I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?

I just broke my whole family tree, well not the whole tree but definitely the Johnson line. Family oral history says that my great-grandfather Charley Johnson was born Charley Lesane but due to circumstances in the South he changed his name to Johnson when he moved to Philadelphia. But then I found this marriage notice from Mayesville in 1916, I was definitely confused. Here was … Continue reading I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?

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Hardy Johnson Found in Road Construction Camp for 1930 Census

It might just be me, but I get a little excited when I find relatives on the Census living in anything other than a house with just one family. (I’m especially intrigued with lodgers.) A few months ago I found what appeared to be a brothel next door to some folks who share my last name on the 1870 Census. Here on the 1930 Census, I found … Continue reading Hardy Johnson Found in Road Construction Camp for 1930 Census

kenyaDecember 4, 2022December 17, 2024Leave a comment

License to Marry Issued to Great-Grandparents on the Johnson Side

Aside from the census, I have not been able to find many sources about my great-grandparents on the Johnson side so I was happy to find this notice in The Watchman and Southron, Sumter, South Carolina, December 16, 1916. Here’s the notice in context of other things on that page. Continue reading License to Marry Issued to Great-Grandparents on the Johnson Side

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I Just Broke My Whole Family Tree: Are We Johnsons, Lesanes or Both?

Hardy Johnson Found in Road Construction Camp for 1930 Census

License to Marry Issued to Great-Grandparents on the Johnson Side