Olaf Johnson married Christina Spath on March 30, 1894. The ceremony took place in York, Pennsylvania. According to census records, it was his second marriage. Their daughter Viola Johnson Pearce Gray was born in January 1897 and lived to be 90 years old. Three other Johnson children died as infants and were buried in Western Cemetery.
Olaf was employed as a brakeman for the steam railroad. He, his wife and daughter lived in the Hampden area of Baltimore. They moved to a house on Falls Road after father-in-law Anton Spath's death in 1913.
Widowed in 1925, Olaf Johnson soon remarried. He was listed in the 1929 District of Columbia City Directory as residing at 331 Maryland Avenue with his wife Etta V. Johnson.
When the 1930 census was taken, Olaf Johnson lived in Washington DC with his wife Etta (Neale) Johnson and 15-year-old step-son Frank A. Partin. The boy's occupation was listed as a "page" at the U.S. Capital.
Olaf Johnson died at the home of his daughter on Tuesday, June 29, 1937. Funeral services were held at Suburban Funeral Home in Riverdale. Interment was at Parkwood Cemetery in Baltimore.
Olaf Johnson married Christina Spath on March 30, 1894. The ceremony took place in York, Pennsylvania. According to census records, it was his second marriage. Their daughter Viola Johnson Pearce Gray was born in January 1897 and lived to be 90 years old. Three other Johnson children died as infants and were buried in Western Cemetery.
Olaf was employed as a brakeman for the steam railroad. He, his wife and daughter lived in the Hampden area of Baltimore. They moved to a house on Falls Road after father-in-law Anton Spath's death in 1913.
Widowed in 1925, Olaf Johnson soon remarried. He was listed in the 1929 District of Columbia City Directory as residing at 331 Maryland Avenue with his wife Etta V. Johnson.
When the 1930 census was taken, Olaf Johnson lived in Washington DC with his wife Etta (Neale) Johnson and 15-year-old step-son Frank A. Partin. The boy's occupation was listed as a "page" at the U.S. Capital.
Olaf Johnson died at the home of his daughter on Tuesday, June 29, 1937. Funeral services were held at Suburban Funeral Home in Riverdale. Interment was at Parkwood Cemetery in Baltimore.
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