Brief Life History of Leota May
When Leota May Johnson was born on 25 September 1922, in Oklahoma, United States, her father, Carl William Johnson, was 26 and her mother, Lonnie Ethel Wesner, was 24. She married Charles Marion Fancher Jr on 6 July 1939, in Custer, Oklahoma, United States. She lived in Washita, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Washita Township, Custer, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died on 20 October 2002, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Butler Cemetery, Butler, Custer, Oklahoma, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Leota Fancher in household of Carl Johnson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Leota May Johnson - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Leota May Johnson
- Leota Johnson, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
Spouse and Children
1922–1984 Male
1922–2002 Female
Parents and Siblings
1896–1985 Male
1898–1967 Female
Siblings (9)
1917–1917 Female
1918–2018 Female
1920–1987 Male
1922–2002 Female
1924–2014 Female
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 1
1941 · Comanche Code Talkers
Age 19
1943 · Oklahoma is Home to Thousands of POW's
Age 21
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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