Generations Project: The Johnson's (Jonsson)
Carl Gunnar Jonsson was born 17th April 1889, the youngest son of Isak Jonsson Anna Britta Christiansdotter in Goteborg, Sweden. Gunnar was the only member of his family to join the Church, he was also the only one of his family to immigrate to America. LDS records show his baptism date as April 26, 1906, so he would have been 17 at the time. His father Issak, died in 1904, and his mother in 1910, so he would have been 14 at his father's passing and 21 at his mother's. He was a single young man when he came to America.
He must most likely did not immigrate before 1906 (why would he?), but not after1914, when he was married to Hilma.
He was married to Hilma Walin (of the Walin post) the 12th of December, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, where they lived until 1916, at which time they moved to Pocatello, ID.
He's a bit tricky. There's not really alot of information about him. He died April 12 ,1928 in Pocatello, ID, one week shy of 40 years old. My paternal grandmother, Norma Hilma Johnson (daughter of Hilma Wallin) was 2 when he died. Gunnar and Hilma had 4 daughters at the time of his passing, Margaret, Thelma, Ethel, and Norma. Hilma raised these girls as a single mother and remained a widow for 36 years.
He was married to Hilma Walin (of the Walin post) the 12th of December, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, where they lived until 1916, at which time they moved to Pocatello, ID.
He's a bit tricky. There's not really alot of information about him. He died April 12 ,1928 in Pocatello, ID, one week shy of 40 years old. My paternal grandmother, Norma Hilma Johnson (daughter of Hilma Wallin) was 2 when he died. Gunnar and Hilma had 4 daughters at the time of his passing, Margaret, Thelma, Ethel, and Norma. Hilma raised these girls as a single mother and remained a widow for 36 years.
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| The Johnson girls |
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| Hilma Johnson, 1943 |
Their daughter, my great-aunt Margret, was born in Salt Lake in 1915. Boyd K. Packer in his book "Teach Ye Diligently" refrences an experience he had at a seminary in Pocatello, ID with a Sister Heaps, who is one and the same. She passed away only this past summer. Their daughter, Norma, is my paternal grandmother. Both Gunnar and Hilma were full-blood Sweed and had immigrated to the US in their teens; needless to say the Johnson family was very proud of their Swedish heritage.
The death certificate lists Gunnar's occupation as "Plasterer" , and provides a street address of 747 South 3rd Ave in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho and that he was burried in the Mountain View Cemetery.
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| Why is there a picture of a toe on your blog ? |
On odd quirk about the Johnson's is colliqually refered to as the "Johnson toe" or medically as a "syndactyly"- a trait where the second and third toes are partially or completely webbed or joined by skin and flexible tissue. There are several decendants of this Johnson line who lay claim to this distinct "genetic" feature, including Norma. I am also one of them, the above photo is my toe.
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| William Wright |
On the 29 June 1950 a marriage liscence was issued for Hilma and a William H Wright.
Hilma worked as a chef at Idaho State University. She was endowed in 1922 and enjoyed temple work. She also enjoyed dancing, quilting, gardening and service. Hilma died in 1976.
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| Norma Hilda Johnson, my grandma |
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| Norma Johnson |
In 1948 she married George Austin Palmer in the Logan, Utah, LDS Temple where they were sealed for time and eternity. They made their home on the farm in Malad, Idaho, and had seven children, five daughters and two sons.
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| Grandma Palmer and my aunt, Maureen |
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| Grandpa and Grandma Palmer |
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| Grandma Palmer and me, 2005 |
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/IDONEIDA/2005-08/1125252248
http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/TheShipsList/2004-07/1090325210
posted by Austin @ 1:09 PM
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