Lora May Johnson

Brief Life History of Lora May

When Lora May Johnson was born on 4 October 1854, in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, her father, Guy Carlton Johnson, was 32 and her mother, Frances C. Hatch, was 23. She married John Milton Brumbaugh on 27 March 1879, in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Marion, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 28 February 1900, in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 45.

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Family Time Line

John Milton Brumbaugh
1849–1927
Lora May Johnson
1854–1900
Marriage: 27 March 1879
Frances Elain Brumbaugh
1880–1947
Katherine Brumbaugh
1885–

Sources (9)

  • Mary Johnson in household of Guy Johnson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lora Mae Johnson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Laura Buenbaugh, "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920"

World Events (8)

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Marion, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Marion, Kansas, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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 The Amendment was later repealed.

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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