Niels Hansen was born in 1808 on the Lønning farm, Finnås parish,
Bømlo Island, Hordaland, Norway to Hans Sorensen and Aase
Nilsdatter. He married Anne Serine Larsdatter on December 11, 1831
and they had 9 children:
Marthe Malene Nielsdatter, born 11 Mar 1832
Aaseline Nielsdatter, born 17 Oct 1834
Lovise Nielsdatter, born 9 Apr 1837
Dorothea Nielsdatter, born 14 Jun 1840
Hans Johan Nielsen, born 1 Apr 1843
Baby Girl Nielsdatter, born 4 Mar 1846, died 4 Mar 1846
Anne Serine Nielsdatter, born 14 May 1847
Baby Girl Nielsdatter, born 18 Mar 1850, died 18 Mar 1850
Niels Nielsen, born 12 Jun 1851
Niel's wife Anne Serine died on December 2, 1862 at the age of 51.
He remarried about 3 years later on October 11, 1865 to Oline
Gudmundsdatter. They had 3 children together:
Anne Serine Nielsdatter, born 4 Feb 1867
Laurits Severin Nielsen, born 30 Mar 1871, died 8 Jan 1874
Laurits Severin Nielsen, born 2 Nov 1875
Niels Hansen died on November 19, 1878 on the Vespestad farm,
Finnås parish, Bømlo Island, Hordaland, Norway.




