Mary Naomi Johnson

Brief Life History of Mary Naomi

When Mary Naomi Johnson was born on 25 December 1890, in Barlow Township, Washington, Ohio, United States, her father, Harmon Russell Johnson, was 24 and her mother, Lucy Alpharretta Icenogle, was 20. She married Russell Lowell Anderson on 20 October 1909, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Clay District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Harrison, Clay, West Virginia, United States in 1920. She died on 14 April 1923, in Shinnston, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Shinnston, Harrison, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Russell Lowell Anderson
1884–1968
Mary Naomi Johnson
1890–1923
Marriage: 20 October 1909
Burton Russell Anderson
1911–1976
Paul S Anderson
1911–
Kathryn Jane Anderson
1913–1993
William Lowell Anderson
1915–1992
Robert Johnson Anderson
1923–1923

Sources (22)

  • Mary A Anderson in household of Russel L Anderson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mary M. Johnson, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Mary Naomi Johnson, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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