Talk:Ted Hanson

Hello whoever is writing this page. I have been following it for a few years and also made some edits myself. It is good to see someone is working on it! I find wiki hard to use and am still learning how to use it. You may be interested that I am the third daughter of Ted's 7th child, Norma. Mum was born when Ted was aged 42 and I was born when Mum was aged 34 - so I am not ancient yet. I never met Ted, but Mum told me a lot about him and the rest of the family. I am currently (very slowly) writing a book about Ted, Lizzie (as Gran was called) and the rest of the family of 8 children and the social and political events they lived through and influenced at times. I have tried to start a page about my uncle Jack - who was often called EJ Hanson junior. (he was Edward John - oldest boy and 3 of 8). If you have any spare time or the interest you are welcome to start it for me - I could email you the information. Jack was also a union leader but not member of ALP but the CPA. However he was realistic in many/some ways - and worked to get white lead banned from house paint in QLD; which happened in 1952 I think. He was also head of the Disputes Committee of the TLC and involved in the Mt Isa Mine strike 1964-65, including on a committee to support the unemployed miners materially. He was also active in the Peace movement. He visited USSR in the 1950's. He has quiet an ASIO file ! So far looked at about 500 pages (2 files) and there are 2 files left to request from NAA. Took 18 months to get it approved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.211.22.168 (talk) 10:25, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

By the way, Mum recalled that her parents were not very religious, but you are much closer than the QLD Parliamentary Library who has him recorded as a Catholic. Ted's half sister, Grace Elizabeth Hanson married the son of one of the Founders of the Baptist Church in QLD. She married William Henry Whale 1866 - 1921) and his father was William Whale (1842-1903). Latter was Minister/Pastor at the Baptist Tabernacle - I think it was or is at the Valley. Gran and Pop followed it I doubt they were devoted followers at all - though my late Aunt Irene (child 6 of 8)did attend the Baptist Church at times at least until 1950. One of her sons, my cousin, told me that the week after Pop had his State Funeral that Irene and himself were at the Baptist Church and the Pastor got up and from the pulpit spoke out against him getting accorded a State Funeral because he was a non believer. I have the letter filed here and can dig out. My cousin has hated religion ever since as he loved his Pop. They both left the church after that - all churches. My Mother recalled that she and her brother (8 of 8) were sent to the church near by, (which may have been Baptist then) as children and they ran away as "we hated it and Gran never sent us again" ( quote from Mum). So this Hanson family was certainly not very religious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.211.22.168 (talk) 10:40, 21 October 2015 (UTC)