Brief Life History of Amanda Sofia Josefina
When Amanda Sofia Josefina Johnson was born on 14 May 1868, in Blekinge, Sweden, her father, Peter Emanuel Johnson, was 27 and her mother, Ingelof Nilson, was 21. She married August Josefsson Blomquist on 26 November 1890, in Sand Lake, Polk, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Shafer, Chisago, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Taylors Falls, Chisago, Minnesota, United States in 1930. She died on 23 May 1951, in Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Taylors Falls, Chisago, Minnesota, United States.
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- Manda Bloomquist, "United States Census, 1910"
- Amanda S. Johnson, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
- Amanda Sophia Bloomquist, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1874
Historical Boundaries: 1874: Itasca, Minnesota, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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