Hans Hansson^[1]

1853 - 1910  (57 years)

• Name	Hans Hansson  [2, 3, 4]
  Birth	10 Apr 1853	Silte, Gotland, Sweden   [3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  	Rikvide
  Christening	11 Apr 1853	Silte, Gotland, Sweden   [5]
  	In the church
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	14 Aug 1885  [9]
  Census	1900	Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA   [7]
  Census	1910	Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA   [8]
  Cause of Death	Suicide by shotgun  [9, 10, 11]
  Occupation	Blacksmith  [1, 7, 8, 9]
  Medical Notes	Heavy drinker. His obituary in The Holbrook Observer obituary goes into some detail on the events leading to his suicide. For several months prior, he had been drinking particularly heavily. For several weeks, he had “geen gradually losing his mind,” falling into fits of mental depression during which he was confined to his bed for days at a time. The day before his suicide, he overdosed on a medication prescribed to him “for nervousness,” leading him to collapse at a checkers tournament and be brought home. The next morning, he attempted suicide by slashing his wrists, but found it was too slow, so used a shotgun to his heart, pulling the trigger with “an iron rod which he had crooked at one end.”  [1, 9]
  Research Notes	Hannah Sederlund obituary gives death date as 10 June 1910. Wendell Mohr’s notes list his cause of death as “accidental gunshot.” Jo Ann Mohr mentioned that she believed he may have in fact committed suicide, which was confirmed by three contemporary newspaper accounts of his death.  [1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Death	8 Jun 1910	Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA   [6, 9, 10, 11]
  	At his home on Main Street just south of the Palace Hotel
  Burial	9 Jun 1910	Holbrook Cemetery, Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA   [1, 6, 9]
  	Lot 2, Row 14
  Association	Gertrud Johanna Hansdotter
  Person ID	I205	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Hans Hansson           b. 24 Nov 1817, Silte, Gotland, Sweden           d. 7 Mar 1886, Silte, Gotland, Sweden (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Anna Margareta Jespersdotter           b. 17 Feb 1828, Silte, Gotland, Sweden           d. 1919, Silte, Gotland, Sweden (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F1275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johanna Katrina Kristina Cederlund           b. 3 Apr 1860, Silte, Gotland, Sweden           d. 22 Aug 1931, Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	22 Jan 1881	Silte, Gotland, Sweden   [9, 12, 14]
  Research Notes	Obituary of Johanna Cederlund lists 25 January 1881 as marriage date.  [12]
  Notes	Family settled in Holbrook, Nebraska on September 24, 1891. Marriage Baans 2 Jan 1881. Hans and Johanna were 5th cousins once removed. [12, 15]
  Children	> 1. Agnes Henny Sevira Hansson           b. 3 Jan 1886, Silte, Gotland, Sweden           d. 18 Oct 1977, Denver, Colorado, USA (Age 91 years) + 2. Irma Esther Hanson           b. 23 Feb 1902, Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA           d. 22 Oct 1976, Denver, Colorado, USA (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Apr 1853 - Silte, Gotland, Sweden Christening - 11 Apr 1853 - Silte, Gotland, Sweden Marriage - 22 Jan 1881 - Silte, Gotland, Sweden Census - 1900 - Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA Census - 1910 - Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA Death - 8 Jun 1910 - Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA Burial - 9 Jun 1910 - Holbrook Cemetery, Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Hans Hansson

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Hans Hansson and Hanna Hansson (nee Cederlund)

  
  

• Notes

  Left Sweden for the US (without family) in August 1885 (registration date 11 August, departed Göteborg 14 August). His sister Johanna had emigrated in 1881 and by 1883 had settled in Holbrook, Nebraska (then Burton’s Bend). Hans worked as a mine blacksmith in Leadville, Colorado. 1910 US Census indicates that he emigrated in 1890. In US, “Hanson” surname was used. Moved to Holbrook, Nebraska on 24 September 1891. Witnesses at his christening: farmer Jacob Jacobsen, Mickels, laborer Hans Norrby, farmhand Olof Petter Siltberg, farmhand Hans Hans. Eipes, Hans Båtelsson, Halverde Hustru, Lars Christensen, Sigliefs Hustru, Piga ?? Gardrud Båtalsdr, Mikels, Piga Greta Olafsdr., Rikvedes. [1, 5, 7, 15]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Research notes of Wendell C. Mohr. [S5472] Death Certificate of Irma Ester [Esther] DeVries. [S136] Olle Överby, Gotländska släkter (Gotland families), 2004. [S5249] Marriage Record of William C. Bible and Vera Hanson. [S207] Church books for Silte parish, Kyrkoböcker 1838-1861. [S37] Grave marker, Holbrook Cemetery, Holbrook, Furnas County, Nebraska. [S16] 1900 US Census - Household of Hans Hanson. [S95] 1910 US Census - Household of Hans Hanson. [S8159] Obituary of Hans Hanson. [S4950] Obituary of Hans Hanson. [S4949] Obituary of Hans Hanson. [S10] Obituary of Johanna Hanson. [S4948] Personal conversation with Jo Ann Mohr (née DeVries). [S204] Church books for Silte parish, Kyrkoböcker 1877-1894, Lysnings och Vigsel Bok. [S204] Church books for Silte parish, Kyrkoböcker 1877-1894.