Electa Lucy Johnson

Brief Life History of Electa Lucy

When Electa Lucy Johnson was born on 10 April 1904, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, John Waldemar Johnson, was 22 and her mother, Lucy May Wood, was 19. She married Chellus Matthew Caldwell on 19 June 1929, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 13 September 1991, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Chellus Matthew Caldwell
1906–1975
Electa Lucy Johnson
1904–1991
Marriage: 19 June 1929
Chellus Max Caldwell
1933–2012

Sources (27)

  • Electa Lucy Johnson in household of John Walter Johnson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Lecttie Lucy Johnson, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
  • Electa Lucy Johnson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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