Alice Lucille Johnson was born on November 6, 1920 in Sumner, Levy County, Florida.
Her parents were Katie DuBose Johnson (born December, 27 1894 in Ellisville, Florida – died December 3, 1952 in Jacksonville, Florida) and John Victor ("Victor") Johnson (born "Johan Vicktor Johansson Bäckman") on April 30, 1881 in the parish of Sideby on the western coast of Finland in Ostrobothnia between Kristinestad and Björneborg in the parish of Vasa, a community where schools, language and customs were Swedish. His parents (Johan Gustafsson Bäckman and Wendla Sofia Abrahamsdotter Högback) were Swedish Finns. Five of the seven children in his family who lived to adulthood immigrated to America.
According to Victor's Mercantile Marine Fräjdebok, or inscription document, Victor enrolled at the Åland Mercantile Marine office at Wårdö (Vårdö in the Åland Islands) at the age of 18 on December 6, 1899. The Åland Mercantile Marine sailed under the Russian Flag because Finland was under Russian rule at that time. His Fräjdebok lists information about his service, the ports of call, and the names of the large sailing ships (barques or square-riggers) on which he served as the ship's carpenter, second mate, and constable. His performance evaluations indicated that he was a capable young man. He told my father that crewmembers in the Åland Mercantile Marine enlisted for six-year terms of service. My father believes that he immigrated at Ship Island (near Biloxi, Mississippi) around 1905, at the end of his first term of service. Ship records indicate that he was a crewmember on the Asia until 1905, after which he Anglicized his name to John Victor Johnson.
Victor married Eva Pearl Adams, who was from the Anthony, Florida area. They relocated to South Carolina, where he held various jobs, including presenting a "Magic Lantern" show. Their daughters Edna Victorine (April 1908-1933) and Martha Wendla (November 18, 1910-January 4, 2000) were born there. They returned to Florida, where he was hired as the foreman of the Tidewater Cypress Company in Lukens, near Cedar Key, a coastal community on the Gulf of Mexico, where their son John Victor "Vic" (December 1912-October 13, 1989) was presumably born. Eva died on March 26, 1915 from a massive infection, possibly uremic poisoning. She is buried in the Anthony Cemetery (Anthony, Marion County), near where Victor once owned a farm.
Katie and Victor married in Worthington Springs at the home of Katie's father, Samuel WILES DuBose, on April 2, 1916. Victor and Katie had two children, Elmer and Alice Lucille (born November 6, 1920 in Sumner, Florida). Katie became the stepmother of the three children from his first marriage, Edna, Martha, and Victor Johnson.
When Alice was born, Victor was the foreman of the Cummer Lumber Company sawmill. According to the 1920 census, three men boarded with them, presumably to help with expenses.
The family moved to Sanford, Florida in 1923. Alice graduated from Seminole High School in 1938 and graduated from Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University), where she majored in education.
Alice married William Taegel in 1946. Her second husband was Kenneth Rayburn. She retired from the Social Security Administration in Jacksonville after many years of work for this agency. She was a charter member of the Parkwood Baptist Church and was a long time resident of Arlington area of Jacksonville.
Alice died at the age of 91 years on February 6, 2012 in Jacksonville. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Phyllis Taegel.
Submitted on April 11, 2013 by Sandra Johnson Witt, her niece
Her parents were Katie DuBose Johnson (born December, 27 1894 in Ellisville, Florida – died December 3, 1952 in Jacksonville, Florida) and John Victor ("Victor") Johnson (born "Johan Vicktor Johansson Bäckman") on April 30, 1881 in the parish of Sideby on the western coast of Finland in Ostrobothnia between Kristinestad and Björneborg in the parish of Vasa, a community where schools, language and customs were Swedish. His parents (Johan Gustafsson Bäckman and Wendla Sofia Abrahamsdotter Högback) were Swedish Finns. Five of the seven children in his family who lived to adulthood immigrated to America.
According to Victor's Mercantile Marine Fräjdebok, or inscription document, Victor enrolled at the Åland Mercantile Marine office at Wårdö (Vårdö in the Åland Islands) at the age of 18 on December 6, 1899. The Åland Mercantile Marine sailed under the Russian Flag because Finland was under Russian rule at that time. His Fräjdebok lists information about his service, the ports of call, and the names of the large sailing ships (barques or square-riggers) on which he served as the ship's carpenter, second mate, and constable. His performance evaluations indicated that he was a capable young man. He told my father that crewmembers in the Åland Mercantile Marine enlisted for six-year terms of service. My father believes that he immigrated at Ship Island (near Biloxi, Mississippi) around 1905, at the end of his first term of service. Ship records indicate that he was a crewmember on the Asia until 1905, after which he Anglicized his name to John Victor Johnson.
Victor married Eva Pearl Adams, who was from the Anthony, Florida area. They relocated to South Carolina, where he held various jobs, including presenting a "Magic Lantern" show. Their daughters Edna Victorine (April 1908-1933) and Martha Wendla (November 18, 1910-January 4, 2000) were born there. They returned to Florida, where he was hired as the foreman of the Tidewater Cypress Company in Lukens, near Cedar Key, a coastal community on the Gulf of Mexico, where their son John Victor "Vic" (December 1912-October 13, 1989) was presumably born. Eva died on March 26, 1915 from a massive infection, possibly uremic poisoning. She is buried in the Anthony Cemetery (Anthony, Marion County), near where Victor once owned a farm.
Katie and Victor married in Worthington Springs at the home of Katie's father, Samuel WILES DuBose, on April 2, 1916. Victor and Katie had two children, Elmer and Alice Lucille (born November 6, 1920 in Sumner, Florida). Katie became the stepmother of the three children from his first marriage, Edna, Martha, and Victor Johnson.
When Alice was born, Victor was the foreman of the Cummer Lumber Company sawmill. According to the 1920 census, three men boarded with them, presumably to help with expenses.
The family moved to Sanford, Florida in 1923. Alice graduated from Seminole High School in 1938 and graduated from Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University), where she majored in education.
Alice married William Taegel in 1946. Her second husband was Kenneth Rayburn. She retired from the Social Security Administration in Jacksonville after many years of work for this agency. She was a charter member of the Parkwood Baptist Church and was a long time resident of Arlington area of Jacksonville.
Alice died at the age of 91 years on February 6, 2012 in Jacksonville. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Phyllis Taegel.
Submitted on April 11, 2013 by Sandra Johnson Witt, her niece
Alice Lucille Johnson was born on November 6, 1920 in Sumner, Levy County, Florida.
Her parents were Katie DuBose Johnson (born December, 27 1894 in Ellisville, Florida – died December 3, 1952 in Jacksonville, Florida) and John Victor ("Victor") Johnson (born "Johan Vicktor Johansson Bäckman") on April 30, 1881 in the parish of Sideby on the western coast of Finland in Ostrobothnia between Kristinestad and Björneborg in the parish of Vasa, a community where schools, language and customs were Swedish. His parents (Johan Gustafsson Bäckman and Wendla Sofia Abrahamsdotter Högback) were Swedish Finns. Five of the seven children in his family who lived to adulthood immigrated to America.
According to Victor's Mercantile Marine Fräjdebok, or inscription document, Victor enrolled at the Åland Mercantile Marine office at Wårdö (Vårdö in the Åland Islands) at the age of 18 on December 6, 1899. The Åland Mercantile Marine sailed under the Russian Flag because Finland was under Russian rule at that time. His Fräjdebok lists information about his service, the ports of call, and the names of the large sailing ships (barques or square-riggers) on which he served as the ship's carpenter, second mate, and constable. His performance evaluations indicated that he was a capable young man. He told my father that crewmembers in the Åland Mercantile Marine enlisted for six-year terms of service. My father believes that he immigrated at Ship Island (near Biloxi, Mississippi) around 1905, at the end of his first term of service. Ship records indicate that he was a crewmember on the Asia until 1905, after which he Anglicized his name to John Victor Johnson.
Victor married Eva Pearl Adams, who was from the Anthony, Florida area. They relocated to South Carolina, where he held various jobs, including presenting a "Magic Lantern" show. Their daughters Edna Victorine (April 1908-1933) and Martha Wendla (November 18, 1910-January 4, 2000) were born there. They returned to Florida, where he was hired as the foreman of the Tidewater Cypress Company in Lukens, near Cedar Key, a coastal community on the Gulf of Mexico, where their son John Victor "Vic" (December 1912-October 13, 1989) was presumably born. Eva died on March 26, 1915 from a massive infection, possibly uremic poisoning. She is buried in the Anthony Cemetery (Anthony, Marion County), near where Victor once owned a farm.
Katie and Victor married in Worthington Springs at the home of Katie's father, Samuel WILES DuBose, on April 2, 1916. Victor and Katie had two children, Elmer and Alice Lucille (born November 6, 1920 in Sumner, Florida). Katie became the stepmother of the three children from his first marriage, Edna, Martha, and Victor Johnson.
When Alice was born, Victor was the foreman of the Cummer Lumber Company sawmill. According to the 1920 census, three men boarded with them, presumably to help with expenses.
The family moved to Sanford, Florida in 1923. Alice graduated from Seminole High School in 1938 and graduated from Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University), where she majored in education.
Alice married William Taegel in 1946. Her second husband was Kenneth Rayburn. She retired from the Social Security Administration in Jacksonville after many years of work for this agency. She was a charter member of the Parkwood Baptist Church and was a long time resident of Arlington area of Jacksonville.
Alice died at the age of 91 years on February 6, 2012 in Jacksonville. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Phyllis Taegel.
Submitted on April 11, 2013 by Sandra Johnson Witt, her niece
Her parents were Katie DuBose Johnson (born December, 27 1894 in Ellisville, Florida – died December 3, 1952 in Jacksonville, Florida) and John Victor ("Victor") Johnson (born "Johan Vicktor Johansson Bäckman") on April 30, 1881 in the parish of Sideby on the western coast of Finland in Ostrobothnia between Kristinestad and Björneborg in the parish of Vasa, a community where schools, language and customs were Swedish. His parents (Johan Gustafsson Bäckman and Wendla Sofia Abrahamsdotter Högback) were Swedish Finns. Five of the seven children in his family who lived to adulthood immigrated to America.
According to Victor's Mercantile Marine Fräjdebok, or inscription document, Victor enrolled at the Åland Mercantile Marine office at Wårdö (Vårdö in the Åland Islands) at the age of 18 on December 6, 1899. The Åland Mercantile Marine sailed under the Russian Flag because Finland was under Russian rule at that time. His Fräjdebok lists information about his service, the ports of call, and the names of the large sailing ships (barques or square-riggers) on which he served as the ship's carpenter, second mate, and constable. His performance evaluations indicated that he was a capable young man. He told my father that crewmembers in the Åland Mercantile Marine enlisted for six-year terms of service. My father believes that he immigrated at Ship Island (near Biloxi, Mississippi) around 1905, at the end of his first term of service. Ship records indicate that he was a crewmember on the Asia until 1905, after which he Anglicized his name to John Victor Johnson.
Victor married Eva Pearl Adams, who was from the Anthony, Florida area. They relocated to South Carolina, where he held various jobs, including presenting a "Magic Lantern" show. Their daughters Edna Victorine (April 1908-1933) and Martha Wendla (November 18, 1910-January 4, 2000) were born there. They returned to Florida, where he was hired as the foreman of the Tidewater Cypress Company in Lukens, near Cedar Key, a coastal community on the Gulf of Mexico, where their son John Victor "Vic" (December 1912-October 13, 1989) was presumably born. Eva died on March 26, 1915 from a massive infection, possibly uremic poisoning. She is buried in the Anthony Cemetery (Anthony, Marion County), near where Victor once owned a farm.
Katie and Victor married in Worthington Springs at the home of Katie's father, Samuel WILES DuBose, on April 2, 1916. Victor and Katie had two children, Elmer and Alice Lucille (born November 6, 1920 in Sumner, Florida). Katie became the stepmother of the three children from his first marriage, Edna, Martha, and Victor Johnson.
When Alice was born, Victor was the foreman of the Cummer Lumber Company sawmill. According to the 1920 census, three men boarded with them, presumably to help with expenses.
The family moved to Sanford, Florida in 1923. Alice graduated from Seminole High School in 1938 and graduated from Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University), where she majored in education.
Alice married William Taegel in 1946. Her second husband was Kenneth Rayburn. She retired from the Social Security Administration in Jacksonville after many years of work for this agency. She was a charter member of the Parkwood Baptist Church and was a long time resident of Arlington area of Jacksonville.
Alice died at the age of 91 years on February 6, 2012 in Jacksonville. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Phyllis Taegel.
Submitted on April 11, 2013 by Sandra Johnson Witt, her niece
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