Millie Jane Johnson

Female9 May 1918–6 February 2006

Brief Life History of Millie Jane

When Millie Jane Johnson was born on 9 May 1918, in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Robert George Johnson, was 28 and her mother, Myrtle Grace Vermillion, was 21. She married Christopher Columbus Trotter on 7 September 1934, in Greenfield, Blaine, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Prairie Township, Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1940 and Union, Union, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 6 February 2006, in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Christopher Columbus Trotter
1906–1979
Millie Jane Johnson
1918–2006
Marriage: 7 September 1934
Raymond Neal Trotter
1934–2019

Sources (13)

  • Millie J Kruckman, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Millie Jane Johnson - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Millie Jane Johnson
  • Millie Grace Johnson, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 September 1934Greenfield, Blaine, Oklahoma, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

    1921 · Tulsa Race Massacre

    Age 3

     By 1921, Tulsa was a booming city with a population of over one hundred thousand, with ten thousand African Americans in the Greenwood District. Crime rates in Tulsa soared and vigilantism was present. An incident occurred with Dick Rowland, an African American shoe shiner, and Sara Page, a white elevator operator. Reports claim Rowland stepped on Page’s foot and she let out a scream. The newspaper reported Rowland attempted to rape Page. Rowland was arrested and white vigilantes demanded the sheriff to hand over Rowland for lynching. An armed group of African American men went to the courthouse to aid in protecting Rowland from the mob. The group was turned away and a shot was fired between the white and African American groups, which ignited a riot. While buildings in Tulsa were burned, a major effort by whites focused mainly on the Greenwood District which was burned to the ground and many were shot. Over 30 people were killed and many were injured in the riots. 

    1941

    Age 23

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    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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