Levi Roan

   Another name for Levi was Johnson.

  Research Notes:

1. 1895 MN State, Little Sauk Twp, Todd Co

- Levi, Ella, and son
- in this emuration district 13 yrs <1882>
- farmer


2. 1900 US Census, Spruce Hill Twp, Douglas Co, MN

- Levi and wife, Ella, and son Harry A
- farmer - rents


3. 1906 Canada Census, Weyburn, Saskatchewan; Qu'Appelle District; group #17, page 19

- Levi, but not wife;
- family 237
- age 45, married, from the US; to Canada 1904
- Sec 6, Twp 7, Range 18, West of the 2nd; post office, Weyburn; Municipality of Norton #69, Khedive, SK

- Harry; single; family 247
- age 19, from the US; to Canada 1904
- Sec 2, Twp 7, Range 18,


++ ++ 1911 Canada Census - appears pages may be lost -- no listing for Twp 7, Range 18, W2

[ not found on scan of 1911, Regina, sub-district 54 -- Harry Roan or Levi ] [ 30 May 2009 ]



5. 1916 Canada Cenus - Twp 7, Range 18, W2; Municipality of Norton #69, Khedive, SK

- Levi and Ella, both Lutheran; both emigrated to Canada, 1904, naturalized 1908
- farm


4. Western Land Grants - Weyburn area, SK (map is titled Willow Bunch Sheet); Municipality of Norton #69, Khedive, SK

- NW Sec 5 and NE Sec 6, Twp 7, Range 18, W of 2nd

Familysearch, provincial land records, Sk; file #1668337; images 484-492
image 486, Application for Homestead Entry; Pre-emption of NW Sec 5; date stamped 2 Sep 1908, Estevan land office
- his residence Royholm, SK
- US, last residence as Long Prairie, MN
- 2 adults, age 48 and 21 and one female
image 487, homestead entry 2 Nov 1904, SE [?], sec 6, twp, 7, R 18
- in good order as of 1 Sep 1908, sworn at Weyburn
image 489, sworn statement, re; Pre-emption Patent, NW Sec 5; dated 16 Nov 1915 at Weyburn
- noting his homestead on NE Sec 8
- address as Brooking, SK
- homestead entry on 2 Nov 1904; pre-emption entry, 3 Sep 1908; patent for homestead, 18 Jun 1908
- lived on homestead continuously 18 Jun 1908 to 16 Nov 1915
- wife and 1 boy with wife continuously living on homestead
- 1909, 1910, 1911; broke 160 acres and cropped 160 acres, but from 1912-1914 cropped 80 acres, then 160 in 1915
- 6-8 cattle; 12 horses on homestead; frame house, 1.5 stories, 30x36, with value of $1400; stable, 38x50, value of $1800; 2 granies value of $500; 2 wells at value of $50; fencing on 50 acres value of $12
image 490
- signed by the Land Agent; that Levi Roan has shown evidence of ownership of homestead on NE Sec 5, as of 23 Mar 1909, with evidence of abstract of title
image 491 - sworn statement of support by Olaf August Johnson of Brooking, SK (image 488 is sworn statement of support by Stephan Blake McMonde)
- image 492 - patent letter for NW Sec 5




5. 1920 US Census - Iowa Avenue, Long Beach, CA

- Levi and wife
- no occupation listed
- house on Iowa Ave

6. 1930 US Census - Long Beach, CA

- Levi and wife
- no occupation listed
- house 1431 Sante Fe Ave

7. California Death Index

Levi
- date of birth as 14 Sept 1860
- father's surname - Roan; mother's - Dotteggan ???

Ella
- date of birth as 20 Mar 1869 in MN
- mother's maiden - Rice

8. Builders of the Great Land, 1980; p 194;

- short write up - no indication of who wrote this, but this was likely written by someone who knew of the Otto Johnson family
- came with son, Harry, from MN
- both Levi and Harry homesteaded
- Levi owned the Tofson land and farmed it -- on p 193 it is noted that H D Tofson had come to SK in 1908 and left in 1930 - he had the NE of Sec 36, Twp 6, Range 19 ++ Levi was at NW Sec 5 and NE Sec 6, Twp 7, Range 18, W of 2nd

- returned to the US and "they have all passed away"

9. From the Roughbark to the Buttes, 1981; page 368

- came from the States
- Harry homesteaded SE Sec 2, Twp 7, Range 19 and SW Sec 1, Twp 7, Range 19 and his father's land was north of this - Levi bought other land in the area

=== note: no mention of Levi or Harry in the local history book, Browsing through Brokenshell, RM ^{1659,1758,1759,1760}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1880, 1880, Bergen Twp, Mcleod Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁷⁶¹

2. Residence - 1895, 1 Jun 1895, Little Sauk Twp, Todd Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁷⁶²

3. Residence - 1900, 1 Jun 1900, Spruce Hill Twp, Douglas Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁷⁵⁶

4. Residence - 1906: Rural Municipality of Norton, Jul 1906, Khedive, Saskatchewan, Canada. ¹⁷⁶³

5. Residence - 1916: Municipality of Norton #69, Twp 7, Range 18, W2, abt 25 kms west of Weyburn, SK;, 1916, Khedive, Saskatchewan, Canada. ¹⁷⁶⁴

6. Land: Municipality of Norton #69, 1906, Khedive, Saskatchewan, Canada. ¹⁷⁶⁵

7. Residence - 1920, 1 Jan 1920, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States. ¹⁷⁶⁶

8. 1930, 15 Apr 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States. ¹⁷⁶⁷

Levi married Ella in 1888 in Minnesota, United States.¹⁷⁵⁶ (Ella was born in Apr 1869 in Minnesota, United States ¹⁷⁵⁶ and died on 14 Jun 1959 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California, United States ¹⁷⁶⁸.)