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Elizabeth <I>Bassett</I> Hansen

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Elizabeth Bassett Hansen

Birth
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Death
8 Jan 1883 (aged 32)
Weston, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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1.) Obituary
On Monday afternoon, January 8, 1883, Mrs. Elizabeth Hansen, wife of Fred Hansen of Hardin township, died at her home after a short illness of lung fever. The deceased was a daughter of Jno. C. and Mary Bassett of this city, and she was aged 32 years and 15 days. She leaves, besides parents and brothers and sisters, a devoted husband and three children to mourn their loss. The funeral will occur from the residence of the parents on Graham avenue on Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Friends are invited without further notice.
Source: newspapers.com; The Daily Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Iowa · Wednesday, January 10, 1883, p. 8


2.) Obituary
The funeral of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hansen, of Hardin township, will take place from the residence of the parents of deceased, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Bassett, on Graham Avenue, this (Thursday) morning at 11 o'clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend without further notice.
Source: newspapers.com; The Daily Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Iowa · Thursday, January 11, 1883, p. 5


3.) DIED. HANSEN.
At Weston, Pottawattamie county, Iowa, January 8th,1883, of pneumonia, Elizabeth Hansen.
Deceased was born in South Wales, 23d of March, 1850; baptized in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the 5th day of April, 1869, by Elder James Caffall.
Source: The Saints' Herald. Vol 30, 17th February 1883, p. 112 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]

4.) Biography.
Elizabeth Bassett Hansen lived a full life despite dying at 32. She experienced hardship, generosity, sacrifice, love, grief, children, and believed in something larger than herself.

Along with her family, Elizabeth immigrated from Wales at the tender age of 6. The family left Liverpool, England on April 19, 1856, and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1856. The ship they shared with the rest of their immigrating Latter-Day Saint brothers and sisters was the Samuel Curling. She lost a baby brother on that voyage.

She was only 9 years old by the time the family joined 353 individuals and 59 wagons in the James S. Brown Handcart Company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). She must have been a tough little girl, for having survived the ocean crossing, she then walked across the American West while her parents pulled a handcart filled with their earthly possessions and goods needed to survive.

The vision for the trek was to join the kingdom of God found in Salt Lake City, Utah. Whatever it was that dimmed that passion, the family left both the church and Utah and returned to Council Bluffs, Iowa. There they joined a Mormon group that rejected the leadership of Brigham Young- the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (today called the Community of Christ).

Elizabeth married Frederick Hansen who had a similar background. His family had immigrated with the Latter-Day Saints from Denmark and had also pulled their handcart west. They, too, left the Utah movement and, returning to Council Bluffs, joined the Reorganization. Before marrying, Frederick went on a European mission for the RLDS church. They had 3 children together.

5.) MARRIED.
At the [Reorganized] Latter Day Saints' church, by Elder C. A. Beebe, on March 6th, 1872, Br. Frederick Hansen to Sr. Elizabeth Bassett, all of the Council Bluffs branch.
Source: The True Latter Day Saints' Herald. Vol 19. Plano, Illinois. April 15, 1872. No. 11. p. 252 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]

MOTHER: Mary Elizabeth Jones
FATHER: John Charles Bassett

HUSBAND: Frederick Hansen
m. 6 Mar 1872 - Council Bluffs, Iowa

CHILDREN:
1. Alice Elizabeth "Allie" Hansen
m. Charles Alvin Brackenbury

2. Arthur Frederick Hansen
m. Edna Aurelia Fensler
m. Nettie May Cutler

3. Grace Emma Hansen
Unmarried

FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Elizabeth Bassett
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1850
Registration District: Llanelly
Inferred County: Carmarthenshire
Volume: 26
Page: 596
Source Information: FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.

2. (Family of Origin)
1851 Wales Census
Name: Elizabeth Bassett
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John Bassett
Mother's Name: Mary Bassett
Gender: Female
Where born: Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Civil Parish or Township: Llanelly
County/Island: Carmarthenshire
Country: Wales
Registration District: Llanelly
Sub-registration District: Llanelly
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a
Piece: 2468
Folio: 386
Page Number: 7
Household Schedule Number: 27
Household Members: Name Age
John Bassett 25
Mary Bassett 29
John Bassett 3
Elizabeth Bassett 1
Rose Nunes 12
Francis Nunes 9
Mary Ann Dixon 43
David Hughes 36
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2468; Folio: 386; Page: 7; GSU roll: 104219. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Wales Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

3. Mormon Handcart Company
"Latter Day Saints' Immigration," Deseret News [Weekly], 24 Aug. 1859, 197. NAMES OF PERSONS IN CAPT JAMES BROWN'S COMPANY, ORGANIZED AT FLORENCE, JUNE 12, 1859: … John Bassett and family …

4. Elizabeth Bassett, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
Name: Frederick Hansen
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 06 Mar 1872
Event Place: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Bassett
Reference ID: bA p207
GS Film number: 1018501
Digital Folder Number: 005512133
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCH3-5RG : accessed 17 Nov 2013), Frederick Hansen and Elizabeth Bassett, 1872.

5. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Name: Elizabeth Bassett
Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 516. Source Citation: . Source Information: Ancestry.com. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
1.) Obituary
On Monday afternoon, January 8, 1883, Mrs. Elizabeth Hansen, wife of Fred Hansen of Hardin township, died at her home after a short illness of lung fever. The deceased was a daughter of Jno. C. and Mary Bassett of this city, and she was aged 32 years and 15 days. She leaves, besides parents and brothers and sisters, a devoted husband and three children to mourn their loss. The funeral will occur from the residence of the parents on Graham avenue on Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Friends are invited without further notice.
Source: newspapers.com; The Daily Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Iowa · Wednesday, January 10, 1883, p. 8


2.) Obituary
The funeral of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hansen, of Hardin township, will take place from the residence of the parents of deceased, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Bassett, on Graham Avenue, this (Thursday) morning at 11 o'clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend without further notice.
Source: newspapers.com; The Daily Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Iowa · Thursday, January 11, 1883, p. 5


3.) DIED. HANSEN.
At Weston, Pottawattamie county, Iowa, January 8th,1883, of pneumonia, Elizabeth Hansen.
Deceased was born in South Wales, 23d of March, 1850; baptized in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the 5th day of April, 1869, by Elder James Caffall.
Source: The Saints' Herald. Vol 30, 17th February 1883, p. 112 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]

4.) Biography.
Elizabeth Bassett Hansen lived a full life despite dying at 32. She experienced hardship, generosity, sacrifice, love, grief, children, and believed in something larger than herself.

Along with her family, Elizabeth immigrated from Wales at the tender age of 6. The family left Liverpool, England on April 19, 1856, and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1856. The ship they shared with the rest of their immigrating Latter-Day Saint brothers and sisters was the Samuel Curling. She lost a baby brother on that voyage.

She was only 9 years old by the time the family joined 353 individuals and 59 wagons in the James S. Brown Handcart Company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). She must have been a tough little girl, for having survived the ocean crossing, she then walked across the American West while her parents pulled a handcart filled with their earthly possessions and goods needed to survive.

The vision for the trek was to join the kingdom of God found in Salt Lake City, Utah. Whatever it was that dimmed that passion, the family left both the church and Utah and returned to Council Bluffs, Iowa. There they joined a Mormon group that rejected the leadership of Brigham Young- the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (today called the Community of Christ).

Elizabeth married Frederick Hansen who had a similar background. His family had immigrated with the Latter-Day Saints from Denmark and had also pulled their handcart west. They, too, left the Utah movement and, returning to Council Bluffs, joined the Reorganization. Before marrying, Frederick went on a European mission for the RLDS church. They had 3 children together.

5.) MARRIED.
At the [Reorganized] Latter Day Saints' church, by Elder C. A. Beebe, on March 6th, 1872, Br. Frederick Hansen to Sr. Elizabeth Bassett, all of the Council Bluffs branch.
Source: The True Latter Day Saints' Herald. Vol 19. Plano, Illinois. April 15, 1872. No. 11. p. 252 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]

MOTHER: Mary Elizabeth Jones
FATHER: John Charles Bassett

HUSBAND: Frederick Hansen
m. 6 Mar 1872 - Council Bluffs, Iowa

CHILDREN:
1. Alice Elizabeth "Allie" Hansen
m. Charles Alvin Brackenbury

2. Arthur Frederick Hansen
m. Edna Aurelia Fensler
m. Nettie May Cutler

3. Grace Emma Hansen
Unmarried

FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Elizabeth Bassett
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1850
Registration District: Llanelly
Inferred County: Carmarthenshire
Volume: 26
Page: 596
Source Information: FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.

2. (Family of Origin)
1851 Wales Census
Name: Elizabeth Bassett
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John Bassett
Mother's Name: Mary Bassett
Gender: Female
Where born: Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Civil Parish or Township: Llanelly
County/Island: Carmarthenshire
Country: Wales
Registration District: Llanelly
Sub-registration District: Llanelly
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a
Piece: 2468
Folio: 386
Page Number: 7
Household Schedule Number: 27
Household Members: Name Age
John Bassett 25
Mary Bassett 29
John Bassett 3
Elizabeth Bassett 1
Rose Nunes 12
Francis Nunes 9
Mary Ann Dixon 43
David Hughes 36
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2468; Folio: 386; Page: 7; GSU roll: 104219. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Wales Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

3. Mormon Handcart Company
"Latter Day Saints' Immigration," Deseret News [Weekly], 24 Aug. 1859, 197. NAMES OF PERSONS IN CAPT JAMES BROWN'S COMPANY, ORGANIZED AT FLORENCE, JUNE 12, 1859: … John Bassett and family …

4. Elizabeth Bassett, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
Name: Frederick Hansen
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 06 Mar 1872
Event Place: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Bassett
Reference ID: bA p207
GS Film number: 1018501
Digital Folder Number: 005512133
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCH3-5RG : accessed 17 Nov 2013), Frederick Hansen and Elizabeth Bassett, 1872.

5. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Name: Elizabeth Bassett
Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 516. Source Citation: . Source Information: Ancestry.com. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

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Elizabeth
Wife of Frederick
Hansen
DIED
Jan. 8, 1883
Aged
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