Fanny Catherine Johnson

Brief Life History of Fanny Catherine

When Fanny Catherine Johnson was born on 24 November 1840, in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, her father, Luke Johnson, was 33 and her mother, Susan Arminda Poteet, was 24. She married David Henry Caldwell on 24 January 1855, in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Clover, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 9 July 1921, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cardston Alberta Temple, Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.

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Family Time Line

David Henry Caldwell
1828–1904
Fanny Catherine Johnson
1840–1921
Marriage: 24 January 1855
Emily Maria Caldwell
1856–1933
David Henry Caldwell Jr
1858–1926
Alice Arminda Caldwell
1860–1948
Fanny Adeline Caldwell
1862–1939
Caroline Elizabeth Caldwell
1864–1937
Susan Vashtia Caldwell
1866–1867
James Albert Caldwell
1868–1928
John Edgar Caldwell
1870–1941
Abraham Alvin Caldwell
1871–1947
Orson Luke Caldwell
1873–1950
Walter Herbert Caldwell
1875–1962
Mary Ann Caldwell
1877–1966
Ida Virginia Caldwell
1879–1935
Joseph Howard Caldwell
1880–1892
Elsie Eliza Caldwell
1883–1944
Sarah Ethel Caldwell
1885–1959

Sources (21)

  • Fanny Johnson in household of William Price, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Fanny Catherine Johnson, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Fanny C Caldwell, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Shambip, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Tooele, Utah, United States

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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David Henry and Fanny Caldwell Grandparents of Samuel

David Henry Caldwell, born the 12th day of September, 1828, at Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. David Henry was the son of David Caldwell, who was born at Belfast, Ireland in 1781, and of Mar …

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