This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson/Jonson/Jørgensen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YKB.2ACE/175.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if we have a connection but it sounds likely even though this Danish father was born in 1854 according to 1880 census. My husband is a Johnson descended from Andrew a child in this family group below. They came from Denmark and we still live right here where they settled in Monroe County very near the Audrain Co. line. The father in this family group has a first name of "Louse" but I am pretty positive that it is incorrect. The 1880 census is my only source for this father's name and there was probably language difficulty with the census taker. They immigrated in 1879 after the birth of Andrew or in 1880 before the census was taken. My husband's father and uncle still live here and still remember the children of this family though and Danish neighbors. Several families from Denmark settled here together. I haven't put them all together yet but one is Madzon/Madison and could be the family of Mary E./Maria listed as Louse's wife. We don't know much about "Louse" since he left all the children here after Mary died and supposedly went to Minnesota. Descendants of Louse JONSON --------------------------- 1-Louse JONSON b: 1854, Denmark +Mary E. AKA Maria UNKNOWN b: 1855, Denmark, d: 1888, Rowena, Missouri, bur: Antioch Cemetery, Audrain/Monroe Counties, Missouri, par: UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN |--2-James "Jim" JOHNSON b: 1876, Denmark, bur: Centralia, Missouri |--2-May AKA Emma JOHNSON b: 1878, Denmark |--2-Andrew JOHNSON b: 1879, Denmark, d: 1953, at home, Route 2, Paris, Monroe | County, Missouri, bur: 22 Dec 1953, Antioch Cemetery, Audrain/Monroe | Counties, Missouri |--2-Annie JOHNSON b: United States |--2-John JOHNSON bur: East Lawn Cemetery, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri |--2-Chris JOHNSON I still have to collect quite a bit more about these children. Would love to know more about Peter Johnson/Jørgensen.