Glenwood Lutheran Church

 
Glenwood Lutheran Church: Glenwood, Winneshiek, IA. Image courtesy of Verla Williams. Note: If you look closely, you can see Verla Williams in a pink outfit standing in the doorway.

1900 US Federal Census: Gustav JOHNSON Family

1900 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Johnson, Gustav / Head / W / M / Oct 1854 / 45 / M / 19 / Norway / Norway / Norway / 1865 / 35 / Farmer
________ Henrietta / Wife / W / F / Feb 1861 / 39 / M / 19 / 8 / 7 / Iowa / Norway / Norway
________ George / Son / W / M / Sep 1882 / 17 / S / Iowa / Norway / Iowa / Farm laborer
________ Charles / Son / W / M / Dec 1884 / 15 / S / Iowa / Norway / Iowa / Farm laborer
________ Emma / Daughter / W / F / Sep 1887 / 12 / S / Iowa / Norway / Iowa / Farm laborer
________ L. Viola / Daughter / W / F / Jun 1892 / 7 / S / Iowa / Norway / Iowa
________ Vesta [Esther] / Daughter / W / F / Mar 1894 / 6 / S / Iowa / Norway / Iowa
________ Anna / Daughter / W / F / Feb 1897 / 2 / S / Iowa / Norway / Iowa


Detail of 1900 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Johnson, Wm /Son / W / M / Apr 1900 / 1-12 / S / Iowa / Norway / Iowa

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Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Glenwood, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: T623_466; Pages: 10A-B; Enumeration District: 132.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

Plat of Glenwood Township (1905)

Plat of Glenwood Township (1905). Image courtesy of Historic Map Works.

Henrietta and G. Johnson's farm is in Section 21.

Gustav Johnson Family (1906)

Gustav Johnson family portrait (1906). Front row: William, Anna, and Arthur. Middle row: George, Gustav, Henrietta, and Charles. Back row: Esther, Emma, and Lillie. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Johnson Family Homestead (c. 1907)

Johnson family homestead (c. 1907). From left: Arthur, Anna, Lillie, Henrietta, William, and Esther. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

In late Dec 2014, I had the good fortune to be visiting my parents in Iowa City, and we took a short drive up to Decorah. We visited a few cemeteries and took some pictures of gravestones. As we drove by the Johnson homestead, I asked Dad to stop so I could take a picture of the house for comparison.


Johnson family homestead (29 Dec 2014). Image courtesy of Mark D. Williams.

1910 US Federal Census: Gustav JOHNSON Family

Detail of 1910 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Johnson Gus /Head / M / W / 54 / M / 28 / Norwegian / Norwegian / Norwegian / 1865 / English / Farmer
________ Henriette O. / Wife / F / W / 46/ M / 28 / Iowa / Norwegian / Norwegian / English / Home
________ George B. / Son / M / W / 27 / S / Iowa / Norwegian / Iowa / English / Student
________ Lillie V. / Daughter / F / W / 17 / S / Iowa / Norwegian / Iowa / English
________ Ester [sic] F. / Daughter / F / W / 16 / S / Iowa / Norwegian / Iowa / English
________ Anna S. / Daughter / F / W / 13 / S / Iowa / Norwegian / Iowa / English
________ William N. M. / Son / M / W / 9 / S / Iowa / Norwegian / Iowa / English
________ Arthur F. S. / Son / M / W / 6 / S / Iowa / Norwegian / Iowa / English
Sasson Matilde / Schoolteacher / F / W / 21 / S / Nebraska / Danish / Wisconsin / English / Schoolteacher
Teslow Herman / Hired man / M / W / 20 / S / Iowa / Norwegian / Iowa / English / Labor

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Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Glenwood, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: T624_428; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0155; Image: 1130; FHL Number: 1374441.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

Biography: Gustave Johnson

Edwin C. Bailey, Past and Present of Winneshiek County Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Progress, Organization and Achievement, Vol. 2, (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1913), pp. 267-268. Images courtesy of Internet Archive. See also IAGenWeb Project.

GUSTAVE JOHNSON
Gustave Johnson makes his home an section 21, Glenwood township, where he owns and operates a tract of land of one hundred and forty-seven acres. He began farming twenty-six years ago, previous to which time he had been identified with journalistic and publishing interests. He started out in life on his own account when but twelve years of age and whatever success he has achieved has come to him as the merited reward of his industry, perseverance and capable management. He was born near Christiania, Norway, October 18, 1855, and is a son of Andrew and Anna Johnson, who in the year 1864 crossed the Atlantic and became residents of Madison, Wisconsin, where their remaining days were passed. The father was a merchant tailor and conducted a store in Madison, also owning a farm near that city. He likewise was the leader of two bands in Madison, the Lake City Cornet Band and the Governor’s Guard Band. In early life he had spent four years in Berlin as a musician and had led bands in Norway. He possessed much natural musical talent which he cultivated through continuous study and practice. He was married in Norway and in that country three of his children were born two of whom died in Norway in early life. Four others born in the United States who have passed away are: Julia, who died in Chicago in 1912; Emma and Clara, who died of diphtheria when sixteen and eighteen vears of age respectively; and Carl, a jeweler who died at the age of twenty-one years. The surviving members of the family are Gustave and Mrs. Bertha Muggy, of Seattle, Washington.

Gustave Johnson resided with his parents in Wisconsin until fifteen years of age but in the meantime began earning his living as an employe in a printing house. He worked on Norwegian papers in Madison and at Marshall, Wisconsin, and remained in the newspaper field for twenty years, being employed in several states, including Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. He also worked for nine years in a publishing house in Decorah but twenty-six years ago turned his attention to general agricultural pursuits, settling on his present farm of one hundred and forty-seven acres on section 21, Glenwood township. It is an excellent property and most of the improvements have been made by him. He makes stock-raising the principal feature of the place, feeding all of the grain raised to his stock. He has led a busy and useful life and his success is the legitimate outcome of his earnest and intelligently directed labors.

In 1881 Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Sander, who was born in Winneshiek county in 1861, a daughter of Brede B. and Karen Sander, who were natives of Norway and came to the United States in 1851, arriving in Winneshiek county when Decorah contained but three houses. They continued to reside upon the farm in this county throughout their remaining days. The mother, who was born January 20, 1821, died in Madison township, August 2, 1868. The father, who was born January 12, 1822, passed away October 9, 1905. He was a pioneer farmer of both Iowa and Dakota. He entered land here when Winneshiek county was upon the frontier and afterward secured claims in Dakota, but later returned to this county where he continued to reside until called to his final rest. It was in 1871 that he took up his abode upon the farm which is now owned and occupied by Mr. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Sander were the parents of seven children: Jane, the wife of C. M. Hanson, of Lincoln township; Brede, who died in South Dakota; Anton, who won the degree of Ph.D. and was a professor in the Flushing Institute of New York but is now deceased; Anna, the wife of Rev. C. N. Peterson, of Hibbing, Minnesota: Ellen, the widow of O. E. Bakke, of Frankville township; Henrietta, now Mrs. Johnson; and Bernt, of Glenwood township.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have been born nine children: George, who was an electrical engineer but is now deceased; Charles; Emma, the wife of C. D. Hexom, of Allamakee county; Mabel, who died at the age of ten years; Lily; Esther; Anna; William; and Arthur.

Mr. Johnson has been quite prominent in local affairs and his influence is ever on the side of right, progress and improvement. For the past sixteen years he has served as township clerk and for many years was president of the township school board. For a decade he has been the president of the Glenwood Farmers Telephone Company and in this and other directions has aided in the material development of the district. Moral progress is also a matter of interest to him as is indicated by the fact that he was secretary of the First Lutheran Church of Glenwood for eleven years and has been treasurer for the past six years. His political allegiance was formerly given to the republican party but he is now allied with the progressives. He believes in advancement in all things, political as well as otherwise, and his progressive spirit is manifest in what he has accomplished in the business world, working his way steadily upward from the age of twelve years.

Gustav JOHNSON with relatives in Minnesota

Gustav JOHNSON with relatives in Minnesota (Date unknown). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

1915 IA Census: Gustav JOHNSON

1915 IA Census card. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

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Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

Gustav and Henrietta (Sander) JOHNSON

Gustav and Henrietta (Sander) JOHNSON (1931). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.