Hans and his wife, Thora, conversed in Norwegian.
Bush Advocate, Volume XX, Issue 1020, 7 May 1908, Page 4.
"Mr W.M. THOMSON has disposed of his property in Garfield, South Norsewood, to Mr Hans GUNDERSEN."
Farmed at Gundries Road, Garfield, Norsewood, Tararua, New Zealand.
Hans and Thora moved to a house, on what is now known as Gundersen Road, when their son, Ken, took over the farm.
Named after her paternal grandmother.
When Hans died, Thora moved to a smaller cottage opposite their house in Gundersen Road.
Thora's last few years were lived with her daughter, Mabel, in Auckland.
