Mary Ann Johnson

1 January 1840–18 December 1891 (Age 51)
Losantville, Union Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States

The Life Summary of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Johnson was born on 1 January 1840, in Losantville, Union Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States, her father, Daniel Ellis Johnson Sr, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Bookout, was 25. She married Joseph E Routh on 8 October 1857, in Losantville, Union Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Nettle Creek Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States for about 20 years and Stoney Creek Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 18 December 1891, in Henry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Blountsville, Stoney Creek Township, Henry, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Russell J Jeffrey
1824–1893
Mary Ann Johnson
1840–1891
Marriage: 23 November 1871
John Hodgson Jeffrey
1858–1880
Homer Scott Jeffrey
1873–1918
William Jeffry
1861–
James H Jeffry
1863–
Alves L Jeffry
1866–
Amanda E Jeffrey
1867–
Daniel C W Jeffrey
1874–1888
Herschel Vesuvius Jeffrey
1876–1941
Lewis Elmer Jeffrey
1878–1934
Jeffry
1880–1880

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World Events (8)

1846
Age 6
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851
Age 11
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Randolph, Indiana, United States
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
Age 16
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.

Name Meaning

(1997: 610104;2007: 1329295; 2010: 1932812)English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan, Jo(h)n (see John ) + -son. It was often interchanged with Jenson and Janson . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Norwegian, Danish, or North German Johnsen , Johannesen , Johannsen , Johansen , Jansen , Jantzen , and Jensen , Swedish Johnsson (see below), Johansson , Jonsson , and Jansson , Dutch Janssen , German Janz , Czech Jansa 1, and Slovenian Janša (see Jansa 2) and Janežič (see Janezic ). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans.Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John, a variant of Jon (see John ). Compare 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Jantzen
John
Jeansonne
Jonson

Sources (13)

  • Mary A Jeffry in household of Russel Jeffry, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Marry A Johnson in entry for Jessie Mcclellan and Sallie E Routh, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Mary Ann Johnson in household of Daniel Johnson, "United States Census, 1850"

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