I've just discovered letters written by my great-great grandfather J. William Hanson. He came to California in 1855. He was a gold miner in El Dorado County. Married my great great grandmother Josephine Means and had 2 children: Bertha Lucinda Hanson and Frances Ethel Hanson. He died in Placerville, California in May 1900. The only info I have is that he was born in Denmark. My DNA test shows that I am 23% Scandinavian and 7% Ural-Finnish. I believe his mother's name may have been Ethel. I do not have his first name; he always signed letters as J. William Hanson. I think he may have been born in 1832. Thanks....patty