Julia Elizabeth Johnson

12 June 1887–22 January 1959 (Age 71)
Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Julia Elizabeth

When Julia Elizabeth Johnson was born on 12 June 1887, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Nels J Johnson, was 38 and her mother, Mary Hansen, was 31. 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 Dixon, Solano, California, United States in 1910 and Napa, Napa, California, United States in 1920. She died on 22 January 1959, in San Joaquin, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 71, 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
1887–1959
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

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 March 1902Tooele, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 3
    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
    1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
    Age 4
    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.
    1906 · Saving Food Labels
    Age 19
    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Jantzen
    John
    Jeansonne
    Jonson

    Sources (19)

    • Julia Elizabeth Weyand, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Julia Borges, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Miss Julia Johnson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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