Who are our distant cousins?

Who are our distant cousins?

Joseph and Olena Johannsen had 8 children during their marriage.  I would like to explore each child with their family and share who they were and where they ended up.  So I will start with the eldest and work down the list.

Christine Isidori Johnson, born Oct 28, 1877 in Christiana, Norway (Oslo).  She came to New Jersey with her mother and sisters sometime between 1885-1887 and settled in Port Norris, New Jersey.  By 1995 the family moved to Camden.  Christine lived in Camden with her family until 1899 when she married Walter Price on April 26 in the Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church on 3^rd and Pearl Street.  Christine was 21 and Walter was 24 years old.  Walter was born Aug 1874 and was from PA and had a 6^th grade education.

Christine lived with her husband Walter Price in Camden and they had their daughter Mildred Christine in Feb 1900, at 210 Elm Street, Camden.  Walter was a foreman at a Hat Manufacturer and they rented their home.   

In July of 1905 Christine gave birth to another little girl, Isegeborg V.  She soon died on March 24, 1906 and was buried in Harleigh Cemetery, Camden.  Isegeborg grandparents, Joseph and Olena, had purchased the plot in 1895 to bury their daughter Esther.

In 1910, the Price family lived at 210 Elm St.  In 1916 their son William Joseph was born.  By 1920 they moved out of Camden to Washington Ave., Magnolia, Camden, NJ.  Walter was still at the hat factory and daughter Mildred, now 19 years old, worked as a stenographer in an insurance office.  Christine took care of the family at home and little William was 4 years old.

By 1926, Mildred Price, Christine and Walter’s daughter, married Edward G Taylor, born 1897. They had a daughter named Mildred Jane Taylor

               Christine and Walter still lived on Washington Ave. in Magnolia in 1930 and owned their home worth $4,000. The census listed they had a radio in the home.  Walter continued to be a hatter at the Baily Co.  In 1938 Edward and Mildred Taylor had their second daughter, Shirley in Magnolia.

               Christine died on Aug 1, 1939 in Magnolia at age 61 years old.  After his wife’s death, Walter, 65 years old, went to live with his daughter Mildred and her husband Edward Taylor.  Mildred Jane was 14 and Shirley 12 years old.  They all lived in the family home at 430 Monroe Ave, Magnolia.  Edward Taylor was an automobile dealer and owned his own business.

               I found where Mildred Jane married a Mr. Fister and she died in Marlton, NJ, but I am not sure when.  I also don’t know if she had children.  I am not sure if Shirley Taylor ever married or had children.  I don’t know anything about William Joe Price born in 1916.  I wonder if we have distant cousins out there?  Could they give us additional information about our “Johnson” roots in Sweden or Norway?  If anyone has any information about these “cousins” please let me know. 

I plan to continue with ancestor profiles in future blogs.  Thank you so much for all your help!

Picture 1911 in Magnolia.  Mildred Price (left) Miss Eva? (middle) brother William Barton Johnson (right) and Mildred Christine Price (11 year old girl).