Warren Benjamin Johnson

30 September 1869–18 December 1936 (Age 67)
Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

The Life Summary of Warren Benjamin

Warren Benjamin Johnson was born on 30 September 1869, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States as the son of Benjamin Johnson and Nellie Collins. He married Ida May Edwards on 17 April 1893, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Scott, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 18 December 1936, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Worth, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Warren Benjamin Johnson
1869–1936
Ida May Edwards
1872–1930
Marriage: 17 April 1893
Shirley Johnson
1894–1973
Pearl M. Johnson
1896–1987
Warren Edward Johnson
1897–1954
Chester R. Johnson
1900–1929
Bona Edith Johnson
1903–1990
William Oscar Johnson
1906–1980
Walter Robert Johnson
1910–
James Cornelius Johnson
1913–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 April 1893Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 1
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
    1872 · Montgomery Ward Inc.
    Age 3
    Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward after he observed that rural customers often wanted goods from the city but couldn’t get them because of distance and cost. Ward believed that he could cut costs and make a wide variety of goods available to rural customers. Ward and two partners used $1,600 to issue the first catalog in August 1872 and with its publication, rural retailers considered Ward a threat and publicly burned his catalog. Despite the opposition, however, the business grew at a fast pace over the next several decades and was almost as successful as Sears. In April 1944, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company after President Roosevelt ordered it because of an unsettled strike request made by the workers. Eight months later, with Montgomery Ward continuing to refuse to recognize the unions, President Roosevelt issued an executive order seizing all of Montgomery Ward's property nationwide. 
    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 21
    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    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 (25)

    • Warren Johnson, "United States Census, 1920"
    • W B Johnson, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Warren B. ...nson in entry for Bona Edith ...nson, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"

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