William Stanley Johnson
Parents
Jacob C Johnson
Jacob C Johnson
1854 - 1889
Nancy J Bourn
Nancy J Bourn
1857 - 1947
Spouse
Genevieve Stanford
Genevieve Stanford
1884 - 1980
Children

1907


Age: 27y

residence


Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓
William and Genevieve are living at 427 West Shannon Avenue in Spokane.
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1907 Guglielmo Marconi initiates commercial transatlantic radio communications between his high power longwave wireless telegraphy stations in Clifden Ireland and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

1909


Feb 14
Age: 29y

1910


Age: 30y
1910 • The electric streetcars of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Great Britain are carrying 6.7 million riders per year.

1920


Age: 40y
1920 • The first commercial radio station in the United States, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. It is owned by the Detroit News, the first U.S. radio station owned by a newspaper.

1930


Age: 50y
1930 Charles Creighton and James Hargis of Missouri begin their return journey to Los Angeles using only a reverse gear; the 11,555 km trip lasts 42 days.

1940


Age: 60y
1940 Leon Trotsky is attacked with an ice axe in his Mexico home by NKVD agent Ramón Mercader.

1942


Age: 62y

residence


Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
William is living at 9703 35th Ave in Seattle.
His son Lee Stanley Johnson is living a couple houses away at 9709 35th Ave.
1942 Holocaust: On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank makes the first entry in her new diary.

1942


Age: 62y
1942 • WWII: Battle of Sittang Bridge – British forces retreat to the Sittang River.

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