Langel-Strickler-Hays-Youngberg Genealogy

Swan A. Johnson

b. Apr 19, 1858, d. Aug 3, 1918

Father

John Gunnarsson

     Swan A. Johnson was born on Apr 19, 1858 in Ostad #7, Näsum, Kristianstad lan, Sweden.^1,2,3,4
     Swan A. Johnson immigrated in 1882 to United States of America.^5,3
     Swan A. Johnson married Hedwig Charlotta Olivia Pohlhammer, daughter of Johan Fredrik Pohlhammar and Eva Charlotta Andersdotter, circa 1885.^5,6,7,3
     Swan was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census in Smoky Hill Township, Saline Co, KS. Swan was a farmer who owned his farm. Dora, Carl, Simon, Joseph, David and Leonard were in school. Edward was a farm laborer.³
     Swan was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census in Ohio Township, Saline Co, KS. Swan was a farmer, with a mortgaged farm. Arthur and David were laborers on the home farm. Ambrose, Anna, Benjamin, and F? had attended school. Hedwig had borne 16 children, of which 13 were living..⁵
     Swan A. Johnson was a member of Woodmen of America, a fraternal benefit society.²

Back row: Unknown, Frank, Unknown, Fred, Arthur, Dave, Rick and Lynn (don't know which is which), Ben
Front row: Anna, Theodore, Swan, Olive, Hattie, Leroy, Dorothy, Joe

Swan A. Johnson died on Aug 3, 1918 at age 60.^1,2 He was buried on Aug 31, 1918 at Gypsum Hill Cemetery, in Salina, Saline Co, in KS. Block 16, lot 7, space 15.^8,2

Swan Johnson
Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kansas
Block 16, lot 7
Photo Julia Langel

Family

Hedwig Charlotta Olivia Pohlhammer b. July 19, 1866, d. August 11, 1943

Children

Dora Johnson³ b. Oct, 1886
Carl Arthur Johnson^9,5,6,3 b. Aug 26, 1888, d. Feb 16, 1977
Simon Richard Johnson^6,3 b. Oct 4, 1889, d. May 27, 1954
Joseph William Johnson^6,3 b. Jan 10, 1891
David Johnson^5,6,3 b. Feb, 1892, d. Jul 17, 1968
Leonard Johnson+^6,3,10 b. May 29, 1893, d. Sep 24, 1967
Frank P. Johnson^5,6,3 b. Jan, 1895, d. Nov 5, 1971
Ambrose Johnson^5,3 b. Apr, 1896
Fred J. Johnson+^9,6 b. Apr 25, 1896, d. Feb 25, 1987
Anna Eva Johnson^9,5,6,3 b. Sep 27, 1898, d. Dec 29, 1973
Clifford Benjamin McKinley Johnson+^11,5,6 b. Nov 4, 1900, d. Jan 6, 1988
Theodore Fortenus Johnson^5,12 b. May 17, 1903, d. Aug 5, 1919
Stanley LeRoy Johnson+^5,6 b. Feb 17, 1905, d. Aug 10, 1960
Olive R. Johnson+^9,5 b. Aug 8, 1908, d. Aug 22, 1997

Citations

[S1074] Sharon Sawaya, "Untitled," e-mail to Julia Langel, September 18, 2002, Untitled.
[S1118] Swan Johnson cemetery marker, Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co, KS.
[S732] 1900 U.S. Census, Kansas, Saline County, Smoky Hill Township, ED 124, sheet 11B, line 59, dwelling 194, family 194, Kansas, Saline County.
[S2379] Nasum Parish (Kristianstad County Sweden), 1853-1861, Husforhorslangder (Household examination records), vol AI:7:176, unknown cd2.
[S600] 1910 U. S. census, population schedule, Kansas, Saline County, Ohio township, ED 131, sheet 9B, line 65, dwelling 83, family 88, Kansas, Saline County.
[S1113] Salina Journal, August 11, 1943, page 9, column 7.
[S1117] Hattie O. Johnson cemetery marker, Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co, KS.
[S1079] City of Salina, Gypsum Hill Cemetery Database, online http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/126/168/950/217/…, Swan A. Johnson record.
[S717] The Salina Journal, November 7, 1971, page 7, column 3.
[S1811] Salina Journal, September 28, 1967, page 14.
[S718] The Salina Journal, February 1987.
[S1119] Theodore Johnson Cemetery Marker, Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co, KS.