HANSEN, Wayne Hyrum

Emil married Swensen, Lorette. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lars Peter Hansen was born in Halenslev, Denmark, the eldest child of Lars and Maria Larsen Hansen. He and his family joined the L.D.S. Church when he was very young. His father was the village tailor so they must not have had too much money. Nevertheless, he determined that his family would come to Zion. They all ended up in Mantua where they went into business herding milk cows for the community. They took them to the canyons north of Mantua. One day while herding the cattle Peter told of watching a wagon caravan crossing the canyon. They were laden with a baptismal font and the four oxen to hold it up. These were on their way to the new temple in Logan. Shortly after this they joined a wagon train heading for Idaho. It was no doubt at that time he first set eyes upon the small daughter of Christen and Maren Mickelsen. These two families and the Jens Swensens all settled in Gentile Valley. It was here years later that Peter began courting Taya Mickelsen and married her March 1, 1894.

Bud and Dorothy remember how good Grandpa Hansen was to them. At Christmas there was a little purse with 100 pennies. Dorothy remembers she and Phil sitting on his lap and learning to play pinochle. Grandpa told Dorothy she had to bid to win and we still see her bid on every hand. She remembers her and Phil staying with Grandma one time when they got into an argument and Phil was cut. Una and Grandma were so angry Dorothy and Phil ran away. Dorothy remembers Grandpa coming after them and buying them an ice cream cone to smooth things over. Bud remembers driving the header box for Grandpa and Grandpa bought him his first Stetson hat. They remeber Grandpa always loving and caring for them and givng them little treats. (From Bud and Mary Ann Hansen)

Dorthea (Taya) Mickelsen was born 21 November 1872 in Huntsville, Utah. the second child of Christen and Maren Anderson Mickelsen. They were one of the couples sent by Brigham Young to settle Huntsville. One of her first recollections of any thing of importance was when a neighbor came rushing to the door in tears with the news that "Brother Brigham is dead". She remembered her mother snatching up her baby sister Helmar, and rushing to the next neighbor with the news with a frightened Taya holding on to her skirts for dear life. Brigham Young was dead and the news spread like wildfire around the settlement. The cabins were built around a square at the center of Huntsville. Shortly after this, Taya, along with her family and others, moved to Idaho where they settled in Gentile Valley on what is now the Louis Bitton ranch. This was about 1878.
As soon as Taya was old enough she began working for other families who need help. By doing this she learned early the value of a dollar and hard work.

She was married to Lars Peter Hansen on 1 March 1894 at Lago. They had eight children: twins who died shortly after birth, two sons and four daughters, Alfred Peter, Emil Martin , Clara Molene, Ella Leona, Mary Edna, and Una May. Alfred was the oldest and Emil the youngest.
Pete bought the farm owned by Pete Lund and built a cabin there for his bride. The cabin was moved from another spot along the creek north of the present home in Lago. The logs were numbered on the cabin before it was dismantled, after which it was moved to the site prepared for it. It was then assembled again using the numbers on the logs to get the right ones in the right place. It still stands on the farm in Lago.

Six children were born in that cabin which had two rooms. Pete and Taya decided they needed more room so they built another home about a block straight east of the little cabin on the the site where the present Hansen home stands now. The two youngest children were born in the new home.
Pete and Taya worked hard to build up their farm. Coyotes were abundant and preyed on their sheep and cattle. Squirrels swarmed over their crops. Taya tells of battling squirrels with poison and she said they seemed to flourish rather than die out. Two growing boys who were sharpshooters with rifles soon made the coyotes keep their distance and along with the poison, soon made a dent in the squirrel population. Things soon began to get better and a bit easier and their perservance paid off.

Pete suffered a stroke and passed away at the age of 75. He was buried in the Lago cemetary.
Taya lived on another eighteen years to continue being the family focal point. She died November 23, 1958 at the age of 86. She was buried at her husband's side in the Lago cementery. Gems of Our Valley 1977 pg 391-392.

Lars married MICKELSEN, Dorthea on 1 Mar 1894 in Bench, Caribou, Idaho. Dorthea (daughter of MICKELSEN ( MIKKELSEN), Niels Christian and ANDERSON, Maren (Mary Ann)) was born on 21 Nov 1872 in Huntsville, Weber, Ut, USA; died on 23 Nov 1958 in Soda Springs, Caribou, Id, USA; was buried on 26 Nov 1958 in Lago, Caribou, Id, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dorthea (Taya) Mickelsen was born on Nov 21, 1872 in Huntsville Utah, the second child of Christen and Maren Anderson Mickelsen. They were one of the couples sent by Brigham Young to settle Huntsville.

See Lars Peter Frederick Hiram Hansen note.

Hyrum married BASSETT, Lutie Marette on 23 Apr 1901 in Lago, Bannock, ID. Lutie (daughter of BASSETT, William Henry and COOK, Marette (Twin)) was born on 28 Aug 1877 in Cedar Fort, Utah, Ut; died on 11 Mar 1957 in Soda Springs, Caribou, Id; was buried on 16 Mar 1957 in Lago Cemetary, Caribou, Id. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lutie Marette was born Aug. 1877 at Cedar Fort, Utah, now kmown as Cedar Valley. She was born in the home of her grandfather, Bishop Henry Freeman Cook. Brigham Young had sent H.F. Cook from SLC to serve as bishop, which he did from 1861 to 1881.
Her father William H. Bassett was sent there to manage a store for Z.C.M.I. It was here that he met the twin daughters of Bishop Cook, Janette and Marette. He courted Marette and married her Oct.7, 1876. Lutie is the oldest of their 7 children.

In those days there were many Indian scares. A rock fort was built for protection of the saints. It was about a half-acre square and the wall was wide enough for a steer to walk on top. The church was inside and provisions were stored and kept replentished for emergency use. She doesn't remember having to go there for protection herself but remembers her mother telling of being snatched up on the middle of the night and carried into the fort after the town had been warned the Indians were on the war-path.

When she was about four years old, her father and his brothers started operating a stage and freight line from Beaver Canyon (near Spencer, Idaho) to Yellowstone Park and other places. Summers were spend in the Park and winters in Cedar Fort.

The Bassett brothers homesteaded land in Lago, Idaho. When she was seven, her father moved his family to Lago and they spent a few more summers in the Park and winters in Lago. In the spring, Lutie's father along with others would round up their horses, which were around sixty head, and take their families and travel to Yellowstone for the summer. Their home in Beaver Canyon was so near the railroad tracks that the house would shake and rumble when a train went by.

Indians were also present in the Park, but they were not hostile. Lutie remembers one evening when her father was away and her mother was watching the children play, they looked up and was an Indian with his face pressed against the window pane. They looked at their mother but she showed not a sign of fear so they went on about their play as if nothing had happened. They had been taught to do this and when their mother seemed unafraid they thought there was nothing to be afraid of. However, experiences with the Indians in Cedar Fort had made them apprehensive and she remembers her mother always kept a pistol hearby and slept with it under her pillow when her father was away.

When wash day came along, they would take their clothes and tubs and soap to the hot springs to wash. The children went swimming in the warm pools while the folks did the washing in the varied degrees of water from warm to boiling. While the clothes were drying, the families sat in the shade of trees and ate their lunch.

Horse back riding was a pleasant pastime. She remembers her father and mother galloping down the road lined with stately pines. What a striking couple they were, mounted on beautiful horses - mother in fancy riding habit riding side saddle.

When it came time for school days, the family remained in Lago. Summers were spend attending the "Winn Elliott School" located on Whiskey Creek. With her two cousins, Don and Hattie Bassett, she walked three miles to school - occasionally the three rode Don's old black horse, Billy. Don took delight in tormenting the girls by going up the steepest banks and down the steepest hills. One day Billy surprised Don by putting his head down and they all went tumbling off head first.

As Lutie grew older and anyone needed help, they would call on Lutie. She spent two summers in Bear Lake helping her mother's sister, Aunt Hannah Quayle, cook for haymen. In those days they had a large crew of men for all three meals.

When she was sixteen, she went to Salt Lake City and helped her Aund Nett with her large family and attended school two winters. She passed the entrance exams to the University of Utah. All arrangements were made to enter when word came from her father that her mother was ill and she was needed at home. She came home by train to Franklin where a railroad stopped. She was met there by her father with a team and wagon.

The next year Lutie, Don and Hattie attended the A.C. at Logan. Lutie studied teacher training and received her certificate.

Again someone needed help so she packed her clothes and was off to Pocatello to help Aunt Holly with her newly born twin boys, Red and Willis.

Now it is 1899 and Lutie is a school teacher. she taught in Lago four years, Grace one year, and Cleveland two years. When she was teaching in Cleveland, her future husband came for her every Friday night with a fancy high-spirited team and a little black topped buggy. As they forded the river going to and from Cleveland, she recalls water running in the bottom of the buggy and they lifted their feet to keep them dry. The salary was thirty-five dollars a month. Twelve went for board and room. One year she received fort-five dollars per month and she made the down payment on her father's first white-topped buggy. She also bought a rocking chair for her mother shich is in her possions today. About this time, she homesteaded a place which is now the Ziegler place.

Her parents decided to wait until she was old enough to make up her own mind about joining the church. Therefore she was twenty years old when she was baptized in Trout Creek by Willard Hubbard and Jonathon Gibbs. Soon after this, she started work in the MIA. She was president for twelve years. She also worked on the Stake board. They traveled as far as Ivans with team and buggy to make their stake visits.

What a beautiful and happy bride Lutie made. She and Hiram Swenson were married at the home of the bride's parents, by the bride's father who was Justice of the Peace, on the 23rd day of April, 1901. Her mother made her wedding dress. It was a heavy brocaded silk with basque waist, leg-o'-mutton sleeves and a high collar trimmed with ruching.

The first year they lived at Joe Swensen's where on July 24, twins, a boy and a girl, were born prematurely and died. Later they lived on the corner where Oleorenshaws lived. They then built their own home over the hill on Whiskey Creek. It was a four room home built by Barnes Redeback, an uncle of Lutie's. Three children were born there, Nola Jenkins, Lorette Hansen, and Raymond Swensen.

When their oldest daughter was old enough to go to school they would put her on the old white horse and send her up over the hill to school three miles away. What a relief it was to Lutie when sh would finally see the horse's ears come up over the hill in the afternoom bringing her daughter home from school.

Around 1911 they bought the Lusher place and moved over on the east side of the hill. After a few years in the Lusher house, they decided to move the home from whickey creek over the hill. THis was accomplished with hard wood rollers on a track pulled by one horse on a stump puller. On the steeper places of the hill, they applied brakes by tieing wagon loads of rocks to the house. Then the house was on top of the ill everyone was invited to a very enjoyable party. They accomplished the task of moving the house without breaking a window or even cracking the plaster. Hitt Rodeback, son of the man who build the house, was the instigator of the moving plan.

When Lorette was ready for high school, Lutie moved to Logan with her three children. In the summer of 1924, she renewed her teachers certificate and taught school in Lago for two years. In 1929, her father died and Lutie and her husband took over the store and post office which her father had run for a long time. Her husband was appointed postmaster and she assistant postmistress. Over the years, her father had collected many many things which were stored in the basement of the store. The following spring they held a gigantic sale. What a sale it was! People came from all over the country and were not disappointed. There were hundreds of yards of materials - laces, bolts of ribbon, shoes, socks, underwear, and barrels of dishes of all kinds.

March 17, 1932 was a day of sorrow for her family because her husband passed away. He died on Thursday and was buried on Sunday. Then it seemed as if fate had more hardship in store for because her home burned down on Monday. All that was saved were the clothes they had on, a cedar chest, and her father's rocking chair. Then she moved into part of her parent's old home,which was now her sister Adelia's home. She lived there two years then built a new home where the old one had been. She and Raymond and his family lived here. She also build a small post office and moved everything up near her home.

As time went on, happy days were again Lutie's. On November 20, 1942, she married Alfred Hansen. She sold the store to Raymond and moved the postoffice back to Alfred's house. She and Alfred ran the post office. She retired in 1947, then Alfred became postmaster until the Lago office was discontinued.

She had six children, three now living; thirteen grandchidren, ten great grandchildren, five step-children and thirteen step-grandchildren.

What a beautiful life, all the ideals of womanhood have been so beautifully exemplified.


(This article was written by Lutie as her life history in order to be placed in a book of rememberance - She did not know at the time that the real purpose her daughter had in mind was for a M.I.A. program "This Is Your Life". The article was placed in the Grace Herald Thurdsay, March 1, 1956. Lutie passed away March 11, 1957.)

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Lars and Maria were born in Denmark -April 23, 1831 and 10 Nov 1838 his profession was a tailor. They were the parents of four children, three boys and one girl. Peter was the oldest and then came the twins Martha and Christen, and Julius was the youngest. They joined the Mormon church and wanted to come to America, but thry didn't have the money to all come together. They sent their oldest son Peter and their daughter Martha first. Peter was twelve and Martha was ten. They came to Mantua, Utah where they worked for their living. Peter herded sheep and Martha worked as a servant. Maria and the two younger boys came next. When Mr Hansen arrived they made their home in Odgen. Mr Hansen and the boys made their living by going to the canyon and cutting firewood. They hauled it to what was called the tie yard. This was located where the First National Bank now stands in Odgen. They sold the wood, thus making their living. Later they moved to Mantua where they made their living by herding milk cows, taking them out in the morning and bringing them home at night. They were paid accorded to the distance they had to travel; so much for the first canyon, more for the second canyon and so on. When the Jens Swensens and the Christen Mickelsens came to Gentile Valley, now Lago, in the fall of 1878, the Hansen's joined them on the journey. They homesteaded 40 acres of the place now owned by Jack Hubbard. Mr Hansen passed away 2 August 1898 and Mrs Hansen sold the farm to her son Julius. Her daughter Martha, married Neils Peterson and moved to Swan Valley. Mrs Hansen passed away 2 August 1918. She was buried in the Lago cemetary next to her Husband. Gems of Our Valley 1977 page 391

Lars married LARSEN (Larsdatter), Maria on 28 May 1863 in Trinderup, , Denmark. Maria (daughter of LARSEN, Lars and Olesen, Karen (OLSDATTER)) was born on 23 Apr 1831 in Hallenslev, Torpegavn, Holbaek, Denmark; was christened on 25 Jun 1831 in Hallenslev, Torpegavn, Holbaek, Denmark; died on 2 Aug 1918 in Lago, Bannock (now Caribou), Id; was buried on 5 Aug 1918 in Lago, Bannock (now Caribou), Id. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niels Christian and Maren Anderson Mickelsen were both born in Denmark. They were both converts to the church. She came to this country as a young girl. She came to Salt Lake City with a pioneer company (probably the John R. Murdock Company, 1862) at age 21, enduring all the customary hardships.

Christen came from Denmark with his parents and two brothers. They came from New York to Utah on the train. He met and married Maren in Salt Lake City. They were among those sent to help settle Huntsville, Utah.

Christen went back to Denmark and served a two year mission. This placed severe hardships on his young wife.

They were the parents of five children: Mary, (who passed away as a young woman), Peter, Dorthea, Helmar and Chris.

They came to Gentile Valley in 1878 and homesteaded the place now owned by the Louis Bitton family.

Maren passed away while still young, leaving a young family for her husband to raise.
Christen married again, raised his family, then sold the farm and moved to Preston Idaho. Sometime later he moved to California where he died.

Both Maren and Christen are buried in the old pioneer cemetary in Lago.

Bud (Clarence Hansen) remembers hearing that a friend from Huntsville wrote Christian and told him to "Come up to heaven". The neighbor was speaking of Lago. So the family came up and settled on the north fork of Trout Creek. A diptheria edemic struck the family in 1896. A daughter Malena died and another daughter. Helma recovered but was left deaf.

Joseph Olorenshaw was born March 6, 1869, in coventry, Warwick, England. He came to the United States with his parents when he was five years old. They settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. There were seven children in this family and three of them were born deaf; Joseph, Thomas and a girl who died when she was one year old.

When Joseph was a youth he worked in a printing office and attended the deaf school in Odgen, Utah. It was at this school that he met his future wife, Helmer Mickelsen, who was also deaf. They were married Dec 30, 1899. They lived in Salt Lake City about two years. They moved to Lago, Idaho in 1901 when their son James was born . Their daughter Lena was born there. They later moved to Grace and took up a farm west of town. For the first three years they spent winters in Lago helping Mrs. Olorenshaw's father with his farm chores and then returned to Grace in the spring to plant their crops. ( Helmer from Gems of our Valley pg 439)

The oldest brother, Peter, married Annie Leffler. They had a son called Jimmy and a pair of twin girls. Peter later homesteaded in the Tetons. His brother Chris was there also. They married sisters and each had large families. Bud (Clarence Hansen) thinks that Martin may have also been affected with the diptheria, however he did not pass away untl 1902.

After Maren died Christen sold his farm to the Becksteads, remarried, and eventually moved to California. Upon his death each of the four living children recieved an inheritance of $6,000.

Niels married ANDERSON, Maren (Mary Ann). Maren (daughter of JORGENSEN, Anders and CHRISTENSEN, Kirsten) was born on 15 Dec 1841 in Hjellemskjaer, , Hjorring, Denmark; died on 7 Jul 1898 in Lago Pioneer Cemetary, Caribou, Idaho USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles Henry II and William Henry Bassett filed claims on the Trout Creek area, the original cabin of Charles Henry II being the site of the Rex Bassett home. William Henry succeeded Mr. Lusher as postmaster and built the general merchandise store. The four brothers, along with a fifth, Fred, ran a stage coach line from Beaver Canyon to Yellowstone Park, called the Gentile Valley-Oneida County Stage and Express for the first few of these early years when the homesteads weren't too profitable. But relative posperity must have come as exhibited by the homes the brothers built. Mary Ellen, sister of William, was a schoolteacher and was persuaded to come to teach school in Lago, especially since her husband, Lorenzo Barnes Rodeback had come to build their homes. They bought a section of property from Joseph Wright and moved their family from Cedar Fort, Utah.

Charles II and William Bassett were the only two who stayed and lived out their lives in Lago. They were half brothers, Charles being the son of Permelia Mindwell Dayton, first wife of Charles Henry Bassett I: William was the son of Mary Knight, second wife.

William Henry was born in Salt Lake City on 14 March 1858. At the age of eighteen he was sent to Cedar Fort, Utah to manage the Z.C.M.I. store. It was there he met the twin daughters of Bishop Cook. Janette and Marette . He courted Marette and married her on 2 October 1876.They were the parents of seven children, Lutie, Grantley, Harry, and Clarence born in Cedar Fort; Sophoronia, Ross, and Adelia were born in Lago, Idaho

In 1881 Will and his brothers started operations of a stage freight line from Beaver Canyon (near Spencer Idaho) to Yellowstone Park and other places. The family spent their summers in the park and the winters in Cedar Fort until the Bassett Brothers homesteaded in Lago, Then they would spend their winters there.

In the spring they would round up their horses, which were around 60 head, and take their families and travel to the Park for the summer. Their home in Beaver Canyon was so near the railroad tracks that the house would shake and rumble when a train went by.

William H Bassett with his brothers Charles H Bassett Jr, and C.J. Bassett continued to operate this stage line until about 1889 at which time they disposed of the business.

Until the time of his death Mr. Bassett gave his whole time to his farming and stock raising operations in Gentile Valley which he had established and built up along with the stage and freight business at Beaver Canyon.

Some years after closing his business at Beaver Canyon, Mr Bassett established a general merchantise Store at Lago in Gentile Valley. After the Bassett Store was built the post office was moved from the Lusher home to the store. The store and post office were somewhat of a community center for this rural section and his home a large factor in the community social life.
Mr Bassett passed away on December 29, 1929 following an automobile accident. He was buried in the Lago Cemetery.

Marette was very active in community and church affairs. She was an accomplished seamstress and did exceptionally fine handwork. She loved sewing for others. She made beautiful wedding gowns for her two oldest daughters, Sophronia and Lutie. She also gave very freely of her time in helping other members of her family.

She passed away on 10 May 1931. She was buried by her husband in the Lago cemetery.

Gems of Our Valley 1977 pg 339-340

William married COOK, Marette (Twin) on 2 Oct 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut. Marette (daughter of COOK, Henry Freeman and STROBRIDGE, Sophronia) was born on 17 Mar 1856 in Cedar Forte, Utah, Ut; died on 10 May 1931 in Lago, Caribou, Id; was buried on 13 May 1931 in Lago Cemetary, Caribou, Id. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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