Clara Estella Roberta (Peal) Johnson (1937 - 2006)

Born 24 Mar 1937 in East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Johnson — married 24 Mar 1970 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 4 Jun 2006 at age 69 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Clara (Peal) Johnson is a part of US Black heritage.

Clara was born March 24, 1937 in East St. Louis, St. Clair county, Illinois, USA, the daughter of John Peal and Alberta Richmond.

At the age of 3 in the 1940 Census, she was listed as the daughter of Sarah Henderson age 55 in Fireworks Station, Centreville, St.Clair county, Illinois but there was also a mistake calling another 3 year old female child listed as her grandson so Clara's relationship may not be correct.^[1]

Her mother Alberta Peal and grandmother Estella Murray were also living in Firestation St Clair County, Illinois as the heads of their own households.^[2]

By the next Census, her mother Alberta was separated from her father.

1950 CENSUS - Centreville, St. Clair, Illinois ^[3]

Estella Murry 55, head, widowed, born Mississippi, Negro

Alberta Peel 30, dau, separated. born Mississippi, Negro

Clara Peel 13, grandau, born Illinois, Negro

She married Edward Johnson on March 24, 1970 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California. She was 32 years old and he was 75.^[4]

Clara died at the age of 69 on June 4, 2006 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California and was interred in an outside crypt in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California. The Plot is Capistrano Gardens, Panel 43.^[5][6]

U.S., SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS & CLAIM INDEX

Name: Clara Estella Peal [Clara Estella Johnson] [Clara Johnson]

Race: Black

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1937

Birth Place: East St Louis, Illinois

Death Date: 4 Jun 2006

Father: John Peal

Mother: Alberta Richmond

NOTES --

Jun 1954: Name listed as CLARA ESTELLA PEAL

Mar 1970: Name listed as CLARA ESTELLA JOHNSON

22 Oct 1984: Name listed as CLARA E R JOHNSON

30 Jun 2006: Name listed as CLARA E JOHNSON

Crypt Inscription

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

CLARA E. R. JOHNSON

SIS. TRUEVINE

1937-2006

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9MXP-6247 : 8 January 2021), Household of Clara E Peals, Centreville Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-37, sheet 61A, line 18, family 467, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 879.
2. ↑ VIEW the 1940 CENSUS for Alberta Peal and Estella Murray
3. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Centreville, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: 4453; Sheet Number: 77; Enumeration District: 82-82
4. ↑ "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V62L-R24 : 27 November 2014), Edward Johnson and Clara E Peal, 24 Mar 1970; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles City, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:D16Y-FZM : 11 January 2021), Clara E Johnson, 04 Jun 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #168842514

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