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HANSEN, Charles Sophus Thorwald
1858 - 1907 (48 years) Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.
1863 - 1942 (78 years)-
Name HANSEN, Charles Sophus Thorwald Birth Mar 1858 Denmark 
Gender Male Death 1 Jan 1907 New York, USA Person ID I410 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family EDGOOSE, Kerenhappuck, b. 5 Apr 1863, Poplar, Middlesex, England d. 1942, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 78 years) Marriage 21 Feb 1893 Poplar, Middlesex Family ID F275 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CHARLES SOPHUS THORWALD HANSEN 1858-1907
Kerenhappuck EDGOOSE married Charles HANSEN, a 34 year old merchant seaman of 603 Glen Terrace, Manchester Road, Poplar, and son of Christopher HANSEN deceased, at Poplar Register Office on 21 February 1893 by licence. She was described as a spinster of 603 Glen Terrace, Manchester Road, Poplar. Witnesses were Harriet WOOD and Henry HAYWARD.
(GRO March Q 1893 Poplar 1c 724)
From the 1900 US Federal Census of Eight Street, San Francisco City, California:
Charles HANSEN was 42 years old, was born in Denmark in March 1858, and arrived in the USA in 1885. He worked as a fruit dealer and lived in a rented house. His wife of eight years, Kerenhappuck HANSEN, was 37 years old, was born in England in April 1863, and arrived in the USA in 1892 (sic). She was said to have been eight years in the USA. She had no children.
Her nephew Frederick EDGOOSE said that she married twice and that she went to America and returned just too late for her brother's funeral in November 1902 (visit by Frederick EDGOOSE to West Close, Fernhurst, 1 March 1968). No trace has been ffound on the Ellis Island website (www.ellisislandrecords.org) of a Kerenhappuck HANSEN between 1893 and 1905. However, Carrie HANSEN, a 30 year old Englishwoman, sailed from Southampton on the Berlin, arriving at New York on 3 July 1893. Charles HANSEN was not with her, but as a merchant seaman he may have chosen to work his passage rather than pay for a ticket. Carrie and Charles HANSEN, aged 40 and 45 respectively, described as of US/Scandinavian ethnicity residing in London returned to New York from Southampton on the Philadelphia, arriving on 28 November 1903. There is, of course, no proof that these passengers were Kerenhappuck and Charles HANSEN, but it seems a possibility - Carrie's age in 1893 and 1903 matches Kerenhappuck's and her nephew Frederick EDGOOSE is thought to have referred to her as Carrie.
His advertisement for Mevan Salve appeared in the May 1904 issue of Human Nature, Volome XV, page 15. His address was 484 North, Third Street, Philadelphia. See photocopy on edgoose.one-name.net.
On 29 August 1905 Charles Sophus Thorwald HANSEN of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, registered the patent of a salve which he called Mevan Salve. "MEVAN is a safe cure for Skin Diseases and the worst and most delicate of old sores and wounds, also for insect stings. Used for both Man and Beast.
This salve was discovered and has been used for over one hundred years in Europe, until lately in a private way, and no sore or wound has been found there that it did not permanently cure. It has cured diseases in London where the limbs have dropped off, and has in these cases surprised professors who have been unable to do them any good at all. There is no sore or wound of whatsoever nature it might be that it should not be tried.If you suffer with Piles give it a trial, if you have been operated upon for such. In all other cases and sores that will not possibly heal under ordinary treatment MEVAN SALVE. It will undoubtedly do to you as it has done to others - cure you. It is perfectly safe and free from poison. It has always been pronounced the easiest salve to remove from a wound or sore, as it does not stick nor tear the delicate sore or skin when rightly applied. The great benefit of this salve is that it always draws out all impurities as it heals and makes thhe affected parts naturally white, where no dye or dirt has had the opportunity to settle in the flesh, such as in mines, dye or blacksmith shops or other such like places. The longest period that it ever took to cure a bad case has yet only been three months so there is hope for the worst cases.
It has successfully cured the Mange and other poisionous sores on Dogs. If you have any animal that you don't wish to be destroyed through a bad sore give MEVAN SALVE a trial.
Sold at 25 cents and 50 cents per box. By mail 5 cents extra. All mail orders and communications carefully attended to.
Address,
C. S. T. HANSEN Proprietor and Manufacturer 484 N. 3d St., Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A.
or T. J. CAPPER, 30 Wellington Place, Portsmouth, England Sole Agent for the United Kingdom and Ireland"
The flyer was stamped New Address 919 N. 10th ST.
He was doing business at 919 North Tenth street in Philadelphia and stated that his trade mark had been continuously used in the business since 12 August 1903.
(United States Patent Office: Trade-mark for Salve, 29 August 1905)
He died on 1 January 1907 at 12 Barrow Street, Manhattan, New York City, USA, and was buried on 5 January 1907 in St. Peter's Cemetery. He was a painter by occupation. It was stated that his father and mother were born in Denmark and that his mother was Precilla EDGOOSE [His wife Kerenhappuck's mother was Priscilla EDGOOSE].
(FamilySearch: New York City Municipal Deaths 1795-1949)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Thomas John CAPPER senior was married to Priscilla Elizabeth PARKER, the daughter of the widow Priscilla PARKER who married Elmitt EDGOOSE in 1856. Priscilla Elizabeth PARKER was Kerenhappuck EDGOOSE's half-sister. Thomas John CAPPER junior was living at 30 Wellington Place, Portsmouth, England at the time of the census in 1901 and 1911.
(revised 21.12.2018)