Henry
County Illinois
Photo
Album
Our ancestors were not
just names and dates, they were real people with distinct features, personalities
and interests. Keeping with that, we've begun a photo gallery of
people and places related to the history and genealogy of Henry County
Illinois.
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JOHANNESSON
(JOHNSON) SIBLINGS
Three of the four children
of Carl & Emma Johannesson
They are (L-R)
August Wilhelm "Will"
Johnson (1872-1934)
Carl Peter Algot "Algert"
Johnson (1867-1956)
and Hilda Antilia "Tillie"
Johnson Maher (1874-1929) seated.
Will is buried in Hayfield,
Minnesota.
Algert is buried in
Woodhull, Ill.
Tillie is buried at
Viola, Ill.
Contributed by Gary
Jacobson of Rochester MN
Will was my great grandfather
(mothers mothers father). |
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Wedding
of August Wilhelm "Will" Johnson
and Ida Olga Cecilia
"Olga" Magnusson
21 December 1907
Woodhull, Illinois.
They were married at
the Swedish Lutheran parsonage.
Olga came from Döderhult
in Småland, Sweden
in 1903. Her
sister Hannah (Mrs. Frank) Anderson
was living in Woodhull
when Olga came from Sweden.
Will and Olga had three
children in Woodhull:
Violet Cecilia 1908,
Ora Marie 1909
and Emma Rosenette
"Rose" in 1911.
While in Woodhull they
lived on Crawford Ave
now called 6th Avenue).
They moved to Minnesota
in 1915.
Their fourth child,
Robert Wesley
was born in Minnesota
in 1917.
Contributed by Gary
Jacobson of Rochester MN
Will was my great grandfather
(mothers mothers father).
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