Edith A Johnson (1893 - aft. 1926)

Born 6 May 1893 in North Berwick, York, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died after 1 Jan 1926 after age 32 in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth: Edith was born 6 May 1893 in North Berwick, Maine. She is the first daughter and third child of William Johnson and Grace Wescott.^[1] Her first name is missing from this birth record on Family Search. An attempt to correct it has been made for the purposes of indexing. See the 1900 Census for corroboration of details. She is one year younger, almost to the day, than her older brother Stanley.^[2]

Siblings: The following have been found for Edith. All were born in North Berwick.

• Raymond William Johnson, born 1889
• Stanley Wescott Johnson, born 1892
• Joseph Bertram Johnson, born 1896
• Viola Pearl Johnson, born 1901

1900 Census, North Berwick, Maine:^[2] Edith, age 7, is living in North Berwick with her parents and siblings. Edith and her two older brothers are attending school. Her father is a grain dealer and owns the business with his brother, her Uncle Joseph Goodwin Johnson. The family is renting their home. Her mother has had 4 children and all are living.

1910 Census, North Berwick, Maine:^[3] Edith is living with her parents on a farm they own on Beech Ridge Road. Uncle Joseph owns the farm next door where he lives with his wife and Edith's widowed grandfather Tristram Fall Johnson. Her father and his brother continue in business together as retail merchants of grain and produce. All of her siblings are living at home. Edith age 16 and her two younger siblings are still in school. Her oldest brother Raymond, appears to be doing the farming. Her brother Stanley at age 17 has not been attending school and is working as a chauffeur.

1920 Census, State Hospital for the Insane, Augusta, Maine: ^[4] Edith is 27 years old, single and a patient. The census provides few other details. See line 17.^[5]

Her brother, Joseph Bertram Johnson, was a patient at the State Hospital in Augusta as well. See him on the 1930 and 1940 Census.^[6][7]

Death and Burial: Edith passed away in 1926 per Find A Grave. She is buried in the small family cemetary located in North Berwick on land once owned be her family along with her parents and at least one of her siblings.^[8]

Research Notes

A death record for Edith is required. Family thought that she returned "home" to North Berwick prior to her death, but Find A Grave lists place of death as Augusta, Maine.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-739C-V5?cc=1803978&wc=71R8-F32%3A1029440301%2C1029468401 : 20 May 2014), Vital records 1892-1907 > Jewers-Johnson > image 851 of 4370; multiple sources, Maine. Birth Record.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-63J1-FJ?cc=1325221&wc=9BQ1-6Y4%3A1030551401%2C1032351301%2C1032447801 : 5 August 2014), Maine > York > ED 245 North Berwick town > image 35 of 35; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRN6-HCR?cc=1727033&wc=QZZQ-SP3%3A133637501%2C138493101%2C138683801%2C158909194 : 24 June 2017), Maine > York > North Berwick > ED 253 > image 23 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6L-36V?cc=1488411&wc=QZJP-Y85%3A1036469701%2C1037222901%2C1037255701%2C1589332308 : 11 September 2019), Maine > Kennebec > Augusta Ward 6 > ED 41 > image 1 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Verbal family history as well as records obtained from Augusta, Maine archieves by and in the possession of Jennifer Hutchins, Edith's great grand neice confirms this census data.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R4Y-WG?cc=1810731&wc=QZFS-5VL%3A648804201%2C649379701%2C649183302%2C1589282443 : 8 December 2015), Maine > Kennebec > Augusta > ED 9 > image 6 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002). Augusta State Hospital. Edith's brother Joseph Bertram Johnson on line 60.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89M1-5WB7?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-7FS%3A790102801%2C792353601%2C792425901%2C792432601 : accessed 13 March 2022), Maine > Kennebec > Augusta City, Augusta, Ward 6 > 6-17 Augusta City Ward 6, Augusta State Hospital for Mental Disease > image 12 of 46; citing 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. Augusta State Hospital for Mental Disease. Edith's brother Joseph Bertram Johnson on line 65.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96089768/edith-a-johnson : accessed 15 February 2022), memorial page for Edith A. Johnson (6 May 1893–1926), Find A Grave: Memorial #96089768, citing Johnson Cemetery 53, North Berwick, York County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Jeff Hubbard (contributor 47361123).