HEADSTONE says mother. Says born April 24; obituary says April 23.
OBITUARY Iron River Reporter Nov 12 1935 “Mrs. A. Johnson Dies At Home: Resident of the District For 53 Years”
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for Mrs. Caroline Johnson of Ice Lake, who rode a wagon into Iron county 53 years ago, before the railroads had opened the district to less intrepid settlers. She was 80 years old.
A service will be conducted at the home at 1:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon and at the First Lutheran church at 2 o’clock by the Rev. Charles W. Erickson. Burial will be in Resthaven cemetery.
It was March 30, 1882, when Mrs. Johnson, her husband, and her two oldest boys, one of whom she carried in a washtub, arrived in Iron River. They lived for a time in a roofless shack behind the present Piper house, but soon took a homestead on section three in Stambaugh township. The farm was not satisfactory and a little later they acquired a “canal” homestead in the Iron lake district. In 1900 they moved to the home on the shores of Ice lake. In 1925 they retired from active farming and turned over operation of their dairy business to their sons, Robert and John Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson was born April 23, 1855, in Skogelund Hjulsjo, Sweden. On December 28, 1876 she was married to August Johnson. Five years later they left their native country for the United States, arriving in Florence in 1881. The next year they moved to Iron River.
Surviving Mrs. Johnson are her husband, August; five daughters, Mrs. Annie Krans, Mrs. Mary Johnson, and Mrs. Hulda Erickson of Iron River, Mrs. Maggie Olson of Hibbing, Minn., and Mrs. Edna Miller of Oldwink, New Jersey; six sons, Fred of Eatonville, Wash., Walter of Two Rivers, Wis., Andrew, Robert, Charles, and John of Iron River; two sisters, Mrs. Hilda Erickson of Saxon, Wis. and a sister in Sweden; 34 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
Six of the grandchildren will be pall bearers at the funeral service tomorrow.
OBITUARY of John Johnson 1958 says Mrs August Johnson of Ice Lake was his mother.
OBITUARY of Robert Johnson 1955 says Mrs August Johnson was his mother.
OBITUARY of Andrew Saxon 1933 says Mrs August Johnson of Ice Lake is his sister.
INFORMATION FROM RELATIVE great-grandson David Wallace ([email protected]) of Flushing MI.
INFORMATION FROM WAYNE OHLSSON at www.rootsweb.com for Carolina Saxén says born Skogelund, Hjulsjo, Orebro, Sweden. Married Dec 26 1876 in Sweden to Anders August (Jansson) Johnson. Mother died in Sweden.
HEADSTONE says mother. Says born April 24; obituary says April 23.
OBITUARY Iron River Reporter Nov 12 1935 “Mrs. A. Johnson Dies At Home: Resident of the District For 53 Years”
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for Mrs. Caroline Johnson of Ice Lake, who rode a wagon into Iron county 53 years ago, before the railroads had opened the district to less intrepid settlers. She was 80 years old.
A service will be conducted at the home at 1:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon and at the First Lutheran church at 2 o’clock by the Rev. Charles W. Erickson. Burial will be in Resthaven cemetery.
It was March 30, 1882, when Mrs. Johnson, her husband, and her two oldest boys, one of whom she carried in a washtub, arrived in Iron River. They lived for a time in a roofless shack behind the present Piper house, but soon took a homestead on section three in Stambaugh township. The farm was not satisfactory and a little later they acquired a “canal” homestead in the Iron lake district. In 1900 they moved to the home on the shores of Ice lake. In 1925 they retired from active farming and turned over operation of their dairy business to their sons, Robert and John Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson was born April 23, 1855, in Skogelund Hjulsjo, Sweden. On December 28, 1876 she was married to August Johnson. Five years later they left their native country for the United States, arriving in Florence in 1881. The next year they moved to Iron River.
Surviving Mrs. Johnson are her husband, August; five daughters, Mrs. Annie Krans, Mrs. Mary Johnson, and Mrs. Hulda Erickson of Iron River, Mrs. Maggie Olson of Hibbing, Minn., and Mrs. Edna Miller of Oldwink, New Jersey; six sons, Fred of Eatonville, Wash., Walter of Two Rivers, Wis., Andrew, Robert, Charles, and John of Iron River; two sisters, Mrs. Hilda Erickson of Saxon, Wis. and a sister in Sweden; 34 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
Six of the grandchildren will be pall bearers at the funeral service tomorrow.
OBITUARY of John Johnson 1958 says Mrs August Johnson of Ice Lake was his mother.
OBITUARY of Robert Johnson 1955 says Mrs August Johnson was his mother.
OBITUARY of Andrew Saxon 1933 says Mrs August Johnson of Ice Lake is his sister.
INFORMATION FROM RELATIVE great-grandson David Wallace ([email protected]) of Flushing MI.
INFORMATION FROM WAYNE OHLSSON at www.rootsweb.com for Carolina Saxén says born Skogelund, Hjulsjo, Orebro, Sweden. Married Dec 26 1876 in Sweden to Anders August (Jansson) Johnson. Mother died in Sweden.
Family Members
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Charles August Johnson
1878–1958
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Andrew "Andy" Johnson
1879–1960
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Fred O Johnson
1885–1936
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Anna M Johnson Krans
1886–1955
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John Jacob "Jack" Johnson
1888–1958
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Mary V Johnson Johnson
1890–1965
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Jalmer Johnson Sr
1892–1925
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Robert Johnson
1893–1955
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Hilda E Johnson Erickson
1895–1972
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Walter August Johnson
1898–1986
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Edna V. Johnson Miller
1901–1986