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( 1st. Lieut. Co. H or, M, 129th Ill. 02 WIN.
b. Feb. 19, 1891 er 90 (Father of His. 1)
p.b. Truxton Bridge d. Oct. 22, 1877 p.d Clarksville, Iowa
b.
d.
p.b. Rueselville, Boone Co., Ill. 1909
Germain
b.
(Father of No. 10, Cont, om chart No ..
10 James J. Jermain Lovejoy m.
(Father of No. 3 ) d.
b. 1822 ? N.Y. or 21
b.
[Mother of No. 10, Cont. on chart No ..
m. June 25, 1849 Winnebago Cor.
b. Feb. 11, 1851-3 Flora Twp. d. p.b. Boene Co. er Guilford Twplp.d Rockford or on Way from 22
b.
(Father of No. Il, Cont, on chart No ..
dMay 28, 1931 p.d. Belvidere, Il. b,
p.h.
(Mother of Na. 11. Cont, on chart No.
1 1 Viola Louise Moore
d.
d.
b. Nov. 2, 1914 7
p.d.
Il1. ?
24
b.
(Father of No. 12. Cont, an chart Na ..
d.
(Father of No. 6)
b.
25
p.b.
b.
m.
d.
b.
(gitar of Na. ) 1870 7
d.
p.b. Waterford, Ireland
b.
[Father of No. 13, Cont. en chart Na ..
m. d. July
1897
(Mother of Na. &)
d.
p.d Chicago, Il1 ..
b.
27
p.b.
b.
d.
d.
b. Dec. 21, 1894
b.
(Father of No. 14, Conta on chart No.
Lynch
m.
( Father of No. 7) d. 1828-30 29 Catherine ? Anne?E. 7Doll ?
b. -
Penn.
b.
(Mother of No. 14. Cont. on chart No.)
7 Emma J. Motter
m. d.
d.
p.d
b.
m.
(not Elizabeth Scott MotherYan
Viola Louise Moore
b.
1628
31
Penn.
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12
m.
(Father of No. 6)
a. Lebanon Co., Penn.
p.d. To U.S. 1890 Tochicago , IL. 6 Patrick ? Corien
13
m.
(Mother of Na. b)
27 remarried ?
Matter 28 Jacob ? Motter Son of Jacob ?
-
(Master of Na. 1)
p.d.
28
p.b. Chicago, Il .. d. Jan. 21, 1953 p.d. Belvidere, Ill ..
p.b.
b.
(Mother of No. 14, Cont. on chert No.
b. Oct. 28, 1865 here Na. Jy p.b. Egan, Ogle Co., II .. d. June 28, 1932 p.d. Ogle Co., Ill ..
Ogle Co., I1130
15 |Elizabeth Smelcer/Smeltzer
(Father of No. 15. Cert. en chart No .. 1 d. Oct. 7, 1930 p.d. Belvidere, Il.
(Mother of No. )
d.
b.
311
6.1788
PA (Father of No. 17, Cont. on chart No.
m.
3rd. Reg., If1. Nati ald-
Service in France,
p.d Belvidere, Ill. (1st.m. To Albert Alderman) p.b. N.H. or N.I. City 5 Fannie M.L. Lovejoy (Mother . No. 2)
22 John Patterson
b. Ireland
(Father of No. 11. Cont. ne chart No.
[Mother of Na. 3)
m. d. Oct. 13, 1855 Ogle Co. Il1. 23 Margaret
1820- 31 WY.
d.
23
b.
d. Dec. 22, 1872 Ogle Co., Ill.'
24Martin Light son of Henry
p.b. Belvidere, Ill. m. Jan. 11, 1932 Belvidere, St. James ch.)
p.d
26
13 Catherine Schucher/Shugar ? m. d. 1830's ?
26 Michael Schucher/Sugar 6. SchuykIII CO. (Fazer d No. I),
1885 ?
Winnebago Adaline P. Nichole
princeton,
N.H.
(Mothar of No. 1, Cont, on chart Na ..
d.
b. Dec. 6, 1829-50 .No ) p.b. Preble, Courtland Co., m. Nov. 10, 1881 Rockford
9 Polly Comminge/Cummings ( Mother of No. 1) d.
(Mother of Na. 9. Conk on chart No.
20
- Cent. on chart No ... -> m. a. Jan. 7, 1931
p.b. Leafriver, Ogle Co., Ill .. m. Jan. 8, 1903 Freeport, Il1. d.March 28, 1948 p.dBoone Co., Ill ..
mary how To 5 2 790 MAN 275 - 3 0
Ancestor Chart
Chart No ...
m.
a. March 1, 1815 Washington Co. 17| Susan Locher dtr, of Henry
(Civil War-Co.E., 1st, Regt., Wisc.) 4 Marcus Clinton Hess
m. Berkeley, Va., or W. Va, d. May 2, 1843 Ogle Co. will. d. Sept. 10, 1827 Lancaster Co 18 Peter Grove son of Jacob
Hd. (Father of Ne. 10.
( Father of No. 5)
(Mother of No. 10.
b. March 24, 1862
12 John Light
(Mother of No. 12. Cont, on chart No ..
(Mother of Na. 13, Cont, on chart Na ..
3 Kahtermine Cbrien
p.b.
b. April 15, 18 ) p.b. Waterford, Ireland
F
(uncle of shawn & Jamie Johnson) (Hess) Ancestor Chart Name of Compiler Martin Win. Johnsyn Address 514 West Menominee City, State_Belvidere, Il1. 61008 8 Samuel Date April 1, 1985
Person No. 1 on this chart is the same person as No ....._ on chart No ... 16
Chart No. Grimes/Grymes
b.
Grimes
m. d.
(Father of Ne. 4)
Ireland of
p.b. Washington Co., Penn.
m. 1830 Ohio
b. d.
Penn. Cont. on chart No.
4 Solomon King Grimes (Father of No. 2) b.March 24, 1833-7 Ohio p.bCarrollton, Carroll Co., m _1872 2nd marriage
b. Date of Birth h- Place of Birth 5. Date of Marriage d. Date of Death p.d. Place of Death
Ja.Dec. 31, 1916 lp.d Belvidere, Ill ..
2 Elwood Grimes
2 William Flemming ir
b. 5 ? I11.
p.b. Garden Prairie, Boone Co., m. Nov. 28, 1900 (2nd m. of 3m' " George d.Oct. 7, 1955
Conn
m.
(Father of No. 5) 1.
p.d Argyle, Ill. com.
b.May 8, 1824 Ireland 21
p.b. Curley, Monaghan Co., b. Ireland Cort, on chart No.
5 Jane Ellen Conn
m.
1851 N.Y.
b. Nov. 1852-3 Ireland ord. Oct. 1900 or April 10, 1899] p.b. Cobleakill, Shohario Co. p.d Mo Henry Co., Ill .. b. 22
Ireland (Father of No. 11. Cont, on chart No.
Weidner m.5 Apr.1829schriesheim, Baden, d. May 18, 1901 11 Mary Bradley
m.
p.d. To Chicago ;. June 10, 1834 Il1. or 23 Anna katharina Gaber (or paint THP. p.h.Clarion Co., Penn.
(venango co.PA-d Aug. 6, 1899 p.d.Marengo, Il1.
(To Chicago 185L) d. 15 Aug. 1850 Chicago-farm.
24
b.
(Father of No. 12, Cent, on chart No.
orberry ? m.
Father of Na. 0) 1820
25
.
(Mother of No. 17. Cont. on chart No.
6 William Robert Aubrey
(Father of No. )
d.
26
b.
(Father of No. 1). Cont. en chart
m.
m.
b. Sept. 26, 1825
27|
Atother of No. 13.
3 Grace Elsie Aubrey
(Mother of No. 1)
b. May 17, 1880
p.b. Barrington or Dundee, Il1. d. Jan. 1, 1974 p.d. Belvidere, Il1 ..
14 William W.
Watts
(Father of Ne. 7)
b.
England
029 Ann 7
b.
29
7 Mary Jane Armstrong
m. d.
N.Y. or Ill. ?
6.
(Father of No. 15. Cort, en chart No.
m.
(Nather of No. 7)
d.
Eldon Earl Grimee
b.
( Spam " He. 1)
p.b. Ireland or N.Y.
b.
b. March 24, 1917 p.b.Caledonia, Ill .. p.d.
.
d. Nov. 25,1887 p.d. Haddenham
b. d.
1
Name of Compiler Martin Wn. Johnson Address 511 w. Menominee
Ancestor Chart Person No. 1 on this chart is the same person as No ....__ on chart No ...
Cbart No.
Fleming/Flemming
( Father of Ha. S. Cont. on chart No.
City, State Belvidere, Ill.
8 John Flerading
(Father of No. 4) d.
Date April 1, 1985 Thomas
b.Oct.
1797 Ireland 17
( Brothers- John & James, also Tom in N. M. b. (SISTERS- Margaret olcott & H
1825
b.
(Mother of No. B. Cort, on chart No,
4 #111am
(Father of No. 2)
b. Feb. 1837-8 Ireland
p.b.Coothill, Perrygone, "Honghan
Cor - LAVAN
Ryburn
(Father of No. 9. Cort, en chart No.
m. May 12, 1869
C20 9 Mary Reyborn/Rahburn/Rahbar m.
d. May 1913
(Macher di No. 4)
d.
b. Aug. 14, 1804 Ohio
191.
Ohio (Mother of He. )
d. May 31, 1887 p.d near Huntley, Il1 .. 20 John
10 Lewis J.
Hand SR.
(Father of No. 3)
d. 1829 savannah?camillus, H.Y. 21| Mary polly Bradley
( Mother of Na. 10 .
p.b. Schnectady, or onondaga Con Penn. or N.I. Sr vermont m Hinsdale or Elmhurst,1833 d. efter 1880 rynxville?wisc. d. May 11, 1908
5 Caroline Christine Hand (Mother of No . 2) b. June 26, 1854 or Dec. p.b. Illinois d. April 23, 1933 on a vieitii Margeret A.L.
p.d Columbia Falls, Montana 22 Johann Adam weidner 6. 10 oct.1796
Come on chart No.
(Mother of No. 3)
6. 24 oct. 1799
(Mother of No. 11. Cont, on chart No ...
1 Eldon Earl Grimes
1 Gertrude Anne Belle Flemming
d. May 6, 1902
d.
b. March 24, 1917 p.b. Caledonia, Boone Co., Ill. m. June 8, 1934
(may be two in this area ?) 12 Daniel W. Wiok(e)s m.
o.
N.Y. (Father of No. 12. Cont. on chart No.
d.
p.d.
b. July 25 er Aug. 1, 1822 N.Y.
N.Y.
(Mother of No. 12. Cont. on chart No.
a Wm. Wilbur Walter Wick(a)s
Lake Co. I11.7 b. d.
b. July
1844-5
13 Jeanette C.S. p.b. Boone Twp., Boone Co. Illp.d Poplar Grove, Ill .. m. Feb. 12, 1874 Rockford d. Sept. 30, 1902 p.d Poplar Grove, Ill ..
p.b.
N.Y.
b.
N.Y. Cant, on chart No.
3 Elam Alma Elmora Jeanette Wicked. Feb. 22, 1907 ( Mother of No. 1)
p.d. Caledonia, Ill ..
28
b.
(Father of No. 14. Cont, on chart No.
14 John Armetrong
m.
(Father of No. 7)
d.
p.b. Ireland or N.Y.
b. d.
30
U.S, ?
b.
IT ÁMT & No. 15.
m.
d.
b.
1820 England
311.
p.b.
(Mother of No. 15. Cant. cn chart No.
b. Nov. 11, 1911 d. Aug. 8, 1977
d.
p.b. Union or Marengop.d. Belvidere, Ill.p.d.
N.Y. or Ill. ?
d.
( Mother of Na. )
d.
Date of Birth ph. Place of Birth in. Date of Marriage d. Date of Death p-d. Place of Death
p.d Lawrenceville, Boone Co, b. May 1, 1803
p.b. Menshan Co., Ireland d. Feb. 4, 1891
b.
(Mother of No. 9, Cont. on chart No.
d. b.
Ireland Cont. on chart Nie.
b. Aug. 11, 1827 N.Y.
b. N.Y. or N.H. (Father of No. 10. m. 1821 (nondag&"7"Co."N.Y .- )
b. Dec. 26, 1878 Mc Henry Co., p.b. Marengo or Huntley, Il1. m. Nov. 17, 1898 Union, Il1. d. April 12, 1962 p.d Belvidere, Ill.
p.t.Columbia Co., (or Vt.) b. d.
18 b. Ohio (Father of No. ). Cert, o chart
m.
Mehitable Quick
d. April 3, 1889 Mc Henry Co., p.d near Huntley, Il1 ..
Flemming Sr. m. d. April 25, 1889 p.d Lawrenceville, Boone Co.18
d.
19
p.d Lawrenceville, Boone Como I11.
(Mother of No. 10.
p.d. Belvidere, Il1 .. or sharon, Dec. 24, 1830-1 Wisc ..
p.h. N.Y, or Troland b. Ireland
b. Nov. 11, 1911 Marengo or Union, p.b. Mc Henry Co., Ill. m. June 8, 1934 Belvidere, Ill. d. August 8, 1977 p.d. Belvidere, Ill ..
b.
p.b. Haddenham m. before 1848 77
b.
d.
b. Dec. 21, 1852 England p.b. Haddenham, Cambridgeshira|p.d m. June 17, 1877 Haddenham 13 Ann Ja. Nov. 12, 1907 Marengo Įp.d I1 .. b.
p.b. over ?
(Mother of No. 13, Cont. on chart No.
d. p.d.
b. d.
28 WM. ? 6. 6/1971792 7
(Father of Na. 14, Cool. on chart NA
a. 1/2/1884 7
(2nd m. to Fred A. Smith) p.b. 7| Sarah Annie A. Watts m. b. Dec. 7, 1857 England d. p.b.Haddenham, Cambridgeshire p.d dSept. 24, 1921 p.d. Belvidere, Ill ..
b. 1792 ៛ d. 4/22/1972 ?
(Mothez al No. 14, Cont en chart No.
Cont. on chart No.
b.April 7, 1855-8"""R"Y. p.b. Cobleekill, Schoharie Co.p.d d. Jan. 6, 1947 p.d. Belvidere, Il1 ..
30
15 Jemimah Munn 1 Funn
( Mother of No. )
31
Gertrude Anne Pelle Flemming (Spouse of No. 1)
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p.d. Leroy Twp., Boone Co ..
( Father of New o)
25
p.b. m. d. by Aug. 12, 1883
28
N. Y. (Father of No. 13, Cont. on chart No,
(Mother of Ne. E)
DET d.
b. Jan. 4, 1880 p.b. Poplar Grove, Ill. d.Nov. 7, 1918 p.d. Belvidere, Ill.
d.
(Mother of Ho. IL. Cent. on chart No.
1
( Mother of Nic ) d.
23
n11 .. 24
12 Robert
Hand
Penn. Com, on chart Nie
m.
b. July 20, 1796
(Moser af No. 1.
(Market of Na. 15, Cest on chart Na
15 Sarah A. Willoughby
(Mother of No. 14.
27|
:
PICTURE FOR MARTIN WM. JOHNSON FAMILY HISTORY
MARTIN WILLIAM JOHNSON FAMILY
I was born July 6, 1948 in Rapid City South Dakota, the son of Melvin H. Johnson & Loretta D. Swanson. My brother William (Bill) Martin Johnson was born May 30, 1951 in Glencoe, Minn .. Bill Lives in a house on North 01son Road in Caledonia. He plans on building a new house in Belvidere ? We have a half sister by my fathers first wife. She is Phylis Anne Johnson born April 13, 1942 in Benton or Coos Co., Oregon. She married Victor Rohloff in Le Sueur, Minn. in 1960. The Rohloff's are originally from Raddo /ov ?, Pommerania. See William (Bill) Johnson and Melvin H. Johnson family biographies. See James Malone Hess Jr. family biography.
I graduated from Belvidere High School in 1967. Also Rock Valley College in Rockford, Il1. in 1971. I received a Honorable discharge from the Marines in 1968. I received a Honorable discharge from the Army April 16, 1975 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo .. PFC , service no. 349-40-0533. I have a house painting business and am a licensed & registered Illinois Real Estate Broker since 1976. My hobbies are hunting, fishing & traceing ancestors of relatives & friends for twenty years. My library has 800 history & genealogy books, 300 rolls of microfilmed inf., several thousand sheets of microfiched inf .. All my research has been sent to various groups, libraries, archives & relatives in the U.S.A .. Also books, translations & indexes Ive compiled and published on Boone Co. area and other parts of the U.S.A .. See Author / Title fiche index at Salt lake City, Utah library or their branch libraries. Also see 1964 thru 1971 Belvidere High School year books and Belvidere newspapers for past sports accomplishments of me & my brother. I am a member of American Legion Post 77. I believe in Democracy & Freedom & the capitalist free enterprise system,' which provides a incentive for a person to better themselves educationally or Job wise. I dislike Communist & Socialist forms of government, which do not. The U.S.A. Govt. is the best form of Government on Earth.
My daughter is Tara Ann Johnson. She was born April 27, 1983 in Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, I11 .. Her mother is Julie Ann Bingenheimer, born July 27, 1954 in Belvidere, Il1 .. Tara was baptised at the St. James Catholic Church July 3, 1983. Her Uncle is Daniel Bingenheimer who plays Pro basketball in Spain. See the Robert F. Bingenheimer Sr. family biography. A picture of Tara & me is enclosed. I plan on being buried in the Glencoe, Minn. City cemetery in the plot of my Great Great Grandpa William Claus Christian Johnson, who was a Civil War veteran and elected to the Minn. State house of representatives in 1885, from Mc Leod Co., Minn .. The cemetery board has reserved space in this plot for me. Vodden name may be connected in 1970/71. Or Voden surname spelling. from Kirkland, Il1 ..
Submited by -
Martin Wm. Johnson
Martin William Johnson 514 W. Menominee Belvidere. IL 61008
1 1
MARTIN WM. JOHNSON & DTR. TARA ANN JOHNSON
State of Illinois Department of Registration and. Education
The person, Ilrm or corporation whose name eppears on this certificate has complied with the provisions of the tillnols Statutes and/or rulas and reguls. ! LICENSE NO. ; tiona and is hereby authorized to engage in the activity as Indicated below.[. EXPIRES 91. 01/31/86
075-073705
REGISTERED REAL ESTATE BROKER
MARTINIW JOHNSON ( 514. W IMENOMINEE> BELVIDERE, IL : 68008
5220674
Issued under the authortty ol The State of Illtnols Department ol Reglatretion and Education
.
HUSBAND
Claus
1762 ???
Johannsson /Jannssen Manue or Kronprinzenkug ??? or Bankt
Born (date).
Chr. (date)
Plots
Merr. (date)
Ploce
Dteď (dale)
Place
Bur. (date) HUSBANDT FATHER
Maco
(full name]
HUSBANDT
OTHOR WIVES
WIFE [Full maiden name] Margarethe Liesbeth Geissler
Born [data] 1775 777_Plece
KRONPRINZENKos9 77>
Chr. (date)
Ploce
Died. (date) August 25, 1828 sepris
Dur. . (date)
Moce
FATHER (full name)
WIFE'S MOTHER
(full maiden name)
WIFE'S OTHER
HUSBANDS
full names CHILDREN
WHEN BORN
WHERE BORN
CATE OP VISST MARRIAGE
GAY MONTH
YEAR
SURNAME ( CAPITALIZED) DIVEN NAMES
DAT MONTH YEAR
TOWN
COUNTY
STATE ON COUNTRY
TO WHOM
1
Jürgen Janzen/Jannssen/ Johannssen
Jearib Jannssen/Johannssen 8 Feb. 1806
Bart ? Kronprinzenkoog ???
South- Dithmar
G
Wiebke Cathrina Holdthusen
Claus Yohannben
=55
1. Feb. 1811
11
11
Tilache Nitt
Feb. 21, 1841
9 May 1891
Heinrich Johannssen/ Johnson 1/23 May 1816:1Kronprinzenkoog 777
South- Dithmar
0
Margrethe Cathrina Bothmann
7
Johunn Johannfen
7.
10.11.1808
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>
6
Nov. 21, 1830/ 04/ml Bad ? Paul Peter Thomssony
Margrethe Jannssen/ Johannsson
7
DATES: 14 Apr 1794
=
SOURCES OF INFORMATION Martin Wm. Johnson 514 West Menominee Belvidere, Illinois 61008 U.S.A.
OTHER MARRIAGES
FAMILY
GROUP RECORD
ENTER ALL DATA IN THIS ORDER:
5 To indicate that a child is an oncestor of the family representative, place co ""X" behind the number portajaing to that child. 6
WHEN DIED
M
Feb. 26, 1832 y Trina Tylemanna
Tiemann
Sept. 2, 1832 14 Nov. 1883
5. August 1832 14. Juni 1845
1 14. 0Z. 1839 in Marine Anna Manaretha Detlef.
1=55
Mete Bar]tardeich / BaULT
...
HUSBAND'S [full maiden name] MOTHER_
NAMES: WATSON, Joka Henry PEACES: Shoree, Windsr. Vi
JOHNSON -
MILYINE
COLLETTA D
MARRIED MAY 2 1947
taras other civil War Veteran ancester Henry Bingenheimer is Buried at Slinger Wisconsin Catholic Church cemetery.
future grave of Martin's parents. Glencoe, Misin+ cemetery.
0
WILLIAM F & JOHNSON
his father € Jacob Janssen/Johannes Johanna is Buried at st. Johnia cemetery Biscay Aliin.
martin 1m. Johnson's St. St. Grandpa. grave Glemal, Minnesota cemetery; My Daughter tara ann Johnson age 4. I plan on being burned here infuture.
Rock Valley College
1965
Upon the recommendation of the faculty Las conferred upon
Martin William Johnson the degree of Associate in Science
with all the Rights, Honors and Privileges pertaining thereto In Witness herof, we hereunto affico the signatures of the authorized officers at Rockford, Ilinois, May 27, 1971
1 Staucher 2. Lider-
from the Armed Forces of the United States of America This is,lecertify that
MARTIN WILLIAM JOHNSON 349-40-0533 PRIVATE FIRST CLASS E-3 REGULAR ARMY was Honorably Discharged from; the
mythe. 16TH APRIL 1975 This certificate is awarded: a), a listinmind of Honestand Faithful Service
ROCER L. LAVERENZ CAPTAIN, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS
·
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WILLIAM M. (BILL) JOHNSON FAMILY
William Martin Johnson is a brother to Martin Wm. Johnson. Bill. was born-May 30, 1951 in Glencoe, Mc Leod Co., Minn., son of Melvin H. Johnson & Loretta D. Swanson. (See Martin Win. Johnson family biography). The Johnson name was Johannssen & Jannssen in Kronprinzenkoog & Marne, Holstein, Germany. Bill grew up in Le Sueur, Minnesota. He came with his parents & brother to Belvidere, Ill. in summer of 1962. He was a outstanding wrestler & track member in High School sports. His hobbies are hunting & fishing. Bill works for Dean Foods, since 1971. He has been married twice. His first wife was Ann Marie Hess born Dec. 5, 1955 in Belvidere, Ill .. They were married at the Presbyterian church July 31, 1971. Two son's are Shawn Eugene Johnson born Sept. 10, 1971 at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Ill .. Jamie Meldon Johnson born Oct. 4, 1972 at Rockford Memorial Hospital. Both boys were adopted by their maternal grand parents after Bill & Ann's divorce. Their names were changed to Hess. Shawn went into the Navy last year, enlisting from Seattle, Washington. The Johnson & Hess ancestors were Civil War Veterans on the northern Union side. The Hess ancestors were also Revolutionary War Veterans. See James Malone Hess Jr. biography.
Bill's second wife is Cindy Klahsen born Jan. 8, 1949 in Freeport, Ill., daughter of Paul Klahsen & Ruby Lang. Three children are- Sonya Elaine Johnson born July 14, 1977. Tosha E. Johnson born Sept. 1, 1979. Jaramiah Joshua Johnson born Sept. 3, 1981. All three born in Rockford, Ill .. They live on North Olson Road in Caledonia, I11 .. They plan on building a home in Belvidere. They were married August 10, 1974 in the Church by the road in Rockton, Il1., next to Wagon Wheel resort. Cindy has a Masters degree in Physical Education & one in counseling & Teaching, from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, I11 .. The Klahsen's name was originally Klaassen. They came from Larrelt, Enden Co., East Friesia, West Germany. One line went on to Charles City, Iowa. The east Friesen Lutherans in Ill. & Iowa etc .. published a german paper- Ostfriesische Nachrichten, in Breda, Iowa. It has many obituaries & is indexed by K.H. De Wall. Cindy's Klages ancestors came from Leopoldstal, Horn Co., Lippe Detmold, W. Germany - The Schweppe's also. The Lang's may have come from Boderswier, Baden, West Germany. The Isermans/Eisemann's came from Brakelsiek, West Germany. The Court/Kurtz ancestors came from Hannover area. Locke's came from Lippe Detmold area. Bill's niece is Tara Ann Johnson of Belvidere. Bill has a half sister Phylis Anne (Johnson) Rohloff in Le Sueur, Minn .. Lang surname is sometimes spelled as Long in records.
Submited by - Martin Wm. Johnson
Martin William Johnson 514 W. Menominee Belvidere, IL 61008
martin Win
moon
547-4752
MELVIN M. JOHNSON & LORETTA D. (SWANSON) JOHNSON FAMILY
The Johnson's were early settlers in Illinois & Minnesota. The Johnson surname is considered German, because it is originally from Kronprinzenkoog & Marne, South Dithmarschen county, Holstein, Germany, N/W of Hamburg. In the records there the surname varies from Johannssen & Jannssen. It is probably Danish back in the 1600's. The Johnson's have always married all or half German women. They were either Ev.Lutheran, Congregational or United Church of Christ founders & members up untill we moved to Belvidere, Ill. in 1962. Also see the Martin Wm. Johnson & William Martin Johnson biographies.
Melvin H. Johnson was born July 26, 1914 in Glencoe, Mc Leod Co., Minnesota. He was first married to Freda Wilson in 1938 in Woodland, Washington State. Freda was born il Coquille, Coos Co., Oregon. Her parents were Frank H. Wilson & Laura. Mels second marriage was to Loretta D. Swanson May 2, 1947 in Berkeley, California. A daughter Phylis Anne Johnson was born April 13, 1942 in Benton or Coos Co., Oregon. Her mother was Mels first wife Freda Wilson. By his second wife Loretta were born two son's - Martin Wm. Johnson born July 6, 1948 in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Bill) William Martin Johnson born May 30, 1951 in Glencoe, Minnesota. Mels marriage took place at the Ev. Lutheran Bethlehems church. Mel grew up on the 1862 Johnson farm homestead by Biscay, Minn .. He graduated from high school several years early. He won the Minnesota State spelling Bee twice. He graduated from the Minnesota School of Business in the Twin Cities. Taking short hand & rapid calculetics in math & other business courses. He welded ships durring WW II. In 1948 he went to work for Green Giant Co., at their main Home plant in Le Sueur, Minn .. He was transfered to Belvidere, Ill. in 1962 as warehouse superintendant. He convinced the home office to expand the Belvidere plants warehouseing operation and made it a major distribution point for Green Giant co .. This is why the plant remained open when others just north across into Wisconsin closed latter.
Since his retirement in 1975, Mel fishes and travels the year round. He is a past exalted ruler of the Belvidere Elks Lodge no. 1580. He has given $2,000. to It's Elks National Foundation. The Elks give out scholarships each year to students. He is a member of the Bell Stone fishing club and the NRA etc .... He is a member of the First Presbyterian church in Belvidere. He owns a small farm on the edge of Le Sueur, Minn .. Mel, Loretta & their son Martin Wm. Johnson plan on being buried in the Glencoe, Minn. City cemetery. Mels great grandpa William Claus Christian Johnson was a corporal in the Union Army durring the Civil War. He servred at Chatanooga, Tenn. in Company L., first Minn. Heavy Artillery. His brother Peter M. Nicolas Johnson died there & is buried in the National Cemetery at Nashville, Tenn .. William was elected to the Minn. state house of representatives in 1885, from
Mc Leod Co., Minn .. Williams parents are buried in St. Johns U.C.C. cemetery near Biscay, Minn .. See Illinois Pioneer certificate application in Springfield (1853 Ill. pioneer). See 1888, 1917 & 1978 History of Mc Leod Co., Minn. history books. The Johnson's settled in Half Day, Vernon Twp., Lake Co., Ill .. in 1853 & 1854. The Rathje's (Rogers) also settled there. The family names vere changed there. Rathje became Rogers. Johannssen / Janssen became Johnson. By 1861 they had all moved on to Minn. Iowa & Wisconsin.
Loretta D. (Swanson) Johnson Mels wife was born June 2, 1923 in Glencoe, Minn .. The family name was originally Svendsen and they came to Baldwin, Wisconsin in 1883. My mother and her sisters vere in a traveling circus as young adults and vere very musically inclined. She was in the stage show's song & dance show and part of the high flying trapeze act. She had a elephant put it's foot on her stomach. After she won a beauty contest in Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minn., she went out to Hollywood, California and was one of Earl Carrolls Ten most beautiful women of the World. He had the famous Hollywood motion picture theater shows there. Loretta's father died Oct. 30, 1987 in Glencoe, Minn .. and is buried in the Fort Snelling National cemetery in Minneapolis, Minn .. A WW I veteran, service no. 3369940. Served in France & in Germany. Her mother is living in Glencoe, Minn. & Watertown, Minn .. She was taken in by the Howe family after her parents divorced. Her grama was taken in by the Eilers family after the mother died from child birth complications. Some Biographies and court house records have the adopted names in them. . See Wisconsin Pioneer certificate applications in Madison & Watertown, Wisc .. for families of Dobbratz , Knick, Zarnke, Svendsen / Swanson , I submited.
Mels brother William C. Johnson was a Marine in the South Pacific durring WW II. He married Patty Jean Ball in 1947 in Berkeley, Calif .. He was the owner of a large redwood brokerage firm in Calif .. Mels brother Morris E. Johnson married Doris Allison Aug. 25, 1938 in Hutchinson, Minn .. He is living in Anoka, Minn .. He is a well known band instructor. Takeing his band to several Rose Bowl football games. He is mentioned in who's who in band journals. See charts & genealogical inf. in bac !: cf books Martin Wm. Johnson has published and in Salt Lake City Genealogical Library and Ida Public library. A picture of Loretta D. (Swanson) Johnson & Melvin H. Johnson is enclosed.
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