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Many thanks to
Tani Sutley of
Bellingham, Washington state, for the great photos and
information on her grandparents, Ernest Ivar and Anna (nee
Case) Johnson from the Birnamwood area. Brothers
Ernest & Oscar Johnson, along with their Uncle John
Carlson immigrated from Sweden and were residents of
Birnamwood from approx. 1889-1913. Ernest moved to Alberta Canada after marrying a young lady,
Anna Case, daughter of Frank Jerome Case, in 1911.
Anna died of the flu in 1918 and Ernest remarried and
raised 4 children in Portland Oregon. His brothers
were nearby in Oregon City, Oregon. Tani is still tracing his
travels between Seattle and Alberta but believes he was
taking work where ever he could find it including working as a driver
of a limo for a Snoqualme Falls to Seattle transportation
company. Tani's cousin just sent her lots of old
photos and she is still putting the history together.
thank you so much for helping us.
"I have been putting
together a history for my son who is not interested now
but may be some day and by then it will be harder to find
people with any memories to capture."
Tani, GREAT ADVICE FOR ALL OF US!!! Thanks for the
opportunity to have your family story in our
website and hopefully others researching this family will
come forward with the missing details. |
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Please click on the
thumbnail pictures to see the larger detailed photos --
Tani has added her notes to them... GREAT PHOTOS! |
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This is a wonderfully
detailed & clear picture of 4 men... and we don't
know their identity. The photo is believed to
be from the Birnamwood area as well. Take a
peak -- you might know who they are! |
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The second photo is 5
young men and my grandfather is in the front row,
right. (no beard). His name was Ernest Ivar
Johnson. I think this could be around 1905 when he
came to Wisconsin from Sweden because of his age. I
know he immigrated in 1905 and was born in 1888 in
Sweden. He looks very young there so I am assuming
it was around 1905. |
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I am also sending a
picture of the 3 brothers, Ernest, Oscar, and Einar
Johnson in Wisconsin. |
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I have one
more unknown in the photo group from Wisconsin. I
think he could be part of the Frank Case family, my
grandfather's in-laws but not sure. |
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Ernest Johnson with
the Carlson boys, John and Oscar. Third boy is
Frank Meyer. Tall one is John Carlson and Oscar
Carlson in back behind Ernest in chair. |
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 This
is a picture of Ernest working in the woods. No
other information on it. (There are three men
-- and here's the enlarged thumbnail of their
faces... click for the larger view) |
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No information but I
can assume one of our relatives may be part of this
group. (This appears to be the family & a threshing
crew -- threshers would travel the area and
typically went farm-to-farm with the housewife
preparing meals and housing them for the duration.
Threshing machines were replaced with what we know as combines,
which combined threshing and reaping processes.) |
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Tani's favorite.
Oscar is in the middle, Ernest on the right, and the
one with the kitten may be one of the Carlson boys.
(I agree - the look on their faces is priceless!) |
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Oscar's wife, the
former Alma Carlson. |
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Ernest & Anna (Case)
Johnson (possibly their wedding photo??) |
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The Frank & Electa
Case Family with Ernest and Anna includes Tani's
mother, Mildred, and her Mildred's brother Elmer.
This one is in Leduc, Alberta where Frank and Electa
Case moved to in 1912. |
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 Oscar
Johnson's home in Birnamwood, WI. Ernest is in the
middle and Oscar on the left. Oscar (Oskar) came to
USA in 1889 and lived with his uncle John Carlson.
The house you see is his so must have bought his own
farm at some point. I know that George Harter lived
with him and he had some land there as well. Oscar
moved to Oregon City around 1913 and married Alma
Carlson, who he wrote to for many years before they
were married in Oregon City on August 21, 1913.
Ernest came to USA in 1905 and I found him listed as
living with his brother on 1910 census.
There are 4 men in
this picture -- 2 identified. The unidentified
men are to the right and inside the screen door.
The photo is too dark to see the far right gentleman
but we did capture the image of the man inside the
house.
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1900 Census - Francis & Electa Case
Page 1
Page 2 |
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1910 Census - Oscar &
Ernest Johnson in Birnamwood Twp. and just a few doors
away, Annie Case, dau. of Frank & Electa Case |
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WWI
Draft Einar Johnson
BP: Östergötland, SE |
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