Emerentha Virginia Johnson

16 March 1846–2 October 1856 (Age 10)
Madison, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Emerentha Virginia

When Emerentha Virginia Johnson was born on 16 March 1846, in Madison, Tennessee, United States, her father, William C Johnson, was 24 and her mother, Amanda Caroline Sanders, was 17. She died on 2 October 1856, in Greene, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 10, and was buried in New Friendship Cemetery, Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William C Johnson
1821–1895
Amanda Caroline Sanders
1828–1898
Amanda Johnson
1842–
Permelia Jane JOHNSON
1844–1862
Emerentha Virginia Johnson
1846–1856
Malinda Elender Johnson
1848–1880
David Pleasant Johnson
1850–1873
William Samuel Crider JOHNSON
1853–1923
James Monroe Johnson
1855–1879
Benjamin Franklin JOHNSON
1858–1879
John Hancock Johnson
1861–1895
Albert Jefferson Johnson
1863–1941
Christopher Anthony JOHNSON
1865–1944
Jasper Newton Johnson
1868–1908
Powell Glover Johnson
1870–1957
Lunsford Long Johnson
1874–1965

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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.

Possible Related Names

Jantzen
John
Jeansonne
Jonson

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