Brief Life History of Josephine Inez
When Josephine Inez Johnson was born on 29 February 1896, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Joseph Thomas Johnson, was 49 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Rollins, was 41. She married Karl John Hawkins Sr. on 3 May 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 2 October 1981, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (26)
- Josephine Hawkins, "United States 1950 Census"
- Josephine Inez Johnson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Josephine I Johnson Hawkins, "BillionGraves Index"
Spouse and Children
1894–1990 Male
1896–1981 Female
Children (5)
1923–2020 Female
1925–2012 Male
1926–2006 Male
1935–2016 Male
1938–1976 Female
Parents and Siblings
1846–1934 Male
1854–1938 Female
Siblings (12)
1867– Female
1874– Male
1875–1875 Male
1876–1932 Male
1879–1934 Female
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 2
1898 · The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory Opens
Age 2
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
Age 23
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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