Niels Christian Augustine "Chris" Johnson was a farmer and blacksmith. Danish parish, census, and immigration records indicate that Chris Johnson used three different surnames (Jensen, Nielsen and Johnson) during his lifetime; he more frequently called himself "N. C. A. Johnson".
Chris was born in 1868 in Lendum parish, Hjørring county, Denmark. Lendum is between the towns of Hjørring and Frederikshavn in northern Jutland. According to the Lendum parish records, Chris was the son of Niels Peter Jensen and Kristine Vilhelmine Nielsen, and had the birth name of Niels Kristjan Jensen.
Around 1872, Chris's father, Niels Peter Jensen, immigrated to the United States with his wife, Marie, and their oldest child, leaving Chris in Denmark with Chris's mother. In the United States, Nels Peter Jensen became Nels Peter Johnson.
In 1876 in Lendum parish, Chris's mother, Kristine Vilhelmine Nielsen, married a laborer named Christian Nielsen and moved to Ugilt parish, between the town of Hjørring and the village of Lendum. In the 1880 Danish census transcript, Chris appears in the household of his mother and stepfather as "Niels Chri: Agust Nielsen".
Early in 1889, when he was 21, Chris emigrated from Ugilt parish using the name "Niels Chr. Nielsen". Some time after Chris immigrated, he took on his father's American surname of Johnson, which Chris apparently used for the rest of his life.
Chris married Annie Dorothy Larson on October 28, 1897, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They had five children in 10 years.
Dorothy "Dollie" Christena 1898 – 1990
Minnie Marie 1900 – 2001
Nels C "Sonny" Johnson 1902 – 1906
Marvin Chris Johnson 1905 – 1993
Florence Evelyn 1908 – 1966
After Chris Johnson and Annie Larsen married in 1897, they first lived in northwestern Boomer Township, Section 6. In the 1902 Pottawattamie County plat book, N. C. A. Johnson is listed as the owner of an 80-acre farm in Section 6. This was one of the first farms in Boomer Township, having been established by Dominick Heagney, who later served in the Civil War, before 1860. I believe Chris and Annie's first two children were born on this Boomer Township farm.
From 1902 to 1906 the Chris Johnson family lived south of Pacific Junction, Iowa, in a square stone house. In the 1905 Iowa census the N. C. A. Johnson family appears in Lyons Township with a Glenwood address. I believe the Pacific Junction farm is where their third and fourth children were born.
1906 was not a good year for the Chris Johnson family. During the year 1906 Chris became ill and was hospitalized for a period of time. It appears that Annie and their four children moved in with her parents in Hazel Dell Township for a time. Around Thanksgiving in 1906 Chris and Annie's older son, little Sonny Johnson, died.
In 1907 Chris and Annie and their children moved back to northwestern Boomer Township where they bought 80 acres in Section 5 from Jens Pedersen. I believe their fifth and final child was born on their new Boomer Township farm. This farm was also where Niels (Christensen) Larsen, who was Annie's father, spent the final years of his life. The Chris Johnson family lived on this farm for over thirty years. No trace of the farmstead is surviving as of 2011.
After leaving farming around 1938, Chris and Annie lived in Hazel Dell Township for a few years while Chris ran a gas station on county road L34, which was then known as county road K.
Before April 1940 Chris and Annie retired to 408 Spencer St. in Council Bluffs, where they were living when Chris died in a Council Bluffs hospital two years later on July 8, 1942, at the age of 74. After Chris's death, Annie moved to 121 Platner St. in Council Bluffs, where she was living when she fell on the street and broke her hip.
Chris and Annie Johnson are interred in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Boomer Township, as is their child, Sonny.
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~ DEAR ANCESTOR ~
Your tombstone stands among the rest,
neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care;
it is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist;
you died, and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you,
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
so long ago
Spreads out among the ones you left,
who would have loved you so.
I wonder how you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
-Author Unknown
Chris was born in 1868 in Lendum parish, Hjørring county, Denmark. Lendum is between the towns of Hjørring and Frederikshavn in northern Jutland. According to the Lendum parish records, Chris was the son of Niels Peter Jensen and Kristine Vilhelmine Nielsen, and had the birth name of Niels Kristjan Jensen.
Around 1872, Chris's father, Niels Peter Jensen, immigrated to the United States with his wife, Marie, and their oldest child, leaving Chris in Denmark with Chris's mother. In the United States, Nels Peter Jensen became Nels Peter Johnson.
In 1876 in Lendum parish, Chris's mother, Kristine Vilhelmine Nielsen, married a laborer named Christian Nielsen and moved to Ugilt parish, between the town of Hjørring and the village of Lendum. In the 1880 Danish census transcript, Chris appears in the household of his mother and stepfather as "Niels Chri: Agust Nielsen".
Early in 1889, when he was 21, Chris emigrated from Ugilt parish using the name "Niels Chr. Nielsen". Some time after Chris immigrated, he took on his father's American surname of Johnson, which Chris apparently used for the rest of his life.
Chris married Annie Dorothy Larson on October 28, 1897, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They had five children in 10 years.
Dorothy "Dollie" Christena 1898 – 1990
Minnie Marie 1900 – 2001
Nels C "Sonny" Johnson 1902 – 1906
Marvin Chris Johnson 1905 – 1993
Florence Evelyn 1908 – 1966
After Chris Johnson and Annie Larsen married in 1897, they first lived in northwestern Boomer Township, Section 6. In the 1902 Pottawattamie County plat book, N. C. A. Johnson is listed as the owner of an 80-acre farm in Section 6. This was one of the first farms in Boomer Township, having been established by Dominick Heagney, who later served in the Civil War, before 1860. I believe Chris and Annie's first two children were born on this Boomer Township farm.
From 1902 to 1906 the Chris Johnson family lived south of Pacific Junction, Iowa, in a square stone house. In the 1905 Iowa census the N. C. A. Johnson family appears in Lyons Township with a Glenwood address. I believe the Pacific Junction farm is where their third and fourth children were born.
1906 was not a good year for the Chris Johnson family. During the year 1906 Chris became ill and was hospitalized for a period of time. It appears that Annie and their four children moved in with her parents in Hazel Dell Township for a time. Around Thanksgiving in 1906 Chris and Annie's older son, little Sonny Johnson, died.
In 1907 Chris and Annie and their children moved back to northwestern Boomer Township where they bought 80 acres in Section 5 from Jens Pedersen. I believe their fifth and final child was born on their new Boomer Township farm. This farm was also where Niels (Christensen) Larsen, who was Annie's father, spent the final years of his life. The Chris Johnson family lived on this farm for over thirty years. No trace of the farmstead is surviving as of 2011.
After leaving farming around 1938, Chris and Annie lived in Hazel Dell Township for a few years while Chris ran a gas station on county road L34, which was then known as county road K.
Before April 1940 Chris and Annie retired to 408 Spencer St. in Council Bluffs, where they were living when Chris died in a Council Bluffs hospital two years later on July 8, 1942, at the age of 74. After Chris's death, Annie moved to 121 Platner St. in Council Bluffs, where she was living when she fell on the street and broke her hip.
Chris and Annie Johnson are interred in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Boomer Township, as is their child, Sonny.
**********************
~ DEAR ANCESTOR ~
Your tombstone stands among the rest,
neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care;
it is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist;
you died, and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you,
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
so long ago
Spreads out among the ones you left,
who would have loved you so.
I wonder how you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
-Author Unknown
Niels Christian Augustine "Chris" Johnson was a farmer and blacksmith. Danish parish, census, and immigration records indicate that Chris Johnson used three different surnames (Jensen, Nielsen and Johnson) during his lifetime; he more frequently called himself "N. C. A. Johnson".
Chris was born in 1868 in Lendum parish, Hjørring county, Denmark. Lendum is between the towns of Hjørring and Frederikshavn in northern Jutland. According to the Lendum parish records, Chris was the son of Niels Peter Jensen and Kristine Vilhelmine Nielsen, and had the birth name of Niels Kristjan Jensen.
Around 1872, Chris's father, Niels Peter Jensen, immigrated to the United States with his wife, Marie, and their oldest child, leaving Chris in Denmark with Chris's mother. In the United States, Nels Peter Jensen became Nels Peter Johnson.
In 1876 in Lendum parish, Chris's mother, Kristine Vilhelmine Nielsen, married a laborer named Christian Nielsen and moved to Ugilt parish, between the town of Hjørring and the village of Lendum. In the 1880 Danish census transcript, Chris appears in the household of his mother and stepfather as "Niels Chri: Agust Nielsen".
Early in 1889, when he was 21, Chris emigrated from Ugilt parish using the name "Niels Chr. Nielsen". Some time after Chris immigrated, he took on his father's American surname of Johnson, which Chris apparently used for the rest of his life.
Chris married Annie Dorothy Larson on October 28, 1897, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They had five children in 10 years.
Dorothy "Dollie" Christena 1898 – 1990
Minnie Marie 1900 – 2001
Nels C "Sonny" Johnson 1902 – 1906
Marvin Chris Johnson 1905 – 1993
Florence Evelyn 1908 – 1966
After Chris Johnson and Annie Larsen married in 1897, they first lived in northwestern Boomer Township, Section 6. In the 1902 Pottawattamie County plat book, N. C. A. Johnson is listed as the owner of an 80-acre farm in Section 6. This was one of the first farms in Boomer Township, having been established by Dominick Heagney, who later served in the Civil War, before 1860. I believe Chris and Annie's first two children were born on this Boomer Township farm.
From 1902 to 1906 the Chris Johnson family lived south of Pacific Junction, Iowa, in a square stone house. In the 1905 Iowa census the N. C. A. Johnson family appears in Lyons Township with a Glenwood address. I believe the Pacific Junction farm is where their third and fourth children were born.
1906 was not a good year for the Chris Johnson family. During the year 1906 Chris became ill and was hospitalized for a period of time. It appears that Annie and their four children moved in with her parents in Hazel Dell Township for a time. Around Thanksgiving in 1906 Chris and Annie's older son, little Sonny Johnson, died.
In 1907 Chris and Annie and their children moved back to northwestern Boomer Township where they bought 80 acres in Section 5 from Jens Pedersen. I believe their fifth and final child was born on their new Boomer Township farm. This farm was also where Niels (Christensen) Larsen, who was Annie's father, spent the final years of his life. The Chris Johnson family lived on this farm for over thirty years. No trace of the farmstead is surviving as of 2011.
After leaving farming around 1938, Chris and Annie lived in Hazel Dell Township for a few years while Chris ran a gas station on county road L34, which was then known as county road K.
Before April 1940 Chris and Annie retired to 408 Spencer St. in Council Bluffs, where they were living when Chris died in a Council Bluffs hospital two years later on July 8, 1942, at the age of 74. After Chris's death, Annie moved to 121 Platner St. in Council Bluffs, where she was living when she fell on the street and broke her hip.
Chris and Annie Johnson are interred in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Boomer Township, as is their child, Sonny.
**********************
~ DEAR ANCESTOR ~
Your tombstone stands among the rest,
neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care;
it is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist;
you died, and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you,
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
so long ago
Spreads out among the ones you left,
who would have loved you so.
I wonder how you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
-Author Unknown
Chris was born in 1868 in Lendum parish, Hjørring county, Denmark. Lendum is between the towns of Hjørring and Frederikshavn in northern Jutland. According to the Lendum parish records, Chris was the son of Niels Peter Jensen and Kristine Vilhelmine Nielsen, and had the birth name of Niels Kristjan Jensen.
Around 1872, Chris's father, Niels Peter Jensen, immigrated to the United States with his wife, Marie, and their oldest child, leaving Chris in Denmark with Chris's mother. In the United States, Nels Peter Jensen became Nels Peter Johnson.
In 1876 in Lendum parish, Chris's mother, Kristine Vilhelmine Nielsen, married a laborer named Christian Nielsen and moved to Ugilt parish, between the town of Hjørring and the village of Lendum. In the 1880 Danish census transcript, Chris appears in the household of his mother and stepfather as "Niels Chri: Agust Nielsen".
Early in 1889, when he was 21, Chris emigrated from Ugilt parish using the name "Niels Chr. Nielsen". Some time after Chris immigrated, he took on his father's American surname of Johnson, which Chris apparently used for the rest of his life.
Chris married Annie Dorothy Larson on October 28, 1897, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They had five children in 10 years.
Dorothy "Dollie" Christena 1898 – 1990
Minnie Marie 1900 – 2001
Nels C "Sonny" Johnson 1902 – 1906
Marvin Chris Johnson 1905 – 1993
Florence Evelyn 1908 – 1966
After Chris Johnson and Annie Larsen married in 1897, they first lived in northwestern Boomer Township, Section 6. In the 1902 Pottawattamie County plat book, N. C. A. Johnson is listed as the owner of an 80-acre farm in Section 6. This was one of the first farms in Boomer Township, having been established by Dominick Heagney, who later served in the Civil War, before 1860. I believe Chris and Annie's first two children were born on this Boomer Township farm.
From 1902 to 1906 the Chris Johnson family lived south of Pacific Junction, Iowa, in a square stone house. In the 1905 Iowa census the N. C. A. Johnson family appears in Lyons Township with a Glenwood address. I believe the Pacific Junction farm is where their third and fourth children were born.
1906 was not a good year for the Chris Johnson family. During the year 1906 Chris became ill and was hospitalized for a period of time. It appears that Annie and their four children moved in with her parents in Hazel Dell Township for a time. Around Thanksgiving in 1906 Chris and Annie's older son, little Sonny Johnson, died.
In 1907 Chris and Annie and their children moved back to northwestern Boomer Township where they bought 80 acres in Section 5 from Jens Pedersen. I believe their fifth and final child was born on their new Boomer Township farm. This farm was also where Niels (Christensen) Larsen, who was Annie's father, spent the final years of his life. The Chris Johnson family lived on this farm for over thirty years. No trace of the farmstead is surviving as of 2011.
After leaving farming around 1938, Chris and Annie lived in Hazel Dell Township for a few years while Chris ran a gas station on county road L34, which was then known as county road K.
Before April 1940 Chris and Annie retired to 408 Spencer St. in Council Bluffs, where they were living when Chris died in a Council Bluffs hospital two years later on July 8, 1942, at the age of 74. After Chris's death, Annie moved to 121 Platner St. in Council Bluffs, where she was living when she fell on the street and broke her hip.
Chris and Annie Johnson are interred in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Boomer Township, as is their child, Sonny.
**********************
~ DEAR ANCESTOR ~
Your tombstone stands among the rest,
neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care;
it is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist;
you died, and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you,
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
so long ago
Spreads out among the ones you left,
who would have loved you so.
I wonder how you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
-Author Unknown
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