Ed Johnson Family

Eddie Monroe Johnson and Eva Majeane Johnson were brother and sister to one another and married into both sides of my family.

Ed Johnson married my mother's mother, Sadie Hollaway Kirkland, and his sister, Eva, married my Dad's father, Pete Christenson. Their father, Bernt Johanson Egeberg, Bernt Johnson,was also the half brother of my Dad's mother.

Now aren't you confused? And people wonder why I feel that way once in awhile. See the Egeberg/Johnson family Chart to sort it out.

Ed and Sadie had no children of their own. (Ed is taking the picture below so is not included) They did help to raise their grandchildren while all the families lived in Gary, Indiana during WWII.

Emroy Christenson, Thelma Ane, Ed and Elroy in Gary, Indiana about 1942.
photo in the collection of Elroy Christenson

Ed Johnson had become a very fine mechanic, perhaps because of his own father. He travels to the Northwest during the Depression and eventually gets work with the United States Steel plant in Gary, Indiana from WWII to his retirement. Because of his relocation to Gary my own parents moved there looking for work. While they were there I was born. Ed enjoyed woodworking, building bird houses and fixing up antiques.

c1965- After his retirement he and Sadie moved into a home they had built in Cranfills Gap, Texas. They remained here until Sadie became ill and then moved in with Chris and Violet Christenson until 1980. He was a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Cranfills Gap, TX where he was buried.

        Friends and family of Mr and Mrs. Eddie M. Johnson entertained with a "housewarming" in the new home of the Johnsons Sunday afternoon Feb. 21 from 2 until 5 p.m.
       After guest registered, they were served punch or coffee, cookies, mints and nuts from a beautifully decorated table. Miss Nelda Jean Kirkland of Ft. Worth served the refreshments. The guest were invited to view the new home. Many beautiful and useful gifts were also brought to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson for their new home.
      Those registering and entertaining during the afternoon were Major and Mrs. Roy Kirkland and Nedra of Sheppard Air Force Base, Mr. and Mrs. Chris M. Christensen and Janice of Grand Prairie, Mrs. Eva Christensen, Dale and Larry of Arlington, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Grimland, Diane and Ronnie of Clifton, Nr. and Mrs. Chas. O. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Johnson and Dennis, Mrs. Frona Carson, Mrs. Dennie Pendleton all of Cranfills Gap.
       Other registering were Pastor and Mrs. Marvin Ottmeres, Mrs. Harry Blue, Mrs. Willie Schibler, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Turner of Clifton, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tergersn, Mr. Otto Reesing, Mrs. Oli Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Belvin Swenson, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Phillips, Mrs. Gunder Lason, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Christensen, Mers Malinda Rohne, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jenson, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Huttson, Mr. and Mrs. Bernt Bertelson, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tendall, Mrs. B. O. Tindal, Mrs. W. P. Tindal, Mrs. Mary Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bertelsen, Mr. and Mrs. Si Johson, Mrs. Alfred Nelson, Mrs. Eddie Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ovie Huse, and Mrs. James Grimland. \
                                        [page 2, The Cranfills Gap Index, Friday, February 26, 1965]

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click her for a larger picture and image map with hot links (33k file) This is a gathering of the Johnson brothers and sisters with Pete Christenson and Rohne family relatives.(standing L to R.) Johanna Bertelson,Marie Christenson, Bill Bertelson (Johanna's husband), Mary Ann Christenson(sister of Johanna), Ann Christenson (Pete's dau.), Emory Christenson, Clara Johnson, ? Dillon , Violet Christenson, Cora Johnson, ? , Sadie Kirkland, Chris Morris Hanson(Johanna and Mary Ann's half brother), Eva(Johnson) Christenson, Chris M. Christenson, Chris Johnson, Martin Michelson, Paulina (Rohne/Christenson/Hanson)Michelson, Bill Johnson, Collett Johnson, (kids & seated L to R) Burton Christenson, Johanna Christenson, Pete Christenson, Leldon Christenson(Pete's youngest), Vernell Johnson(Cora's dau.) Ed Johnson is taking the picture and not included.

Mrs. Eddie M. (Sadie) Johnson died November 3 in Chris Christenson home in Grand Prairie, after a long battle with cancer.
   Mrs. Johnson was born February 13, 1897, Portland, Arkansas, to Willie and Eugenia Holloway. She had an older sister, Clyde Bainbridge, who proceeded her in death several years ago. She still has an older brother, Ernest Hollaway, living in Corning, Arkansas.
    She was married to Forest Kirkland in 1917 in Arkansas. To this marriage, two children were born, a daughter, Mrs. Chris (Violet) Christenson of Grand Prairie, and son, Roy Kirkland of Lake Alvardo. This marriage lasted thirteen years.
     In July 1934, she married Eddie M. Johnson in Hamilton. They lived several years in Cranfills Gap and then Eddie went to work at U. S. Steel Mill in Gary, Indiana. He worked 25 years there and retired to build a house at Cranfills Gap. They lived there until her last illness, during which time they lived with her daughter, Violet.
    Survivors include her husband, one daughter, one son, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
   Funeral services were held at St. Olaf Lutheran Church., Services were conducted by Rev. Lawrence Jenson, and Mrs. Jenson sang two songs accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Albert Meissner.
    Pallbearers were Thomas Johnson, Eugene Perry, Glenn Perry, Grand Prairie; C/W 3 Dean Lovett, Fort Polk, Lousiana; B. A. Johnson, Waco; and Ivan Johnson, Joshua. Mrs. Johnson was buried in the St. Olaf Cemetery.