Rudolph Maynard Johnson

  Research Notes:

Rudolph Maynard Johnson, b 20 Sept 1910, Knapp, Cokato Twp, Wright Co; died 14 Apr 1994, Minneapolis
married 31 Jan 1942, Grant Co, SD
Ethel Christin Olson [her 2nd marriage], b 17 May 1914, Beltrami County, MN; died 13 Oct 1985, Minneapolis
Chilren: Ronald Maynard, 1943-1980; Robert Wayne, 1947 - ; Chery Lee, 1945 -; Patricia Ann, 1942-1942 [?]


1940 US Census, Minneapolis; ED 89-29; sheet 1A; line 20
Walter Johnson, age 52; grain shoveler
Alma, wife, age 49; Lab worker, Water dep
Rudolph, son age 29; Woolery Machinest
Elaine, niece, age 15

Rudolph
marriage 31 Jan 1942 at Milbank, Grant Co, SD
to Ethel O Fahlin, age 27 (divorced) [Ethel Christine Olson, 1914-1985)
Rudolph died 14 Apr 1994, Minneapolis
findagrave, 129722374; Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis
his obit: Minneapolis Star Tribune, issue 15 Apr 1994, page 28
- preceded in death by wife Ethel and son Ronald
- survived by son Robert W (Carol) of Minneapolis; daugther Cheryl (Brad Warren)
of San Diego CA; grand childdren; sister Florence Engstrom of Minneapolis

From: MN birth collection, ancestry:
Ronald Maynard Johnson 22 Jan 1943 Hennepin, Rudolph Maynard, Ethel Christine
Robert Wayne Johnson 9 Feb 1947Hennepin, Rudolph Maynard, Ethel Christine
Cheryl Lee Johnson 28 Oct 1945Hennepin, Rudolph Maynard, Ethel Christine
Patricia Ann Johnson, 24 Jul 1942 Hennepin, Rudolph, Ethel
* there is no mention of her in any of the obits - is it possible that she was stillborn ? or died the same day??? No record on MN Deaths (either on MNHS or Ancestry's collection - but there is one death noted for Patricia Johnson, died 11 Jun 1946, but no other information noted. Newspapers.com has a record of death for Patricia Johnson, but age 6 and thus birth about 1940 not 1942

re: Ronald Maynard, b 1943
Minneapolis Star Tribune issue 26 Mar 1980, p 34
- Ronald Maynard Johnson age 37 of 19991, Highview Av
- died in a Helicopter crash - that he had put together from a kit
- no cause of crash noted
The Minneapolis Star, issue 27 Mar 1980, page 58
- lived at 19991 Highview Ave, Lakeville, Dakato Co, MN
- survived by wife Louann; sons Aaron Specht of Janesville, MN;
Cory Johnson, and daughter Lisa; parents Mr and Mrs Rudolph Johnson, Minneapolis
brother Robert of Minneapolis; sister Mrs Bradish (Sheryl or Cheryl) of Warren, Eden Prairie
findagrave id, 129723473
MOMS ....... Dakota Co cert 5700565; 28 Dec 1974 to Louann Specht
Note: Ronald's children not record in MN Birth collection on Ancestry

Rudolph married Ethel Christine Olson on 31 Jan 1942 in Grant Co, South Dakota, United States. (Ethel Christine Olson was born on 17 May 1914 in Beltrami Co, Minnesota, United States, died on 13 Oct 1985 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States.)