Julia Maria Johnson

Brief Life History of Julia Maria

When Julia Maria Johnson was born on 14 September 1842, in Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, United States, her father, Lorenzo Johnson, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Lyman, was 30. She married Aaron Johnson on 1 March 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 6 April 1915, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Levi Curtis
1835–1916
Julia Maria Johnson
1842–1915
Marriage: 28 November 1878
Roy Curtis
1879–1905
John Curtis
1881–1945
Jesse Curtis
1883–1928
Alma Curtis
1885–1885
Pauline Curtis
1886–1962

Sources (27)

  • Julia Johnson in household of Lorenzo Johnson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • 1842 Michigan Birth of Julia Maria Johnson daughter of Lorenzo Johnson & Mary Ann Lyman, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
  • Julia M. Curtis, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

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

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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