Race Alphalus Johnson

4 October 1865–14 December 1941 (Age 76)
Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Race Alphalus

When Race Alphalus Johnson was born on 4 October 1865, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Jarvis Johnson Sr., was 36 and his mother, Sarah Jane Angell, was 31. He married Charlotte Maria Whitworth on 28 March 1888, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States for about 16 years and Beaver Dam Election Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 14 December 1941, in Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Race Alphalus Johnson
1865–1941
Charlotte Maria Whitworth
1868–1955
Marriage: 28 March 1888
Pearl Johnson
1888–1889
Mary LaVona Johnson
1890–1959
Vedia Johnson
1892–1904
Alphalus Ariel Johnson
1894–1975
Florence Johnson
1896–1981
Martha Fern Johnson
1898–1905
Catherine Rena Johnson
1900–1974
George Elmer Johnson
1902–1963
Charlotte Whitworth Johnson
1905–1995
Alice Virginia Johnson
1907–1920
Benjamin Francis Johnson
1909–1992
Afton Johnson
1913–1991

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 March 1888Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
    Age 1
    The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
    1870 · Baron Woolen Mills Built
    Age 5
    In 1870, the Baron Woolen Mills is founded as a part of the Brigham City's manufacturing and mercantile association. The mill produced high quality blankets and sweaters from wool from the local sheep.
    1886
    Age 21
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Jantzen
    John
    Jeansonne
    Jonson

    Story Highlight

    Rais A. Johnson

    THE STORY OF RAIS A. JOHNSON I was born 4 October 1865 in Brigham City, Box Elder,Utah to Jarvis Johnson and Sarah Jane Angell. Mother had 3 children older than I by a previous marriage to Ben …

    Sources (63)

    • R A Johnson in entry for Afton Johnson, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
    • Race Alphus Johnson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • R H Johnson in entry for George Elmer Johnson and Lucille Bateman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"

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