Happy Monday to all. Today's transcription project is the obituary of Olive Dallas Johnson (1899-1992). To my knowledge, everyone called her Dallas. It was several years after her death while looking for her in various U.S. Census records that I learned of her actual given name, Olive.
Dallas was the daughter of Joseph Delos Franklin and Margaret Elma "Maggie" Castle and she would marry Henry Walter Johnson on 12 May 1912 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota. Dallas would then be in place to become my great-aunt or better said, the wife of my great-uncle. Henry was my grandfather's [Alfred Johnson] brother. I enjoyed knowing Aunt Dallas, she was always friendly and had a great smile.
The transcription is a simple project today. I find myself away from home, so I brought a simple project along to share with you.
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| IMAGE: Newspaper clipping showing the obituary of Olive Dallas Johnson. Published Sunday, 29 November 1992, Valley Daily News, Kent, Washington. [1] |
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Olive Dallas Johnson
Longtime Kent-Auburn resident Olive Dallas Johnson died Nov. 25, 1992 at Parkside Retirement Center in Auburn. She was 93.
Mrs. Johnson was born July 8, 1899, in Dodge Center, Minn. and was a homemaker. She came from North Dakota to the Kent- Auburn area in 1936
Survivors include her sons, Howard and Raymond Johnson, both of Kent, Richard Johnson of Princeville [sic, Prineville], Ore. and Virgil Johnson of Renton; four daughters, Dolores Card of Desert Aire, Wash., Muriel Hunter of Fort Worth, Texas, Margaret Foster of Kent and Marilyn Ballard of Renton; a sister Viola Eckert of Minot, N.D.; 29 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at Edline-Yahn Funeral Chapel in Kent. Burial will be at Hillcrest Burial Park in Kent. Memorials may be made to Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, or to Parkside Retirement Center Activity Fund.
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Source:
1.) "Olive Dallas Johnson," obituary, 29 November 1992, page A4, Valley Daily News, Kent, Washington. King County Public Library, Kent branch, Kent, Washington, 212 2nd Ave N, Kent, Washinton, USA 98032, phone (253) 859-3330. [Visited by the researcher on 17 May 2017.] My family collection and the image I shared today was shared with me by a family member via email on 11 Mar 2013.
Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings. Thanks guys.
Transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down; to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.
Thank you for stopping by today and letting me share this newspaper article with you. I also hope that your week has had a good start. And as always, I hope you have a great day.
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