Richard Louis JOHNSON

1917 - 1968  (51 years)

• Name	Richard Louis JOHNSON
  Birth	27 May 1917	Dane County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Dec 1968	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  Burial	Roselawn Memorial Park, Monona, Dane County, Wisconsin
  Notes	He is living with his father and brother in the 1920 census. He may have later been “adopted-out.” He was Richard L Johnson when he married Harriette. In the Wisconsin State Journal’s article on Harriette’s impending wedding, Richard is referred to as Richard Engel Johnson of Madison. One of the witnesses to his marriage was Bertrand E Engel. (The other witness was Esther Borstad.) In the 1930 census, he is shown as the adopted son of Gehard Johnson, 44, and his wife Martha, also 44. The family lives in Madison. Gehard is a service man at a machine shop. Martha Johnson is a sister of Richard’s mother, Emma Stelter. She died in 1936. Gehard, whose parents were born in Norway, lived until 1969. In the 1940 census, as Richard L Johnson, he and his new wife live in Madison. He has had 2 years of college, she is a high school graduate. In 1935, he had lived in Madison and she had lived in rural Jackson County, Wisconsin. Richard was employed as a butcher at a meat packing plant. Harriette was a beautician at a beauty shop. They are still in Madison in the 1950 census, now with an 8 year-old daughter. He is a meat cutter at a meat packing plant, she is still a beautician at a beauty shop. His obit called him Richard L Johnson, an employee of Oscar Mayer for over 30 years. He had lived in Madison all of his life. He was a member of Bethel Lutheran church, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union. Richard’s father, who survived him, was Gehard Johnson of Madison. Richard had a half-sister, Mrs. Arthur F. Swenson of Madison. Not mentioned in the obit of his half-sister.
  Person ID	I8693	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Oscar Louis ENGEL,   b. 18 Nov 1882, Pepin County, Wisconsin d. 2 Sep 1923, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Emma STELTER,   b. Abt 1883, Germany d. 20 May 1918, Dane County, Wisconsin (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	31 Mar 1903	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F6533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriette Anne WELLS,   b. 2 Nov 1916, Jackson County, Wisconsin d. 21 Feb 2011, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	24 Sep 1939	Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  	Bethel Lutheran
  Family ID	F6546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2022