Eva Johnson

Brief Life History of Eva

When Eva Johnson was born in April 1863, in Ohio, United States, her father, Orlando Carson Johnson Sr., was 25 and her mother, Phebe Conklin, was 22. She married Frank D Dakin on 31 December 1883, in Wilmington, Clinton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years and Waynesville, Wayne Township, Warren, Ohio, United States in 1930.

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Family Time Line

Frank D Dakin
1856–1932
Eva Johnson
1863–
Marriage: 31 December 1883
Mary Denver Daken
1885–1918
May B. Dakin
1885–1928
Donald C. Daken
1895–1918
Phebe Virginia Dakin
1904–1959

Sources (17)

  • Eva M Dakin in household of Frank D Dakin, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Eva M. Johnson, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Eva M. Dakin in entry for Frank D Dakin, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1889

The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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