Johannes Nilsson

Family/Spouse: Lisa Håkensdotter. Lisa (daughter of Håken Ersson and Catarina Jansdotter) was born on 1 Oct 1807 in Västra Brosäter, Bro, Sweden; died about 1895 in Sand ???, Bro, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maja was first in this line not born in Östmark.

Maja married Olaf Ifvarsson on 28 Aug 1864. Olaf (son of Ifvar Ifvarsson and Maria Oldsdotter) was born on 25 May 1837 in Sandsätra, Östmark, Sweden; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 6 Sep 1889, Sweden; : 20y 8m 26d

Clara married Frans Ludvig Johansson in 1892. Frans (son of Johannes Andersson and Anna Charlotta Andersdotter) was born on 11 Jul 1861 in Bodel in Nytorp, Stora Pehrstorp, Granviks Rote, Undenäs, Skaraborg Län, Väster Götland, Sweden; died on 29 Sep 1935 in Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hillside West Cemetery, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On Sig's birth certificate, parents' ages at birth listed as 31 and 23. Father's occupation listed as engineer. Mother's name misspelled as Clara Yararson. Sig was unnamed at time birth certificate was issued. Sig was baptized at the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cromwell; Karl Axel Martin was the pastor. Per A. and Anna Sophia Johanson were the godparents. Sig died from a ruptured abdominal aneurism.

Sigrid married Albert Edmund Hancock, Sr on 11 Sep 1922 in Swedish Covenant Congregational Church, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA . Albert (son of John E Hancock and Abdir J Fowles) was born on 19 Dec 1895 in Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Jan 1972 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; was buried on 28 Jan 1972 in Grove Cemetery, Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ann and Bill had a fireworks stand for many years on their property. The cellar would be stacked high with cartons of fireworks. It was always fun to go up there and hang around the fireworks stand. How thrilled we were when they thought we were old enough to help sell the fireworks! On the Fourth of July, Bill would set off a bunch of fireworks for us kids. Ann was an excellent cook. We had coffee and her famous pies every night when we visited. We always had Thanksgiving at their house. The only family that wasn't there were the Hancocks. Leonard and Mildred and their kids would go to Manchester to her parents for dinner but would arrive at Ann and Bill's house after supper. The party would go on until the wee hours of the night. We played football every Thanksgiving, rain, sun or snow after we ate which usually started at 2 PM. Esther and Tom would always play with us kids. Sometimes, Edwin and Bill would join in. The other adults watched from the window in the comfort of the house. We would play u

Birth:
On Ann's birth certificate, parents' ages at her birth listed as 33 and 24. Father's occupation listed as quarryman. Mother's name misspelled as Clara Evartson.

Ann married William Thomas Hick on 26 Feb 1926 in First Congregational Church, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA. William (son of Frederick Charles Hicks and Lillian Elizabeth A Pollard) was born on 29 Sep 1896 in Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States; died on 25 Apr 1989 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States; was buried in Hillside West Cemetery, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Twin sister to Jennie Johnson. There is no record of a birth certificate. On Annie's death certificate, parents' ages are listed as 33 and 26. Cause of death was listed as premature birth.

Died:
premature birth

Notes:

Twin to sister Annie Johnson. There is no record of a birth certificate. Jennie's death certificate has the same information as Annie's. We have searched extensively for gravesites for the twins without success. There is an old cemetery in Cromwell that we didn't even know existed. We have checked the records there also with the woman that has kept the records for eons but have had no luck. They tell us that they could have been buried in the back yard. Also in those days, people would often be offered space for a "preemie" in a family member's or friend's family plot. In that case, there would not be a headstone, nor a record. Premature births were, of course, quite common and people did not have the money to purchase a cemetery plot.

Died:
premature birth

Notes:

When Helen died, Wallie and his two girls, Margie and Carol, moved back with his mother, Clara. That made a household consisting of Clara; her children, Wallie, Edwin, Edith, and Mildred; and her grandchildren Margie, Carol, and Marilyn. Later, Margie moved out, then Mildred died. The rest of the family group never changed except when Carol and Marilyn moved out when they married.

Birth:
On Wallie's birth certificate, parents' ages at birth listed as 34 and 28. Father's occupation listed as laborer. Address listed as Meadow Street, Cromwell. Mother's name spelled as Iverson. On the 1900 census Wallie is listed as Gustaf A. Johnson.

Died:
His death certificate lists him as a factory worker, machinist in manufacturing.

Gustav married Helen Selena Benjamin on 1 Aug 1928 in Mamaroneck, NY. Helen (daughter of Charles Nelson Benjamin and Lucy Hubbard Warner) was born on 15 Feb 1896 in West Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; died on 4 Oct 1942 in Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; was buried on 7 Oct 1942 in Old Center Cemetery, Cromwell, Middlesex, County, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Pierson's Greenhouses, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Greenhouse Grower

Notes:

The story, as told to me, was that he had fallen down the cellar stairs as a child (6 years old sticks in my mind but it may have been at a younger age) and that he had been deaf since that time. In retrospect, I wonder if he could have had a severe ear infection or a childhood disease that left him deaf. This affected his speech as it had happened at such an early age. He was not totally deaf and could communicate although one had to speak loudly to him.

Edwin always had a large vegetable garden in the back yard. I remember that he and Edith finally decided to pay someone to plow it in the spring before planting as it was so large. Behind the garden was the chicken coop. He had a lot of chickens and we always had fresh eggs and chicken every Sunday as that was Wallie's favorite dish. Edwin could fix almost anything.

Edwin and Bill Hick and Tom McGrath bought a little cottage in the marsh, a long walk from the beach at the shore at Grove Beach. Then in 1946, Edwin and Bill built an oceanfront cottage that they would keep until they died. There the family would gather!! There were so many good times there! Edith and Ann did major antiquing and decorated the cottage beautifully. Someone was always visiting; there never was a dull moment. I remember that every time Sig would come with her family, she would bring so much food with her that we could have fed an army. Edwin was an avid fisherman. It was always kind of amusing that when Edwin came in from his day of fishing at the shore, all the neighbors would come over to see what he had caught. They could be out there all day and never catch as much as he did. He taught us how to dig for cohog clams to make chowder, to dig for little neck clams, to catch crabs, to go eeling at night, to row a boat, and so much more. But Carol and I still made him bait the hooks! For ma

Birth:
On Edwin's birth certificate, parents' ages at birth listed as 38 and 30. Father's occupation listed as laborer. On 1900 census, Edwin was listed as Frank Johnson.

Occupation:
Edwin worked at Pierson's Greenhouses for his entire career. He could grow anything from orchids and roses to potatoes and every summer he had a very large garden in the back yard.

Died:
On his death certificate his occupation was listed as florist.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Aetna Life Insurance Company, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Secretary
• Confirmation: 1918, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; : 13y 8m 2d-

Notes:

After Carol and I married and moved away and after Grandma (Clara) died, Edith, Edwin, and Wallie lived together in the house their parents had built in the late 1800's. Wallie died 4 months before Edwin and Edith died 6 months after Edwin. Ann had died 6 months before Wallie.

Birth:
On Edith's birth certificate, parents' ages listed as 42 and 35. Father's occupation listed as engineer. Mother's name misspelled as Clara Evason.

Godparents at her Baptism were Per August and Anna Sophia Johnson. Anna Sophia is Grandpa's (Frank Johnson) sister. They lived across the street from Edith's parents, my grandparents, in the house I grew up in on Nordland Avenue.

Occupation:
Edith had a reputation as an exceptional typist that rarely made mistakes.

Died:
The death certificate listed her occupation as clerk, typist.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 1920, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States

Notes:

Birth:
On Esther's birth certificate, parents' ages at birth listed as 45 and 37. Father's occupation listed as laborer. Address listed as Meadow Street. Esther's mother's name misspelled as Clara Erison.

Godparents at her Baptism were Per August and Anna Sophia Johnson. Anna Sophia is Grandpa's (Frank Johnson) sister. They lived across the street from Edith's parents, my grandparents, in the house I grew up in on Nordland Avenue.

Ester married Thomas Dennis McGrathMeriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. Thomas (son of James J McGrath and Nora A ) was born on 3 Jan 1907 in Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States; died on 12 Sep 1978 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States; was cremated in West Cemetery, Cemetery Rd, Cromwell, Middlesex, CT, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
We have been unable to locate a birth certificate for my mother. They tell us that it is very possible none was filed or it was lost. Parent's ages would have been 48 and 41.

Witness at her Baptism was W. Foraldranse (or begins with K).

Died:
Mildred fell down the back staircase on 21 Oct 1946. She was in Hartford Hospital for 12 days having been transferred from Middlesex Memorial Hospital, having undergone several brain operations in a time when they didn't know much about brain surgery.

Mildred married Hubert Besat Botelle, Jr on 23 Oct 1931 in Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA. Hubert (son of Hubert Besat Botelle, Sr and Elizabeth Estella Williams) was born on 1 Oct 1911 in Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 4 May 1930 in First Congregational Church, Cromwell, Connecticut, United States; died on 22 Jun 2004 in Higganum, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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-

Notes:

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]