1. The Hansen Family
Journey
Jennifer Bickle

2. Assimilation
My Great Grandpa Laurits Hansen moved from
Denmark to America and assimilated by
changing his first name to Lawrence.
The Hansen family also had their four children
speak English. The Danish language was lost
through out the generations.

3. Pull Factors
The pull factors for Lawrence to come to
Minnesota:
More opportunities
Ability to purchase larger amounts of
land to start his own dairy
Having freedom in America was
important. Denmark was controlled by
monarchy at that time.

4. Primary Sector
Lawrence Hansen worked or owned a dairy. He
also had beef cattle that he raised
to eat and sell to local butchers.
His son Raymond followed in his
footsteps taking on the hard labor
of working on a dairy.

5. Internal Migration
After Lawrence’s death his wife Elsie moved her
family to San Diego.
Within California Ray Hansen, my great grandfather,
moved from San Diego to Compton.
He then moved his family to Chino.

6. Urbanization
My great grandfather was forced to sell
his dairy to the city of Compton in the
early 1950’s due to the cities urbanization.