JOHNSON Edna Marion

1918 - 1996  (77 years)

• Name	JOHNSON Edna Marion  [1]
  Birth	12 Sep 1918
  Gender	Female
  Death	1996
  Notes	EDNA MARION JOHNSON Edna was Sidney and Ruth's second child and she was born on September 12, 1918. She was a good and sweet little girl and she worked to help her mother with the chores. She studied the piano and played it well. She was the last of the children to leave home and helped care for her father until his death in 1942. She moved to Newport News and worked in the shipyard during the war, living with her younger sister, Katherine. She met James W. Watt, Jr., and they were married on January 20, 1945. Jim was from Michigan and when he was discharged from the Army they moved there, settling in Allen Park. They had three children; David Alexander (1945), James Sidney (1946), and Ruth Helen (1948). Edna and Jim still live in Allen Park, have several grandchildren, and occasionally make trips to Virginia to visit relatives and friends. [1]
  Person ID	I11991	Booth Family
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	JOHNSON Sidney Thomas,   b. 20 Jan 1868   d. 4 Sep 1942, Claremont, Surry County, VA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	ROGERS Ruth Ella,   b. 11 Nov 1893   d. 31 Mar 1941 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1911  [1, 2]
  	Some difficult years followed with Sidney left alone with six children ranging in age from 3 to 16 years. Almost two years later he was married to Ruth ELla Rogers, but 18 years old. Her father was William Thomas Rogers and was related to Sidney's mother, who called him "Cousin Tommy." Sidney and Ruth had three children between 1912 and 1919, and by the time these were growing up the others had married and moved away.
  Family ID	F2224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WATT James W., Jr.
  Marriage	20 Jan 1945  [1]
  Family ID	F4051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S1191] William Adler Fox and Bertha Johnson Bartlett, Some Johnsons of Surry by William Adler Fox, (Copied and reprinted by verbal permission to Gene C. Harris by the author 7/13/2013 : William A. Fox, December 1978) (Reliability: 3). [S193] Tombstone (Reliability: 3).