Brief Life History of Maria Amada
When Maria Amada Johnson was born on 8 December 1868, in Västerstad, Skåne, Sweden, her father, Hans Johansson, was 30 and her mother, Elna Olsdotter, was 24. She married Nels Bengtsson Ströbeck on 1 June 1893. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Leaf Mountain Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years and Alger Township, Mountrail, North Dakota, United States for about 20 years. She died on 9 August 1945, in Stanley, Mountrail, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Stanley, Mountrail, North Dakota, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Mary Strobeck in household of Nils Strobeck, "Minnesota State Census, 1895"
- Maria Johnson in entry for Alfred B. Strobeck, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
- Mariea Strobeck in household of Nels Strobeck, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1856–1932 Male
1868–1945 Female
Children (8)
1894–1978 Male
1896–1922 Female
1898–1966 Female
1900–1900 Male
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Parents and Siblings
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1844– Female
Siblings (9)
1868–1945 Female
1871–1960 Male
1874–1953 Male
1876–1934 Male
1878–1936 Male
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
1873
Age 5
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 22
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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