Ella B. Dabney1
b. 31 March 1880, d. 17 October 1941
Birth | 31 Mar 1880 | Ella B. Dabney was born on 31 Mar 1880 in Texas.1 |
Marriage | 8 Mar 1902 | She married Burts Johnson, son of Henry Clay Johnson and Virginia Montgomery Gardner, on 8 Mar 1902.2 |
Cens-Sum | | Ella and Burts initially lived in Granbury in Hood County where Burts, like other family members, worked as a stockman. Here he and Ella also raised their daughter Americus [no doubt named for Burt's older brother]. Prior to his own marriage, Burts brother "H. C." lived with the couple and also worked as a stock farmer.3,4 |
Cens-1930 | Apr 1930 | However, by 1930 Ella and Burts had moved to Erath County where they were enumerated in the city of Stephenville. Burts was employed as a merchant. The couple owned their home which they valued at $6,000; it was not a farm. They also owned a radio. Daughter Americus had married about 2 years earlier; she and her husband "Fermer" [?] J. Kennedy were also part of the household. Mr. Kennedy worked as a solicitor for an insurance company.5 |
Death | 17 Oct 1941 | Ella died on 17 Oct 1941 at age 61.1 |
Burial | | She was buried at Granbury Cemetery in Hood County, Texas.1 |
Citations
- [S1640] Mary Kate Durham, Granbury Cemetery Records, p. 53. Ella B. Dabney Johnson, wife of Burts Johnson, 3-31-1880 to 10-17-1941 (lot 422).
- [S2945] Robert Gardner research, 2881 Pruneridge Ave., Santa Clara, California, 95051, email to: e-mail address ; Mr. Gardner cites a 1950 visit with Virginia "Jennie" (Johnson) Whitehead.
- [S1557] Burt Johnson household, 1910 U.S. cens., Hood Co., Texas, pop. sched., Justice Precinct 1, ED 38, sheet 5A (p. 244 stamped), dwelling 103, family 106, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2006, image 11 of 13. Enumeration includes: Burt Johnson, 32, marr #1, 8 yrs, b. TX, father b. Tennessee, mother b. VA, stock farmer; Ella, wife, 28, marr #1, 8 yrs, b. TX, mother 1 child, who is living; Americus, dau, 5, b. TX; Virginia, mother, wid, 6_, mother 7 children, 4 living, b. VA, father b. England, mother b. VA; Clay, bros, 38, b. TX, father b. TN, mother b. VA, stock farmer.
- [S1647] Burts Johnson household, 1920 U.S. cens., Hood Co., Texas, pop. sched., Granbury, ED 24, sheet 5B, dwelling 110, family 120, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jan. 2007, image 10 of 28. Enumeration includes: Burts Johnson, 41, b. TX, father b. TN, mother b. VA, stockman - rancher; Ella, wife, 39, b. TX; Americus, dau, 15, b. TX.
- [S1661] Burts Johnson household, 1930 U.S. cens., Erath Co., Texas, pop. sched., Stephenville, ED 72-3, sheet 5B, dwelling 115, family 115, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jan. 2007, image 10 of 47. Enumeration includes: Burts Johnson, 50, marr at 26, b. TX, father b. KY, mother b. VA, commission merchant; Ella B., wife, owns home valued at $6,000, not a farm, owns radio, b. TX, parents b. TX; Americas V, dau, 23, marr at 21, b. TX, parents b. TX; Fermer J. Kennedy, son-in-law, 23, marr at 21, b. TX, empl as an insurance solicitor.