Brief Life History of Thomas Rogers
When Thomas Rogers Johnson Sr was born on 21 October 1901, in Linn, Iowa, United States, his father, Frederic Leighton Johnson, was 38 and his mother, Minnie Almira Rogers, was 37. He married Mildred Ladonia Louise Milne on 13 November 1923, in Pond, Kern, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in El Monte Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He died on 30 October 1955, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Thomas R Johnson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Thomas Rogers Johnson, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Thomas Rogers Johnson, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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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Short lineage story from a cousin
My grandpa, Thomas Rogers Johnson, Sr., had just one brother - Fred Leigh Johnson, who raised five kids in Bakersfield. That would be Grandma Pats first cousins, who they joined for vacation every su …
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