Here's a brief timeline of events for him which can then be used as a jump off point for adding in other details.
Birth - 15 June 1890 - Buksnes, Lofoten og Vesterålen, Nordland, Norway.
He was the 10th of 12 children.
Census 1900 - Hol øvre nordre, Buksnes, Lofoten og Vesterålen, Nordland, Norway.
http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft/person/pf01037537003708
Census 1910 - Hol øvre nordre (gaard), Buksnes, Lofoten og Vesterålen, Nordland, Norway.
In father's household. Assumed residence Kirkenes. http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft/person/pf01036935004231
Then we have his emigration information when he left from Norway to go to Canada. His sponsor was his brother Nils.
Residence - March 1913 - Leknes, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway
Departure - 4 April 1913 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England - on "Empress of Britain"
Arrival - 12 April 1913 - St John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Farm Laborer, Single, Stayed with his brother Nils at Thunder Bay for a while.
WWI registration - 318 8th Street South, Virginia, St Louis, Minnesotta, USA.
Surname written as Hanson. Lumber Piler. Single. Previous military experience - 72 days, Private, Infantry, Norway.
Marriage - 23 August 1919 - Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Witness - Thom Olgren.
He married Gerda Josefine Marie Valentinsen. They were both single. He was a Lumber Grader and she was a Domestic. They were 1st. cousins.
They met before he enlisted for WWI. He was in the US visiting relatives (so I've been told.)
Census 1920 - 398 Broadway Street, St Paul, Ramsay, Minnesota, USA
1920 - Birth of son Einar Ingvald Hansen (died 2002)
1924 - Birth and death of son Robert Herman Hansen
1927 - Birth of son Robert Moncreif Hansen (died 1998)
Census 1930 - 1224 East 3rd Street, St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
Married. Painter for House Decorating Company
Address 1933 - 1224 East 3rd Street, St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
Painter YMCA
Address - 1935 - 1224 East 3rd Street, St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
Census 1940 - 1224 East 3rd Street, St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
Surname spelled Hanson. Married. Painter Decorator for boy's club.
Address - 1948 - 837 Margaret Street, St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
Painter Veterans Administration
Death - 29 April 1950 - St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesotta, USA
Burial - 1950 - Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesotta, USA
Jens C. Hanson, Minnesota, PFC OMC, World War I, June 15 1890, April 29 1950
So this is the very basic time line. I have not included the birth of his youngest son, because he is still living, but the other 3 sons, and Gerda, are all deceased.
What else could be added in?
Information about his parents and siblings
military record from Norway
what life was like in the areas he lived in Norway
why did he decide to leave Norway
the date he left Norway to go to Liverpool
the date he left Canada to visit family in USA
the final date he settled in the USA
USA naturalization records
Social Security records
more details about his employment
details about how he and Gerda met and where.
who was Gerda and where did she come from
when they found out they were 1st cousins. Their mothers were sisters but lived in different parts of Norway.
Jens parents
Hans Magnus Rode Jensen (1848-1929) and Elen Kristine Christofersdatter Lindgaard (1848-1909)
Siblings
Emilie Kristina Amanda Hansdatter (1867-1937)
Hansine Lovise Hansen or Jensen (1871-1949)
Amandus Olai Hansen (1873-1874)
Amandus Olai Hansen (1875-1949)
Sara Hansdatter (1877-1952)
Marthin Luther Hansen (1879-1920)
Lotte Marie Hansen (1882-1968)
Marie Løkke Hansen (1885-1968)
Nils Martin Hansen (1890-1950)
Hanna Eline Hansen (1893-1971)
baby girl Hansen (1897-1897)
With the exception of his brother Nils, all of Jens siblings lived and died in Norway. Nils died in Canada.
Wife (very basic information)
Gerda Josefine Marie Valentinsen
birth - 19 June 1893, Åse, Andøy, Nordland, Norway
emigration - 10 August 1911 - from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
arrival - 28 Aug 1911 - Ellis Island, New York, USA. Passage paid by her cousin Mrs. G. E. Gilbertson
death - 18 January 1984 - Fairborn, Greene Co., Ohio, USA
burial - beside her spouse at Fort Snelling
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