Ila Mae Johnson

Female9 January 1924–8 December 1957

Brief Life History of Ila Mae

When Ila Mae Johnson was born on 9 January 1924, in East Farmington, Polk, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Perry Rudolph "Henry" Johnson, was 31 and her mother, Clara Emilie Hexum, was 31. She had at least 2 sons with Robert Sheldon Roos. She lived in Farmington, Polk, Wisconsin, United States in 1930. She died on 8 December 1957, in Amery, Polk, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Deronda, Polk, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Sheldon Roos
1920–2003
Ila Mae Johnson
1924–1957
Ronald Charles Roos
1947–1968
Merlin Perry Roos
1949–2007

Sources (3)

  • Illenae Johnson in household of Perry R Johnson, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ila Mae Johnson in entry for Ronald Charles Roos, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Ila Mae Johnson in household of Perry R Johnson, "United States Census, 1930"

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World Events (8)

1927

Age 3

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1932 · Wisconsin Passes First Unemployment Compensation Law

Age 8

The nation's first unemployment compensation law was passed in Wisconsin on January 28, 1932.

1934 · Kohler Strike

Age 10

Employees at Kohler Company in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, attempted to organize a union, but the company would not work with them. The employees organized a strike on July 27, 1934. Events escalated and two people were killed and 47 were injured.

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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