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The Extraordinary Secret of Ferdinand Hanson

Summary by PastToPresentGenealogy
At the beginning of October 1918, whilst lying paralysed and almost speechless in the Leeds Workhouse Infirmary, septuagenarian Ferdinand Hanson1 made international headlines. This admittance to hospital brought a sensational, and very public, end to Ferdinand’s 30-year-old secret - it revealed the Hamburg-born widower, who claimed to be a Danish national, was actually a woman.…
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PastToPresentGenealogy broke the news in on Sunday, February 16, 2025.
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