Charles Theodore Johnson

Brief Life History of Charles Theodore

When Charles Theodore Johnson was born on 29 November 1882, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, John Parley Johnson, was 25 and his mother, Melvina Gustava Anderson, was 21. He married Jane Annie Fearnley on 11 February 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. In 1930, at the age of 47, his occupation is listed as oiler on a steam railroad in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 28 August 1947, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Theodore Johnson
1882–1947
Jane Annie Fearnley
1883–1976
Marriage: 11 February 1914
Fern Sunderland Johnson
1914–1978
Ferris Fearnley Johnson
1914–2002
Raymond Charles Johnson
1917–2009
Annie Bernice Johnson
1919–1921
June Larraine Johnson
1921–1921
Delbert Langley Johnson
1922–1927
Ruth Vernice Johnson
1924–1997
Johnson
1926–1926
Lorin LaMarr Johnson
1929–2019

Sources (75)

  • Charles T Johnson in household of Parley Johnson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Charles T. Johnson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Charles Theodore Johnson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1896 · Utah becomes a state

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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