Malcolm Parker Hanson, Sr.

1894 - 1942  (47 years)

• Name	Malcolm Parker Hanson  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	19 Oct 1894	Berlin, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Aug 1942	Alaska   [2, 3]
  Burial	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I147753	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Albert Parker Hanson,   b. 5 Jan 1862, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin d. 24 Jun 1923, Manhattan, New York, New York (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Lida Siboni,   b. 29 Dec 1871, Soro, Vestsjalland, Denmark d. 11 Jan 1962, South Salem, Westchester, New York (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F12481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Euphrasie Jeanne ...,   b. 30 Jan 1894, Louisiana d. 25 Jul 1977 (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Malcolm Parker Hanson, Jr.,   b. 22 Nov 1928, Washington, District of Columbia d. 11 May 2010 (Age 81 years)   2. Eric James Hanson,   b. 21 May 1932, Washington, District of Columbia d. 8 Jul 1988 (Age 56 years)   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F60374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Find-a-Grave Husband of Euphrasie Jeanne Hanson who resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland during the war. Father of Malcolm Parker Hanson, Jr. who was born in the District of Columbia. He attended grammer and High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Malcolm served as a Radio Officer in the U.S. Navy during World War I and after the war attended and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1924. He served as the Chief Radio operator for Admiral Byrd's first Antarctic expedition from 1928 to 1930. He served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II and died in the "Line Of Duty" in an Airplane Crash somewhere in Alaska during the war. He was first interred somewhere unknown and later reinterred here on October 1, 1948. _____ unknown newspaper Byrd Aide Is Killed Washington, August 12, (ap) Comander Malcolm P. Hanson, who was chief radio engineer of the 1928-30 Byrd South Pole expedition, was killed in an airplane accident Sunday, the Navy has notified his family at nearby Chevy Chase, Md. Details were not revealed. Comander Hanson was a son of Albert Parker Hanson, a Milwaukee engineer and inventor credited with laying the first telagraph lin across Iceland in 1890.

  
  

• Sources

  [S61966] Ancestry.com, Hanson Family Tree [julia108hanson]. [S8736] Cemetery index, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, (Find-a-Grave). [S36684] Obituary, Find-a-Grave, Malcolm Parker Hanson, Sr.