A mother came to America in 1851 (wife of Carelius Hansen); the parents were married in Janesville in 1854.

The evidence

• “He is the son of Carelius and Guri J. Hansen, both natives of Norway; the father came to America in 1853 and the mother in 1851. They were married in Janesville in 1854 and moved to Beloit.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34a-biographical-1.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 334 / book p. 831

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources