Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1985.055.023 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Johnson, Mrs. Agnes |
Description |
Black and white photograph of an older woman and a young man seated in chairs in a parlor-like room. There is a plant stand on the viewer right side and curtains of different shades and textures on the back wall. The woman - Maren Johanna (Jocumsen) Hansen - is seated on the viewer left. She is wearing a dark dress with satin belt, cuffs, and skirt decorations. The dress has puffy sleeves and a ruffled neckline. Her hands are in her lap and her hair is pulled up and back into a bun. The young man - Kai Hanson - is seated in a chair on the viewer right. He is wearing dark short trousers, stockings and shoes and a dark jacket with light-colored shirt and dark tie. His hair is parted on the viewer right and he rests his hands on the arms of the chair. The photograph has a white border. Handwriting on the back reads "KAI HANSON" on the viewer left with an arrow pointing downward and "MAREN JOHANNA (JOCUMSEN) HANSEN" with an arrow on the viewer right. This is one of 17 photos or photo postcards called "family group snapshots and postcard" that were owned by Agnes (Jorgensen) Johnson. |
Print Size |
4 x 3 |
Creation Date |
20th century |
Associated People |
Hansen, Johanne Maren Jochumsdatter Hansen, Maren Johanna Jocumsen Hanson, Kai Hanson, Kaj Hansen, Kaj Hansen, Kai |
Search Terms |
Hansen, Johanne Maren Jochumsdatter Hansen, Maren Johanna Jocumsen Hanson, Kai Hanson, Kaj Hansen, Kaj Hansen, Kai mother son Michigan Johnson, Agnes Jorgensen |
Date Received by Museum |
1985 |
Provenance |
This photograph shows Johanne Maren (Jochumsdatter) Hansen, identified here as Maren Johanna (Jocumsen) Hansen, and her son Kai Hanson (Kaj Hansen). ------ Family History: Johanne Maren (Jochumsdatter) Hansen was born in Denmark on October 10, 1849 to parents Jochum Tonnesen and Kirstine Ane Nielsdatter. She married Jens Peter Hansen, a harness maker in Nykobing Falster, Denmark who died in 1899. She approached her son-in-law, Carl Kreipke, about the possibility of the family emigrating to the U.S. Jens Peter’s cousin, Rasmus Hansen, had earlier immigrated to America and owned a lumber business in Grayling, Michigan. Rasmus convinced Johanne that she should immigrate for her children's future. Moreover, Johanne's eldest daughter, Anna, had already immigrated to Grayling and married Rasmus Hansen’s brother. So, in 1901, Johanne came to the U.S. with six children ages 5 to 20. She returned to Denmark twice – in 1908 and 1920 – to visit and died in 1940. See files 1985.055 and 1985.120 for additional family history information. |
Images |
167\1985055023.JPG |
Accession number |
1985.055 |