Leonard H. Johnson

10 May 1923–8 February 2007 (Age 83)
Kemmerer, Uinta, Wyoming, United States

The Life Summary of Leonard H.

When Leonard H. Johnson was born on 10 May 1923, in Kemmerer, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, his father, Roscoe Marion Johnson, was 36 and his mother, Hortense Horsley, was 18. He married Helen LaRue Scott on 9 March 1942, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States in 2000. He died on 8 February 2007, in Boulder City, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark, Nevada, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard H. Johnson
1923–2007
Helen LaRue Scott
1922–1997
Marriage: 9 March 1942
Ronald Johnson
1952–2017
Lawrence Johnson
–
Linda Johnson
–
Peggy Sue Johnson
–
Bruce Johnson
1956–1956

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 March 1942Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1927
    Age 4
    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
    1929
    Age 6
    13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
    1945 · Peace in a Post War World
    Age 22
    The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Jantzen
    John
    Jeansonne
    Jonson

    Sources (22)

    • Lenard Johnson in household of Robert M Johnson, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Leonard Johnson, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
    • Leonard H Johnson in household of Roscoe M Johnson, "United States Census, 1940"

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