Julia Elizabeth Johnson

Brief Life History of Julia Elizabeth

When Julia Elizabeth Johnson was born on 12 June 1883, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Nels J Johnson, was 34 and her mother, Ane Marie Hansen, was 27. She married Jose 'Joseph' Borges on 11 March 1902, in Tooele, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Napa, Napa, California, United States in 1920 and Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 January 1959, in San Joaquin, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jose 'Joseph' Borges
1877–1924
Julia Elizabeth Johnson
1883–1959
Marriage: 11 March 1902
Leaines Joseph Borges
1903–1959
Violet G. Borges
1906–1996
Ruby M. Borges
1909–1968
Elmer J. Borges
1910–1979
Doretha Borges
1915–1918

Sources (23)

  • Julia Weyand, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Julia Elizabeth Weyand, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Miss Julia Johnson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

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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