Arnold Raymond Johnson

  Research Notes:

1. Modified Chronological

Arnold Raymond Johnson, b 29 Dec 1940, Meeker Co; died 12 Nov 1988, McLeod Co, MN
married: 27 Apr 1940, Meeker Co
Emma Ellen Johnson, b 30 Aug 1920, Meeker Co; died 19 Dec 1978, Hennipen Co [her father, Arvid Johnson]
Children; 5 children, 1 stillborn [see below]
[1] Robert Gary Johnson, 9 May 1946, Wright Co; died 29 June 2017 Watkins, Meeker Co, MN
m. 31 Jan 1970, Darlene M Anderson - Divorced 7 Mar 1979. 2 children. 2nd marriage, Gretchen, surname unknown
[2] Harold Arnold Johnson, b 24 Mar 1947, Wright Co; died 17 Nov 1993, McLeod Co;
m. 4 Nov 1972. Stearns Co, MN; Rose Ann Kunkel, b 3 Apr 1953, Stearns Co

WW2 Draft .... signed 16 Oct 1940
- confirms birth .... 29 Dec 1915, Watkins MN
- contact person ... Arvid Johnson, father in law
- working for Ben Forsberg
also: a US SSDI record: birth as 29 Dec 1915 at Forest City, Mn [Meeker Co]
father - Ludvig Johnson; mother, Hilma Erickson


MOMS ......... 27 Apr 1940 to Emma Ellen Johnson ..... Meeker Co, cert P-448

MN Birth Index, Ancestry
- unnamed Johnson - with parents Arnold Raymond and Emma Ellen; born and died 25 Oct 1943 - stillborn
Robert Gary Johnson, 9 May 1946, Wright Co Arnold Raymond, Emma Ellen [married 31 Jan 1970, Darlene M Anderson, Hen ..]
Harold Arnold Johnson, 24 Mar 1947, Wright,Arnold Raymond, Emma Ellen [died 1993 - see findagrave]
Carolyn May Johnson, 28 May 1950, Wright Arnold Raymond, Emma Ellen [as of 2017, married ...Sherer; lived Sauk Rapids]
Steven Lyle Johnson, 19 Dec 1951, Wright Arnold Raymond, Emma Ellen [as of 2017, married Theresa ..; lived Monticello, MN
Johnson, 25 Oct 1943, Meeker, Arnold Raymond, Emma Ellen [ died 25 Oct 1943 ]

Emma Ellen Johnson: findagrave, id 210724265 died in 1978 - link to her parents and a brother , but not to Arnold
Arnold R Johnson: findagrave, id 210722395; died 1988
note: Parents: John L. & Hilma (Erickson) Johnson
MNHS cert 1988-MN-030548; records his birth/death on 12 Nov 1988, McLeod Co

1940 Census, Collingwood Twp, Meeker Co; ED 47-3 ; sheet 2B; line 57 - maybe
- Arnold Johnson, age 24; single, hired hand;;;;;;;;; but he was married in 27 Apr 1940 and enumeration was as of 1 Apr 1940
- working for Dilmer [?] Forsberg ...age 32 b in MN and his wife, Gale age 24


Birth: First Lutheran Church records, Litchfield, MN ; image 459,
born 29 Dec 1915; bap 19 Feb; parents Ludvig Johnson and Hilma

and then on Ostmark Church records, image 198
- Arvid Johnson family: b 11 Jun 1878, Sweden
wife Mary, b 16 Jul 1882 at Forest Prairie
then a number of children
with 4th child: Emma Ellen, b 30 Aug 1920, bap, confirmed and then on far right column, dropped 1942 ... no other comment


Robert Gary Johnson, 1946-2017, findagrave obit; preceded by parents and brothers Harold and Charles
180684456
- died 29 June 2017 Watkins, MN; b 9 May 1946, Cokato
- m Darlene Anderson, 2 chidren: Holly and Gary
- survived by 2nd wife Gretchen; children Holly and Gray .. step children
- survived by Sister, Carolyn Scherer of Sauk Rapids; Brother Steven (Theresa)
Johnson of Monticello, MN [20 kms west-north of Minneapolis]
- preceded in death by brother Harold (1947-1993) and Charles*
findagrave, id 180684456 [Sacred Heart, Renville Co, MN]

* I haven't been able to find a birth or death record for "Charles" - however, this
likely the "baby Johnson", stillborn in 1943

Harold Arnold Johnson, 1947-1993, findagrave, 62358421
buried at Howard Lake, Wright Co; married Rose Ann Kunkel in 1972
- notes: an army vet
son Matt Harold Johnson, b 1 Dec 1976, McLeod Co [MN birth index, ancestry]
dauther, Pamela Ann Johnson, b 28 Jul 1973, McLeod Co [MN birth index, ancestry]



MN HS death: one Charles L Johnson; with mother maiden, Johnson, died 18 Nov 1992 but date of birth, 28 May 1927 ?????

Arnold married Emma Ellen Johnson on 27 Apr 1940 in Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States. (Emma Ellen Johnson was born on 30 Aug 1920 in Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States, died on 19 Dec 1978 in Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Ostmark Lutheran Church Cemetery, Watkins, Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States.)