I'm still following leads so I'd classify this as a trail, not yet a wall. My Johnsons migrated and changed names several times as follows: Hiram JOHNSON (b. abt 1822) in Ohio, probably Mahoning, Trumbull or Columbiana county. ....married Anna Marie FINK (b. abt 1827) in 1849 in Canfield, Ohio, ..........her father Daniel FINK, Jr./mother Mary Susannah KENTNEY both of PA ....moved to Coldwater (Branch Co.), MI between 1852 and 1857. ....Children: .........1.Emma A. (b. 1850) Ohio who married a DAVEY and died in CA. .........2.Mary (b. 1852) Ohio .........3.Carra (b. 1853) NY? from one census .........4.George Herbert (b. 1857) Coldwater, MI, died 1922 LaPorte, IN .............married Anna Julia FREESE(b.1870 IL/d.1922 IN) 17 April 1889 in Arlington Heights (Cook Co.) IL .............went by JOHNSTON .............Children: ..................1. Marie Martha (b. 1889) married Earl DOMINY ..................2. Florence Emma (b. 1891) married Frank WEIDNER ..................3. Clarence Hiram (b. 1892?) ..................4. Arthur Paul (b. 1895) married Lydia WERREMEYER(my grandparents) ..................5. Hiram George (b. 1897) died 1899 ..................6. Virginia Anna (b. 1900) married Elmer YOUNG My grandparents went by JOHNSTONE and lived in LaPorte, IN after they married after meeting in WWI. I have not been able to backtrack from Hiram other than a letter that Emma DAVEY sent to Marie DOMINY that indicated that the family came to Ohio to the Connecticut Western Reserve after having served in the Revolutionary War. An excerpt of the letter follows: Your great grandmother's name was Perry, Catherine Perry, but your great grandfather's name I am a little mixed up on for one was Henry and the other Daniel. Both were family names and both had two sons by that name. I forgot to tell you that your great grandmother Fink's given name was Susan. Your Johnson ancestors came from England and were given much land on the Western Reserve in Ohio. They owned land in the east, out where cannot remember, but were well thought of and when coming from England were given twice as much land as the minister because they were blacksmiths and were considered more necessary in the country. If I remember the land was cow pasture. This grandmother Johnson (my grandmother) had fifteen children but land on the Western Reserve was not very valuable then. I have a friend in Cleveland who still owns some of the land. Her grandmother came all the way from Connecticut on horseback, the saddle now in the museum in Cleveland. How I loved to listen to the stories of the settling of the new country. Think I have somewhere carefully put away a picture of the Johnson coat of arms with their history. If I find it will send it to you but did not suppose anyone would ever care for it. The Johnson family lot in Woodland Cemetery is in Section 40. Any help is appreciated! Nancy Johnstone Ratay in Denver