Joanna Maria Johnson

2 February 1859–6 December 1949 (Age 90)
Malmö, Malmöhus, Sweden

The Life Summary of Joanna Maria

When Joanna Maria Johnson was born on 2 February 1859, in Malmö, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Jons Johansson, was 38 and her mother, Bothilda Hansson, was 35. She married Newton N. Craig on 29 October 1877, in Rawlins, Carbon, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1864 and lived in Eden Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1910 and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 December 1949, in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Newton N. Craig
1849–1933
Joanna Maria Johnson
1859–1949
Marriage: 29 October 1877
Edith Mary Craig
1878–1975
Mabel Elvira Craig
1881–1958
Edna Martha Craig
1882–1976
Arthur Newton Craig
1885–1906
Una Craig
1887–1987
Florence Craig
1890–1984
Newton Craig
1907–1996

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    29 October 1877Rawlins, Carbon, Wyoming, United States
    • Children

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    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 4
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1867
    Age 8
    Nebraska is the 37th state.
    1886
    Age 27
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    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

    Story Highlight

    Newt Craig, Maria Johnson, the Union Pacific and the Wild Wild West

    Newt Craig, Maria Johnson, the Union Pacific and the Wild Wild West By Michael A. Lilly "I just finished reading Stephen Ambrose's book “Nothing in the World Like It” which recounts the construction o …

    Sources (23)

    • Mary Johnson in entry for Una Craig, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Mary Johnson in household of James Johnson, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Mary Craig in household of Newton Craig, "United States Census, 1880"

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