Brief Life History of Zona Matilda
When Zona Matilda Johnston was born on 4 June 1896, in Winslow, Washington, Arkansas, United States, her father, John Hezekiah Johnston, was 26 and her mother, Martha Emaline Mannon, was 26. She married John Taylor Henry on 2 July 1913. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Creek Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died on 16 March 1950, in Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 53.
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- Matilda M Henry, "United States Census, 1920"
- Matilda Johnson, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
- Matilda Johnson in entry for John T Henry, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name, deriving in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from the genitive case of the personal name John + + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn). There are other places in Scotland so called, including the city of Perth, which used to be known as Saint John's Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.
English: habitational name from Johnson Hall (Staffordshire), recorded as Johannestonc. 1233 and Joneston in 1314. The placename means ‘John's settlement’, from the genitive case of the Middle English personal name Johan, Jon (see John ) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.
History: As far as can be ascertained, most Scottish bearers of this surname are descendants of John, probably a Norman baron from England, who held lands at Johnstone in Annandale from the Bruce family in the late 12th century. His son Gilbert was the first to take the surname Johnstone and their descendants later held the earldom of Annandale.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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