My ggggrandmother was a Mary Johnson in Monmouth County NJ the wife of Gilbert VanMarter/VanMater (1757-1811). Mary and Gilbert probably lived in the Hightstown NJ area. My Aunt Alice left me a list of Mary's Johnson ancestry, but without any detail such as dates. Here is what I have: Generation I Benjamin Johnson married unknown 1. William married Elce unknown 2. Benjamin (see Generation II) 3. David Generation II Benjamin Johnson married Sarah unknown 1. John 2. Daniel 3. William 4. James (see Generation III) 5. David 6. Amos 7. Rachel 8. Elizabeth 9. Hannah 10. Rebecca Generation III James Johnson married Anna Brewer 1. James 2. Mary married Gilbert VanMarter (1757-1811) 3. Joseph 4. John Generation IV Gilbert VanMarter married Mary Johnson (Gilbert served with the Monmouth County NJ militia in the Revolution) 1. David 2. Chrineyonce b 1790 married Elizabeth Carson 3. Johnston 4. Mary 5. Elizabeth 6. three other daughters Many of the residents of Monmouth County in Central Jersey had moved down from North Jersey, Staten Island, Manhattan and Brooklyn in the late 17th century, but there were a significant number of settlers from southern New England and eastern Long Island. Johnsons from North Jersey could have been either Scots Johnsons or Dutch Jansens. Settlers from what is today NYC were mostly Dutch, while Johnsons from Eastern Long Island and New England were most likely English. It is probable that these folks were farmers for the most part. You will note that Mary Johnson had a son Johnston VanMarter. My aunt insisted that she was sure that Mary was Johnson and her son was named Johnston. The Johnson given names in the list certainly don't stand out and there isn't much spousal information. However, perhaps something will ring a bell. Ed Margerum

Hi, I'm looking for info on the Johnson in the area of Gallipolis, Oh. John Robert Johnson, b.13 Sept.1936 in Gallipolis, Oh.Died 27 Sept. 1995. Married Tessie Morgan, 11 June 1961 Harley Edward Johnson, b. 29 Jun. 1910, Gallipolis, Oh. Died 22 Jul 1959. Married Sarah Lucy Harrison, 18 Apr.1931 Fon Johnson, b.28 Nov 1880, Swan Creek, Oh. Died 15 Aug 1969. Married Emma Jane Ours Sampson Johnson, Married Elizabeth Ann White, 31 Jun.1876. ________________________________________________________________________ Get your own free email, set up a MyFamily site at http://www.MyFamily.com

Hi, I'm looking for info on the Johnson in the area of Gallipolis, Oh. John Robert Johnson, b.13 Sept.1936 in Gallipolis, Oh.Died 27 Sept. 1995. Married Tessie Morgan, 11 June 1961 Harley Edward Johnson, b. 29 Jun. 1910, Gallipolis, Oh. Died 22 Jul 1959. Married Sarah Lucy Harrison, 18 Apr.1931 Fon Johnson, b.28 Nov 1880, Swan Creek, Oh. Died 15 Aug 1969. Married Emma Jane Ours Sampson Johnson, Married Elizabeth Ann White, 31 Jun.1876. ________________________________________________________________________ Get your own free email, set up a MyFamily site at http://www.MyFamily.com

Hello, Johnson list, I am searching for information about a Johnson family in Maryland. Thomas JOHNSON m. Ellen NEALE in MD about 1808. Children (there may be more): Robert Green JOHNSON, b. Jan. 7, 1813, in MD. Henry Neale JOHNSON, b. abt. Apr. 15, 1809 in MD, m. Martha Ann WILSON. Henry d. Feb., 1885, and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D. C. Martha d. Oct., 1877, and is also buried at Oak Hill. Children of Henry Neale JOHNSON and Martha Ann WILSON are: Indiana JOHNSON, b. abt. 1836, m. Samuel TURNER, d. Feb. 1865, b. Oak Hill Inez JOHNSON, b. abt. Oct. 21, 1848, d. July, 1883, b. Oak Hill Hector JOHNSON (?) Henry Clayton JOHNSON, b. abt. Jan 8, 1840, m. Mary BREMER. Henry Clayton JOHNSON d. Oct., 1879, b. Oak Hill. Mary BREMER Johnson d. Jan., 1926, in Baltimore; b. Oak Hill. Children of Henry Clayton JOHNSON and Mary BREMER are Samuel Turner JOHNSON (m. Alice McARTHUR), Inez JOHNSON (m. Arthur NORTON), Charles Albert JOHNSON, and Henry Wilson JOHNSON, b. 1876 in Olney, Montgomery County, MD, d. 1951, m. Mary Lasky WANSTALL (d. July 30, 1936). Henry Wilson JOHNSON is my grandfather. After his father, Henry Clayton Johnson's, early death, the family apparently moved to Washington D. C. However, my grandfather was born in Maryland, and the family seems to have had roots there. If anyone has information on any of these JOHNSONs or related families, especially on my earliest identified ancestor, Thomas JOHNSON, I would appreciate a lead or source. Of course, I am willing to share all the information I have myself. Thanks in advance, Polly Zashin

Got this from another list. Thought others might like to see it. Boy it is a new one on me! Mary Platte Co., Wyoming Subject: Smock Wedding, unusual English custom that make it way to America Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 13:31:49 MDT Subj: History Recently came across the following genealogical tidbit from a family history book that had come into my possession and thought I would share it with the list. The source will follow the text. THE SMOCK WEDDING "One of the more unusual customs that came to America was the SMOCK WEDDING. Under English common law if a widow remarried and brought any of her late husband's property to the marriage, the new husband became liable for any and all the debts of the previous husband. Women owned nothing in their own right, and this included their clothing. So it became the custom for indebted widows to get married in their underwear, or smocks." "The SMOCK WEDDING was tripple-fold. It was a bankruptcy proceeding; it was a marriage ceremony; it was an investiture because the bride then got a new wardrobe from her new husband". "In theory the ceremony was held for all to see, on a public highway. But in practice many smock weddings were indoors." "When Major Moses JOY married Widow Hannah WARD of Newfame, Vermont, in 1789, she was stark naked. She was in a closet, her hand extended through a hole cut in the door. Then she put on a fine set of clothes and emerged from her closet in style, to the general admiration of the assembled" Source: Ancestors and Descendants of LEWIS ROSS FREEMAN with related families By Patty Barthell Myers Penobscot Press 1995. Page 626 Florence ("Patty") B. Myers may be reached at 15 Campden Circle, San Antonio, TX 78218. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Can anyone connect to any of this family? Please contact me if you can or if you have any information on any of these. William Joseph Johnson's parents were William Johnson and Rena Gott in Butler Co. Ky. Thanks if you can help. This is all the information I have except ancestor information, which I have a lot. Gena Theiss in Louisville Ky Descendants of William Joseph JOHNSON 1 William Joseph JOHNSON b: October 19, 1869 in Butler Co., Ky d: May 22, 1942 in Butler Co Mo, Poplar Bluff Mo . +Lenora Jane Jaco b: Abt. 1870 in Butler Co., Mo m: Abt. 1890 in Butler Co., Mo d: 1939 in Poplar Bluff, Mo . 2 son unnamed . 2 daughter NAME unknown . 2 son NAME ukn . 2 Ira Lacy JOHNSON b: in ,,Mo. ..... +Dorothy Burkett m: 1935 ..... 3 Jimmie JOHNSON ..... 3 Robert Gene JOHNSON ..... 3 Mary Ann JOHNSON . 2 Myrtle JOHNSON ..... +Wilbert WOOD ..... 3 Jane WOOD ..... 3 Betty WOOD ..... 3 Macky WOOD ..... 3 Patsy WOOD ..... 3 Ronny WOOD ..... 3 Sharon WOOD . 2 Evelyn JOHNSON ..... +Paul Harris ..... 3 Johny Harris ..... 3 Gene Harris ..... 3 Jerry Harris . 2 Lura May JOHNSON ..... +Clyde MONTGOMERY d: December 1987 ..... 3 Louise MONTGOMERY ..... 3 Wanda MONTGOMERY ..... 3 Dale MONTGOMERY . 2 Gertrude JOHNSON . 2 Ethel D JOHNSON . 2 Vicky Mahale JOHNSON . 2 Lula JOHNSON b: Abt. 1909 in ,Mo

In Reference to the following message. I saw this as I was contacted directly and thought I would give it a try. I had to threaten them to get a password and when I did It was definitely others work being represented as theirs. I recognized some of the work. I immediately contacted my credit card company and let them know what was going on and that I wanted the transaction canceled. I also contacted this company and told then to cancel me as I felt they had misrepresented themselves and their product. They then informed me there were no refunds. I let them know that in Texas I had the right to cancel any transaction in 72 hrs that I was not happy with. I have saved all my correspondence with this company and let them know if they tried to charge my card for this service I would take action against them. So far the charge has not appeared on my card. It is a scam though and they have latched on to other peoples work and are representing it in a different manner than it is published originally. I don't see how they can get away with it. There should be some sort of legal action that could be taken. Sincerely Nancy Sanders paul@txol.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alli " <aka2@ltlink.com> To: <JOHNSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 8:37 PM Subject: [JOHNSON] Fw: Genealogy Scam > I got this from a friend & thought it was worth passing on. > Alli > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat" <patmc@sstelco.com> > > > > Hi, > > I got this today and a friend of mine who is a listowner for Rootsweb > > verified it so I guess we ought to be careful about our info. Don't know > > how you'd protect it unless you don't leave it on unattended?? Kinda > scary > > and aggravating!! I have mine on my zipdrive and run the FTM directly > from > > it so I guess unless I had the disk in and hooked up, mine would be safe?? > > I don't think it leaves anything on the computer but I don't know?? I > hope > > I'm not telling you wrong but she said they told her it was true. > > Pat > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > Subj: Genealogy scam > > > > > Date: 09/03/2000 6:30:57 AM Mountain Daylight Time > > > > > From: plfleming@shelbynet.net (Phyllis Fleming) > > > > > > > > > > I received this message after it was forwarded to the INGENWEB state > > > > > coordinator: > > > > > > > > > > About 2 weeks ago we received a complaint from an Archives submitter > > > > > that her materials were found on a genealogy subscription service: > > > > > > > > > > www.familydiscovery.com > > > > > > > > > > The submitter was able to do a little digging and found that they > were > > > > > linking to her files housed on her server, but shrink-wrapped inside > a > > > > > frame so it appears to be THEIR work. About 10 days ago, to > > investigate > > > > > this, I signed up with familydiscovery. To date, I have not received > a > > > > > user id or password to get inside. The registered owners of the web > > site > > > > > > > > > > gave bogus telephone numbers in their registration. One number goes > to > > a > > > > > > > > > > recorded message line; the other to a carpet company. Some of the > > e-mail > > > > > > > > > > adds on their web site bounce. > > > > > > > > > > Standing on the outside and looking through the window, it appears > > that > > > > > several > > > > > folks' web sites have been prize-mined: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.familydiscovery.com/whatsnew.htm > > > > > > > > > > The Storey Co., IA and the Washington Co., PA stuff seem to come > from > > > > > USGenWeb sites. Some of the other IA and NC stuff seems to come from > > > > > non-USGW sites. None of the materials seem to be housed at either > > > > > rootsweb or usgennet. > > > > > > > > > > If anyone out there is or has been a member of familydiscovery -- or > > > > > has been ripped off by them, I ["Joy Fisher" jfisher@ucla.edu>] > would > > > > > like to > > > > > hear from you. > > > > > > > > > > Permission is granted to forward this message. > > > > > > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > > wally@calweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== JOHNSON Mailing List ==== > This group is sponsored by Rootsweb.com. It is owned and moderated by > Linda Beckett (boglelodge@a-znet.com) > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >

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I have a picture of a little girl named: Sidnie Lu Johnson, 1 yr. old, no date taken at the K.C. Studio in Tulsa, OK Does this little girl fit into anyone's family? Remona Modesto, CA

JOHNSON, John b. Oct 4, 1790 Pa. John's mother was Mary (nee?) who was born Dec 3, 1763 and died Dec. 20, 1835. I don't know John's father's first name or John's sibling's. The dates come from a Bible page but there are no place names listed. The first I find, John JOHNSON and his wife, Barbara HUNT is in Springhill, Fayette Co, Pa in 1831. They are listed on a tax list and two of their daughters are on the poor list so, I know that this is my line. John died Sept. 26, 1843.......perhaps in Pa, or on the way to Indiana. His wife and children are listed in Jay Co Indiana in 1850. In the early 1860's some of those children moved to Wisconsin. Thanks, Selma jbonew@setnet.net

Searching for a Johnson man married to a Mitchell woman; had a son named William Johnson who lived in Crittenden County, KY in the 1880's. The son, William, was born abt 1861, and married Julia Elizabeth Bassham, also from Crittenden County, in 1889. William says he was born in Illinois, which is where he was married. (Was he lying because he wanted to be married there? They both lived in KY). I know that there were Johnsons and Mitchells in Caldwell and Livingston Counties, also, so I'm also including this on those mailing lists. Thanks. Dawnene

I ran across this and thought it would give all of you genealogist a laugh. I'm My Own Grandpaw Author unknown Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three… I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown up daughter who had hair of red. My Father fell in love with her and soon they two were wed. This made my Dad my Son-in-law and changed my very life; For now my Daughter was my Mother 'cause she was my Father's Wife. To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy… I soon became the father of a bouncing Baby Boy. My little Baby then became a Brother-in-law to Dad, And so became my Uncle though it made me very sad. For if he was my Uncle then that also made him Brother, Of the Widow's grown up Daughter who, of course was my Stepmother. Father's Wife then had a Son who kept them on the run; And he became my Grandchild for he was my Daughter's Son. My Wife is now my Mother's Mother and it makes me blue… Because although she is my Wife she's my Grandmother too. Now if my Wife is my Grandmother then I'm her Grandchild; And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild. For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw; As Husband of my Grandmother I am my own Grandpaw. Love ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Marinell

Thanks to all for their sugestions on finding cemetery in Abliene. I was given Cemetery Assn. address in Abilene so will write to them. He had a wife but they were seperated so don't know if he had a marker, he did have family in Osage City, but don't know if they did any thing. Thanks again for all your help. Jean

I hope SKS can help me. My ggrandfather was Edward Johnson, suposedly born in Ontario about 1850, give or take a couple of years. He married Annie Cammidge and they had four children, James b. July 21, 1871 in Ontario d. Feb. 21, 1948 in Port Edward, B.C. John (Jack) who married Ettie (Etta)?? Archibald who married Lily Snyder and they had three boys. Sarah Ann b. Feb. 28, 1878. In the various indexes, I can find several Edward Johnsons who might be the correct one, but there are too many to send for records of all of them. (Too costly). Does anyone have any of these people in their records? I have plenty of other information that I would gladly share. Happy Hunting. Shirley Dumma Madeira Park, B.C. Canada sdumma@dccnet.com

> Subject: [JOHNSON] Ralph Johnson > Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 14:44:50 -0500 > From: Jean Williams <jeanw@netnet.net> > To: JOHNSON-L@rootsweb.com > > I am looking for my Uncle's place of burial. According to death > certificate he died in Abilene, KS, but was resident of Junction City. > Place of burial is Highland Park, but when I went on lone for those 2 > cities that name was not there. This was in 1935 and may have changed > names. How do I find out what it is and where it is? Jean Hi distant cousin, A quick internet search found a Zella T Johnson date of 2/20/1930 in Highland Mem Gardens, of Medicine Lodge. Are you sure your Ancestor had a marker? If he was the last, then no one would have paid for one. Since you have a death cert. it should list the funeral home. Call them. If they are not listed, (may be out of business, at least by that name). Call the Chamber of Commerce and tell your story. They can tell you what business took over the one you need. A few phone calls.... telling people what you need will get it, I bet. Remember to ask for an e-mail address, and leave yours if they will take it. So Many Ancestors... So Few Descendants.. (trying to find them) Randy (Seeking George Washington Johnson, Mollie Lancaster in Grant co,Ark.) -- My genealogy site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/ Make money and Free stuff: http://members.xoom.com/westxan/

I am looking for my Uncle's place of burial. According to death certificate he died in Abilene, KS, but was resident of Junction City. Place of burial is Highland Park, but when I went on lone for those 2 cities that name was not there. This was in 1935 and may have changed names. How do I find out what it is and where it is? Jean

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I am trying with a lot of fail to get information on my Johnson line. I think John Johnson and Louisa Olson both born in Norway, came to Cook County about 1870 (not a for sure time). They had there 5th child, my great grandfather, Joseph Johnson in 1876. Family story is that John came to America on his own fishing boat. I got a copy of my great grandfathers birth cert. it was filled out by a Mrs. E. Marie Conroy second cousin. Does this look familiar to anyone? I know that there was supposed to be an Uncle Harry but I don't know where he fits in. Judy Johnson VanZant

Byron E. Johnson, b. 20-Jun-1878, b. in Vermont. A Spanish American War veteran. Married Mabel Leihy (or Sheets?). Had a daughter named Thelma. They lived on Broadway in Santa Ana. Did Byron have a sister named Mary or Lena, who may have lived in Lynnfield or Lynn, Mass? Did Thelma marry and have children? What was her married name? This is NOT an adoption search. Karla

In a message dated 08/30/2000 6:54:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time, GranmaBee@aol.com writes: << I want ancestors with names like Rudimentary Montagnard or Melchizenick von Steubenhoffmanschild or Spetznatz Giafortoni, not William Brown or John Taylor or Mary Smith. >> Ah, wouldn't it be wonderful... Patti, with ancestors: JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, SMITH, SMITH (lucky with TWO Smith lines), BIRD, ALEXANDER, O'BRIEN