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Rowena Johnson Grandy

Birth
Death
Nov 1877 (aged 78–79)
Butler, Wayne County, New York, USA
Burial
Wolcott, Wayne County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Name also spelled as Roena in some documents. Wife of Benjamin Grandy, whom she married February 28, 1815 in Butler. Mother of: Electa Maria, Benjamin Henry, Sally Ann, Nancy E., Artheusa Rowena, Stillman Johnson, Cynthia Elmina and William Charles Grandy. The 1875 New York State census shows her as being the mother of 10 children, two remain unidentified.

Her parents have been identified as Elijah and Unity Estey Johnson of Massachusetts. Proof comes from a news item in The Lake Shore News (Wolcott, NY) dated January 15, 1924 in an article pertaining to her son, Stillman Johnson Grandy. It states "Mr. Grandy's mother was a Johnson, sister of the late Ansel Johnson, who was the father of the late Calvin B. Johnson of the Richardson's Corners neighborhood."

Her brother Ansel Johnson and some, but not all, of her siblings are named in "Genealogy of Captain John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts, generations i to xiv" on page 130. Paul Franklin Johnson et al, (Pub. 1951), Ancestry.com. The book also features their ancestors.

Genealogy Source - Noted as an ancestor in "Katie's Kin, Recollections & Research" copyright Oct. 2020 and privately published by Kathleen Mary Thomas.
Name also spelled as Roena in some documents. Wife of Benjamin Grandy, whom she married February 28, 1815 in Butler. Mother of: Electa Maria, Benjamin Henry, Sally Ann, Nancy E., Artheusa Rowena, Stillman Johnson, Cynthia Elmina and William Charles Grandy. The 1875 New York State census shows her as being the mother of 10 children, two remain unidentified.

Her parents have been identified as Elijah and Unity Estey Johnson of Massachusetts. Proof comes from a news item in The Lake Shore News (Wolcott, NY) dated January 15, 1924 in an article pertaining to her son, Stillman Johnson Grandy. It states "Mr. Grandy's mother was a Johnson, sister of the late Ansel Johnson, who was the father of the late Calvin B. Johnson of the Richardson's Corners neighborhood."

Her brother Ansel Johnson and some, but not all, of her siblings are named in "Genealogy of Captain John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts, generations i to xiv" on page 130. Paul Franklin Johnson et al, (Pub. 1951), Ancestry.com. The book also features their ancestors.

Genealogy Source - Noted as an ancestor in "Katie's Kin, Recollections & Research" copyright Oct. 2020 and privately published by Kathleen Mary Thomas.

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  • Created by: KT
  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83498452/rowena-grandy: accessed ), memorial page for Rowena Johnson Grandy (1798–Nov 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83498452, citing Glenside Cemetery, Wolcott, Wayne County, New York, USA; Maintained by KT (contributor 46789591).