Friday, December 2, 2016

Carolina Hulda Johnson

Carolina Hulda (Lena) was born on December 1, 1885 and died September 23, 1963. She married J. Alfred Johnson who was born in Halmstad, Sweden in 1883 and immigrated to the US when he was 16 years old. he had changed his name to Johnson from Johansson, as did many of the Swedish immigrants to americanize their names. Lena and Alfred first lived on Rose Hill Avenue; they later built a large house on the first Johnson homestead property and lived there their entire lives. J. Alfred was in the home construction and hardware businesses. Homes he designed and built remain in Smethport. J. Alfred died in 1952 in a car accident. Lena and Alfred had three children.

2 comments:

  1. Hi! How are you related to John Alfred Johnson? I am married to the grandson of Signe Potentia Johansson who was the swedish sister of John Alfred Johnson. Best regards, Åsa

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  2. John Alfred Johnson is my 2nd great grandfather.

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