Karl Ture (Johannson) Johnson (1870 - 1944)

Born 29 Apr 1870 in Stora Malm, Södermanland, Sweden

Husband of Laura Jeanette (Daykin) Johnson — married 29 Jan 1893 in Imogene, Freemont, Iowa

Husband of Anna Elizabeth Gilbert — married 5 Dec 1927 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1944 at age 73 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas

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Biography

Charles Ture Johnson born Karl Ture Johannson was born April 29, 1870 in Stora Malka, Södermanlands län, Sweden.^[1][2][3] He was a son of Johan August Pehr Johansson and Inga Lena Jonasdotter.^[1][2]

Charles received permission to leave Sweden on October 15, 1881 in Tornavalla, Ostergotland, Sweden.^[3] He immigrated to the States in 1882 at the age of 12 for a better life, he was very poor. He got off the boat in New York. His cousin or brother came and got him, took him to town and put him in a room and disappeared. He sold newspapers, while doing this a man from out of state told him that if he came to Kansas and kept his store clean, he would board him and put him through school. So, he went to Kansas with the man and went to school and became an engineer.

Marriage

Charles wanted to be a train engineer, but instead married Laura Janette Daykin on January 29, 1893 in Imogene, Iowa, United States.^[4] They had the following children:^[5][6][7]

Children

1. John
2. Janette Maude
3. Mildred Harriet
4. Corliss Charles
5. Gladdie Reynolds
6. Russell Jano
7. Laurena Anna
8. Lawrence Edward
9. Eleanor Alma
10. Edith
11. Deloris Mae

2nd Marriage

On December 5, 1927 Charles remarried to Anna Elizabeth Gilbert in Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.^[8][9][10]

Charles eventually came to work as an engineer in a meat packing plant with his son-in-law, Leonard. Charles had a pet bear which he had chained behind the plant for many years. Until there was a problem with children taunting the bear and grandpa was afraid he might hurt someone. So the bear was put in a zoo somewhere.

Death

Charles Ture Johnson died February 17, 1944 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas. He is buried at Fairlawn Burial Park in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, United States.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Sweden, Index Birth Records, 1859-1947 Carl Ture Johannson, Södermanland, Stora Malm, 1870. [online] Ancestry.com
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930 Karl Ture in entry for Johan Aug. Per Johansson, from 1881 to 1885; from "Sweden Household Examination Books, 1860-1920," [online] MyHeritage; citing from 1881 to 1885, 110337425, AI 19, various Lutheran parishes, Sweden.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Sweden Exit Permission Karl Ture Johannson. 15 October 1881, Tornavalla, Ostergotland, Sweden
4. ↑ Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 [online database] FamilySearch. Charles T Johnson and Laura E Dakin, 29 Jan 1893, , Fremont, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1900 [online database] FamilySearch. Carl Johnson, Pierce Township Essex town, Page, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 7B, family 153.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1910 [online database] FamilySearch. Charles Johnson, Sioux Ward 7, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 207, sheet 1B, family 8.
7. ↑ United States Census, 1920 [online database] FamilySearch. Charles Johnson, Hutchinson Ward 6, Reno, Kansas, United States; citing ED 184, sheet 4B, line 84, family 81.
8. ↑ North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 [online database] FamilySearch. Chas T Johnson and Anna Walter, 5 Dec 1927; citing Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.
9. ↑ United States Census, 1930 [online database] FamilySearch. Charles T Johnson, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 13A, line 20, family 301.
10. ↑ United States Census, 1940 [online database] FamilySearch. Charles Johnson, Hutchinson, Hutchinson City, Reno, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78-22B, sheet 15A, line 9, family 287.
11. ↑ Find A Grave, memorial page for Charles Ture Johnson (29 Apr 1870–17 Feb 1944), Find A Grave Memorial no. 71173645, citing Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA.

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