Mads Hansen was born 6/14/1849 in Norway and died 4/27/1907 on Washington Island, WI. His father was Hans and his mother was Kristen. Their home was near Arendal, Norway. Mads and his brother arrived in New York in June 1876 and settled on Rock Island, WI. Mads became a US citizen in 1898.
Mads' wife, Antoni Dorothea Jacobson was born 2/28/1857 in Larvig, Norway and died 6/14/1936. She was 16 when her family immigrated to America and settled on Rock Island, WI.
Mad's and Dorothea were married in the Moravian Church in Ephraim in Door County, WI 9/18/1877. They bought land in Jackson Harbor on the Island, which they had to clear. They had 10 children, 5 girls and 5 boys, Alfred (Dorothy's dad being the oldest).
Mad's died at age 58 of a heart attack while working on the farm. Dorothea bought a nice home in Washington Harbor on the Island and continued her work as a midwife.
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