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Rosetta

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 Rosetta was born April 5, 1926, in Roscoe, Minnesota, daughter of Math Britz and Rose Jahn. After graduation from Paynesville High School in 1944, she worked in St. Cloud, Darwin, and Roscoe.

On June 23, 1951, in Roscoe, she married Donald Louis Hanson, son of Willie Hanson and Lenore Brouillard. Don was born September 18, 1922, in Big Lake, Minnesota. Don and Rosetta live in Marshall, Minnesota, where Don worked for the Farmers Home Administration.

They have six children:

1. Charlene Marie, born July 13, 1952, in Madison, Minnesota. Married January 23, 1982, in Mankato, Minnesota, to Philip Harter, born September 3, 1950, in Adams, Minnesota, son of Anton Harter and Virginia Laessig.

2. Marianne Louise, born December 21, 1954, in Windom, Minnesota. Married September 22, 1979, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, to Dean Jerome Hoard, born March 9, 1957, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, son of Wallace Lloyd Hoard and Elizabeth Annagiene Van Zomeran.

   1. James Donald Hoard, born December 18, 1982.

   2. Michael Christopher Hoard, born April 23, 1991.

3. Mark Donald, born June 29, 1956, in Windom, Minnesota. Married October 1, 1977, in Alexandria, Minnesota, to Pennelyn Louise Volden, born in Two Harbors, Minnesota, August 31, 1953, daughter of John Lyndon Volden and Mary Eileen Skahen.

   1. Jacqueline Louise Hanson, born November 10, 1979.

      (1) Chase Patrick Fiser, born January 15, 2004, in Des Moines, Iowa.

   2. Amie Lynn Hanson, born December 10, 1981.

   3. Kristen Mary Hanson, born September 11, 1984.

4. Michelle Rosetta, born June 7, 1960, in Fairmont, Minnesota. Married June 5, 1982, in Marshall, Minnesota, to David Robinson, born April 21, 1958, in Minneapolis, son of Ronald Robinson and Marlene Christopherson.

   1. Nicole Christine Robinson, born June 9, 1983.

   2. Stefan Michael Robinson, born March 20, 1986.

   3. Nicholas Ole Robinson, born August 9, 1989.

5. Jane Elizabeth, born December 7, 1962 in Fairmont, Minnesota. Married May 8, 1987, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, to Thomas Greene, born September 25, 1963 in La Grange, Illinois, son of Raymond Greene and Patricia Ryan.

   1. Ryan Eric Greene, born February 2, 1993, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

6. Michael James, born August 31, 1965, in Fairmont, Minnesota. Married April 15, 1989, in Marshall, Minnesota, to Pamela Arzdorf, born November 6, 1967 in Sioux City, Iowa, to Ailried Joseph "Ozzie" Arzdorf and Judith Ann Lanners.

   1. Eric Michael Hanson, born October 4, 1998.

   2. Kyle Steven Hanson, September 29, 2001.

Rosetta's Family Photos

Source: Eighteen Cousins, by Bert Jahn (1988); updated 2004