Howells Family in Canada

Hugh Howells and others in front of the family home in Winnepeg.

After a short time at Lewis Howell's farm in Seskatchewan (read more about that on this page.), Gabriel Howells decided to move his family to Winnepeg, Manitoba. They settled in town and he began to do carpentry and bricklaying. They lived there for at least 10 years. By that point, the children had grown up and started moving away to the West Coast, and so when Gabriel retired, he and Selina Roberts moved to join them.

Gabriel and Selina celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1924 with most of their children and grandchildren in attendance.
Back: L-R: Jim Kay, Selina Cockrill (nee Howells), Esther Howells (nee Henderson), Ted Howells (behind Esther's shoulder), Mary Ellen Cockrill (behind and between Ted and Violet), Violet Cockrill, Winnie Kaye (nee Howells) (behind and between Violet and Cassie), Cassie Cockrill, Selina Cockrill (nee Howells) (behind and between Cassie and Eliza), Eliza Jones (nee Howells), Thomas Cockrill (behind Eliza and Catherine), Catherine Williams (nee Howells), Daniel Jones (behind Catherine) Middle: L-R: Tommie Cockrill, Earl Howells (on Gabriel's lap), Gabriel Howells, Ivor Jones (on Selina's lap), Selina Howells (nee Roberts), Eddie Cockrill, Alan Williams Front: L-R: Marguerite Kay, Merle Jones, Gwen Kay, Edwina Jones, Marjorie Jones

Eliza Howells and Catherine Howells.

One of the Howells sisters.

Howells Sisters.

Selina Roberts, Eliza Howells, and one of her sisters.

Catherine Howells married Robert Wynne Williams on February 17th, 1918. They had four sons. Catherine was admitted to an asylum named Essendale on March 2nd 1937, for Manic Depressive Psychosis. She died March 27th, 1937 at the age of 49.

Jutland Hansens

Hans Knudsen was born December 22nd, 1824. He married Christine Jensdatter, December 2nd, 1854. Christine was born September 12th, 1834. They lived in Hindskov, Denmark. They had 8 children. Their first child was Jens Christian Hansen, born July 30th, 1858.

This photo is likely of Hans Knudsen's farm.

Ivare Kristine Christensen was born May 7th, 1845. Jorgen Larsen was born on August 3rd, 1837. They married on November 19th, 1863, and lived in various locations near Vejle. They had ten kids, including Mette Margrethe Larsen, commonly known in our family as Tante Margrethe. Ivare and Jorgen's first child was Else Katrine Larsen, who was born on October 25th, 1865, in Ringive. This photo of Ivare and Jorgen was found by one of our Danish cousins in a museum in Vejle.

Ivare Christensen and one of her sisters.

Jens Hansen and Elsa Larsen married October 1st, 1885 in Ringive. They had 8 children.

This is a photo of Jens's farm in Hindskov.

Jens Hansen and Elsa Larsen's children.
Aage Hansen, born April 12th, 1895.
Hans Jorgen Hansen, born May 7th, 1888.
Holger Skov Hansen, born August 8th, 1891.
Hansine Kristine Hansen, born July 30th, 1886.
Alfred Hansen, born October 8th, 1897.
Adolf Hansen, born June 24th, 1907.
Ida Kristine Hansen, born November 1st, 1900.
Not pictured: Hans Knudsen Hansen, born September 6th, 1903.

Four generations of the Christensen family.
Elsa Larsen, Florence Allnalt, Evelyn Hansen, Hans Jorgen Hansen, Ivare Christensen.

Hans Jorgen Hansen immigrated to England where he met Florence Allnalt. They married December 22nd, 1923 in Saint Albans. They had two daughters, Evelyn and Patty. Their descendants now live in England and Australia.

Sealand Hansens

Rasmus Hansen was born in Knudstrup, Alstead, Denmark on October 20th, 1845. By the 1870's he had inherited the family farm, which is called Stubbegaarden, and still exists today though is no longer owned by the Hansen family. At that time, he was married to Maren Nielsen. She died July 17th, 1879 before they had any children.
On January 11th, 1881, he married Maren Sofie Olsen. Maren Olsen was born June 27th, 1855 in Slots-Bjergby to Ole Larsen and Bertha Marie Schroder. Ole left Denmark, promising his wife that he would send for her and her three daughters, two from a previous marriage, once he was settled, but he only sent her a vase.

Rasmus and Maren had six children. Julie Oline Hansen, born December 26th, 1886. Herman Hansen, born June 20th, 1882. Maren Hansine Hansen, born October 15h, 1884.
Hans Kristian Hansen, born July 5th, 1890. Johanne Kristen Hansen, born October 24th, 1891. Ole Hansen, born August 7th, 1892. In 1895, Rasmus died of Pneumonia. Herman was the oldest and only 13, so Maren and the children struggled to make ends meet. Maren Hansine and Herman did most of the labor required to run the farm, while Oline went to work for a neighbor, Ole Hansen, who later became Denmark's first Minister for Agriculture and also the first commoner to work as a minister. She moved with him to Frederiksberg, a town outside Copenhagen, where she lived until at least 1911, before emigrating from Denmark.

Herman Hansen married Marie Jorgensen, November 22nd, 1908, and they had two children. Herman took possession of the farm once he was of age, and his son, Frede Hansen inherited after his death.
Marine Hansine Hansen married Hans Peter Larsen, and they had five children.
Hans Kristian Hansen left Denmark to find his Grandfather, and stayed in the US. It is unclear if he succeeded in his mission, but he did meet his Grandfather's brother and his family. Hans married Mary Katherine Shawler Deats.
Johanna Hansen committed suicide May 9th, 1916.
Ole Hansen died of drowning June 11th 1910.
Maren Olsen lived until May 18th, 1923.