When Margaret Fidelia Johnson was born on 6 November 1857, in Canton Township, Benton, Iowa, United States, her father, Pyous Johnson, was 37 and her mother, Catherine Anderson, was 34. She married Henry Calkins on 20 April 1876, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Potsdam Township, Webster, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 25 October 1931, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1867: Hamilton, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Hamilton, Nebraska, United States
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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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