Nellie Beatrice Johnson

Brief Life History of Nellie Beatrice

When Nellie Beatrice Johnson was born on 9 September 1865, in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States, her father, David Alonzo Johnson, was 23 and her mother, Julia Amanda Daboll, was 26. She married Samuel Wayne Wilder on 25 January 1885. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Byron, Genesee, New York, United States in 1900. She died on 23 August 1921, in Oakfield, Oakfield, Genesee, New York, United States, at the age of 55.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Wayne Wilder
1856–1941
Nellie Beatrice Johnson
1865–1921
Marriage: 25 January 1885
Edna Nellie Wilder
1885–1971
William Harlow Wilder
1887–1934
Lafayette Wayman Wilder
1888–1974
Bernard Elmon Wilder
1892–1942
Horace Harold Wilder
1901–1980

Sources (15)

  • Nellie S Wilder in household of Samuel W Wilder, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Nellie Beatrice Johnson - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Nellie Beatrice Johnson
  • Nellie B Wilder in entry for Fayette W Wilder, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

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.

History: Surname Johnson was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward. Andrew Johnson (1808–75), 17th president of the US, was born in Raleigh, NC, the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (or Polly) McDonough. Little is known of his ancestors. The 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, dates his American forebears back seven generations to James Johnston (sic) (born c. 1662) who lived at Currowaugh, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight counties, VA. — Noted early bearers also include Marmaduke Johnson (died 1674), a printer who came from England to MA in 1660; Edward Johnson (1598–1672), a colonial chronicler who was baptized at St. George's parish, Canterbury, England, and emigrated to Boston in 1630; and Sir Nathaniel Johnson (c. 1645–1713), a colonial governor of Carolina, who came from County Durham, England.

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

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