Karl Johan (Johansson) Johnson (1878 - 1919)

Born 28 Dec 1878 in Vänga, Älvsborgs län, Sweden

Ancestors

Husband of Elin Mathilda (Malmberg) Johnson — married 27 May 1903 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1919 at age 40 in Burghill, Trumbull, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Carl (Johansson) Johnson lived in Sweden.

On 28 Dec 1878, Carl Johan is born at Enebacken in Rättaregården Vänga, Älvsborg, Sweden.^[1][2][1] He is the third child of J. August Olausson, a farmer and wooden shoemaker, and Klara Johansdotter.

Picture from Arkiv Digital of Vänga AI:10 (1881-1899) Household record Enebacken Rättaregården[1]

At the end of the summer of 1891, his older sister Märta Elisabet says goodbye to the family, and travels to North America, joining up with her Aunt Sophia in Braddock, in the Pittsburgh-area of the USA.^[1]

The opportunities must have been great, or the circumstances at home quite unfavorable. Less than 18 months later, in Jan 1893, Carl's older brother Claus leaves Sweden too, joining the family in Braddock.^[1]

On 11 Feb 1898, young 19-year-old Carl leaves on his own journey to North America.^[1] Likely he travels on a small steamship, sailing across the North Sea from Göteborg, Sweden to Hull or Grimbsy on the east coast of England. The Great Central Railway takes the traveller across England to the port cities on the west coast from where the giant transatlantic steamships depart. Carl sails from Liverpool on the S.S. Umbria, a steamship with a foremast sail, departing for New York on 19 Feb 1898.^[3] The ship arrives in New York on 27 or 28 Feb 1898.^[4] Carl enters the USA through Ellis Island. His final destination is Braddock, Pennsylvania and the home of his sister Elizabeth -- who has also paid his ticket fare. He has $3 in his pocket.

That year, the trio of re-united siblings sit for a portrait together. In Nov 1898, they send the picture with golden anniversary greetings to their parents in Sweden.

Siblings Märta, Carl, and Claus Johnson in Braddock, Pennsylvania, 1898.

1900 Jun 5: He is living at 641 Corey Avenue, North Braddock, Pennsylvania, in the household of his Aunt Sophia, his father's younger sister.^[5]

1902 Aug 1: His brother Samuel Georg, 11 years old, travel to North Amerika. ^[2]

On 27 May 1903, he marries fellow Swedish immigrant Ellen Malmberg in a double wedding along with his sister Martha and her husband Alfred Olson.^[6] They are married by Rev. P. J. O. Cornell, the pastor of Braddock's Bethel Lutheran Church.

Shortly after, on 3 Jul 1903, he becomes a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. His case is processed through the District Court of the United States in the Western District of Pennsylvania.^[7] His address is listed as 428 Stokes Ave, North Braddock. His brother Claus A Johnson joins him in the court, swears to his good character and affirms his residence, etc.

1905 Sep 11: His brother Samuel Georg, 14 years old, returns to Sweden from North America.^[2]

1907 Jun 7: His brother Erik Gustaf, 25 years old, travels with Samuel Georg, 16 years old, to North Amerika.^[2]

1910 Apr 28: He is living at 507 Seddon Ave in North Braddock, Pennsylvania with his wife Ellen, three sons, and his brother-in-law Albert Malmberg. His extended family is not far. His home is right next-door to Oscar and Amanda, the siblings-in-law of his brother Claus, and it is two doors over from his own siblings, Elizabeth, Eric, and George.^[8]

1918 Sep 12: Registers in Warren, Ohio for the WWI military draft. He is a self-employed farmer living in Burghill, Trumbull County, Ohio. His eyes are grey, his hair is brown. His nearest relative is wife Ella M. Johnson.^[9]

1919 Feb 12: He dies at age 40 in Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. His birthplace is cited as "Boros, Sweden" and his parents are listed as John Johnson and Clara Johnson.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Vänga AI:10 (1881-1899) Image 73 / page 63 (AID: v43292.b73.s63, NAD: SE/GLA/13636)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Vänga AIIa:1 (1899-1918) Image 920 / page 82 (AID: v201481.b920.s82, NAD: SE/GLA/13636)
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957" Roll T715, 1897-1957, 0001-1000, Roll 14, Image 593, line 26.
4. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JX45-VM2 : 6 December 2014), Carl J. Johansson, 27 Feb 1898; citing departure port Liverpool, arrival port New York, ship name Umbria, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Here the census pages are not in order and there is an error in the database's citation. The household record begins with Aunt Sophia and her spouse Charles Anderson on Sheet 5 and continues on Sheet 6 with their children Carl and Hannah Anderson, and boarders including Carl Johan Johnson. The citation for Sheet 6 is mistakenly entangled with the household a German family by the name of Groth. See: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3M9-WPS : accessed 21 January 2017), Carl Johnson in household of Fred Groth, Braddock borough Ward 3, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 349, sheet 6A, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,366.
6. ↑ Marriage of Carl Johnson & Ellen Malmberg, Allegheny, PA, 27 May 1903, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9L-VHL : 5 November 2017), Carl Johan Johanson and Elen Mathilda Malmberg, 1903.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com, "Pennsylvania, Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1931", Circuit Court and District Court, (Roll 101) June 29-Oct 12, 1903, image 122.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGQW-C91 : accessed 21 January 2017), Carl Johnson, North Braddock Ward 3, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 175, sheet 16A, family 344, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,375,309.
9. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6NZ-XWL : 12 December 2014), Carl Johan Johnson, 1917-1918; citing Trumball County no 1, Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,851,242.
10. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4J-Q4T : 8 December 2014), Carl J Johnson, 12 Feb 1919; citing Hartford Twp, Trumbull, Ohio, reference fn 14607; FHL microfilm 1,984,639.

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