Lorretta Alvina Johnson

Brief Life History of Lorretta Alvina

When Lorretta Alvina Johnson was born on 13 November 1906, in Kramer, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, her father, John Detrick Harm Johnson, was 23 and her mother, Helen Augusta Sophia Quathamer, was 18. She married Dannie E Mundy on 11 January 1927. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Arcadia, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 29 December 1998, in Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Nyssa, Malheur, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dannie E Mundy
1892–1970
Lorretta Alvina Johnson
1906–1998
Marriage: 11 January 1927
Elizabeth Joy Mundy
1929–2009
Helen Loretta Mundy
1930–2018
Donna Rae Mundy
1932–2015

Sources (23)

  • Levetta A Mundy, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Loretta Mundy, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • Loretta Mundy, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1911 · First U.S. Primary Elections Held

The first U.S. primary elections were held in Oregon in 1911. 

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

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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Lorretta Alvina Johnson Mundy

Lorretta was born 13 Nov 1906 in Kramer, Lancaster County, Nebraska. She was the first child of Helen Augusta Sophia Quathamer and John Dectrick/Deitrich Harm Johnson. John and Helen were living in th …

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