John David JOHNSON

1885 - 1958  (73 years)

• Name	John David JOHNSON
  Birth	6 Feb 1885	Bolg, Satila, Sweden
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  Death	26 Feb 1958	Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  	stroke
  Burial	IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  Notes	From notes provided on the Johnson-Poulsbo site: The name of the ship he came in is in Ellensburg; this info was in the archives. He got his citizenship here in 1922. In Sweden he lived near a lake and he fished by leaving his line down at night, and he had fish in the morning. He came here in 1904 {1902 according to the 1910 census} to help his uncle and met his wife in the Woldale District. They were married in 1911. She was there with her sister, Sigrid Eidal. He was a Svenssen when he came, but he changed his name to Johnson because his Dad's name was John. He had milk cows and raised a little hay, and worked out, too. Charlie Anderson had him stay up at Roslyn with a brother, Chris Anderson, who had a coal mine, later sold. (Chris needed help because of some type of mental disability.) He did this before he was married, probably when he was 18 or 19. He worked on the town irrigation ditch, and each farmer worked on the Olson ditch to clean it out in the spring time. Peter Wold worked on the Olson ditch. They used to call it the Wold ditch. He arrived in New York on April 1, 1903, aboard the Campania. In the 1910 census, John D. Johnson, 24, was living with his uncle Charles J. Anderson on the neighboring farm to Chris Eidal where his future wife, Anna Digen, 24, was living. He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Ellensburg as John David Johnson. He was a self-employed farmer living at R.R. 4, Ellensburg, and he listed his nearest relative as his wife, Mrs. Anna M. Johnson. He was described as tall and of medium build with blue eyes and light brown hair. At the time of the 1920 census in early January, the family was living on Day Creek Road in the North Kittitas precinct of Kittitas County, Washington. The family consisted of John D. Johnson, 34, Anna M., 33, Adella W., 7, Melvan A., 5, Elias D., 3 and 10 months, and Edna M., 9 months. John is a farmer and owns his farm without a mortgage. John came to this country in 1903 and Anna M. in 1905. All of the children were born in Washington. Shown as David J. in the 1930 census (April 12). The family lived next door to the Eidals on State Highway Road, Route 4, in North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County. The family was David J., 45, Anna Marie, 44, Della M., 18, Melvin S., 15, Charles O., 14, and Elna T., 11. David owns the house and the household has a radio. In the 1940 census, he, as David Johnson, and Anna and “Alma” lived in North Kittitas Precinct. He was a farmer. He registered for the World War II draft in 1942 as John David Johnson. At that time, he and Anna lived on Route 1 in Ellensburg where John was self-employed.
  Person ID	I1762	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Johan Augustus SVENSSON   d. Unknown
  Mother	Adela CARLSON   d. Unknown
  Family ID	F7012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Marie DIGENE,   b. 4 Mar 1886, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway d. 21 Oct 1946, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1912	Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  	First Lutheran Church
  Children	1. Adella (Della) Marie JOHNSON,   b. 25 Jun 1912, Washington d. 27 Mar 2013, Washington (Age 100 years)   2. Melvin Augustus JOHNSON,   b. 24 Nov 1914, Kittitas County, Washington d. 7 Jun 2008, Washington (Age 93 years)   3. Charles David JOHNSON,   b. 10 Mar 1916, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington d. 30 Oct 1998, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington (Age 82 years)   4. Elna Margaret JOHNSON,   b. 16 Apr 1919, Washington d. 10 Aug 2016, Yakima County, Washington (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F1269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2007