CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth PlaceClayton Co., Iowa, United States
MemoOr 1862 or 1864 or 1867. Or 1858 based on age at death.
Census Date17 Aug 1870 [6635]
Census PlaceMarion Twp., Clayton Co., Iowa, United States
Census Date1 Jan 1885 [6634]
Census PlaceScott Twp., Franklin Co., Iowa, United States
MemoTownship 92, Range 22, Section 5
Census Date1 Jan 1895 [6638]
Census PlaceAlexander, Scott Twp., Franklin Co., Iowa, United States
Census DateJun 1900 [6632]
Census PlaceScott Twp., Franklin Co., Iowa, United States
Immi PlaceCanada
MemoOr 1910
Census Date5 Jun 1911 [6699]
Census PlaceMedicine Hat District, Alberta, Canada
MemoTownship 15, Range 10 W, 4th M.
Census Date1916 [6703]
Census PlaceSunny South, Medicine Hat District, Alberta, Canada
MemoTownship 15, Range 10 W, 4th Meridian.
Reside Date1933 [6870]
Reside PlaceTravers, Alberta, Canada
Death Date21 Dec 1933 [1498, MEMORIAL# 94608447], [6697], [6870]
Death PlaceMedicine Hat, Cypress Co., Alberta, Canada
MemoAge 75.
Burial PlaceMedicine Hat, Cypress Co., Alberta, Canada [1498, MEMORIAL# 94608447], [6870]
MemoHillside Cemetery: Section C, Block 129D, Lot 11
Alias/AKAIda SHAEFER [6636]
FatherIsaac SHAVER (ca1814-)
MotherEliza A. (ca1821-)
Misc. Notes
As of 1900, Ida said she had 4 children, 3 living.
Ida’s death certificate says she was born in Marion, Clayton Co., Iowa. But the city of Marion is in Linn County, and the other use of “Marion” is Marion County. [6870]
By a strange coincidence (or is it?), the death certificate for Ida’s husband, lists in the box labeled “Name and Address of Undertaker or Person in charge of Funeral,” “A. M. Shaver, Calgary, Alta.” [6869]
Ida’s death certificate says she was born in Marion, Clayton Co., Iowa. But the city of Marion is in Linn County, and the other use of “Marion” is Marion County. [6870]
By a strange coincidence (or is it?), the death certificate for Ida’s husband, lists in the box labeled “Name and Address of Undertaker or Person in charge of Funeral,” “A. M. Shaver, Calgary, Alta.” [6869]
Spouses
1Bengt SVENSSON 
[2942], [6586], [6619], 1C3R
[2942], [6586], [6619], 1C3RBirth PlaceMjällby, Blekinge, Sweden
MemoReported as 1857 in 1900 census.
Bapt Date30 Jul 1859 [6619] Age: <1
Bapt PlaceMjällby, Blekinge, Sweden
Emig PlaceMjällby, Blekinge, Sweden
Census Date10 Jun 1870 [6589] Age: 10
Census PlaceYork Twp., Carroll Co., Illinois, United States
Census DateJun 1880 [6590]
Census PlaceRoss Twp., Franklin Co., Iowa, United States
Census Date1885 [6597]
Census PlaceRoss Twp., Franklin Co., Iowa, United States
MemoTownship 93, Range 20, Section 18
Census Date1 Jan 1895 [6638] Age: 35
Census PlaceAlexander, Scott Twp., Franklin Co., Iowa, United States
Census DateJun 1900 [6632]
Census PlaceScott Twp., Franklin Co., Iowa, United States
Immi PlaceCanada
MemoOr 1910
Census Date5 Jun 1911 [6699] Age: 51
Census PlaceMedicine Hat District, Alberta, Canada
MemoTownship 15, Range 10 W, 4th M.
Natu Date26 Mar 1913 [6701, page 3], [6702, page 5 & 7], [6703] Age: 53
Natu PlaceAlberta, Canada
MemoHe become a “British subject under the laws of Canada.”
Census Date1916 [6703]
Census PlaceSunny South, Medicine Hat District, Alberta, Canada
MemoTownship 15, Range 10 W, 4th Meridian.
Death PlaceCalgary, Alberta, Canada
MemoAge 65. Holy Cross Hospital
Burial PlaceMedicine Hat, Cypress Co., Alberta, Canada [6869]
MemoHillside Cemetery
Alt.SpellingBenj. HANSON [6597]
Alias/AKABenjamin HANSON [6637]
Alias/AKABen F. HANSON [6632]
Alt.SpellingBenjamin Frank HANSON [6694]
Alt.SpellingBenjamine F. HANSEN [6703]
FatherSven HANSSON (1824-1901)
MotherKarna CHRISTOPHERSDOTTER (1833-1914)
Misc. Notes
By at least 1885, Bengt adopted the name Benjamin, and later records show the addition of a middle initial “F” which shows up in some records as “Franklin.”
The family may have moved out of Iowa, even before 1905 (not found in 1905 Iowa census).
At some point, the decision was made to move to Alberta, Canada. Records show that Benjamin and Ida, along with two of their children, Earnest and Lester, and settled on land in the Medicine Hat district, and more specifically in Alderson, Cypress County (a place which, today, is a ghost town). But before entering Canada, they spent an unknown time in Minot, North Dakota. It is not certain exactly when they left Iowa, but on 7 Feb 1910, in Alberta, Benjamin applied for a “Pre-emption” to obtain land in the SE Quarter of Section 27, Township 15, Range 10 W, Meridian 4. At more or less the same time, he also applied for a Homestead on the SW Quarter of the same section. At the time of this application he declared himself a USA citizen but intended to become a “British subject under the laws of Canada” which he did in 1913. On this land he built a house of lumber, 16’ x 28’, a barn, dug a well and put up a windmill, all during the first three years of occupation.
[6695] [6701]
The family may have moved out of Iowa, even before 1905 (not found in 1905 Iowa census).
At some point, the decision was made to move to Alberta, Canada. Records show that Benjamin and Ida, along with two of their children, Earnest and Lester, and settled on land in the Medicine Hat district, and more specifically in Alderson, Cypress County (a place which, today, is a ghost town). But before entering Canada, they spent an unknown time in Minot, North Dakota. It is not certain exactly when they left Iowa, but on 7 Feb 1910, in Alberta, Benjamin applied for a “Pre-emption” to obtain land in the SE Quarter of Section 27, Township 15, Range 10 W, Meridian 4. At more or less the same time, he also applied for a Homestead on the SW Quarter of the same section. At the time of this application he declared himself a USA citizen but intended to become a “British subject under the laws of Canada” which he did in 1913. On this land he built a house of lumber, 16’ x 28’, a barn, dug a well and put up a windmill, all during the first three years of occupation.
[6695] [6701]
Research
A child, Vivian Olandra Hanson, born 17 Jan 1887, Hampton, Franklin Co.?
The father of Vivian is Benj F Hanson but the mother was Ida D. HOWES/HOMES.
There is no child named Vivian in that household in 1895 so either wrong family or she died young.
The 1911 census of Alberta, Medicine Hat district (#4), Subdistrict #35, page 5, covering persons living in Township 15, Range 10, 4th Meridian, includes a HANSON family conisiting of “B. F.?” age 52, “I. M.?” age 52, and sons, Ernest, 19, and Wesley, 13. But no “Lester.” (these names are at the bottom of the page, and the following page was examined but this family was not continued there).
It says the parents immigrated to Canada in 1909 and the sons in 1910, from the USA. “Racial origin” for all 4 of them given as “Swedish.” Dates of birth are similar but not completely consistent with the known family here. The date of the census is 5 June 1911. The enumerator was Charles England.
This is probably the right family but the discrepancies of the details are hard to explain. Also seems unusual that the boys came a year later. Have not found the birth of a Wesley, though it now appears this may have been an alternate name for Lester.
The father of Vivian is Benj F Hanson but the mother was Ida D. HOWES/HOMES.
There is no child named Vivian in that household in 1895 so either wrong family or she died young.
The 1911 census of Alberta, Medicine Hat district (#4), Subdistrict #35, page 5, covering persons living in Township 15, Range 10, 4th Meridian, includes a HANSON family conisiting of “B. F.?” age 52, “I. M.?” age 52, and sons, Ernest, 19, and Wesley, 13. But no “Lester.” (these names are at the bottom of the page, and the following page was examined but this family was not continued there).
It says the parents immigrated to Canada in 1909 and the sons in 1910, from the USA. “Racial origin” for all 4 of them given as “Swedish.” Dates of birth are similar but not completely consistent with the known family here. The date of the census is 5 June 1911. The enumerator was Charles England.
This is probably the right family but the discrepancies of the details are hard to explain. Also seems unusual that the boys came a year later. Have not found the birth of a Wesley, though it now appears this may have been an alternate name for Lester.