Diantha Johnson

Brief Life History of Diantha

When Diantha Johnson was born on 28 January 1833, in Washington, Ohio, United States, her father, Isaac Johnson, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Covey, was 35. She died on 15 October 1841, in her hometown, at the age of 8.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Johnson
1793–1870
Elizabeth Covey
1798–1874
Sylvester Johnson
1817–1900
Lovenia Mirandy Johnson
1819–1872
Thomas K. Johnson
1821–1822
Mary Johnson
1823–1921
Jasper James Johnson
1825–1901
William Benjamin Johnson
1827–1904
Isaac Jerome Johnson
1831–1912
Diantha Johnson
1833–1841
Luther Samuel Johnson
1835–1906
Margery Mariah Johnson
1837–1841
Darius Johnson
1839–1842
Henry Miles Johnson
1841–1928

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    World Events (2)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

    On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

    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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