Cornelius Benjamin Johnson

Brief Life History of Cornelius Benjamin

When Cornelius Benjamin Johnson was born on 10 November 1879, in Belmond, Wright, Iowa, United States, his father, John Gullicksson Johnson, was 27 and his mother, Emma Louise Wingland, was 18. He lived in Fertile, Worth, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1950. He died on 19 February 1956, in United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Gullicksson Johnson
1852–1928
Emma Louise Wingland
1861–1943
Cornelius Benjamin Johnson
1879–1956
Gullik Cornelius Johnson
1880–1960
George Alvin Johnson
1881–1943
Mabel Theordora Johnson
1883–1965
Alice Lenore Johnson
1888–1976
Herbert Leroy Johnson
1891–1918
Elda O. Johnson
1894–1903
Ruth Florence Johnson
1897–1993
Luella Rosario Johnson
1900–1988
Harold Atwood Johnson
1904–1958

Sources (6)

  • Cornelius B Johnson, "United States Census, 1950"
  • C B Johnson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • Cornelius Benjamin Johnson, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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