| 14. |  Leonard Carl Johnson was born on 6 Mar 1912 in Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; was christened on 23 Apr 1912 (son of Frans Ludvig Johansson and Clara Kristina Ivarsdotter); died on 17 Apr 1968 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; was buried on 20 Apr 1968 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Cushman Chuck Company, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Factory Worker, Grinder
- Occupation: Stevens Company Toy Mill, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Fireman (37 years)
- Confirmation: 1939; : 26y 9m 28d-
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Birth:
No birth certificate can be found for Leonard. Parents' ages would have been 50 and 43.
Godparents at his Baptism were Per August and Anna Sophia Johnson. Anna Sophia is Grandpa's (Frank Johnson) sister. They lived across the street from Leonard's parents, my grandparents, in the house I grew up in on Nordland Avenue. There is an interesting story of coincidence: The Rose family lived in the next to the last house on Nordland Avenue on the same side as Per August and Anna Sophia. Christopher Rose started going with Gertrude, the adopted child of Frank Johnson and his wife, Beatrice (She was Beatrice's child by her first marriage) who moved or built the house next door to his parents (which later became the Polish family's house). This Frank Johnson was the son of Anna Sophia (aka: Faster which means aunt in Swedish) and Pehr August Johnson. (Anna Sophia was Grandpa's sister, therefore this Frank Johnson was his nephew). Anyway, Bill Hick bought Pehr and Anna Sophia's house - I guess after they died - haven't researched the land records. Later he sold it to the Reil family. And, after Len
Leonard married Mildred Prentice on Yes, date unknown. Mildred was born on 31 Aug 1915 in Vernon, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA; died on 9 May 1994 in El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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