Mary Amanda Griffin
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Spouse
Richard Henry Johnson
Richard Henry Johnson
1839 - 1879
Children
Charles S Johnson
Charles S Johnson
1865 - 1944
James H Johnson
James H Johnson
1867 - 1899
Guy Richard Johnson
Guy Richard Johnson
1872 - 1947

1846


Sep 30
1846 • Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena thus beginning the United States annexation of California.

1862


Jun 15
Age: 15y
1862 • American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.

1865


Dec
Age: 19y
1865 • American Civil War – Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the civil war ends with a Confederate victory.

1870


Age: 23y
Richard H Johnson & Mary A Griffin - 1870 United States Federal Census

residence


Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓
Richard is living next door to his brother Cicero's family and his father Jacob's family. They are all farmers.
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1870 First Vatican Council adjourned.

1872


Mar
Age: 25y
1872 • A conscription law, modeled on the French version, is issued in Japan.

1880


Age: 33y
Mary Amanda Griffin - 1880 United States Federal Census

residence


Union, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓
She is living with sons Charles, James, and Guy. An "A C Houghland" is staying with them. Next door is a Campbell family.
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1880 Dorchester Penitentiary opens in Canada.

1910


Age: 63y
Mary E Johnson & Charles S Johnson - 1910 United States Federal Census

residence


Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa, USA ⇓
Charles S Johnson is living with his wife Minnie B, children Marie and Helen, and his mother Mary E (Wilson) Johnson.
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1910 • The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight takes place in the United States of America. The flight, made by Wright Brothers pilot Philip Parmalee between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio.

1912


Apr 6
Age: 65y
1912 Carl Laemmle founds Universal Studios as the Universal Film and Manufacturing Company in the United States.

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