Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameJohn Conrad JOHNSON
Birth31 Dec 1890, Goteborg, Sweden173,67
Memomaybe Sweden
Death22 May 1961, Decatur, Illinois
BurialGraceland Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois
Occupationtelegraph operator and dispatcher for railroad
Education8th grade
ReligionSwedish Lutheran Church
Alias/AKA“Con”
Spouses
BirthSep 1889, New York
Death13 Oct 1970, Paxton
BurialGraceland Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois
FatherOscar B. DRINKWALTER (~1843-1928)
MotherCordelia A. JOHNSON (1849-1936)
Marriage13 Sep 1913, Waukegan, Illinois
Marr MemoObit says 10 Sept.
Census notes for John Conrad JOHNSON
1920 Illinois, Cook County, Chicago City, 15th precinct, ward 31, E.D. 1913, sheet 7B
448 Englewood Ave., dwelling 126, family 129
Johnson, John C., head, rents, male, white, age 29, married, born Illinois, parents born Sweden, railroad telegrapher
----------, Marion E., wife, female, white, age 30, married, born New York, parents born New York
Drinkwater, Oscar, father, male, white, age 76, married, born New York, parents born New York
--------------, Cordelia, mother, female, white, age 70,, married, born New York, parents born New York
--------------, Kate E., sister-in-law, female, white, age 37, single, born New York, parents born New York, teacher

1930 Illinois, Macon County, Decatur City, Precinct 36, E.D. 58-38, sheet 9B
2125 E. Johns Avenue, dwelling 232, family 236
Johnson, John C., head, owns $5000, male, white, age 39, married at age 23, born Illinois, parents born Sweden, train dispatcher, steam railroad
----------, Marion, wife, female, white, age 40, married at age 24, born New York, parents born New York

1940
Illinois, Macon County, Decatur City, E.D. 58-16, sheet 62A, stamped page 319
969 N. Main, household 178, rents, $25
Johnson, John C., head, male, white, age 50, married [crossed out with 7], 8th grade, born Sweden, naturalized, lived in same place in 1935, train dispatcher, steam railroad
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