Anna Ruth Eddy and Erling Wilhelm Hansen

DR. ERLING WILHELM HANSEN was born May 22, 1890 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota,⁷⁹⁶⁵ and died December 17, 1972 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.⁷⁴ He is buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.^{77, 456}

He married ANNA RUTH EDDY on June 4, 1924,⁵³⁵⁸ daughter of MARY ELIZABETH SHEDD and STILLMAN BERKLEY EDDY. She was born June 16, 1887 in Zumbrota, Goodhue, Minnesota,¹⁹⁸⁷ and died October 22, 1973 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.⁷⁴ She is buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.^{77, 456}

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Education
Marriage Announcements and News
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Children of ANNA RUTH EDDY and DR. ERLING WILHELM HANSEN:

GORDON EDDY HANSEN, b. September 29, 1924, Hennepin County, Minnesota;⁷⁵ d. February 11, 1995.⁴⁵⁶
Daughter

Gordon

Personal Information

Erling W. Hansen

was an eye surgeon⁷⁹⁶³
was a US Army Veteran of World War I; Attending Surgeon and awarded French Criox de Guerre⁷⁹⁶³

Education

Erling W. Hansen

graduated from East High School, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota³²¹³
graduated from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota in 1915 in Medicine³²¹³
- Nickname: Chief
- Member of Alpha Kappa Kappa
- Activities:
  Y. M. C. A.; Gopher Staff
- Yearbook Inscription:
  "Ya, shure he is studying for doctor."

Marriage Announcements and News

Minneapolis Daily Star, May 27, 1924⁵³⁵⁸

Dr. and Mrs. Horace Newhart gave a dinner Sunday evening at their home, 212 West Twenty-second street, for Miss Ruth Eddy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Eddy, 4646 Nicollet avenue, and Dr. Erling W. Hansen, 3136 Park avenue, whose marriage will take place on June 4. There will be 24 guests.

Newspaper Articles

Minneapolis Morning Tribune, June 28, 1918⁷⁹⁶³

Fear Son Languishes in Foe Prison Camp

Lieut. Erling W. Hansen's Parent's Here Receive Disquieting Letter

Former Minneapolis Specialist Refers to Press Dispatches to Explain Situation

Fears that Lieut. Erling W. Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hansen, 911 St. Anthony parkway, may be held a prisoner in Germany caused the officer's parent to inquire his whereabouts from the War department yesterday.

Although Lieutenant Hansen, assigned to the medical reserve corps, gave no direct indication of his capture, a letter received several days ago by his mother asked her to refer to press dispatches dated May 29 to learn of his present situation. On that date announcement was made that a number of medical officers had been taken prisoner.

Lieutenant Hansen in his letter assured his parents that he was alive, happy and well. It was the first letter which he had written since early in May. Mrs. Hansen said last night that the letter bears indications of having been sent from a prison camp via Paris. THe Minneapolis officer was a personal friend of Maj. Roaul Lufbery, premier American ace, who was killed in May by a German airman. In his letter Lieutenant Hansen commented on the death of Major Lufbery.

Was Eye Specialist Here

Up to the time of his enlistment in the medical reserve corps in June, 1917, Lieutenant Hansen had been associated with Charles D'a Wright and Dr. George E. Benson, oculists and aurists, for three years. He was graduated from the University of Minnesota medical school in 1914, and was a specialist in eye surgery.

After receiving his commission, Lieutenant Hansen was ordered to the government military reservation near Sparta, Wis. While there he attained prominence by detecting a particularly baffling case of feigning physical disability in a soldier.

The soldier complained of suffereing from ptosis of the eyelid, a paralytic condition of the lifting muscles of the upper lid, which makes the patient unable to open his eyes. For three months the soldier was confined in the military hospital while eye specialists, constantly suspicious that he was a malingerer and trying to evade military service, endeavored to detect the faking.

Lieutenant Hansen took over the case. He placed the soldier under a general anesthetic and when the alleged ptosis sufferer was revived he unconsciously raised his lids. The malingerer admitted feigning disability and was sentenced to prison.

To France in October

In October Lieutenant Hansen accompanied the Eighteenth infantry to France. He studied in base hospitals and was given an opportunity of becoming a surgeon in one of the hospitals, but declined in preference for field work where, he told his commanding officer, his excellent physical condition almost demanded that he serve. He served more than three months in the trenches, with only short furloughs. On one occasion he went to a base hospital and the day after he left his post in the front line Germany artillery wiped out the spot where he had been stationed.

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Kansas City Times, April 10, 1919⁷⁹⁶⁴

AN ARMY SURGEON DECORATED

Capt. Erling W. Hansen Awarded French Cross by General Petnin

COBLENZ, GERMANY, April 9 — Memories of fighting days of the 1st Division at Soissons were brought back yesterday when Capt. Erling W. Hansen, attending surgeon of the army of occupation, was decorated with the French Croix de Guerre with gold star. When the act of gallantry which brought Captain Hansen this honor occurred he was in charge of Ambulance Company 12, attached to the 18th Regiment. The citation conferring the decoration says that he displayed unusual coolness and courage, remaining in an exposed dressing station until all the wounded had been attended and sent to the rear. The citation is signed by General Petain. Captain Hansen's home is in Minneapolis, Minn.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 1900⁶¹⁶	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota	Mary Elizabeth Shedd Stillman Berkley Eddy Anna Ruth Eddy John Almon Eddy
April 15, 1910⁷⁸	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota	Mary Elizabeth Shedd Stillman Berkley Eddy Anna Ruth Eddy John Almon Eddy
January 3, 1920⁷⁸	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota	Mary Elizabeth Shedd Stillman Berkley Eddy Anna Ruth Eddy John Almon Eddy Margaret Milne Watson
April 16, 1930⁶¹⁵	Edina, Hennepin, Minnesota	Anna Ruth Eddy Erling Wilhelm Hansen
April 10, 1940²⁶⁷⁶	Edina, Hennepin, Minnesota	Anna Ruth Eddy Erling Wilhelm Hansen Gordon Eddy Hansen Daughter