Virginia Grace (Lowe) Johnson (1909 - 1996)

Born 24 May 1909 in Manatee County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Ward Johnson — married 23 Feb 1929 in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida, USA

Died 20 Dec 1996 at age 87 in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida, USA

Biography

Virginia was born 24 May 1909 in Manatee County, Florida.^[1] She was the daughter of William Jackson Lowe and Alma Grace Harris.

She married Henry Ward Johnson on 23 February 1929 in Bradenton, Manatee County, in a ceremony performed by H. C. Hardin.^[2] The witnesses were Mrs. H. C. Hardin and India Clare Hardin.

Virginia died on 20 December 1996 in Bradenton,^[3] and she is buried there in the Fogartyville Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia's death record and grave marker provide her full date of birth. The date is consistent with her age in the 1910 census, when she lived in her parents' household in Manatee County. "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Virginia L Johnson, 20 December 1996, Manatee County; database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVCF-SS3 : accessed May 2018). Mary Rose, "Virginia L. Johnson," Memorial no. 25259477, posted 14 March 2008; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25259477/virginia-l.-johnson : accessed May 2018). 1910 U.S. Census, Manatee County, Florida, population schedule, Precinct 14, enumeration district 92, stamped page [120?], sheet 1B, dwelling 25, family 25, William J. Lowe household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRK9-YC1?cc=1727033 : accessed May 2018); citing National Archives microfilm T624, roll 164.
2. ↑ Manatee County Marriage Licenses H: 133, Henry Johnson and Virginia Lowe, 23 February 1929; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L94F-MWCX?i=98&cc=1803936 : accessed May 2018).
3. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Virginia L Johnson, 20 December 1996, Manatee County; database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVCF-SS3 : accessed May 2018). "Virginia L. Johnson, 87," obituary, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 22 December 1996; digital edition, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/0FA9BD0AA6ECEB9C-0FA9BD0AA6ECEB9C : accessed May 2018).
4. ↑ Mary Rose, "Virginia L. Johnson," Memorial no. 25259477, posted 14 March 2008; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25259477/virginia-l.-johnson : accessed May 2018).