Madge “Mads” JohnsonAge: 65 years1859–1924
- Name
- Madge “Mads” Johnson
- Given names
- Madge
- Surname
- Johnson
- Nickname
- Mads
 Birth | June 3, 1859 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Hannah Pederson — View this family about 1889 (Age 29 years) Note: Marriage info based on the 1900 Census |
 Birth of a son#1 | Franklin Olaf Johnson March 6, 1891 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 2, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 58 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | July 25, 1924 (Age 65 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stuart Cemetery |
| Family with Hannah Pederson |
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Madge “Mads” Johnson Birth: June 3, 1859 — Denmark Death: July 25, 1924 — Nebraska, United States |
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Hannah Pederson Birth: February 24, 1867 — Norway Death: November 2, 1932 — Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: about 1889 — Nebraska, United States |
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2 years son |
Franklin Olaf Johnson Birth: March 6, 1891 31 24 — Thatcher, Cherry, Nebraska, United States Death: 1958 |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Madge “Mads” Johnson - Household
Stuart, Holt, Nebraska, United States
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