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UPDATE: 11/11/2007 ----- Check back often as this is a work in progress.
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The John Family
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1st
generation
William A. John
1835-1904
Mary A. Davis
1839-1922
William A. John
was born in Per the 1900 census
Mary immigrated to this country in 1847 and was naturalized in 1852. There is a record of a Mary
Davis, age 7, on the ship The family is found
in the 1850 Minersville, Schuylkil Co., PA census as follows: John Davis 52, Ellen 55, John 25,
William 20, Ellen 14, Mary 11. By the end of her
long life of more than 80 years, Mary Davis John, a true pioneer wife,
had crossed the entire country from Pennsylvania to Ohio to Missouri to
Nebraska to Montana and finally to Washington state. The name appears in
some records as Johns.
William and
Mary John had the following children:
i.
John D. John b. 1860 ii. Mary Ann John, b. 1863
iii. William A.
John, b. 1866
iv. Ellen or
Elenor John, b. 1868
v.
David H. John b. 1871
vi.
Thomas Herbert John (b. 1887
Dempsey
vii. Albert A. John
(b. 1877
viii. Angelie John (b. 1882
The family is found
in the 1860
John, William,
25, miner,
Mary, 21, Wales
John D., infant, PA
Davis, Ellen,
65,
Davis, Thomas,
7, PA (Mary's nephew)
The family is found
in the 1870
Johns, William
A. 34 b.
Mary 32, b.
John D. 10 b. PA
Mary A. 7 b. PA
William 4 b.
Elenor 2
It appears from this
census that the family left The family is found
in the 1880
John, William A. 45 b.
Mary W. 41 b.
John B. 20 PA
Mary Ann 17 PA
William A. 14 PA
Ellen 12 OH
David 9 OH
Thomas 6 MO
Albert A. 3 MO In 1882 the youngest
child, a daughter, Angelie, was born in The daughters Mary
Ann and Ellen probably married in The oldest son, John
D. John, married his wife By 1897 the sixth
child, Thomas, was married to Effie and living in According to the
1900 census, Mary was a widow in Mary’s oldest son
John and his family were also in Based on the dates
of birth of John’s children, the families probably moved to
By the
time the John families arrived in the late 1890s, Ever heading
westward, possibly hoping for a milder climate, the families moved to
William A. John died
in In 1910 Mary, age
71, was living with her youngest son Albert. 1910 Wapato pct, Mary’s oldest son
John D. John was nearby:
1910 Yakima, WA census, p. 36B:
John D. John 50 PA WAL WAL married 26 years; wife Lydia M. 44 WAL
WAL WAL, 9 children, 8 living; son David W. 20 NE, son Herbert B. 18 NE,
dau Ann L. 15 NE, dau Lydia E. 12 MT, dau Mable L. 10 MT, dau Florence
W. 7 MT, son John G. 4 WA. Apparently Mary’s
sons Thomas and David were boarding on farms where they worked at this
time. Their families do not
appear with them in the census:
Tom Johns 35 single MO MO MO boarder. His brother David also listed as
single, a boarder, on the next page.
Possibly they had just arrived in By 1920 Mary, at age
80, was still living with her youngest son Albert. The 1920
John, Albert A. 42 b. MO, parents b.
Ella 30
Albert L. 6
Shotie (sp?) 3 daughter
Mary, 80, b. Mary’s oldest son
John D. John and his family appeared in the 1920 census as follows: 1920 Mary son Thomas John
and his family appeared in the 1920 census as follows: 1920 Yakima Co., WA census, East
Wapato Precinct, household 47:
Johns, Thomas H. 45, farmer, b. MO, both parents b. Wales; Effie
A. wife 43 b. IA, father b.
IN, mother b. IA; son Albert 23, b. NE, son Jessie L. 19 b. NE, son
David H. 17, b. NE, dtr Rosie V. 12, b. NE, dtr Anna A. 6, b. WA. Also in the 1920
John, David 47, b. OH, parents b.
Mary E. 45, b. Mary John died
The oldest son John
D. John appeared in the 1930 census as follows: 1930 John D. John was not
found in the Washington Death Index.
His wife David John appeared
in the 1930 census as follows:
1930 E. Wapato, Yakima Co., WA census, Ancestry.com image 4: Dave H. Johns 59, married first
at 35 OH WAL WAL; wife Mary E. 52, married first at 23 IA IN IL; son
Raymond 12, son Alfred 28 [Alfred is Mary's son
by first marriage] The Washington Death
Index shows David H John’s date of death as Thomas John died
Albert John appeared
in the 1930 census as follows:
1930 Yakima WA census, p. 9A:
Albert John 53, first md at 27, MO WAL WAL, mgr. transfer
company; Ella 40, first md at 22, MO MO MO, Albert L. son 16 WA, Chester H.
13 son, WA; Emma Lawrence, mother-in-law, widow, 63, MO TN IL, nurse,
private home. Albert’s wife Ella
died No information has
been found on William and Mary’s daughters.
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Thomas Herbert John (1875-1928)
Effie Adeline Dempsey 1876-1958
Photos~thanks to M. Jaap
Rose John about 1908
Thomas, Effie & Rose John about 1912
Effie John with children Albert, Rose, Jessie, David
Effie John with her mother Mary Jane Dempsey and daughter Rose
Effie John
Effie John with her grandson-1937
Thomas Herbert John was born about 1875 in Carroll County, Missouri, the sixth of eight children of William A. and Mary W. John. In some records the name is Johns.
Effie Adeline Dempsey[4] was born about 14 July 1876 in Benton County, Iowa, the fifth of eleven children of John Wesley Dempsey (1838-1920) and Mary Jane Parcel (1848-1929). (see DEMPSEY)
Effie appears in the 1880 Benton Co., Iowa census with her parents and six siblings, listed as Adeline, age 4. That is most likely her middle name, but she was known as Effie by all who remember her.
Thomas and Effie were married 15 Jan 1896 in Antelope County, Nebraska, where they were living at the time of their first child's birth in 1897.
They had the following children:
i. Albert John b. 1897 Nebraska, m. Edna 1926
ii. Jessie L. John, b. 1901 Nebraska, d. 1968 Washington
iii. David H. John, b. 1903 Nebraska, 1976 Washington
iv. Rose Violet John (1907-1993) m. Floyd Henry Whiteside (see WHITESIDE)
v. Anna John, b. 1914 Washington, d. 1997 Washington
The family lived in Nebraska until after Rose's birth in 1907. Thomas’ widowed mother Mary and several of his brothers had been living in Montana, but all of them moved to Yakima, Washington, before 1910. Thomas appears in the 1910 census as follows: 1910 Wapato, Yakima, WA census, ED 293, sheet 28B: Tom Johns 35 single MO MO MO boarder. Possibly he had just arrived in Washington and was boarding at a farm where he worked. In 1910 Effie’s parents were still living in Antelope County, Nebraska, but Effie and her children were not living with them. In 1914 Thomas and Effie’s youngest child Anna was born in Wapato, Yakima County, Washington, where they had a dairy farm.
G. Newborg provided the following article from Wapato
History & Heritage: The John Family by Edna John: "The John brothers came to this
area from Tildon, Nebraska... Thomas came in 1905 and helped [his
brother] John build a 2-story house at Tahoma Cemetery. Later Thomas bought 20 acres
south of Wapato and started a dairy, and rented an adjoining 80 acres to
raise hay and grain for feed.
The dairy herd increased to 100 cows. Tom's oldest son Albert joined
the business and it became T. John and Son Dairy. They bought their first milk
truck from Renting Motor Co.
In 1925 there was no electricity on their ranch. The cows were milked, milk
bottled, and separator cranked by hand.
Cattle feed was ground and water pumped by gasoline powered
motors. Bottles were hand
washed and sterilized in steam from a coal stoked steam boiler. Extra grain and milk were fed to
pigs sold to Degenhart Meat Market.
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas John are: Albert, who married
Edna Taylor, farmed and were in business in Wapato where she now lives;
Jess and David, also farmed; and Rose John Whiteside and Anna John
Markham, who attended Wapato schools."
The family appears in the 1920 Yakima County, Washington census, East Wapato precinct, as follows:
Johns, Thomas H. 45 farmer, b.. MO, both parents b. Wales Effie A., 23 [should be 43?] b. Iowa, father b. IN, mother b. IA Albert 23 b. NE Jessie L. 19 b. NE David H. 17 b. NE Rosie V. 12 b. NE Anna A. 6 b. WA
On 20 February 1928, Thomas John died. This information was provided by his great niece Cheryl Latendresse.
In 1926 Rose married Floyd Whiteside.
The 1930 Yakima Co., WA census, p. 1B, shows Effie Johns, 51, a widow, born in Iowa and both parents born in Iowa, living with her son David H. 28 and daughter Anna 15. Next door to them is her son Jesse L. Johns, 30, his wife Anna, and daughters Betty L. 3 and Elsa M. 2. On page 2B is her son Albert Johns 34, his wife Edna 24, and their daughter Hazel B. 3.
Effie A. John died February 10, 1958, in Yakima, Washington, at the age of 81 years, 6 months, 26 days. She was buried in Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima, Washington. (This information from her funeral book.)
No death record has been found for Thomas and Effie’s two oldest sons, Albert and John.
Thomas and Effie’s son Jessie died in Toppenish on 04 Nov 1968. His residence was Yakima. Washington Death Index Certificate No. 027480.
Thomas and Effie’s son David died in Yakima in Jan 1976 per the SSDI.
When Rose died in 1993, only her younger sister Anna Markham was listed as a surviving sibling.
Thomas and Effie’s youngest daughter Anna John Markham died 4 Dec 1997, in Yakima, WA, per the SSDI.
There is a photograph of Effie with her three sons and daughter Rose, and a photograph of Thomas and Effie with Rose. Another photograph shows Effie, Rose, and Effie's mother, Mary Jane Parcel Dempsey.
For further information, see the Yakima Co., WA website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wayakima/
also, the Antelope County, Nebraska website: |
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[1]
Ancestry.com message board posting by
[2]
Ellen Davis, 65, bp [3] Ibid. [4] Names and dates from Effie’s funeral book |
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