Yuma County, Colorado
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Yuma County Pioneer Photographs:
Ola and Anna (Olssen) Hanson, Bryant
Ole had come from Sweden with five brothers, the other four changing their name to Herrlin, the name of a famous Lutheran preacher. Ole homesteaded one mile west and one north of where Anna homesteaded.
Anna's sister Mary had married a Peterson and died during childbirth in 1895.
(Mary Peterson 1855-1895 buried in Yuma # 74217768.)
Ola Hanson, 28, married Annie Oleson, 30, on December 18, 1891 in Yuma.
Ola proved up a quarter in section 9, 5N 48W in 1893.
Anna proved up a quarter in section 23, 5N 48W in 1895, and sister Maria Peterson next to her in section 22 in 1893.
In 1900 Yuma County, Charles O. Hanson born June 1849, married nine years to Annie Sept 1858, are farming, with William Jan 1893 and Headwig Nov 1894, both born in Colorado.
June 29, 1900 "Mangus Hanson of Chicago is visiting, Ole Hanson of Bryant. This is the first time
they have met since leaving Sweden, seventeen years ago."
July 8, 1908 "August and Charles Harlin of Chicago visited last week with their brother Charlie Hanson."
November 1908 
Ole, Anna, William, and Hedvig are still farming in 1910 Yuma County.
Kathryn Mahoney proved up a quarter in section 22, 5N 48W in 1913.
"Claimant names as witnesses; Ola Hanson, John H. Bird
and Samuel I. Bird, all three of Bryant, Colorado, and Charles Arnold, of Yuma, Colorado.
Ole 1849-1910 is buried in Yuma # 90888566. So is Anna dying 1941 # 50790371.
Anna is living with son Bill in 1920 and 1930 Yuma County.
Bill married Nancy Jo in 1931.
In 1940 Anna is 80, living with son Bill 46, and his wife Nancy Jo Hanson 37, with Genevieve M. 6 and Wiliam Raymond 1.
Hattie married Sam Byrd in Yuma County on May 1, 1918,
and is buried in Yuma. Samuel I. Bird died in 1964.
October 15, 1964 
October 1957 "Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bird and Mrs. Hanson received word
that a cousin of Mrs. Bird's, John Linehan of Chicago had passed away. Mr. Liehan had visited
several times at the Bird and Hanson homes. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bird left from Sterling for Chicago to attend the funera. Lester's parents took them to Sterling to board the train."
July 5, 1979 
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