Johnson, Gough, & Dorn Ancestors
Updated October 12, 2006
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JOHNSON: I am researching my maternal grandparents' lineage. The lineage begins with Elvin Winfield GOUGH who married Marion Winifred JOHNSON. The JOHNSON line has lead to Samuel JOHNSON who married Mary Otis in 1747. I have little information on Samuel JOHNSON's family though it appears that he is the father of a Stephen Otis JOHNSON born about 1760 probably in Rhode Island. The children of Stephen Otis JOHNSON were born in Maine and apparently lived in Machias Port (Machiasport), Maine.
GOUGH: I have not yet been able to take the GOUGH line back to 1800. The most distant ancestor that has been traced on the GOUGH line is a William GOUGH, born about 1801 in England, who married Hannah PRICE in 1833 in Deer Creek, Harford County, Maryland.
DORN: I came across information on my paternal ancestry on One World Tree on Ancestry.com that has extended my knowledge of the DORN family to Pomerania (Pommern) Germany.
Other family surnames that I am currently researching include SMITH, RANDALL, BRYANT, and WEDMAN.
I would appreciate any information from others researching these lines.
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Christine Dorn Wahlquist
4609 Idlewild Rd.
SLC, UT 84124
A-United States
cdwahlquist@comcast.net
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- Maternal (Johnson) line for Marian Eileen Gough (47 KB)
Beginning with Marian Eileen Gough this tree traces my mother's maternal line in Maine. The tree begins with her mother Marion Winifred Johnson and continues for four more generations to Samuel Johnson.
- Bryant Line: Emily Susan Bryant to Stephen Bryant (68 KB)
The Johnson and Bryant families were neighbors during several decades of the 1800s in and around Machiasport, Washington, Maine. My great-grandfather Frederick Johnson's mother was Emily Susan Bryant. GGreat-grandmother Emily Susan Bryant was the daughter of Joseph Bryant and Susan Lincoln. Emily Susan Bryant is a descendant of Stephen Bryant who is found in records of Duxbury, Massachusetts as early as 1638 showing family connections to the original Pilgrim colony.
- Dorn Ancestors: Paternal Line (72 KB)
This tree begins with my father Harold Hugo Dorn and continues to Ernest Dorn and his wife Katerina, my ggg-grandparents who lived in Pomerania (Pommern), Germany. My gg-grandfather Frederick August Dorn came to America in 1890 or 1891. Families in this tree mostly lived in Wisconsin in the counties of Waukesha and Milwaukee. Also included are the little I know of the family of my paternal grandmother Isabelle Jeannette McDonald and her father Alexander McDonald.
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- Fred & Julia Johnson family (81 KB)
Fred Norton and Julia Johnson, middle row left, are next to their mothers Mary Wedman Smith and Emily Susan Bryant. Their children and perhaps spouses are also pictured. On the front row right is Frederick Norton Jr. and Marion Winifred.
- Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin vintage postcard (23 KB)
See
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/createPostcard.php?cardNum=747014
- Swan's Island Point (18 KB)
Square lighthouse on Swan's Island; Frederick Norton Johnson, Sr. was the preacher for the Advent Christian Church on the island.
- Elvin Winfield Gough, about 1900, age 3 (17 KB)
This photo was taken of Elvin when he was a very young child.
- Elvin Winfield Gough, about 1917, age 20 (49 KB)
This picture was taken before Elvin went to war in WWI.
- Marion Winifred Johnson, age 20, 1919 (32 KB)
This picture appears to be a charcoal and pencil sketch of Marion; it is signed by Edward Mott, 1919.
- Mary Wedman (8 KB)
Mary Wedman, my maternal gg-grandmother, was known as Bammie in later life. She was beloved and made donuts whenever family came to visit.
- George Melvin Smith (14 KB)
Married to Mary Wedman in 1861, George worked as a mill laborer in Calais, Washington, Maine. A mill accident took his life in 1885 so this photo predates 1885.
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- Newspaper article (8 KB)
Feature article about Rev. Frederick Norton Johnson, Sr. who was the preacher at the Advent Christian Church at Swan's Island, Maine.
- A Short History of George Melvin Smith (1 KB)
George Melvin Smith was my GG-Grandfather. He was a hard working man who began working to help support his family at the age of 8 when his father (Isaiah) died. His wife, Mary Wedman, had some education and taught school.
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