The 1915 Black Hawk County history sketches two Hansen men, both born in Denmark, and never says they are related, so they are kept apart here. A. S. Hansen, born April 5, 1859, came to Kenosha, Wisconsin, at fourteen with his father, Hans Hansen, went back to Denmark to train for mission work, and returned in 1883 to serve two years as pastor of the Danish Lutheran church at Cedar Falls. He then studied medicine, graduated from the homeopathic department of the Iowa State University in 1893, and after further study in New York and Vienna practiced at Cedar Falls as an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Henry Hansen, born July 25, 1883, a son of Lorentz and Elizabeth Hansen, was a trained carpenter who crossed to the United States in 1906, reached Waterloo in September 1907, and in 1914 became vice president of the newly incorporated Lauritzen Construction Company. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Black Hawk County history.
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Father of Dr. A. S. Hansen
Danish Lutheran pastor; eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, Cedar Falls
A. S. HANSEN, M. D.
Dr. A. S. Hansen, a specialist in the treatment of the eye, ear, nose and throat at Cedar Falls, was born in Denmark on the 5th of April, 1859, a son of Hans Hansen, who came to the United States in 1873. He made his way to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where resided some of his sons, who had preceded him to this country and had become prominent in the business life of that city. The father's death there occurred in the early '90s.
Dr. Hansen was fourteen years of age when he crossed the Atlantic to the new world. He had attended the government schools of his native country and continued his education in the public schools of Kenosha. At the age of eighteen he returned to Denmark, where he completed his education, spending some time as a student in Copenhagen and in a private college, from which he was graduated on the completion of a course in missionary work. He returned to the United States in 1883 and took up missionary Avork among the Danish people of this country, being pastor of the Danish Lutheran church at Cedar Falls for two years.
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Parents of Henry Hansen; remained in Denmark
Vice president of the Lauritzen Construction Company, Waterloo
Henry Hansen is the vice president of the Lauritzen Construction Company and belongs to that class of men who have won the proud American title of self-made. Starting out in life independently at an early age, he has gradually worked his way upward and an analyzation of his record shows that industry and close application have been the salient features of his advancement. He was born in Denmark. July 25, 1883, a son of Lorentz and Elizabeth Hansen. The mother died in her native land on the 20th of April, 1901, and the father is still living there. He is a farmer and mail carrier.
Henry Hansen was reared upon the home farm and acquired his education in the district schools of his native country. Soon after reaching his sixteenth year he became an apprentice to the carpenter's trade and was connected therewith until the spring of 1906, when, thinking to enjoy better business opportunities on this side the Atlantic, he crossed the water to the United States. He settled first in Emmet county, Iowa, where he secured employment as a farm hand, spending eleven months in that way. He then went to work at his trade in Dyke, Iowa, and two months later came to Waterloo, where he arrived in September, 1907. Not long afterward he entered the employ of Lauritzen Brothers and when L. J. Lauritzen became sole proprietor of the business Mr. Hansen continued in his service. In May, 19 14, the Lauritzen Construction Company was incorporated and he became a member of the firm and was elected vice president. This is one of the leading construction companies of the county. They have a liberal patronage and do an extensive business. They have erected some of the finest buildings of Waterloo and a number of these display the handiwork of Mr. Hansen, who since starting upon his apprenticeship has made continuous advancement in the line of his trade. Step by step he has progressed until in his present connection he stands as one of the leading builders of Waterloo.
On the 24th of May, 1913, Mr. Hansen was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Rasmussen, a native of Denmark, and to them has been born a daughter, Gertie Elizabeth. Mr. Hansen is a member of the Danish Brotherhood and he and his wife belong to the Danish Lutheran church. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found good business opportunities, and his skill and efficiency in the line of his trade, combined with his laudable ambition to advance, have brought him to a creditable position in construction circles in Waterloo.
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