Paul M Johnson, b. January 2 1862 in Skogn, Norway
Started by ragnarsandberg · 2011-01-26
ragnarsandberg · 2011-01-26#1
Looking for descendants of Paul M Johnson, b. January 2nd 1862 in Skogn, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Paul emigrated in 1885 from Trondheim to Pittstown, Pennsylvania and sometime later married Angelica Still. Together they had a son called Carl, who was born in 1902 in Pennsylvania. I've found US Census Records for 1910 and 1920 on this family, but the URL's don't seem to want to function on this forum. The records are, however, available for free on familysearch.org
Paul was the brother of my great-great-grandfather John. Their parents were Johan Pedersen and Lina Jørgine Støring. Apparently Paul anglicized the patronym Johansen to Johnson after having arrived in the US. In my family we've kept a photograph of Paul and Angelica that was sent to Paul's sister Mette Oline Andresen Buran sometime during the late 19th/early 20th century.
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My great-grandfather Harald Ragnar Sandberg seems to have been visited by one of the descendants of Paul. However, no one in my family took note of this person's name at the time. We know that all in all there were four brothers--Paul Marius, Carl Ove, Hans Peter and Anton--as well as one sister--Josephine Constance (married to Martinius Rud/Rood/Raad) , who all emigrated sometime during the late 19th century.
All the best,
Ragnar Sandberg