Alfred Samuel Johnson

  Research Notes:

1.

- Haglund database - suggests death in Saskatchewan, but includes ?
- Western Land Grants - a number of homesteads under Alfred Johnson, 2-3 in the Weyburn area
(not noted as Alfred S Johnson




2. Western Land Grants

- Alfred S Johnson; NE Sec 21, Twp 3, Range 21, W of 2nd - this is in the Rural Municipality of Surprise Valley, near Minton, SK - Minton is abt 40 Km south of Ceylon; Twp 3, Range 21 would be abt 10 KM west of Minton (near the edge of Big Muddy Lake) -- this it likely the correct homestead

++ from on-line digital maps - Survery of the Western part of the Dominion - 1904, 1907; www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canmaps

- shows Canadian Pacific Railway (Branch Line), from North Portal to Estevan to Weyburn to Moose Jaw
- west of Weyburn, no communities noted; shows a rise in the land; Coal is written - indicating the possibility for some mineral/mine;
- a bit to the south, community (marked with a dot) is Surprise Valley; the next community to the west is Willow Bunch)
- a dotted line (-----), just north of Weyburn (marked by a flag), west over "open country" and a bit north of Surprise Valley, west to Willow Bunch, Wood Moutain, and East End (marked by a flag)
---- unfortunately, the on-line map does not provide legend; "flag" likely refers to a Mounted Police Station" the dotted line is likely a well known or traveled trail - possibly used by the NWMP between stations?


3. 1916 Canada Census [ 15 June 2010 ]

- not found on pages 29 and 30 (Twp 3, Range 21), Weyburn, sub-dist 04
- not found on page 11, Twp 6, Range 20, Weyburn, sub dist 13 - Otto F Johnson
- not found at Twp 7, Range 18, Weyburn, sub dist 12 - Levi Roan
- not found on pages 18, Twp 7, Range 19, Weyburn, sub dist 13 - Harry Roan
- not found on a scan of Weyburn, sub-dist 13 - includes the town of Ceylon

4. From Roughbark to Buttes, 1981; page 264

- born in Long Prairie MN in 1890
- came to Ceylon in 1915 to be with brother
- went back to Williston, ND in 1917 and married Mathilda Helland - they came back to the Yellow Grass area (a bit north of Weyburn)
- bought the Harry Roan farm (SW Sec 1 and SE Sec 2, Twp 7, Range 19 in the Gibson Creek Area - Kehdive
- lived in Weyburn from, 1920-27 and he worked as a mechanic
- lived there (referring to the farm) until 1965
- Mrs Johnson died in 1979; Alfred in 1972
- three childern - Esther (Brown) lives in Weyburn; Doris (Donaldson) lives in California; David lives in Denver

NOT CONFIRMED: Robert Orville Brown, son of Harold and Esther Brown --- obit at:
www.saskcemetery.com/weyburn_obits_AC.html#B

- born 3 Apr 1945 in Weyburn; died 21 June 2005, Regina; burial Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Weyburn





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Alfred married Martha Helland about 1917 in Williston, North Dakota.³¹²⁵ (Martha Helland was born in North Dakota, United States and died about 1979 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada ³¹²⁵.)