Lydia May Johnson

22 July 1917–20 November 2002 (Age 85)
Steuben, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Lydia May

When Lydia May Johnson was born on 22 July 1917, in Steuben, New York, United States, her father, Eli T Johnson, was 41 and her mother, Ida E Perry, was 35. She married Everett Lockwood on 4 July 1946, in North Western, Western, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States in 1930 and Remsen, Remsen, Oneida, New York, United States in 1950. She died on 20 November 2002, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

Everett Lockwood
1905–1982
Lydia May Johnson
1917–2002
Marriage: 4 July 1946
Nancy May Lockwood, Walker, Jones
1948–2000

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 July 1946North Western, Western, Oneida, New York, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (2)

    World Events (8)

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
    Age 1
    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
    1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
    Age 2
    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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
    1941
    Age 24
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Jantzen
    John
    Jeansonne
    Jonson

    Sources (4)

    • Lydia M Johnson in household of Gomer Johnson, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Lida M Johnson in household of Ida E Johnson, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Lydia M Johnson Lockwood in entry for Ms Nancy M Lockwood Jones, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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