Derla Jean Johnson

Brief Life History of Derla Jean

When Derla Jean Johnson was born on 8 July 1937, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, her father, Keith Hunsaker Johnson, was 20 and her mother, Elizabeth Jean Halpin, was 18. She lived in Starrhs Ferry Election Precinct, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Pella, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1950. She died on 2 March 1998, at the age of 60, and was buried in Mountain Home, Elmore, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Keith Hunsaker Johnson
1916–1995
Elizabeth Jean Halpin
1918–2003
Derla Jean Johnson
1937–1998

Sources (4)

  • Derla Jean Johnson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Derla Jean Johnson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Derla Jean Johnson in household of Keith H Johnson, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"

World Events (8)

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1941 · The Four Freedoms

President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

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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