| Niels Hansen Timeline | |||||
| (Relating to Niels Hansen, b. 1795, Odense, Denmark - d. 1902, Aetna, Alberta, Canada) | |||||
| Month | Year | Place | Name | Age | Event |
| 0 | 793 | England | "Age of Vikings" begins with first raid - on England. | ||
| 0 | 965 | Denmark | Harold Bluetooth embraces Christianity making Denmark the first Scandinavian country to renounce the old pagan religions | ||
| 0 | 1066 | England | "Age of Vikings" ends with invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy, a Viking descendant | ||
| 0 | 1219 | Denmark | First use of a Danish flag - but it didn't look like current flag until 150 years later | ||
| 0 | 1495 | Denmark | The first book in Danish is printed - the Danish Rhymed Cronicle | ||
| 0 | 1526 | Denmark | Frederik I declares the Danish church independent | ||
| 0 | 1660 | Denmark | Introduction of "absolutism" - hereditary monarchy | ||
| 0 | 1753 | Denmark | Frederik V prohibits American sea captains from spreading propaganda in an attempt to stop US migration from Denmark | ||
| 0 | 1791 | Denmark | USA/Denmark begin diplomatic relationship, uninterrupted since then, the longest of any country | ||
| 11 | 1795 | Denmark,Odense | Hans Jorgensen | 0 | Born |
| 0 | 1805 | Denmark,Odense | Hans Christian Andersen is born | ||
| 0 | 1819 | Utah,Cache Valley | British Northwest trappers first to visit Cache valley, named Bear lake and river | ||
| 3 | 1823 | Denmark,Odense | Hans Jorgensen | 27 | Married Maren Petersen, 1st wife |
| 10 | 1823 | Denmark,Odense | Jens Hansen | 0 | Born - Hans' 1st child, Niels older brother |
| 0 | 1826 | Utah,Cache Valley | Jim Bridger and others rendevous here and "cache" their furs, leading to it's name | ||
| 4 | 1830 | New York,Fayette | Organization of LDS Church | ||
| 0 | 1831 | Missouri | First called LDS missionaries began their missions | ||
| 8 | 1832 | Denmark,Odense | Niels Hansen | 0 | Born |
| 7 | 1835 | Denmark,Odense | Hans Jorgensen | 39 | Last child(7)/1st wife born - Hans |
| 0 | 1837 | England | First overseas LDS missionaries arrived | ||
| 0 | 1841 | Utah,Cache Valley | End of fur trapper era in the Rockies | ||
| 0 | 1842 | Illinois,La Salle co. | First Scandinavian converts to the LDS Church, of Norwegian ancestry | ||
| 0 | 1843 | Massachusetts,Boston | First Danish converts to the church | ||
| 7 | 1847 | Utah,Salt Lake | First pioneers enter Salt Lake Valley | ||
| 9 | 1847 | Utah,Box Elder & Cache | First Mormon exploration party visiting the current areas of these two counties, just 6 weeks after the first company entered the Salt Lake Valley | ||
| 6 | 1849 | Denmark,Copenhagen | New Danish Grundlov (or constitution) took effect that greatly liberalized practice of religion and introduced Democracy | ||
| 10 | 1849 | Utah,Salt Lake | Erastus Snow and Peter O. Hansen called at general conference to carry the gospel to Denmark - by the 19th they were on their way | ||
| ? | 1849 | Utah,Box Elder county | Porter Rockwell picked a homestead site at Perry, 3 miles south of present Brigham City but never made any improvements there | ||
| 5 | 1850 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Peter O. Hansen arrived and began missionary work | ||
| 6 | 1850 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Erastus Snow arrived and began missionary work | ||
| 8 | 1850 | Denmark,Copenhagen | First baptisms in Denmark, by Erastus Snow | ||
| 9 | 1850 | Denmark,Copenhagen | First branch of the church in Denmark established | ||
| 0 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | D&C published in Danish language, the first foreign language edition | ||
| 3 | 1851 | Utah,Brigham City | First permanent settlers move to Brigham City area, called Davis Fort and located about 7 North between 4th and 5th West in present day city | ||
| 5 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Book of Mormon published in Danish, 1st time in foreign language | ||
| 6 | 1851 | Denmark,Fredericia | Priest William O. Anderson helped open that part of the mission and first convert was baptized there | ||
| 8 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Jens Hansen | 27 | Baptized while away from home in the army |
| 8 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | First conference held in Denmark was convened | ||
| 8 | 1851 | Denmark,Greis | William O. Anderson helped open this community to the gospel | ||
| 10 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | First issue of Skandinaviens Stejerne, LDS publication | ||
| 10 | 1851 | Denmark,Fyn | William O. Anderson baptiezed the first individual on the Island of Fyen, Lars Nielsen | ||
| 11 | 1851 | Denmark,Odense | Jens Hansen | 28 | As a Priest, served as companion to William O. Andersen in bringing gospel to his native isle. |
| 12 | 1851 | Denmark,Odense | Niels Hansen | 19 | Baptized |
| 3 | 1852 | Denmark,Odense | Trostrup-Korup Branch formed, first on the Island of Fyen | ||
| 3 | 1852 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Petition presented to Danish Rigsdag signed by 850 detailing persecutions of the saints in Denmark | ||
| 8 | 1852 | Denmark,Odense | Niels Hansen | 20 | Ordained a Teacher and called on mission to Norway |
| 10 | 1852 | Norway | Niels Hansen | 20 | Put in prison as a missionary in Elverhoi |
| 12 | 1852 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | Left Denmark for Utah in Forsgren company |
| 3 | 1853 | Louisiana,New Orleans | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | 1st wife died as ship arrives in USA |
| 5 | 1853 | Iowa,Keokuk | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | With Forsgren company, departed on trek west 5/21 w/294 individuals and 34 wagons in the 6th company of the year |
| 5 | 1853 | Norway | Niels Hansen | 20 | Released from prison after 7 months |
| 7 | 1853 | Nebraska,Florence | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | Married 2nd wife, Dorthe Christiansen on trail |
| 8 | 1853 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Niels Hansen | 21 | Ordained an elder and called as President of Trostrup-Korup branch in Odense |
| 8 | 1853 | Denmark,Copenhagen | President Willard Snow of the Scandinavian Mission collapsed while addressing a meeting and died enroute to England for treatment | ||
| 9 | 1853 | Denmark,Copenhagen | President John Van Cott arrived from England as new president of the Scandinavian Mission | ||
| 10 | 1853 | Utah,Salt Lake | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | Arrived in Utah with Forsgren company - some sources say 10/1, others say 9/30. Lived in a dugout in the 5th Ward. |
| 10 | 1853 | Utah,Salt Lake | At October conference, Brigham Young called Lorenzo Snow to go to Brigham City, taking about 50 others with him. Most prepared over the winter and went the next year | ||
| 11 | 1853 | Utah,Brigham City | In late 1853, a number of the Scandinavian Saints from the Forsgren company went up to Brigham City, but not Hans Jorgensen | ||
| 12 | 1853 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Jens Hansen | 30 | Left Denmark for Utah on steamship "Eideren" with a route through Kiel, Gluckstadt, Hull, and Liverpool with about 200 others |
| ? | 1853 | Utah,Brigham City | "Walker War" - Indian unrest to the south in Utah led to building of a larger fort at the present site of Brigham City, called Box Elder Fort and located a couple of blocks south of the Davis Fort. | ||
| 1 | 1854 | England,Liverpool | Jens Hansen | 30 | 1st child died on third birthday just before or after they left port |
| 1 | 1854 | England,Liverpool | Jens Hansen | 30 | 2nd child born on shipboard as they left port |
| 1 | 1854 | England,Liverpool | Jens Hansen | 30 | Left port 1/28 w/384 saints after a severe bout of cholera that killed 22 little children |
| 3 | 1854 | Louisiana,New Orleans | Jens Hansen | 30 | Reached port 3/22 |
| 3 | 1854 | Louisiana,New Orleans | Jens Hansen | 30 | Sailed up Mississippi 3/25 on steamboat "L. M. Kennet" |
| 4 | 1854 | Utah,Brigham City | Lorenzo Snow started his Brigham City mission in Spring or Summer of 1854. Renamed city from "Box Elder Fort" to Youngsville | ||
| 5 | 1854 | Missouri,Westport | Jens Hansen | 30 | Chosen as "camp captain" of his pioneer company |
| 6 | 1854 | Missouri,Westport | Jens Hansen | 30 | Left on Mormon trail 6/15 with Hans Peter Olsen company (1st of year) consisting of about 550 mostly Scandinavian saints and 69 wagons |
| 6 | 1854 | USA,Plains | Peder Hansen | 25 | Died of cholera while crossing the plains |
| 7 | 1854 | USA,Plains | Jens Hansen | 30 | Became widower when 1st wife died of cholera crossing the plains |
| 8 | 1854 | Denmark,Jutlund | Niels Hansen | 22 | Called as president of Hvissel and Grep branches |
| 10 | 1854 | Utah,Salt Lake | Jens Hansen | 31 | Olsen company arrived 10/5 |
| 11 | 1854 | Utah,Salt Lake | Jens Hansen | 21 | Married 2nd wife, widow of brother Peder |
| 12 | 1854 | Utah,Salt Lake | Hans Jorgensen | 59 | 1st child/2nd wife born - Jacob |
| 0 | 1855 | Utah,Brigham City | Name changed from Youngsville to Brigham City | ||
| 0 | 1855 | Utah,Salt Lake | Hans Jorgensen | 59 | 2nd child/2nd wife born, a son who must have died young-Hans' daughter Rebecca said two sons born in SLC is basis for this. Seems like I found a cemetery record in SLC that might have been this baby |
| 1 | 1855 | Utah | Winter of 1854-55 was very mild, with very little moisture leading to drought conditions the following growing season | ||
| 4 | 1855 | Utah | Massive infestation of grasshoppers appeared which destroyed many crops | ||
| 9 | 1855 | Utah,Cache Valley | Church herds were driven up to Cache valley in attempt to find adequate feed after the severe drought - the severe winter resulted in most of the herd dying later in the winter | ||
| 11 | 1855 | Denmark | Niels Hansen | 23 | Married 1st wife, Karen Jensen |
| 11 | 1855 | Denmark | Niels Hansen | 23 | Released as Branch President and started for Utah |
| 12 | 1855 | England,Liverpool | Niels Hansen | 23 | Began journey to Utah on John J. Boyd |
| 0 | 1856 | Utah,Brigham City | Hans Jorgensen | 60 | Relocated to Brigham City |
| 1 | 1856 | Utah | Winter of 1855-56 was very severe, cold and with much snow | ||
| 1 | 1856 | Utah,Cache Valley | Cache County formed by territorial legislature | ||
| 2 | 1856 | New York,New York | Niels Hansen | 23 | Arrived in New York on way to Utah |
| 4 | 1856 | Missouri,Clay co. | Niels Hansen | 23 | Short term mission to Norwegians in Clay county - not sure of exact date |
| 5 | 1856 | Utah,Brigham City | Early summer the "courthouse" walls were erected, but blown down | ||
| 6 | 1856 | Nebraska,Florence | Niels Hansen | 23 | Left for Utah with Canute Peterson wagon train |
| 6 | 1856 | Nebraska,Florence | Niels Hansen | 23 | Recorded in Nebraska state census/Douglas county |
| 9 | 1856 | Utah,Salt Lake | Niels Hansen | 23 | Arrived in Utah with Canute Peterson company |
| 9 | 1856 | Utah,Cache Valley | Peter Maughan, 1st permanent settler in Cache Valley and settled Maughan's Fort, now Wellsville. | ||
| 9 | 1856 | Utah | Start of "reformation" with Jedediah Grant holding a conference in Layton and including some mass rebaptisms. | ||
| 11 | 1856 | Utah | Withdrawal of sacrament as part of "reformation" | ||
| 0 | 1857 | Utah,Brigham City | Rebuilt Courthhouse was completed, still standing; built primarily with tithing funds & church labor, it served as courthouse, church, theater, etc | ||
| 3 | 1857 | Utah | Rebaptism of most Utah church members as part of "reformation". | ||
| 4 | 1857 | Utah | Resumption of sacrament as part of "reformation" | ||
| 7 | 1857 | Utah,Cache Valley | Two years before the first settlers camped on the Little Logan river, John Thirkell predicted at a religious gathering at Wellsville that a temple would be built on bench where now stands the Logan temple | ||
| 7 | 1857 | Utah,Brigham City | Niels Hansen | 24 | 1st Child/1st Wife born - Mary Christine |
| 8 | 1857 | Utah,Salt Lake | Brigham Young issues proclamation forbidding Johnston's army from entering Utah | ||
| 11 | 1857 | Utah,Echo Canyon | Jens Hansen | 34 | Served in Nauvoo Legion as Captain of 10 opposing Johnston's Army. |
| 3 | 1858 | Utah,Salt Lake | Decision made for everyone from Salt Lake North to "move south" leaving only a few to burn down their property should the army enter in hostility | ||
| 4 | 1858 | Utah,Brigham City | Move south begins in earnest | ||
| 5 | 1858 | Utah | Hans Jorgensen | 62 | Moved south of Salt Lake at approach of army - not sure of date - a few men remained behind to burn the dwellings if the army was going to occupy them |
| 5 | 1858 | Utah | Jens Hansen | 34 | Stationed as soldier in Spanish Fork, where he remained when released from service |
| 5 | 1858 | Utah,Cache Valley | Area abandoned upon approach of Johnston's army - Utah peace commissioners proposed that the army establish their permanent base here, but the army chose Cedar Valley | ||
| 6 | 1858 | Utah,Salt Lake | Johnston's army moves through Salt Lake | ||
| 7 | 1858 | Utah,Salt Lake | Saints that had moved south began to return north to Salt Lake, Brigham City, etc. | ||
| 0 | 1859 | Utah,Logan | First permanent settlers move to Logan area | ||
| 0 | 1859 | Utah,Logan | In 1859 or 1860 Apostle Ezra Taft Benson was sent to live in Cache county as a resident apostle | ||
| 2 | 1859 | Utah,Salt Lake | Niels Hansen | 26 | 2nd child/1st wife born |
| 4 | 1859 | Utah,Providence | First settlers move to Providence area | ||
| 3 | 1860 | Utah,Salt Lake | Niels Hansen | 27 | Sealed to 1st wife in Endowment House |
| 12 | 1860 | Utah,Brigham City | Niels Hansen | 28 | 3rd child/1st wife born - Sarah Caroline |
| 12 | 1860 | Utah,Brigham City | Hans Jorgensen | 65 | 4th child/2nd wife born - Anna Maria |
| 12 | 1860 | USA | South Carolina secedes from the Union, leading to the start of the Civil War | ||
| 7 | 1861 | Utah,Brigham City | Niels Hansen | 28 | Daughter Sarah blessed |
| 10 | 1861 | Utah,Salt Lake | Overland telegraph completed from East | ||
| 0 | 1862 | Utah,Providence | Niels Hansen | 29 | "Providence and Her People" says he was in Providence by now - other records conflict |
| 0 | 1862 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 29 | Ordained a 70 - member of 64th quorum |
| 7 | 1862 | Morrill Anti-Bigamy law signed by President Lincoln, designed to "punish and prohibit the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the United States." No enforcement was undertaken nor funded. | |||
| 0 | 1863 | Utah,Providence | First public school building built | ||
| 3 | 1863 | Utah,Brigham City | Hans Jorgensen | 67 | 5th child/2nd wife born - Mary Christina |
| 4 | 1863 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 30 | 4th child/1st wife born |
| 7 | 1863 | Utah,Brigham City | Major treaty with 10 Shoshone tribes signed | ||
| 0 | 1865 | Denmark | Jens Hansen | 42 | Began first mission back to Denmark |
| 0 | 1865 | Utah,Logan | Hans Jorgensen | 69 | Moved from Brigham City to Logan |
| 3 | 1865 | Utah,Brigham City | Hans Jorgensen | 69 | 6th child/2nd wife born - Hansine Rebecca |
| 4 | 1865 | End of Civil War with Lees surrendor at Appomattox | |||
| 5 | 1865 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 32 | 5th child/1st wife born |
| 1 | 1866 | Utah,Logan | City incorporated | ||
| 0 | 1867 | Denmark | Jens Hansen | 44 | End of first mission back to Denmark |
| 10 | 1867 | Utah,Salt Lake | First general conference held in Tabernacle | ||
| 1 | 1869 | Supreme Court held Morrill Act to be constitutional by stating that governments had the right to enact laws prohibiting polygamy | |||
| 5 | 1869 | Utah,Logan | Hans Jorgensen | 73 | Last child(8)/2nd wife born |
| 5 | 1869 | Utah,Promontory | East-west Railroad completed | ||
| 0 | 1870 | Utah | Women granted the right to vote (following only Wyoming) and because of timing became the first female voters in the nation. | ||
| 0 | 1872 | Utah,Cache Valley | Census showed 9.798 residence of Cache Valley, with 2,033 living in Logan. | ||
| 1 | 1873 | Utah,Logan | Maiden voyage of the Northern Utah Railroad which connected Cache valley with Idaho and Montana to the north. | ||
| 2 | 1873 | Utah,Logan | Charles Benson, oldest son of Ezra Taft Benson, shot and killed a friend while drunk and was lynched and hung, leading to the families of several friends and sisters leaving the LDS Church | ||
| 0 | 1874 | Utah | Poland Law made territorial marshall and Attorney General federal offices as part of an effort to allow vigorous prosecution of polygamists | ||
| 7 | 1874 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 42 | Last child(9)/1st wife born |
| 8 | 1874 | Utah,Logan | Brigham Young asked during a sermon that the Tabernacle be finished and that the Saints in Logan should be prepared to build a temple there | ||
| 0 | 1875 | Utah,Box Elder | Hundreds of Shoshone Indians converted, including chief Sagwitch, and eventually formed a ward in Washakie, and helped construct the Logan temple | ||
| 10 | 1876 | Utah,Salt Lake | First official announcement that a temple would be built in Utah came during general conference | ||
| 0 | 1877 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 54 | Ordained HP and called as one of initial Cache Stake High Counselors |
| 5 | 1877 | Utah,Logan | Site of Logan temple selected by Brigham Young and then dedicated on May 18th by Orson Pratt | ||
| 8 | 1877 | Utah,Salt Lake | Brigham Young dies | ||
| 9 | 1877 | Utah,Logan | Cornerstones of Logan temple dedicated and serious construction began | ||
| 12 | 1877 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 55 | Took over Wood Camp in Logan canyon furnishing scaffolding for the Logan temple, firewood for lime kiln, maintaining the canyon road up to the sawmill, and serving as a way station for the lumber teams. |
| 4 | 1878 | Utah,Logan | Hans Jorgensen | 82 | Died/buried |
| 10 | 1880 | Utah,Salt Lake | John Taylor becomes president of the church | ||
| 0 | 1881 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 48 | Wood camp mostly shut down around now |
| 0 | 1881 | Utah,Logan | Railroad line from Logan reached Butte Montana | ||
| 3 | 1882 | Edmunds Act becomes law, strengthening the Morrill act by making cohabitation illegal, which was easier to prove than actual plural marriage | |||
| 0 | 1884 | Utah,Logan | Railroad line from Logan reached Helena Montana | ||
| 5 | 1884 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 51 | Present at dedication of Logan Temple |
| 0 | 1886 | Utah,Providence | Niels Hansen | 53 | Arrested for unlawful cohabitation |
| 1 | 1886 | Utah,Providence | Niels Hansen | 53 | Ordained Bishop 1st Jan, with Rudolph Hochstrasser as 1st Counselor |
| 9 | 1886 | British Columbia | Exploration party of Charles Card first entered Canada on trip that located Cardston | ||
| 10 | 1886 | Alberta,Cardston | Charles Card party camped near current Cardston and chose the area for future settlement. | ||
| 1 | 1887 | Edmunds-Tucker Act becomes law | |||
| 3 | 1887 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 54 | Married 6th wife Eva Hochstrasser |
| 6 | 1887 | Alberta,Cardston | Jonathan Layne's prophesy of a Temple there | ||
| 11 | 1887 | Utah,Salt Lake | Rudolph Hochstrasser | Imprisoned for "unlawful cohabitation" (polygamy) | |
| 11 | 1887 | Utah,Salt Lake | Rudolph Hochstrasser | Released from prison (polygamy) | |
| 2 | 1888 | Alberta,Cardston | Dedication of first log chapel in Lees Creek branch of Cache Stake | ||
| 10 | 1888 | Alberta,Cardston | Dedication of Cardston by Apostle Francis M. Lyman and declaration that temple would be built in Cardston in due time | ||
| 10 | 1888 | Alberta,Cardston | Two apostles visited, Francis Lyman and John W. Taylor and created Cardston Ward | ||
| 2 | 1889 | Canada,Cardston | Niels Hansen | 56 | Arrived in Canada with 6th wife Eva Hochstrasser |
| 4 | 1889 | Alberta,Cardston | Niels Hansen | 56 | 1st child/2nd wife born |
| 11 | 1889 | Alberta,Cardston | President Wilford Woodruff visited along with Joseph F. Smith & George Q. Cannon of 1st Presidency & Brigham Young, Jr., Acting pres. of the Quorum of 12, promised a temple would be built | ||
| 0 | 1890 | Alberta,Lethbridge | Railroad spur connected between Great Falls, Montana and Lethbridge allowing new emigrants to travel mostly by rail | ||
| 0 | 1890 | Alberta,Aetna | Snake Creek Sunday School (to become later the Aetna Ward) was organized - dependent organization of Cardston Ward | ||
| 9 | 1890 | Utah,Salt Lake | Wilford Woodruff issues "manifesto" ending practice of polygamy | ||
| 11 | 1891 | Utah,Logan | Tabernacle finally completed and dedicated. | ||
| 0 | 1892 | Final anti-polygamy federal legislation prohibited immigration of polygamists | |||
| 1 | 1892 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 59 | 3rd child/2nd wife born (my grandmother Mary) |
| 0 | 1893 | Alberta,Aetna | Snake Creek Branch organized - dependent organization of Cardston Ward | ||
| 4 | 1893 | Utah,Salt Lake | Salt Lake Temple dedicated | ||
| 12 | 1893 | Alberta,Aetna | Ward organized 11 December | ||
| 12 | 1893 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 61 | 1st Counselor to initial bishop, Richard Piling |
| 7 | 1894 | Alberta,Aetna | Apostle John W. Taylor felt they were too slow to build a chapel - announced he would be there in six weeks to dedicate it! | ||
| 9 | 1894 | Alberta,Aetna | Dedication of log chapel | ||
| 5 | 1895 | Alberta,Cardston | Cardston Stake organized with 780 members | ||
| 10 | 1896 | Utah,Salt Lake | Charles Card proposed Manitoba Mission to 1st Presidency and they approved (8th) | ||
| 12 | 1896 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 64 | Called on 5 December to take some newly called missionaries (3 from Alberta and 3 from Utah) and begin work in Manitoba |
| 12 | 1896 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 64 | Visited his families prior to Manitoba Mission |
| 1 | 1897 | Alberta,Cardston | Niels Hansen | 64 | Missionary farewell conference for group going to Manitoba (24th) - spoke and bore testimony in 1 p.m. session |
| 1 | 1897 | Alberta,Lethbridge | Niels Hansen | 64 | Departed Lethbridge on railroad to Manitoba on bitter cold day just after midnight. |
| 1 | 1897 | Manitoba | Niels Hansen | 64 | Had arrived and begun missionary work in Brandon, Manitoba |
| 3 | 1897 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 64 | His letter received by President Card on the 15th reported some initial success in the missionary efforts in Manitoba |
| 4 | 1897 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 64 | Returned from Manitoba for a time early this month - gave in person report to President Card on 21st and was asked to return for another short period |
| 5 | 1897 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 64 | Assisted President Card in administering to new immigrant William Glen at the home of his Bishop, Richard Pilling about 5 miles from the Hansen home. Then entertained the Card party for dinner. |
| 5 | 1897 | Manitoba | Niels Hansen | 64 | Returned to Manitoba for a time, probably late this month or in early June. |
| 6 | 1897 | Utah,Spanish Fork | Jens Hansen | 73 | Died and buried |
| 7 | 1897 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 64 | Probably returned from Manitoba Mission in July, possibly June - in Aetna on the 29th of July |
| 7 | 1897 | Alberta,Aetna | Nathan William Tanner & Sara Edna Brown arrived to build first home, a log faced dugout near Aetna | ||
| 11 | 1897 | Utah,Providence | Rudolph Hochstrasser | 58 | Opened "Little Jennie" mine with several others |
| 12 | 1897 | Manitoba | President Card of the Canadian Mission visited | ||
| 5 | 1898 | Utah,Salt Lake | President Nathan Eldon Tanner was born in Salt Lake where his mother had gone from her home near Aetna for the birth | ||
| 12 | 1898 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 66 | Succeeded Richard Pilling as acting Bishop (18th) |
| 2 | 1899 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 66 | Became Bishop (12th) |
| 0 | 1902 | Alberta,Aetna | Nathan William Tanner succeeded Niels Hansen as Bishop | ||
| 12 | 1902 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 70 | Died (13th) - had served as Bishop to the end. |
| 12 | 1902 | Idaho,Preston | Niels Hansen | 70 | Buried (Franklin county) |
| 3 | 1903 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 70 | Last child(11)/2nd wife born (after his death) |
| 0 | 1904 | Alberta,Aetna | President Nathan Eldon Tanner started 1st grade in two room school in Aetna, where he attended through nineth grade, some of these years he would have been taught by my grandfather Oswald A. Steele | ||
| 6 | 1907 | Alberta | Mary Leota Hansen | 15 | Married Oswald Alexander Steele |
| 2 | 1909 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 17 | 1st child/1st husband was born - George |
| 8 | 1910 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 18 | 2nd child/1st husband was born - Herb |
| 5 | 1912 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 20 | 3rd child/1st husband was born - Walter |
| 10 | 1912 | Utah,Salt Lake | President Joseph F. Smith announced in conference that the Cardston temple would be built | ||
| 0 | 1913 | Alberta,Cardston | Tanners moved to Cardston about now | ||
| 11 | 1913 | Alberta,Cardston | Ground broken for Cardston temple and site dedicated by Apostle David O. McKay | ||
| 5 | 1914 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 22 | 4th child/1st husband was born - Jeneava (my mom) |
| 0 | 1916 | Alberta,Cardston | Mary Leota Hansen | 21 | Moved to Cardston about now |
| 9 | 1917 | Alberta,Cardston | Mary Leota Hansen | 25 | 5th child/1st husband was born - Rex |
| 1 | 1919 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 25 | 1st husband died in flu epidemic - Oswald O. Steele |
| 0 | 1921 | Alberta,Cardston | Cardston Temple basically complete but shortage of funds delayed the furnishing and dedication. | ||
| 6 | 1921 | Alberta,Cardston | Mary Leota Hansen | 29 | Married 2nd husband - Moroni Allen |
| 8 | 1923 | Alberta,Cardston | Dedication of Cardston Temple by Heber J. Grant | ||
| 0 | 1938 | Alberta,Aetna | New chapel dedicated by Joseph Fielding Smith | ||
| Niels Hansen Timeline | |||||
| (Relating to Niels Hansen, b. 1795, Odense, Denmark - d. 1902, Aetna, Alberta, Canada) | |||||
| Month | Year | Place | Name | Age | Event |
| 0 | 793 | England | "Age of Vikings" begins with first raid - on England. | ||
| 0 | 965 | Denmark | Harold Bluetooth embraces Christianity making Denmark the first Scandinavian country to renounce the old pagan religions | ||
| 0 | 1066 | England | "Age of Vikings" ends with invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy, a Viking descendant | ||
| 0 | 1219 | Denmark | First use of a Danish flag - but it didn't look like current flag until 150 years later | ||
| 0 | 1495 | Denmark | The first book in Danish is printed - the Danish Rhymed Cronicle | ||
| 0 | 1526 | Denmark | Frederik I declares the Danish church independent | ||
| 0 | 1660 | Denmark | Introduction of "absolutism" - hereditary monarchy | ||
| 0 | 1753 | Denmark | Frederik V prohibits American sea captains from spreading propaganda in an attempt to stop US migration from Denmark | ||
| 0 | 1791 | Denmark | USA/Denmark begin diplomatic relationship, uninterrupted since then, the longest of any country | ||
| 11 | 1795 | Denmark,Odense | Hans Jorgensen | 0 | Born |
| 0 | 1805 | Denmark,Odense | Hans Christian Andersen is born | ||
| 0 | 1819 | Utah,Cache Valley | British Northwest trappers first to visit Cache valley, named Bear lake and river | ||
| 3 | 1823 | Denmark,Odense | Hans Jorgensen | 27 | Married Maren Petersen, 1st wife |
| 10 | 1823 | Denmark,Odense | Jens Hansen | 0 | Born - Hans' 1st child, Niels older brother |
| 0 | 1826 | Utah,Cache Valley | Jim Bridger and others rendevous here and "cache" their furs, leading to it's name | ||
| 4 | 1830 | New York,Fayette | Organization of LDS Church | ||
| 0 | 1831 | Missouri | First called LDS missionaries began their missions | ||
| 8 | 1832 | Denmark,Odense | Niels Hansen | 0 | Born |
| 7 | 1835 | Denmark,Odense | Hans Jorgensen | 39 | Last child(7)/1st wife born - Hans |
| 0 | 1837 | England | First overseas LDS missionaries arrived | ||
| 0 | 1841 | Utah,Cache Valley | End of fur trapper era in the Rockies | ||
| 0 | 1842 | Illinois,La Salle co. | First Scandinavian converts to the LDS Church, of Norwegian ancestry | ||
| 0 | 1843 | Massachusetts,Boston | First Danish converts to the church | ||
| 7 | 1847 | Utah,Salt Lake | First pioneers enter Salt Lake Valley | ||
| 9 | 1847 | Utah,Box Elder & Cache | First Mormon exploration party visiting the current areas of these two counties, just 6 weeks after the first company entered the Salt Lake Valley | ||
| 6 | 1849 | Denmark,Copenhagen | New Danish Grundlov (or constitution) took effect that greatly liberalized practice of religion and introduced Democracy | ||
| 10 | 1849 | Utah,Salt Lake | Erastus Snow and Peter O. Hansen called at general conference to carry the gospel to Denmark - by the 19th they were on their way | ||
| ? | 1849 | Utah,Box Elder county | Porter Rockwell picked a homestead site at Perry, 3 miles south of present Brigham City but never made any improvements there | ||
| 5 | 1850 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Peter O. Hansen arrived and began missionary work | ||
| 6 | 1850 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Erastus Snow arrived and began missionary work | ||
| 8 | 1850 | Denmark,Copenhagen | First baptisms in Denmark, by Erastus Snow | ||
| 9 | 1850 | Denmark,Copenhagen | First branch of the church in Denmark established | ||
| 0 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | D&C published in Danish language, the first foreign language edition | ||
| 3 | 1851 | Utah,Brigham City | First permanent settlers move to Brigham City area, called Davis Fort and located about 7 North between 4th and 5th West in present day city | ||
| 5 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Book of Mormon published in Danish, 1st time in foreign language | ||
| 6 | 1851 | Denmark,Fredericia | Priest William O. Anderson helped open that part of the mission and first convert was baptized there | ||
| 8 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Jens Hansen | 27 | Baptized while away from home in the army |
| 8 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | First conference held in Denmark was convened | ||
| 8 | 1851 | Denmark,Greis | William O. Anderson helped open this community to the gospel | ||
| 10 | 1851 | Denmark,Copenhagen | First issue of Skandinaviens Stejerne, LDS publication | ||
| 10 | 1851 | Denmark,Fyn | William O. Anderson baptiezed the first individual on the Island of Fyen, Lars Nielsen | ||
| 11 | 1851 | Denmark,Odense | Jens Hansen | 28 | As a Priest, served as companion to William O. Andersen in bringing gospel to his native isle. |
| 12 | 1851 | Denmark,Odense | Niels Hansen | 19 | Baptized |
| 3 | 1852 | Denmark,Odense | Trostrup-Korup Branch formed, first on the Island of Fyen | ||
| 3 | 1852 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Petition presented to Danish Rigsdag signed by 850 detailing persecutions of the saints in Denmark | ||
| 8 | 1852 | Denmark,Odense | Niels Hansen | 20 | Ordained a Teacher and called on mission to Norway |
| 10 | 1852 | Norway | Niels Hansen | 20 | Put in prison as a missionary in Elverhoi |
| 12 | 1852 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | Left Denmark for Utah in Forsgren company |
| 3 | 1853 | Louisiana,New Orleans | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | 1st wife died as ship arrives in USA |
| 5 | 1853 | Iowa,Keokuk | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | With Forsgren company, departed on trek west 5/21 w/294 individuals and 34 wagons in the 6th company of the year |
| 5 | 1853 | Norway | Niels Hansen | 20 | Released from prison after 7 months |
| 7 | 1853 | Nebraska,Florence | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | Married 2nd wife, Dorthe Christiansen on trail |
| 8 | 1853 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Niels Hansen | 21 | Ordained an elder and called as President of Trostrup-Korup branch in Odense |
| 8 | 1853 | Denmark,Copenhagen | President Willard Snow of the Scandinavian Mission collapsed while addressing a meeting and died enroute to England for treatment | ||
| 9 | 1853 | Denmark,Copenhagen | President John Van Cott arrived from England as new president of the Scandinavian Mission | ||
| 10 | 1853 | Utah,Salt Lake | Hans Jorgensen | 57 | Arrived in Utah with Forsgren company - some sources say 10/1, others say 9/30. Lived in a dugout in the 5th Ward. |
| 10 | 1853 | Utah,Salt Lake | At October conference, Brigham Young called Lorenzo Snow to go to Brigham City, taking about 50 others with him. Most prepared over the winter and went the next year | ||
| 11 | 1853 | Utah,Brigham City | In late 1853, a number of the Scandinavian Saints from the Forsgren company went up to Brigham City, but not Hans Jorgensen | ||
| 12 | 1853 | Denmark,Copenhagen | Jens Hansen | 30 | Left Denmark for Utah on steamship "Eideren" with a route through Kiel, Gluckstadt, Hull, and Liverpool with about 200 others |
| ? | 1853 | Utah,Brigham City | "Walker War" - Indian unrest to the south in Utah led to building of a larger fort at the present site of Brigham City, called Box Elder Fort and located a couple of blocks south of the Davis Fort. | ||
| 1 | 1854 | England,Liverpool | Jens Hansen | 30 | 1st child died on third birthday just before or after they left port |
| 1 | 1854 | England,Liverpool | Jens Hansen | 30 | 2nd child born on shipboard as they left port |
| 1 | 1854 | England,Liverpool | Jens Hansen | 30 | Left port 1/28 w/384 saints after a severe bout of cholera that killed 22 little children |
| 3 | 1854 | Louisiana,New Orleans | Jens Hansen | 30 | Reached port 3/22 |
| 3 | 1854 | Louisiana,New Orleans | Jens Hansen | 30 | Sailed up Mississippi 3/25 on steamboat "L. M. Kennet" |
| 4 | 1854 | Utah,Brigham City | Lorenzo Snow started his Brigham City mission in Spring or Summer of 1854. Renamed city from "Box Elder Fort" to Youngsville | ||
| 5 | 1854 | Missouri,Westport | Jens Hansen | 30 | Chosen as "camp captain" of his pioneer company |
| 6 | 1854 | Missouri,Westport | Jens Hansen | 30 | Left on Mormon trail 6/15 with Hans Peter Olsen company (1st of year) consisting of about 550 mostly Scandinavian saints and 69 wagons |
| 6 | 1854 | USA,Plains | Peder Hansen | 25 | Died of cholera while crossing the plains |
| 7 | 1854 | USA,Plains | Jens Hansen | 30 | Became widower when 1st wife died of cholera crossing the plains |
| 8 | 1854 | Denmark,Jutlund | Niels Hansen | 22 | Called as president of Hvissel and Grep branches |
| 10 | 1854 | Utah,Salt Lake | Jens Hansen | 31 | Olsen company arrived 10/5 |
| 11 | 1854 | Utah,Salt Lake | Jens Hansen | 21 | Married 2nd wife, widow of brother Peder |
| 12 | 1854 | Utah,Salt Lake | Hans Jorgensen | 59 | 1st child/2nd wife born - Jacob |
| 0 | 1855 | Utah,Brigham City | Name changed from Youngsville to Brigham City | ||
| 0 | 1855 | Utah,Salt Lake | Hans Jorgensen | 59 | 2nd child/2nd wife born, a son who must have died young-Hans' daughter Rebecca said two sons born in SLC is basis for this. Seems like I found a cemetery record in SLC that might have been this baby |
| 1 | 1855 | Utah | Winter of 1854-55 was very mild, with very little moisture leading to drought conditions the following growing season | ||
| 4 | 1855 | Utah | Massive infestation of grasshoppers appeared which destroyed many crops | ||
| 9 | 1855 | Utah,Cache Valley | Church herds were driven up to Cache valley in attempt to find adequate feed after the severe drought - the severe winter resulted in most of the herd dying later in the winter | ||
| 11 | 1855 | Denmark | Niels Hansen | 23 | Married 1st wife, Karen Jensen |
| 11 | 1855 | Denmark | Niels Hansen | 23 | Released as Branch President and started for Utah |
| 12 | 1855 | England,Liverpool | Niels Hansen | 23 | Began journey to Utah on John J. Boyd |
| 0 | 1856 | Utah,Brigham City | Hans Jorgensen | 60 | Relocated to Brigham City |
| 1 | 1856 | Utah | Winter of 1855-56 was very severe, cold and with much snow | ||
| 1 | 1856 | Utah,Cache Valley | Cache County formed by territorial legislature | ||
| 2 | 1856 | New York,New York | Niels Hansen | 23 | Arrived in New York on way to Utah |
| 4 | 1856 | Missouri,Clay co. | Niels Hansen | 23 | Short term mission to Norwegians in Clay county - not sure of exact date |
| 5 | 1856 | Utah,Brigham City | Early summer the "courthouse" walls were erected, but blown down | ||
| 6 | 1856 | Nebraska,Florence | Niels Hansen | 23 | Left for Utah with Canute Peterson wagon train |
| 6 | 1856 | Nebraska,Florence | Niels Hansen | 23 | Recorded in Nebraska state census/Douglas county |
| 9 | 1856 | Utah,Salt Lake | Niels Hansen | 23 | Arrived in Utah with Canute Peterson company |
| 9 | 1856 | Utah,Cache Valley | Peter Maughan, 1st permanent settler in Cache Valley and settled Maughan's Fort, now Wellsville. | ||
| 9 | 1856 | Utah | Start of "reformation" with Jedediah Grant holding a conference in Layton and including some mass rebaptisms. | ||
| 11 | 1856 | Utah | Withdrawal of sacrament as part of "reformation" | ||
| 0 | 1857 | Utah,Brigham City | Rebuilt Courthhouse was completed, still standing; built primarily with tithing funds & church labor, it served as courthouse, church, theater, etc | ||
| 3 | 1857 | Utah | Rebaptism of most Utah church members as part of "reformation". | ||
| 4 | 1857 | Utah | Resumption of sacrament as part of "reformation" | ||
| 7 | 1857 | Utah,Cache Valley | Two years before the first settlers camped on the Little Logan river, John Thirkell predicted at a religious gathering at Wellsville that a temple would be built on bench where now stands the Logan temple | ||
| 7 | 1857 | Utah,Brigham City | Niels Hansen | 24 | 1st Child/1st Wife born - Mary Christine |
| 8 | 1857 | Utah,Salt Lake | Brigham Young issues proclamation forbidding Johnston's army from entering Utah | ||
| 11 | 1857 | Utah,Echo Canyon | Jens Hansen | 34 | Served in Nauvoo Legion as Captain of 10 opposing Johnston's Army. |
| 3 | 1858 | Utah,Salt Lake | Decision made for everyone from Salt Lake North to "move south" leaving only a few to burn down their property should the army enter in hostility | ||
| 4 | 1858 | Utah,Brigham City | Move south begins in earnest | ||
| 5 | 1858 | Utah | Hans Jorgensen | 62 | Moved south of Salt Lake at approach of army - not sure of date - a few men remained behind to burn the dwellings if the army was going to occupy them |
| 5 | 1858 | Utah | Jens Hansen | 34 | Stationed as soldier in Spanish Fork, where he remained when released from service |
| 5 | 1858 | Utah,Cache Valley | Area abandoned upon approach of Johnston's army - Utah peace commissioners proposed that the army establish their permanent base here, but the army chose Cedar Valley | ||
| 6 | 1858 | Utah,Salt Lake | Johnston's army moves through Salt Lake | ||
| 7 | 1858 | Utah,Salt Lake | Saints that had moved south began to return north to Salt Lake, Brigham City, etc. | ||
| 0 | 1859 | Utah,Logan | First permanent settlers move to Logan area | ||
| 0 | 1859 | Utah,Logan | In 1859 or 1860 Apostle Ezra Taft Benson was sent to live in Cache county as a resident apostle | ||
| 2 | 1859 | Utah,Salt Lake | Niels Hansen | 26 | 2nd child/1st wife born |
| 4 | 1859 | Utah,Providence | First settlers move to Providence area | ||
| 3 | 1860 | Utah,Salt Lake | Niels Hansen | 27 | Sealed to 1st wife in Endowment House |
| 12 | 1860 | Utah,Brigham City | Niels Hansen | 28 | 3rd child/1st wife born - Sarah Caroline |
| 12 | 1860 | Utah,Brigham City | Hans Jorgensen | 65 | 4th child/2nd wife born - Anna Maria |
| 12 | 1860 | USA | South Carolina secedes from the Union, leading to the start of the Civil War | ||
| 7 | 1861 | Utah,Brigham City | Niels Hansen | 28 | Daughter Sarah blessed |
| 10 | 1861 | Utah,Salt Lake | Overland telegraph completed from East | ||
| 0 | 1862 | Utah,Providence | Niels Hansen | 29 | "Providence and Her People" says he was in Providence by now - other records conflict |
| 0 | 1862 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 29 | Ordained a 70 - member of 64th quorum |
| 7 | 1862 | Morrill Anti-Bigamy law signed by President Lincoln, designed to "punish and prohibit the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the United States." No enforcement was undertaken nor funded. | |||
| 0 | 1863 | Utah,Providence | First public school building built | ||
| 3 | 1863 | Utah,Brigham City | Hans Jorgensen | 67 | 5th child/2nd wife born - Mary Christina |
| 4 | 1863 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 30 | 4th child/1st wife born |
| 7 | 1863 | Utah,Brigham City | Major treaty with 10 Shoshone tribes signed | ||
| 0 | 1865 | Denmark | Jens Hansen | 42 | Began first mission back to Denmark |
| 0 | 1865 | Utah,Logan | Hans Jorgensen | 69 | Moved from Brigham City to Logan |
| 3 | 1865 | Utah,Brigham City | Hans Jorgensen | 69 | 6th child/2nd wife born - Hansine Rebecca |
| 4 | 1865 | End of Civil War with Lees surrendor at Appomattox | |||
| 5 | 1865 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 32 | 5th child/1st wife born |
| 1 | 1866 | Utah,Logan | City incorporated | ||
| 0 | 1867 | Denmark | Jens Hansen | 44 | End of first mission back to Denmark |
| 10 | 1867 | Utah,Salt Lake | First general conference held in Tabernacle | ||
| 1 | 1869 | Supreme Court held Morrill Act to be constitutional by stating that governments had the right to enact laws prohibiting polygamy | |||
| 5 | 1869 | Utah,Logan | Hans Jorgensen | 73 | Last child(8)/2nd wife born |
| 5 | 1869 | Utah,Promontory | East-west Railroad completed | ||
| 0 | 1870 | Utah | Women granted the right to vote (following only Wyoming) and because of timing became the first female voters in the nation. | ||
| 0 | 1872 | Utah,Cache Valley | Census showed 9.798 residence of Cache Valley, with 2,033 living in Logan. | ||
| 1 | 1873 | Utah,Logan | Maiden voyage of the Northern Utah Railroad which connected Cache valley with Idaho and Montana to the north. | ||
| 2 | 1873 | Utah,Logan | Charles Benson, oldest son of Ezra Taft Benson, shot and killed a friend while drunk and was lynched and hung, leading to the families of several friends and sisters leaving the LDS Church | ||
| 0 | 1874 | Utah | Poland Law made territorial marshall and Attorney General federal offices as part of an effort to allow vigorous prosecution of polygamists | ||
| 7 | 1874 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 42 | Last child(9)/1st wife born |
| 8 | 1874 | Utah,Logan | Brigham Young asked during a sermon that the Tabernacle be finished and that the Saints in Logan should be prepared to build a temple there | ||
| 0 | 1875 | Utah,Box Elder | Hundreds of Shoshone Indians converted, including chief Sagwitch, and eventually formed a ward in Washakie, and helped construct the Logan temple | ||
| 10 | 1876 | Utah,Salt Lake | First official announcement that a temple would be built in Utah came during general conference | ||
| 0 | 1877 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 54 | Ordained HP and called as one of initial Cache Stake High Counselors |
| 5 | 1877 | Utah,Logan | Site of Logan temple selected by Brigham Young and then dedicated on May 18th by Orson Pratt | ||
| 8 | 1877 | Utah,Salt Lake | Brigham Young dies | ||
| 9 | 1877 | Utah,Logan | Cornerstones of Logan temple dedicated and serious construction began | ||
| 12 | 1877 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 55 | Took over Wood Camp in Logan canyon furnishing scaffolding for the Logan temple, firewood for lime kiln, maintaining the canyon road up to the sawmill, and serving as a way station for the lumber teams. |
| 4 | 1878 | Utah,Logan | Hans Jorgensen | 82 | Died/buried |
| 10 | 1880 | Utah,Salt Lake | John Taylor becomes president of the church | ||
| 0 | 1881 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 48 | Wood camp mostly shut down around now |
| 0 | 1881 | Utah,Logan | Railroad line from Logan reached Butte Montana | ||
| 3 | 1882 | Edmunds Act becomes law, strengthening the Morrill act by making cohabitation illegal, which was easier to prove than actual plural marriage | |||
| 0 | 1884 | Utah,Logan | Railroad line from Logan reached Helena Montana | ||
| 5 | 1884 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 51 | Present at dedication of Logan Temple |
| 0 | 1886 | Utah,Providence | Niels Hansen | 53 | Arrested for unlawful cohabitation |
| 1 | 1886 | Utah,Providence | Niels Hansen | 53 | Ordained Bishop 1st Jan, with Rudolph Hochstrasser as 1st Counselor |
| 9 | 1886 | British Columbia | Exploration party of Charles Card first entered Canada on trip that located Cardston | ||
| 10 | 1886 | Alberta,Cardston | Charles Card party camped near current Cardston and chose the area for future settlement. | ||
| 1 | 1887 | Edmunds-Tucker Act becomes law | |||
| 3 | 1887 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 54 | Married 6th wife Eva Hochstrasser |
| 6 | 1887 | Alberta,Cardston | Jonathan Layne's prophesy of a Temple there | ||
| 11 | 1887 | Utah,Salt Lake | Rudolph Hochstrasser | Imprisoned for "unlawful cohabitation" (polygamy) | |
| 11 | 1887 | Utah,Salt Lake | Rudolph Hochstrasser | Released from prison (polygamy) | |
| 2 | 1888 | Alberta,Cardston | Dedication of first log chapel in Lees Creek branch of Cache Stake | ||
| 10 | 1888 | Alberta,Cardston | Dedication of Cardston by Apostle Francis M. Lyman and declaration that temple would be built in Cardston in due time | ||
| 10 | 1888 | Alberta,Cardston | Two apostles visited, Francis Lyman and John W. Taylor and created Cardston Ward | ||
| 2 | 1889 | Canada,Cardston | Niels Hansen | 56 | Arrived in Canada with 6th wife Eva Hochstrasser |
| 4 | 1889 | Alberta,Cardston | Niels Hansen | 56 | 1st child/2nd wife born |
| 11 | 1889 | Alberta,Cardston | President Wilford Woodruff visited along with Joseph F. Smith & George Q. Cannon of 1st Presidency & Brigham Young, Jr., Acting pres. of the Quorum of 12, promised a temple would be built | ||
| 0 | 1890 | Alberta,Lethbridge | Railroad spur connected between Great Falls, Montana and Lethbridge allowing new emigrants to travel mostly by rail | ||
| 0 | 1890 | Alberta,Aetna | Snake Creek Sunday School (to become later the Aetna Ward) was organized - dependent organization of Cardston Ward | ||
| 9 | 1890 | Utah,Salt Lake | Wilford Woodruff issues "manifesto" ending practice of polygamy | ||
| 11 | 1891 | Utah,Logan | Tabernacle finally completed and dedicated. | ||
| 0 | 1892 | Final anti-polygamy federal legislation prohibited immigration of polygamists | |||
| 1 | 1892 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 59 | 3rd child/2nd wife born (my grandmother Mary) |
| 0 | 1893 | Alberta,Aetna | Snake Creek Branch organized - dependent organization of Cardston Ward | ||
| 4 | 1893 | Utah,Salt Lake | Salt Lake Temple dedicated | ||
| 12 | 1893 | Alberta,Aetna | Ward organized 11 December | ||
| 12 | 1893 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 61 | 1st Counselor to initial bishop, Richard Piling |
| 7 | 1894 | Alberta,Aetna | Apostle John W. Taylor felt they were too slow to build a chapel - announced he would be there in six weeks to dedicate it! | ||
| 9 | 1894 | Alberta,Aetna | Dedication of log chapel | ||
| 5 | 1895 | Alberta,Cardston | Cardston Stake organized with 780 members | ||
| 10 | 1896 | Utah,Salt Lake | Charles Card proposed Manitoba Mission to 1st Presidency and they approved (8th) | ||
| 12 | 1896 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 64 | Called on 5 December to take some newly called missionaries (3 from Alberta and 3 from Utah) and begin work in Manitoba |
| 12 | 1896 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 64 | Visited his families prior to Manitoba Mission |
| 1 | 1897 | Alberta,Cardston | Niels Hansen | 64 | Missionary farewell conference for group going to Manitoba (24th) - spoke and bore testimony in 1 p.m. session |
| 1 | 1897 | Alberta,Lethbridge | Niels Hansen | 64 | Departed Lethbridge on railroad to Manitoba on bitter cold day just after midnight. |
| 1 | 1897 | Manitoba | Niels Hansen | 64 | Had arrived and begun missionary work in Brandon, Manitoba |
| 3 | 1897 | Utah,Logan | Niels Hansen | 64 | His letter received by President Card on the 15th reported some initial success in the missionary efforts in Manitoba |
| 4 | 1897 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 64 | Returned from Manitoba for a time early this month - gave in person report to President Card on 21st and was asked to return for another short period |
| 5 | 1897 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 64 | Assisted President Card in administering to new immigrant William Glen at the home of his Bishop, Richard Pilling about 5 miles from the Hansen home. Then entertained the Card party for dinner. |
| 5 | 1897 | Manitoba | Niels Hansen | 64 | Returned to Manitoba for a time, probably late this month or in early June. |
| 6 | 1897 | Utah,Spanish Fork | Jens Hansen | 73 | Died and buried |
| 7 | 1897 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 64 | Probably returned from Manitoba Mission in July, possibly June - in Aetna on the 29th of July |
| 7 | 1897 | Alberta,Aetna | Nathan William Tanner & Sara Edna Brown arrived to build first home, a log faced dugout near Aetna | ||
| 11 | 1897 | Utah,Providence | Rudolph Hochstrasser | 58 | Opened "Little Jennie" mine with several others |
| 12 | 1897 | Manitoba | President Card of the Canadian Mission visited | ||
| 5 | 1898 | Utah,Salt Lake | President Nathan Eldon Tanner was born in Salt Lake where his mother had gone from her home near Aetna for the birth | ||
| 12 | 1898 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 66 | Succeeded Richard Pilling as acting Bishop (18th) |
| 2 | 1899 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 66 | Became Bishop (12th) |
| 0 | 1902 | Alberta,Aetna | Nathan William Tanner succeeded Niels Hansen as Bishop | ||
| 12 | 1902 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 70 | Died (13th) - had served as Bishop to the end. |
| 12 | 1902 | Idaho,Preston | Niels Hansen | 70 | Buried (Franklin county) |
| 3 | 1903 | Alberta,Aetna | Niels Hansen | 70 | Last child(11)/2nd wife born (after his death) |
| 0 | 1904 | Alberta,Aetna | President Nathan Eldon Tanner started 1st grade in two room school in Aetna, where he attended through nineth grade, some of these years he would have been taught by my grandfather Oswald A. Steele | ||
| 6 | 1907 | Alberta | Mary Leota Hansen | 15 | Married Oswald Alexander Steele |
| 2 | 1909 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 17 | 1st child/1st husband was born - George |
| 8 | 1910 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 18 | 2nd child/1st husband was born - Herb |
| 5 | 1912 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 20 | 3rd child/1st husband was born - Walter |
| 10 | 1912 | Utah,Salt Lake | President Joseph F. Smith announced in conference that the Cardston temple would be built | ||
| 0 | 1913 | Alberta,Cardston | Tanners moved to Cardston about now | ||
| 11 | 1913 | Alberta,Cardston | Ground broken for Cardston temple and site dedicated by Apostle David O. McKay | ||
| 5 | 1914 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 22 | 4th child/1st husband was born - Jeneava (my mom) |
| 0 | 1916 | Alberta,Cardston | Mary Leota Hansen | 21 | Moved to Cardston about now |
| 9 | 1917 | Alberta,Cardston | Mary Leota Hansen | 25 | 5th child/1st husband was born - Rex |
| 1 | 1919 | Alberta,Aetna | Mary Leota Hansen | 25 | 1st husband died in flu epidemic - Oswald O. Steele |
| 0 | 1921 | Alberta,Cardston | Cardston Temple basically complete but shortage of funds delayed the furnishing and dedication. | ||
| 6 | 1921 | Alberta,Cardston | Mary Leota Hansen | 29 | Married 2nd husband - Moroni Allen |
| 8 | 1923 | Alberta,Cardston | Dedication of Cardston Temple by Heber J. Grant | ||
| 0 | 1938 | Alberta,Aetna | New chapel dedicated by Joseph Fielding Smith | ||
| 12 | 1985 | California,Redlands | Mary Leota Hansen | 93 | Died while living with daughter Colleen Pyne |
| Note: Timeline includes events in the life of Niels, his father, his older brother Jens, his father-in-law Rudolph Hochstrasser, | |||||
| and his daughter Mary Leota, along with some historical events related to the geographic areas he lived in. | |||||