The family left Liverpool, England on April 19, 1856 and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 May 1856. The ship they shared with the rest of their immigrating Latter-Day Saint brothers and sisters was the Samuel Curling. She was only 9 years old by the time the family joined 353 individuals and 59 wagons in the James S. Brown Handcart Company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). She must have been a tough little girl, for... Read More	Elizabeth Bassett Hansen immigrated with her family from Wales at the tender age of 6. The family left Liverpool, England on April 19, 1856 and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on 23 May 1856. The ship they shared with the rest of their immigrating Latter-Day Saint brothers and sisters was the Samuel Curling. She was only 9 years old by the time the family joined 353 individuals and 59 wagons in the James S. Brown Handcart Company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). She must have been a tough little girl, for having survived the ocean crossing, she then walked across the American West while her parents pulled a handcart filled with their earthly possessions and goods needed to survive. The vision for the trek was to join the kingdom of God found in Salt Lake City, Utah. Whatever it was that dimmed that passion, the family left both the church and Utah and return to Council Bluffs, Iowa. There they joined a Mormon group who rejected the leadership of Brigham Young- the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (today called the Community of Christ). Elizabeth married Fredrick Hansen who had a similar background. His family had immigrated with the Latter-Day Saints from Denmark and had also pulled their handcart west. They, too, left the Utah movement and, returning to Council Bluffs, joined the Reorganization. She lived a full life. She experienced hardship, generosity, sacrifice, love, grief, children, and believed in something larger than herself. Elizabeth was 32. PUBLISHED: MARRIED. At the Latter Day Saints' church, by Elder C. A. Beebe, on March 6th, 1872, Br. Frederick Hansen to Sr. Elizabeth Bassett, all of the Council Bluffs branch. SOURCE: The True Latter Day Saints' Herald. Vol 19. Plano, Illinois. April 15, 1872. No. 11. p. 252 OBITUARY: DIED. HANSEN. At Weston, Pottawattamie county, Iowa, January 8th,1883, of pneumonia, Elizabeth Hansen. Deceased was born in South Wales, 23d of March, 1850; baptized in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the 5th day of April, 1869, by Elder James Caffall. SOURCE: The Saints' Herald. VOL 30, 17th February 1883, p. 112 MOTHER: Mary Elizabeth Jones FATHER: John Charles Bassett HUSBAND: Frederick Hansen m. 6 Mar 1872 - Council Bluffs, Iowa CHILDREN: 1. Alice Elizabeth "Allie" Hansen m. Charles Alvin Brackenbury 2. Arthur Frederick Hansen m. Edna Aurelia Fensler m. Nettie May Cutler 3. Grace Emma Hansen Unmarried FURTHER INFORMATION: 1. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Elizabeth Bassett Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1850 Registration District: Llanelly Inferred County: Carmarthenshire Volume: 26 Page: 596 Source Information: FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. 2. (Family of Origin) 1851 Wales Census Name: Elizabeth Bassett Age: 1 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: John Bassett Mother's Name: Mary Bassett Gender: Female Where born: Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales Civil Parish or Township: Llanelly County/Island: Carmarthenshire Country: Wales Registration District: Llanelly Sub-registration District: Llanelly ED, institution, or vessel: 2a Piece: 2468 Folio: 386 Page Number: 7 Household Schedule Number: 27 Household Members: Name Age John Bassett 25 Mary Bassett 29 John Bassett 3 Elizabeth Bassett 1 Rose Nunes 12 Francis Nunes 9 Mary Ann Dixon 43 David Hughes 36 Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2468; Folio: 386; Page: 7; GSU roll: 104219. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Wales Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 3. Mormon Handcart Company "Latter Day Saints' Immigration," Deseret News [Weekly], 24 Aug. 1859, 197. NAMES OF PERSONS IN CAPT JAMES BROWN'S COMPANY, ORGANIZED AT FLORENCE, JUNE 12, 1859: … John Bassett and family … 4. Elizabeth Bassett, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934" Name: Frederick Hansen Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 06 Mar 1872 Event Place: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Bassett Reference ID: bA p207 GS Film number: 1018501 Digital Folder Number: 005512133 "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCH3-5RG : accessed 17 Nov 2013), Frederick Hansen and Elizabeth Bassett, 1872. 5. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Name: Elizabeth Bassett Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 516. Source Citation: . Source Information: Ancestry.com. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

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Elizabeth Bassett Hansen's memorial is located at: Ngaruawahia Cemetery, Ngāruawāhia, Waikato District, New Zealand.
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Elizabeth Bassett Hansen death on 8 Jan 1883 in Weston, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: -37.6803921
Longitude: 175.1656371

Family Members:

Parent

John Charles Bassett

(1825 - 1899)

Mary Elizabeth Jones Bassett

(1823 - 1882)

Spouse

Frederick Hansen

(1844 - 1932)

Siblings

John Wesley Bassett

(1847 - 1904)

Mary Ann Bassett Wesley

(1863 - 1930)

Children

Alice Elizabeth “Allie” Hansen Brackenbury

(1873 - 1926)

Arthur Frederick Hansen

(1876 - 1952)

Grace Emma Hansen

(1879 - 1952)

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