JOHNSON FAMILY HISTORY

 

Our Johnson family history starts in Tysnes, Norway. Because of the naming system in Norway the surnames of each generation will be different.  The surname was usually taken by the fathers first name with son or datter added to it depending on if the child was a girl or boy. Our first family from Norway was Kirsten Johannesson who on arrival changed his name to Charles Johnson. He came on the ship "Auckland" in 1892. This first part of the history is of his family in Norway.

Elias Pederson b1808 Norway  d1871 Tysnes   m  Ingerborg Johannesdatter 1833 They had 6 children.

1. Peder Eliasson  b1833 Tysnes    no other details are known.

2. Johannes Eliasson b1835 Tysnes  d1915 Tveito  m  Nilsina Nilsdatter 1865  They had 5 children

3. Hallstein Eliasson  b1836 Tysnes no other details are known

4. Eli Eliasdatter  b1838 Tysnes d ?   m Pedar Johan Andreasson 1875

5. Anders Eliasson  b1841 Tysnes  d 1924 Bergen  m Elen Susanne Josefdatter Helland 1866 and remarried in 1893 to Berte Massine Bertilsen

6. Elias Eliasson  b1844 Tysnes  d1910 Bergen  m  Karen Sesilia Erikdatter 1870 Two known children.

This is our Charle's parents details.

Johannes Eliasson Married Nilsina Nilsdatter on the 17 Aug 1865  they had the following children:

1. Kristen Johannesson (Charles) b30 Mar 1864 Tysnes  d1929 New Zealand

2. Peder Johan Johannesson  b1867 Tysnes  no other details are known

3. Ingerborg Helena Johannesdatter  b1869 Tysnes  d1873 Drowning accident

4. Elias Johannesson  b1872 Tysnes  d ?    m Kari  Johannesdatter in 1897

5. Ingerborg Helene  Johannesdatter  b1874 Tysnes  d  ?   m  Nils Nilsson Ros(se)land Hosanger 1897 and remarried in 1909  Hans Olai  Halsteinsen 

 

          KRISTEN JOHANNESSON IN NEW ZEALAND

 

Kristen Johannesson left norway possibly in his mid/late teens and spent several years as a sailor before settling in New Zealand. He arrived on the Ship "Auckland" in 1892, changing his name to Charles Johnson.  On 31 May 1899 he married Elizabeth Hannah Fahey. They settled in Balclutha Otago New Zealand and had the following children:

Ann  b1900 d1970  married 1924 William David Preston No children

Helena b1901  married 1920 William MacDonald  they had 5 children

Christian James b1904  d1979 married 1925 Ellen Myrtle Barger b1906 d1947 they had 5 children

Jack Fahey b1906  d1973  married 1925 Violet Louisa Holmes  they had 10 children

Edward Andrew b1908  d1998  married 1932  Jessie Watson  they had 4 children 

          MY MOTHER

 

My mother was Edna Joyce Johnson b1929 Bendigo  d1982 Sandringham.  She was the daughter of Christian James Johnson and Ellen Myrtle Barger.  She married Stanley James Houston in 1948 St Marks Church Golden Square Bendigo. The family left Bendigo in 1959.  Mum worked for Lucas Industries Cheltenham Melbourne for many years.  She was a Nurses aide at Kingston Hospital  and became a child care worker up until the time of her death. If anyone thinks they might know my mother I would love to hear from you.

          NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH JOHNSON

Andreassen, Ashworth, Barger, Bell, Bertilsen, Boyce, Bradley, Bray, Brown, Bunny, Butcher, Cahill, Cannell, Carling, Clarke, Crooks, Davey, Dowie, Eliasson, Eliassen, Erksen, Fahey, Fearn, Ford, Giri, Goodridge, Gorrie, Halsteinsen, Harris, Helland, Hendry, Hinck, Holmes, Houston, Johannesen, Jolly, Kelly, LeCompte, MacDonald, Marshall, McDonald, McFarlene, Neil, Nils, Patterson, Pedersen, Preston, Richardson, Riley, Rosseland, Smeaton, Smith, Subritzky, Tanner, Taylor, Thorpe, Van Nus, Venis, Watson, Whately, Whelan, Woodhead,

          CONTACT

Contact   Pam at bendigofamilylinks@bigpond.com or go to the website www.bendigofamilylinks.com