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John Jacob Johnson
(1854-1929)
Bodil Marie Jensen
(1854-1937)
Absolom Owen Talbot Jr.
(1852-1925)
Margaret Burrows
(1857-1935)
Alexander L Johnson
(1885-1930)
Lula Mae Talbot
(1892-1942)

Dorothy Maude Johnson
(1926-1984)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Wendel James Peters

Dorothy Maude Johnson 2 3 4

  • Born: 21 Mar 1926, <Newman Grove, Madison>, Nebraska, United States 5
  • Marriage (1): Wendel James Peters on 20 Oct 1945 in <Burbank>, Los Angeles, California, United States 1
  • Died: 19 Oct 1984, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States at age 58
  • Buried: 23 Oct 1984, Oak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, San Diego, California, United States

   Cause of her death was Bone cancer.

   Other names for Dorothy were Mrs. Dorothy Maude Johnson Peters and Dot Peters.

  Birth Notes:

Since her marriage record from 20 Oct 1945 states her age as 19, her birth year had to be 1926. This is in spite of the fact that her brother DeWayne had 1925 in his datebook.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth: From DeWayne B. Johnson 8/17/1986 datebook with ?, 21 Mar 1925. The correct year is 1926 (see Birth Notes).

• Moved: Moved to Long Beach from Burbank, 1941, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. Moved to Long Beach, California from Burbank with her mother and brother DeWayne. Her mother lived in Long Beach for one year until her death on 6/28/1942.

• Residence, 1942, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.


Dorothy married Wendel James Peters, son of Abe L. Peters and Lillie Bearn, on 20 Oct 1945 in <Burbank>, Los Angeles, California, United States.1 (Wendel James Peters was born on 13 Aug 1924 in Cumberland, Wisconsin, United States, died on 18 May 1993 and was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, San Diego, California, United States.)


  Marriage Notes:

Ceremony performed by Herschel H. Hedgpeth, witnessed by Betty Jane McCabe.

Sources


1 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KS-8PF : accessed 24 May 2016), Wendel James Peters and Dorothy Maude Johnson, 20 Oct 1945; citing Los Angeles, California, United Sta. Cit. Date: 23 May 2016.

2 Johnson, DeWayne B. and Lorna Wallace Johnson, <i>Johnson/Wallace Family Tree</i>, Cit. Date: Abt 1950.

3 Personal Documents, DeWayne B. Johnson family documents & photographs.

4 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Memorial # 89064002. Cit. Date: 12 Jun 2018.

5 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KS-8PV : 8 December 2017), Wendel James Peters and Dorothy Maude Johnson, 20 Oct 1945; citing Los Angeles, California, United States. Cit. Date: 12 Jun 2018.


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