Johanna Marie Johnson

1874 - 1944  (69 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Johanna Marie Johnson
  Birth	11 Oct 1874	Stockholm, Stockholm, Södermanland, Konungariket Sverige
  Christening	20 Oct 1874	Stockholm, Stockholm, Södermanland, Konungariket Sverige
  Gender	Female
  Initiatory (LDS)	7 Sep 1892	MANTI
  FamilySearch ID	KWJJ-JVN
  Death	16 Jun 1944	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Burial	18 Jun 1944	Oak City Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I23181	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Carl Alfred Johnson,   b. 16 May 1843, Nävelsjö, Vetlanda, Jönköpings, Konungariket Sverige d. 23 Nov 1927, Leamington, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Johanna Charlotta Svensdotter,   b. 28 Apr 1845, Bredestad socken, Småland, Jönköpings, Konungariket Sverige d. 24 Nov 1914, Leamington, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1868	Bredestad socken, Småland, Jönköpings, Konungariket Sverige
  Family ID	F10950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Edward Talbot,   b. 25 Dec 1870, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 18 Sep 1934, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1892	Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Children	1. Edward Clifford Talbot,   b. 6 Feb 1894, Leamington, Millard, Utah, United States d. 2 Jul 1974, Roy, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 80 years)   2. Arbie Blanch Talbot,   b. 27 Oct 1896, Leamington, Millard, Utah, United States d. 7 Oct 1980, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 83 years)   3. Alta Ashman Talbot,   b. 10 Apr 1899, Leamington, Millard, Utah, United States d. 3 Mar 1966, Delta, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 66 years)   4. Carl Emmott Talbot,   b. 10 Sep 1901, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 27 Aug 1902 (Age 0 years)   5. Cloyd Alden Talbot,   b. 10 Feb 1903, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 3 Jun 1991 (Age 88 years)   6. Hannah Margaret Talbot,   b. 2 Mar 1906, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 May 1970, Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States (Age 64 years)   7. Alverda Talbot,   b. 5 Jul 1909, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States d. 13 Aug 1992, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States (Age 83 years)   8. Myrtle Talbot,   b. 11 Mar 1912, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States d. 17 Apr 1984, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 72 years)   9. Deon Talbot,   b. 20 Nov 1915, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States d. 28 Feb 1987 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F10945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 11 Oct 1874 - Stockholm, Stockholm, Södermanland, Konungariket Sverige Christening - 20 Oct 1874 - Stockholm, Stockholm, Södermanland, Konungariket Sverige Initiatory (LDS) - 7 Sep 1892 - MANTI Marriage - 7 Sep 1892 - Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States Death - 16 Jun 1944 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Burial - 18 Jun 1944 - Oak City Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Life Story of Johannah Marie Johnson Talbot Typed by her great granddaughter, Sharol Talbot Omer I was born in Stockholm, Sweden Oct. 11, 1874 in an apartment house sev e n stories high, where 90 families lived. I was born on the 3rd floor be ca use we couldn’t afford to live lower down (the rent was too high). The r e were 2 children older than I, a brother Emil Alfred born 7 Oct. 186 5 an d a sister Hulda Sophie born 31 Mar. 1872. Hulda died of whooping co ugh w hen only a few months old. There was also a little sister younger t ha n I who died of black smallpox, Selma Victoria, born 12 Nov. 1876. A t th e same time, Father [Carl Alfred Johnson] had the smallpox and nearl y los t his life. At this time, Father belonged to the Methodist Church and Mother’s peop l e were Lutheran. However, missionaries were now coming to Sweden quit e fr equently and had visited our home many times. Uncle J. P. Johnson an d Fat her became interested in the work. They joined the Church of Jesu s Chris t of Latter-Day-Saints 2 years before Mother [Johanna Charlotta S wenson J ohnson] was converted. Then they began to talk of coming to Amer ica. Uncl e J. P. and family came 4 years before Father could get enoug h money to b ring us all here. I heard my parents say many times how they hated to leave the 2 little g r aves behind. They were buried in a Catholic Churchyard, and there i s a la w in Sweden that every 20 years (because of the scarcity of land ) a new c orpse is buried over the old ones. By now there would have bee n 2 burie d over each of them. There was no playground in Sweden for us to play in, except a large vera n da with a high railing all around it. Here I would stand and watch fo r Fa ther to come home from work. He was always the life of the home an d eac h evening we had our usual romp. We could also stand on the verand a and w atch the boats said out to the Island. Father worked on the islan d and we nt6 on the boat every morning. There was also a big bridge out t o the isl and from the mainland. Sometimes Mother would fix a lunch, an d take us fo r a walk out across the bridge to meet Father where he worke d in a box fa ctory. We left for America about the middle of July, when I was five years ol d , and landed in Oak City, Millard, Utah on 4 Aug. 1878. I can remembe r th e trip only faintly. It took us three days to get to Liverpool, England from Stockholm and ni n e days [? maybe weeks?] from Liverpool, England to New York City. We to o k the train from New York City directly to Leamington, Utah. Uncle J.P . J ohnson met us at the depot and took us to his home in Oak City. Fathe r go t very seasick at sea. Other than that, our trip was a very successf ul on e. Uncle J. P. Johnson lived in a large one room log house. We slept in h i s cellar house for a few nights, then Annie C. Anderson came to visit M ot her. Her husband had just died and she was going back to live with he r fo lks, so she offered to let us use her house until Father could get o ne bu ilt. Mother [Johanna Charlotta Swenson Johnson] appreciated this ve ry muc h. We moved in and in a few days 18 Aug. 1878 a brother, John L. w as born . Father [Carl Alfred Johnson] bought a city lot in the east part of Oak C i ty, just across the street from Uncle’s place. He lived where Clara Tal bo t’s house now stands. By fall our first American home was completed. W e c alled it our ‘cellar house’. It consisted of one large room half unde r- g round with the top part made of posts. The roof was of posts, willow s an d clay. In the north end was a door and a window, and in the south e n d a fireplace with a built-up grate to cook on. Three years later, Oct. 1881, Father got a job on the section (railroa d ) at Leamington, Utah so we moved over there. Father rented Hans Nielso n’ s home, the place where Overson’s now live, one mile east of town. H e did n’t have any money to pay for rent so he gave Mr. Nielson his gol d watc h to keep until he had the money to pay him. However, when he di d have th e money to pay, Mr. Nielson liked the watch and wouldn’t give i t up. Fath er disliked very much to part with his gold watch that he ha d brought wit h him from the old country. It was an expensive watch, cost ing 300 krona s in Swedish money, which is the equivalent of about $100.0 0 in America n money. When summer came Father had earned enough money to buy a team (from Sa m C hristensen) a cow from Annie C. Johnson and a squatters’ right from t he s tate. This he afterward homesteaded. While using the squatters’ righ t h e succeeded in getting citizen papers for himself and his family. Jes si e Jiles helped Father with his business procedures at this time. The h ome stead was right in the heart of Leamington. He gave 2 acres to the to wn f or a public lot, out of the northwest corner. It is the lot where th e pub lic school once stood (across the R.R. track). South of the railroad track he made our home. It was a ‘stockade’ hous e m ade with posts standing up, hewn flat with a willow and clay roof, li ne d with factory cloth. There were 3 large rooms. The Leamington peopl e hel d Sunday School and Church in this home for over 2 years before the y go t a church house built. Father built the first church, after the peo ple o f Leamington got the logs upon the land he gave them for that purpo se. H e was a carpenter by trade, having worked as a carpenter in Sweden , and b ringing with him his set of carpenter tools, and benches for it. Soon after moving into the ‘stockade’ house, Father bought a sewing mach i ne. It was (I believe) the first sewing machine in Leamington and near l y every woman in Leamington came to do their sewing at Mother’s house . He re, at the age of 9 years I [Johanna Marie Johnson] started school . My fi rst teacher was Ann Walker (wife of Don Walker, ?????’s brother) . I fee l very grateful to her because she taught me to speak the Englis h languag e. While living in the ‘stockade’ house, Mother gave birth to two childre n , Augusta Wilhelmina on 7 Mar. 1881 and Edwin 10 Jan. 1883. We lived th er e about four years before Father had enough means to build our large l o g house. It was completed in the summer of 1884. I can well remember how thrilled we were when it was finished and we we r e ready to move in. Father went to Salt Lake and bought a set of furnit ur e to completely fill the six rooms. There was a big charter oak stove , a n organ, two bedroom suites with dressers, wash stands and beds to ma tch , a clock that struck, a folding bed, an extra rocker or two, an exte nsio n table and chairs and a set of flat irons. Then he built a side tab le, c upboard and other things needed. Mother [Johanna Charlotta Swenso n Johnso n] and I [Johanna Marie Johnson] made a carpet during the summe r and sewe d rugs for the floors. This homemade carpet was beautiful because it was made partly from new w o ol which we had dyed many colors and mixed with duller colors which w e al ready had. It was warm and soft as well as pretty and bright. It nea rly c overed a large living room 20 x 12 ft. After stretching it over cle an str aw and tacking it down all around the wall, it seemed like walkin g on tuf ted cushions. The thing I loved most about the house was the stairs and upstairs room s . It was here that I spent my happy childhood days. It was in the fall , s ometime in Oct. that we moved in. Father [Carl Alfred Johnson] was ma kin g molasses before frost, so Mother and we children did it almost al l alon e. Another year or so later another room was added, and Father and Mother w e nt into the store business. Although we couldn’t speak the English language very well and didn’t und e rstand the customs of the American people for many years, we got alon g ve ry well. Father was a good provider and made a good living for his f amily . Mother was a hard-working woman, making soap, lye, vinegar, tanni ng she ep skins for moccasins, preserving pickles and fruit, spinning, we aving , sewing and knitting, helping with the garden, raising chickens, d ucks a nd geese, as well as watching the store. Father owned the first molasses mill and vat for boiling the syrup. Besi d es making his own molasses, he made molasses for many of the people i n Le amington. Our surplus supply was taken to Nephi each fall and trade d fo r flour and other supplies. Father did this for years and worked u p a spl endid trade in Eureka and Nephi, selling such produce as beef, ho ney, but ter, and eggs and bringing back goods for the store. A sister was born, Anna Elizabeth on 8 Feb. 1885 and Mother nearly los t h er life. She was ill for a long time, a year or more. I, eleven year s old , being the eldest daughter, had most of the care of the house an d smalle r children. There was plenty to do for a family of nine. Jus t 2 years lat er on 3 Oct. 1887 Oxil Ludwig was born. My school career consisted of 6 terms in all: two terms to Ann Walker a n d one to Pauline Larsen in the little log school house and 2 terms to E li c (?) Melville and one to Jessie Jiles in the new brick building. When I was 13 years old we got diphtheria in the family. My brother, Edw i n, died with it and some of the rest of us nearly choked to death. Fath e r burned the ulcers out of my throat with a red hot iron and saved my l if e3. I was ill for over a year and Mother and Father took me to the Man t i Temple for my health. The large brick school house was indeed an improvement over the smalle r o ne, and was used also for Church and the public amusement hall. At the age of 15, I [Johanna Marie Swenson] began to go to dances. My br o ther Emil was dance manager so I went with him. I surely loved to dance . There was a romantic experience at that time that was a big joke to me . T he old bachelor, Conrad Beckstrand, insisted on being my best beau. H e ha d plenty of money and a pair of driving horses. Fascinated with th e team , and loving to ride, I went with him a few times. I was truly emb arrasse d when I first became conscious of the fact that he liked to tak e me plac es, and I disliked very much to be teased about him. One nigh t he came t o the house and asked if I would go to the dance with him . I said “No”, b ut Mother [Johanna Charlotta Swenson Johnson] didn’t kno w how I dislike d going with him, and hating to be rude, insisted tha t I go. I went int o the bedroom and fixed myself up as quickly as I coul d, then opened th e window and slipped out. When I heard Emil leave the h ouse, I ran out t o the gate with him and went to the dance, leaving Mr . Beckstrand sittin g in the front room with Mother. He never bothered t o come again. I had many friends in Leamington and nearby towns, and was very happy . M y best girl friend was Mary Textorious (?), of which I was very fond . W e spent many happy house together. The only real boyfriend I ever ha d wa s the one I married, Thomas Edward Talbot, a neighbor boy 4 years ol der t han myself. I started keeping company with him when 16 yrs. old an d marri ed him on 7 Sept. 1892 in the Manti Temple just before my 18th bi rthday . We drove to Manti with a team and wagon. Mother went with us. We staye d i n Gunnison overnight with a missionary friend, then went on the Mant i th e next day. We spent only part of a day in the Temple, and after din ner w ent to Nephi. Here we did some shopping. We bought a little stove , two ch airs and some cooking utensils to start housekeeping with. The n ext day a bout 4 o’clock we landed back home, tired and dirty, yet thrill ed with ou r trip and, of course, very happy. Thomas owned 14 acres of land, and on it we built a 2 room adobe house . W e had some large shade trees and a small orchard. Here we started hou seke eping. This land was located directly 1 mile south of Leamington. W e live d very happily and contented for about a year, then Thomas came do wn wit h Rheumatism and was bedfast for many months. He was still down wh en my f irst baby was born. Edward Clifford Talbot arrived 6 Feb. 1894. W hen spri ng came and the days grew warmer, Thomas began to get better. W e bought h orses, wagons and implements and began farming for a livelihoo d. He als o took up a homestead adjoining our land. Here he built a log h ouse and m oved into it. Each summer, however, we were compelled to mov e back into t he adobe house because it was so hot in the sand. Oct. 27, 1897 Arbie Blanche, a daughter, was born. I worked very har d o n the farm helping make a go of it, as Thomas was still crippled up a nd n ot strong after his sickness. I helped him cut and haul hay, stack g rain , drown quimps, walk to town to sell my butter and eggs, raise turke ys an d chickens, and most everything. It was here that we owned one of the first teams in the country. They we r e big bays called Marg and Mag. We also owned a very smart watch dog th a t guarded the chickens and turkeys from wild animals. Coyotes, weasel s an d skunks were very numerous. While we owned ‘Blaid’ (?) nothing eve r disa ppeared, but when he was gone (Thomas gave him to a sheepherder) w e los t all of our chickens and nearly all of our turkeys. We found as ma ny a s 40 pullets dead in one night. We certainly made a mistake when w e got r id of our faithful watch dog. In the spring of 1899 – Apr. 10, another girl was born, Alta Ashman. I [ H annah Marie Talbot] was ill for a long time after she was born and ha d t o go to Nephi and have an operation before I got well. She was born i n th e log house. After we had secured the deeds to our land, we began making plans fo r a h ouse in town, on the lot that Father [Carl Alfred Johnson] gave u s fo r a wedding present. Here we planted a big orchard, and built a love ly br ick home. (It is the house where Rodney Ashby now lives). In the spring of 1901 Thomas began to get the moving fever. He thought t h at a different climate would help his rheumatism. He first thought of g oi ng to Idaho, then after visiting relatives in Hinckley he decided to g o d own there. He bought a 40 acre farm in the flat, and everyone seeme d to b e getting alfalfa seed crops. We, however, were not so lucky. Al l four ye ars we lived there, our crops were frozen. One of the finest cr ops I eve r saw was frozen early in the fall of Sept. 1902. There was nothing but a log house on the farm. How I hated to give up o u r lovely brick house for that one. It was like a funeral. I look bac k o n those 4 years in Hinckley as 4 years of bad luck. A few months after we moved there a fourth child was born, Carl Emmett , 1 0 Sept. 1901. When he was 4 months old I got appendicitis and was ope rate d on Jan. 22. I left the baby home with my sisters, Anna and Augusta , an d they took good care of him. However, when hot weather came he too k summ er complaint and scarlet fever and died. He was a big black-eyed f ellow , so strong and big for his age. We buried him 27 Aug. 1902 – jus t 11 mon ths old. That same fall a diphtheria epidemic broke out. Thomas and I took the ch i ldren and went to Murcur (a mining camp) for the winter. Underground wo r k didn’t agree with Thomas, he had to lay off so much, so before the n e w year we went back to the log house on the farm in Hinckley . Here 10 Feb. 1903 Cloyd Alden was born. It was a bitter cold night. Wh e n Thomas arrived with the Dr., there were icicles frozen on his mustach e , and I was having heavy chills. The next summer Thomas bought a nice little 3 room bunker house, dow n i n town, because it was too far for the children to walk to school. In the fall about the first of Oct., Thomas and Arbie came down with Typ h oid fever. Both were very bad. There was an epidemic of Typhoid that se as on and several people died with it. When Spring came we were both dissatisfied and low-spirited. Eddie Anderson c a me to Hinckley to visit his relatives (Uncle Charley Talbot and family ) a nd wanted to buy a farm. When Thomas heard this, he offered our plac e fo r sale. They made the deal by trading straight across. They traded h omes , land, implements, chickens and everything. May 6, 1904we moved to our home in Oak City. There was a 2 room adobe ho u se, an orchard, 5 acres of city lots, 40 acres of farm land and a homes te ad for grazing. About 2 years later, Thomas traded the homestead (16 0 acr es) for 39 acres of farm land adjoining the other 40. He also bega n prepa rations for a larger house. He made his own brick and added 3 lar ge room s to those we already had. He also had the other 2 stuccoed on th e outsid e, and added porches and cement walks. This made a very comforta ble home. Thomas’ health grew steadily better and he was able to do hard work. H e w as a good manager, a very energetic man even though small in stature , wei ghing between 135-150 lbs., and made the farm pay. We sent the chil dren a ll to high school, some on to college, and both of the boys on mis sions . This took some sacrifice on the part of both of us, but we were g lad t o do it. It made us both happy to see our children grow up to be go od Lat ter-Day-Saints. We did our bit in Church whenever we were called u pon an d enjoyed seeing our children active in the work. This was our big gest ai m and desire. Our last 4 girls, Margaret Hannah, Al Verda, Myrtle and Deon, were bor n i n Oak City. We were the parents of 9 children of which 8 grew to matu rity . All except one are married at this time (April 1937) and have fami ly ca res of their own. I [Hannah Marie Johnson Talbot] have always been tied to my home with li t tle children and home cares, and never had a chance to travel much. How ev er, I went up into the Northwestern States with my son, Clifford, an d fam ily during the summer of 1925. I saw some beautiful country and enj oyed i t immensely. I also lived in St. George one winter with my husban d and yo ungest daughter. Thomas and I worked in the Temple and Deon wen t to 6th g rade in elementary school. It was a profitable year and much e njoyed. I have attended the Talbot Reunion in Idaho a couple of times, and the y w ere very interesting trips. I also travelled through the beautiful Zi on’ s National Park. There has been some bitter as well as sweet down tho ug h the years of my life. It saddened our home when our baby passed awa y an d I felt as though I couldn’t endure it, but when La Von, our littl e gran dson, met with such a sad accident while in my care, and died so s uddenly , I have no words to express the despair that I felt. Last, but not least, of my sorrows was the death of my beloved husban d 1 8 Sept. 1934, at the young age of 63 years. Only those who have gon e thro ugh a like experience can sympathize. Not in the same way – I do l ook for ward to the years ahead, for I know that I must meet them alone . Stil l – I have many things to be thankful for. The greatest of these a re my c hildren – all of whom I am proud. It has not been so easy going these last few years. Besides having my de a r husband leave me, the drouth has taken the crops and left the farm i n p oor condition. Taxes have piled up and we have had hard times to mak e end s meet. Feb. 3, 1936 I began working on a P.W.A. Project. For 4 months I worke d u nder the supervision of Wanda Nielson, earning $40.00 a month. The n I wa s put in supervisor and worked 6 more months earning $45.00 a mont h. In t hese last 6 months, Mrs. Caddie Lovell and I made 1,020 article s of cloth ing and turned in. I enjoyed the work very much. I guess it wa s becaus e I like to sew. Even before I was married I began making my ow n clothes . I took a course in dressmaking when I was a girl. Since the n I have bee n a public dressmaker as well as the family seamstress. Sinc e most of m y children have left home and gone away, I spend much of my t ime visitin g them. One of my daughters, Margaret, lives in Orderville, U tah. One o f my sons and 2 daughters (Clifford, Myrtle and Deon) are loca ted in Ogde n. Al Verda is in San Diego, and Arbie in Delta. Alta and Clo yd are th e 2 remaining in Oak City. I enjoy seeing my children and thei r families . There are 19 grandchildren in all, 2 of which are dead. Mos t of the m I have helped bring into the world, and been with them in time s of sick ness and need. My life is devoted to the needs of my children a nd friends . Besides raising my own children, I helped raise my sister’ s family. Sh e died leaving a tiny daughter 10 days old, a boy and 2 olde r daughters . I took them in with my own family, which wasn’t so easy t o do, making 1 2 small children in all. Each morning before school, betwe en getting brea kfast, etc., I braided the hair of 8 girls. This last part of the story is written by her daughter, Arbie Blanche Ta l bot Roberts. The last seven years of mother’s life was spent in Oak City and visiti n g the children in their various homes. During this time 4 more grandchi ld ren and 3 great-grandchildren have come making 26 in all. A lot of the time her health has been very poor, but never did she compl a in or give up. Her life was devoted to serving others – never was she t o o busy or too ill to go to one of her children in times of illness, sor ro w and joy – she was such an ambitious, uncomplaining, unselfish person . “ Actions speak louder than words” was her motto and through doing an d work ing she expressed her great love rather than using big words. If s he coul dn’t say something nice about someone, she didn’t say anything a t all. Even though she had a very large family with 26 grandchildren, never on c e did she forget a birthday or holiday – usually making some little gi f t out of the best she had to do with. Her children all looked up to her with great pride and respect at her ab i lities, her great judgment and foresight. They felt that Mother’s advi c e was best. Whatever her decision was it always proved to be a great sa ti sfaction to them. Each evening as Mother looked back on her day’s activities, if somethi n g hadn’t been accomplished other than the daily routine, valuable time , s he felt, had been wasted. She was taken to the L.D.S. Hospital 30 April 1944. During those 7 wee k s there she suffered untold agony and pain. At times, when her strengt h p ermitted, she spoke words of comfort and consolation to her childre n nea r her. Drs. and nurses commented several times on her strong fait h in th e Elders when they gave her blessings, and how sweet and patien t and unco mplaining she was about everything. She died 18 June 1944 an d was burie d in oak City Cemetery 3 days later.