Ellen Amelia Johnson

Brief Life History of Ellen Amelia

When Ellen Amelia Johnson was born on 12 December 1847, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, Lorenzo Johnson, was 34 and her mother, Mary Ann Lyman, was 36. She married James Thompson Lisonbee Sr on 20 April 1862, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 25 December 1903, in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Thompson Lisonbee Sr
1839–1877
Ellen Amelia Johnson
1847–1903
Marriage: 20 April 1862
James Thompson Lisonbee Jr
1863–1926
Lorenzo Lisonbee
1865–1934
Mary Ellen Lisonbee
1868–1947
Zina Lisonbee
1870–1923
Zelaine Lisonbee
1873–1946
Dora Lisonbee
1875–1904

Sources (33)

  • Ellen Johnson in household of Lorenzo Johnson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Ellen Johnson, in entry of Zina Brown, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • E* Lisonbee in entry for Zina Lisonbee, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1854

On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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History of Lorenzo Johnson Written by Sarah Eliza Johnson Thorn (Daughter)

Lorenzo Johnson, son of Dydimis Johnson and Rheuama Stephens, was born 17 April 1813 in Hadden, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He was the twelfth child of Dydimis and Rheuama, who were the parents of …

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