Brief Life History of James H
When James H Johnson was born on 25 December 1836, in Niløse, Holbæk, Denmark, his father, Johan Larsen, was 32 and his mother, Anne Hansen, was 26. He married Karen Jensine Nielsdatter on 28 September 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Niløse, Merløse, Holbæk, Denmark for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 9 January 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Johnson in entry for Linda Hudgens, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- James Johnson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Jens Hansen in entry for Niels C Hansen and Sophia Johnson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
1836–1915 Male
1840–1905 Female
Children (12)
1863–1913 Female
1865–1905 Male
1865–1938 Female
1870–1911 Male
1872–1874 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1805–1879 Male
1810–1876 Female
Siblings (9)
1833–1833 Male
1834– Male
1836–1915 Male
1839–1856 Female
1842–1900 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 10
1847
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1859 · Copenhagen Waterworks
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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History of James H. Johnson 1836-1915 & Elise Marie Petersen Johnson 1852-1925 By Eva Corbett Chambers Short History of James H. Johnson by Daniel James Corbett Mormon Migration/Brigham Young Univer …
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