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Dora Lavina (Brinkman) Johnson (1888 - 1982)

Dora Lavina Johnson formerly Brinkman
Born in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois, United Statesmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 17 Sep 1914 in Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
Died at age 93 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 27 Oct 2019
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Biography

Dora was born in 1888. She was the daughter of German immigrants Wilhelm Brinkman and Elizabeth Schröder [1]

In 1910 she was working as a servant in the home of Joseph Swenson in Guilford. [2]Harry Johnson was working there as a farm hand. They married in 1914. [3]

Dora passed away in 1982.

Obituary

DORA L. JOHNSON

Services for Dora L. Johnson, 93, who died Sunday afternoon in River Bluff Nursing Home after a long illness will be held 1 p.m Wednesday at Fred Olson Mortuary. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Survivors include three sons, Bernard E., Rockford; Harry Jr., Pudacah; and Donald, Mt Horab, Wisconsin; four daughters, Beulah Graham; New Milford; Ruth Hamilton and Ila Price, both of Rockford; and Wilma Cavanaugh, Wisconsin Dells, 27 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren; a brother, Otto, Nebraska; and two sisters, Edna Gibson, Redondo Beach, California; and Hilda Booth, Ramona, California. [4]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KZ-NB9 : accessed 27 October 2019), Dora Brickmann in household of Wm Brickmann, Bremen Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74, sheet 8A, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,428.
  2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKF6-S6P : accessed 27 October 2019), Dora Brinkman in household of Joseph Swenson, Guilford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 14A, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 336; FHL microfilm 1,374,349.
  3. "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-GGVX : 17 October 2017), Harry Johnson and Dora Brinkman, 17 Sep 1914; citing Winnebago, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,059.
  4. Register Star (Rockford, IL) 12 January 1982, page 10 GenealogyBank: accessed 27 October 2019

See also:

  • Find A Grave: Memorial #204199448 : accessed 27 October 2019), memorial page for Dora Lavina Brinkman Johnson (20 Oct 1888–10 Jan 1982), citing Sunset Memorial Gardens, Machesney Park, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Joelle Colville-hanson (contributor 48735492) .




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