Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Indvandring: 1862
• Bopæl: 1900, ED 11 Georgetown, Bennington, Eight Mile, Nounan Precincts, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
• Bopæl: 1935
• Bopæl: 1940, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA
• Obituary: 1948, Idaho, USA

Notater:

Mary Hansen was born May 16, 1857 in Sonder, Denmark.
She was the daughter of Peter Olsen Hansen and Anna Christina Larsen (Rassmussen). When 5 years of age Mary left her home in Denmark with her parents, 2 sisters and 1 brother.
They were on the ocean 8 weeks and 2 days and were happy when they landed.
Their destination was Utah so the father purchased a wagon, 3 oxen and a cow. The cow was yoked in with the oxen to help pull the wagon.
They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley after 8 weeks of traveling. They went on to Brigham City where they lived until the following spring of 1864. At this time the father moved the family to Mantua where they lived for many years.
In 1875 Eliza R Snow came to Mantua and organized the Young Women's Improvement Association with Sophia Larsen as president and Mary Hansen 1st counselor. Mary was but 18 years of age. She served in this office until 1882. At this time she was called to be president of the Primary Association.
On 14th of November 1876 Mary Hansen married Lewis Peter Munk in Brigham City, Utah. In 1888 they moved to Bennington, Idaho. Everyone worked very hard. Mary was busy caring for the garden, chickens and washing wool. She made this wool into quilt batts and yarns. She worked the spinning wheel and also the loom, knit sox for the family, dresses for girls and ladies. She also knit and crocheted table clothes, bed spreads, doilies, scarfs and many beautiful pieces to adorn and make the home beautiful.
The family was delighted to get into their new home but then they encountered a new trouble. The new lumber was almost alive with bed bugs. The bedsteads were wooden and had many places for bedbugs to hide. They came out of their hiding places at night and made life miserable for everyone. However Mary made it miserable for the bugs in return. She kept the beds in the center of the room. Every morning and night she saturated everything (walls, floors and bedsteads) with kerosene. She used a stiff chicken feather to get into cracks. Soon they were gone and everyone could rest at night.
Mary served in the Relief Society for many years. She moved to Montpelier in 1917. During World War I she was very active in Red Cross work. She was a teacher in 1st Ward Relief Society, a member of the ward Genealogical Society and a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Jane Davis Camp.
Mary Hansen died February 10, 1948 following a long illness.
[History of Bear Lake Pioneers page 481-484]