Roy Clement Johns

Brief Life History of Roy Clement

When Roy Clement Johns was born on 24 June 1884, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, his father, William Johns, was 52 and his mother, Ann Rodd, was 44. He married Rena Maud Chapman on 27 June 1907, in Winnebago, Illinois, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Rockford Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1950. He died on 25 February 1957, in Polk, Florida, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Roy Clement Johns
1884–1957
Minnie Pearl Lines
1889–1964
Marriage: 13 October 1946
Jean Frances Sauber
1920–2008
Pauline Sauber
1923–2013

Sources (33)

  • Roy Johns, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Roy Johns, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
  • Roy Clment Johns, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1887 · Eatonville is Incorporated

On August 15, 1887, the town of Eatonville was incorporated into Orange County, Florida. The town is significant for being one of the first all-black, self-governed municipalities in the country.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of John with genitival or excrescent -s, or a variant of Jones . It is common in Cornwall and Devon, south Wales, the West Midlands and Lancashire. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as Albanian Gjonaj or any other Albanian patronymic from the personal name Gjon ‘John’ and its variants or derivatives; see also examples at Johnson .

German: patronymic from John or a shortened form of Johannes .

Americanized form of Swiss German Schantz .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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