Born in Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter Kreutzer
and Catherina (Liar) Kreutzer
Sister of
Anna Catherine (Kreutzer) Laffin, Mary (Kreutzer) Scofield, George Peter Kreutzer, Frederick Joseph Kreutzer, Rose Elizabeth (Kreutzer) Collins, Aloysius M Kreutzer, Agnes Teresa (Kreutzer) Kand, Andrew John Kreutzer, Kathryn (Kreutzer) McCarthy and Laurence William Kreutzer
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 97
in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Feb 2022
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Biography
Josephine Kreutzer (known to friends and family by her nickname "Honey") was born in April 1897. in Whitewater, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Peter Kreutzer and Catherina Liar.
After her birth the family moved to Beloit, Wisconsin, where Josephine grew up.
In 1920 Josephine married Wallace "Dewey" Johnson. They remained in Beloit, where they had four children: James (1921), Thomas (1923), Wallace E. (1929), and Donald (1933).
In 1953 Wallace became vice president of a North Carolina machine company, and he and Josephine lived in North Carolina until he retired in 1958.
After Wallace retired, they returned to the Beloit area. Wallace died in Nov 1963.
Josephine passed away in December 1994.
Documents
- 1900 United States Census [1]
- Image online at FamilySearch.org.
- Location: Beloit city Ward 1, Rock, Wisconsin, United States
- (Household) | (Role) | (Sex) | (Age) | (Birthdate) | (Birthplace) | (Occupation)
- Josephine Kreutzer | Head | Male | 46 | Dec 1853 | Germany | Tailor
- Catherine Kreutzer | Wife | Female | 39 | Apr 1861 | Germany | -
- George Kreutzer | Son | Male | 12 | Mar 1888 | Wisconsin | At School
- Anna Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 15 | Oct 1884 | Wisconsin | At School
- Mary Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 14 | May 1886 | Wisconsin | At School
- Fred Kreutzer | Son | Male | 10 | Dec 1889 | Wisconsin | At School
- Rose Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 8 | Dec 1891 | Wisconsin | At School
- Louisa Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 6 | Sep 1893 | Wisconsin | At School
- Agnes Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 4 | June 1895 | Wisconsin | -
- Josephine Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 3 | Apr 1897 | Wisconsin | -
- Michael O'Hare | Roomer | Male | 43 | June 1856 | Ireland | Tailor
- 1905 Wisconsin State Census [2]
- Image online at FamilySearch.org.
- Location: Beloit city, ward 1, Rock, Wisconsin
- (Household) | (Role) | (Sex) | (Age) | (Birthplace) | (Occupation)
- Peter Kreutzer | Head | Male | 53 | Germany | Tailor
- Katie Kreutzer | Wife | Female | 43 | Germany | -
- Annie Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 20 | Wisconsin | Shoe ???
- George Kreutzer| Son | Male | 17 | Wisconsin | Apprentice
- Fred Kreutzer | Son | Male | 15 | Wisconsin | Clerk
- Rosa Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 14 | Wisconsin | -
- ? Kreutzer | Son | Male | 12 | Wisconsin | -
- Agnes Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 10 | Wisconsin | -
- Josephine Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 8 | Wisconsin | -
- Catherine Kreutzer | Daughter | Female | 3 | Wisconsin | -
- Laurence Kreutzer | Son | Male | 1 | Wisconsin | -
- 1910 United States Census [3]
- Image online at FamilySearch.org.
- Location: Beloit Ward 1, Rock, Wisconsin, United States
- (Household) | (Role) | (Sex) | (Age) | (Birthplace) | (Occupation)
- Peter Krentzer | Head | Male | 51 | Germany | Tailor
- Cathrine Krentzer | Wife | Female | 48 | Germany | -
- Anna Krentzer | Daughter | Female | 25 | Wisconsin | Teacher, Music
- George Krentzer | Son | Male | 22 | Wisconsin | Clerk, Dry Goods
- Frederick Krentzer | Son | Male | 20 | Wisconsin | Draughtsman
- Rose Krentzer | Daughter | Female | 18 | Wisconsin | Dressmaker
- Aloysun Krentzer | Son | Male | 16 | Wisconsin | Spinner, Knitting Factory
- Agnes Krentzer| Daughter | Female | 15 | Wisconsin | -
- Josephine Krentzer | Daughter | Female | 13 | Wisconsin | -
- Cathrine A Krentzer | Daughter | Female | 8 | Wisconsin | -
- Lawrence Krentzer | Son | Male | 6 | Wisconsin | -
- 1920 United States Census [4]
- Image online at FamilySearch.org.
- Location: Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, USA
- (Household) | (Role) | (Sex) | (Age) | (Birthplace) | (Occupation)
- George B Merell | Head | Male | 56 | Illinois | Proprietor Motor Truck Transfer
- Elmira C Merell | Wife | Female | 53 | Wisconsin | -
- Florence M Merell | Daughter | Female | 23 | Wisconsin | Typist
- Ida B Merell | Daughter | Female | 19 | Wisconsin | Typist
- Josephine Krutzer | Boarder | Female | 22 | Wisconsin | Saleslady, Grocery
- Katherine Krutzer | Boarder | Female | 18 | Wisconsin | Saleslady, Grocery
- 1920 Marriage to Wallace Johnson [5]
- Ancestry.com shared link
- Page at Ancestry.com (Subscription required)
- Name: Josephine Kreutzer
- Marriage Date: 25 Aug 1920
- Marriage County: Rock, Wisconsin, USA
- Spouse: Wallace James Johnson
- 1930 United States Census [6]
- Image online at FamilySearch.org.
- Location: Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, United States
- (Household) | (Role) | (Sex) | (Age) | (Birthplace) | (Occupation)
- Wallace D Johnson | Head | Male | 35 | Wisconsin | Draftsman
- Josephine C Johnson | Wife | Female | 33 | Wisconsin | -
- James R Johnson | Son | Male | 8 | Wisconsin | -
- Thomas J Johnson | Son | Male | 7 | Wisconsin | -
- Wallace Johnson Jr. | Son | Male | 1 | Wisconsin | -
- 1940 United States Census [7]
- Image online at FamilySearch.org.
- Location: Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, United States
- (Household) | (Role) | (Sex) | (Age) | (Birthplace) | (Occupation)
- Wallace D Johnson | Head | Male | 44 | Wisconsin | Manager, Woodworking Factory
- Josephine Johnson | Wife | Female | 48 | Wisconsin | -
- James Johnson | Son | Male | 18 | Wisconsin | Laborer, Factory
- Thomas J Johnson | Son | Male | 17 | Wisconsin | -
- Wallace Johnson | Son | Male | 11 | Wisconsin | -
- Donald Johnson | Son | Male | 6 | Wisconsin | -
- 1950 United States Census [8]
- Image online at FamilySearch.org.
- Location: Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, United States
- (Name) | (Role) | (Sex) | (Age) | (Status) | (Birthplace) | (Occupation)
- Wallace Johnson | Head | M | 54 | Married | Wisconsin | Wood Working Factory
- Josephine Johnson | Wife | F | 52 | Married | Wisconsin | -
- Donald Johnson | Son | M | 16 | Single | Wisconsin | -
- 1963 Obituary of husband Wallace Johnson [9]
- Newspapers.com clipping.
- Page at Newspapers.com (Subscription required)
- The Capitol Times / Madison, Wisconsin
- Fri. 8 Nov 1963 - Page 22
- Ex-President of Machine Firm Is Dead
- Beloit - Wallace D. Johnson, 67, former president of the Yates-American Machine Co., died Thursday in a Madison hospital. He was born in Beloit. He was the president of the Yates-American Machine Co. from 1942 until 1953, when he became the vice president of a North Carolina machine company until his retirement in 1958. ... Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Josephine; four sons, Wallace E. and Donald, both of Beloit; the Rev. James Johnson, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Whitewater, and Thomas, Seattle, Wash; a brother, William, Beloit, and eight grandchildren. ...
- 1994 Josephine C Johnson in Social Security Death Index [10]
- Indexed online at FamilySearch.org
- Name: Josephine C Johnson
- Last Residence: Rock, Wisconsin
- Birth: 14 April 1897
- Death: 14 Dec 1994
- 1994 Obituary [11]
- Trabscruption online at FamilySearch.org
- Name: Josephine C or Honey Johnson
- Obituary Date: 16 Dec 1994
- Obituary Place: Rockford Star / Rockford, Illinois
- Age: 97
- Birth Date: about 1897
- Death Date: 14 Dec 1994
- Death Place: Clinton
- Burial: Calvary Cemetery
- 1994 Josephine (Kreutzer) Johnson at Find A Grave: Memorial #189701741 [12]
- Name: Josephine Cecilia “Honey” Kreutzer Johnson
- Birth: 14 Apr 1897 - Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin, USA
- Death: 14 Dec 1994
- Burial: Calvary Cemetery - Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, USA
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM24-M7G : accessed 13 February 2022), Josephine Kreutzer in household of Peter Kreutzer, Beloit city Ward 1, Rock, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160, sheet 9A, family 188, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,814.
- ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMQ3-59B : 8 March 2021), Josephine Kreutzer in household of Peter Kreutzer, Beloit city, ward 1, Rock, Wisconsin; citing p. 46, line 68, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,983.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPKQ-VPS : accessed 13 February 2022), Josephine Krentzer in household of Peter Krentzer, Beloit Ward 1, Rock, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 91, sheet 1B, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1735; FHL microfilm 1,375,748.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFK8-VK3 : 4 February 2021), Josephine Krutzer, 1920.
- ↑ Found at Ancestry.com, Josephine Kreutzer in "Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records, 1820-2004"; (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/91212136:61484 ); from Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Madison, Wisconsin.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9SG-KZF : accessed 13 February 2022), Josephine C Johnson in household of Wallace D Johnson, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 9B, line 94, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2609; FHL microfilm 2,342,343.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7JK-22M : 10 January 2021), Josephine Johnson in household of Wallace D Johnson, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-19, sheet 9B, line 56, family 205, 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 4519.
- ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9H-MK3S : Sun Jan 29 18:41:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Josephine Johnson and Donald Johnson, 24 April 1950.
- ↑ Newspaper article: The Capitol Times / Madison, Wisconsin / 8 Nov 1963, Page 22; found at Newspapers.com, 17 March 2023; (https://www.newspapers.com/image/522535459/ );
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J16L-JWB : 9 January 2021), Josephine C Johnson, 14 Dec 1994; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q538-WWM7 : 18 July 2020), Josephine C Or Honey Johnson, 1994.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189701741/josephine-cecilia-johnson : accessed 13 February 2022), memorial page for Josephine Cecilia “Honey” Kreutzer Johnson (14 Apr 1897–14 Dec 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 189701741, citing Calvary Cemetery, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Peggy (contributor 48019215) .
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