Kenneth Wellington Johnson (1917 - 2007)

Born 9 Jul 1917 in Mattapan, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 26 Jan 2007 at age 89 in Aurora, Portage, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Kenneth was a Jehovah's Witness and served at Brooklyn Bethel

This profile is part of the 122-124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York One Place Study.

Kenneth was born on 9 July 1917 in Mattapan, Massachusetts.^[1][2] He was the son of Irving Wellington Johnson and Luella (Strang) Johnson.^[1][3]

In the 1920 census Kenneth (age 2) was living in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]

Kenneth volunteered at the world headquarters of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society at Brooklyn, New York.^[4][2]

When Kenneth was about 24 he married in 1942.^[5]

Kenneth was employed in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio as shipping clerk for U S Steel.^[6]

Kenneth died at the age of 89 on 26 January 2007 in Aurora, , Ohio, United States.^[7][8][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23RD-5FX : 1 September 2021), Kenneth Wellington Johnson, 1917.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947"
   National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for New York City, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #194099480 (accessed 31 July 2022)
   Name: Kenneth Wellington Johnson; Race: White; Age: 23; Birth Date: 9 Jul 1917; Birth Place: Mattapan, Massachusetts; Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940; Registration Place: Dallas, Texas; Employer: Watch Tower Bible Tract Soc; Height: 5 10; Weight: 152; Complexion: Light; Hair Color: Brown; Eye Color: Hazel; Next of Kin: Luella Johnson;
   Household Members Age Relationship:
   Kenneth Wellington Johnson 23
   Luella Johnson Mother.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1920 Census: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920. T625, 2,076 rolls,
   Census Place: Boston Ward 19, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_738; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 474; Image: 218.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ1N-MKY : 7 January 2021), K W Johnson, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-10A, sheet 85A, line 2, family , 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 2547.
5. ↑ Marriage: Various obituaries and death notices. Citing: Kenneth W Johnson, Kent Record-Courier, ca Jan 2007 (accessed before 31 July 2022)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Death: Various obituaries and death notices. Citing: Kenneth W Johnson, Kent Record-Courier, ca Jan 2007 (accessed before 31 July 2022)
7. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKTD-CV7 : 30 June 2021), Kenneth Johnson, 2007.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSSX-VM2 : 12 January 2021), Kenneth Johnson, 26 Jan 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).