Brief Life History of John James
When John James Johnson was born on 7 July 1871, in Illinois, United States, his father, John James Johnson, was 39 and his mother, Ary Phoebe Selser, was 28. He married Allean Mildred Ament on 18 December 1901, in Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Mora, Mora, New Mexico, United States for about 5 years and Election Precinct 29 East Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico, United States in 1940. He died on 5 February 1957, in Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico, United States.
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- Dr J J Johnson, "United States Census, 1940"
- John J. Johnson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- John James Johnson, "Find a Grave Index"
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Rudolph Rosenwald BIRTH 25 Nov 1873 DEATH 15 May 1874 (aged 5 months) BURIAL Masonic Cemetery Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA PLOT H-10 MEMORIAL ID 40135893
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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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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