Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameLouis Johnson 
Birth11 Nov 1874, Norway
Census8 Apr 1940, St Paul, Ramsey Co, MN
Memoroll#1999, pg 9
Death21 Jan 1966, St Paul, Ramsey Co, MN
BurialOakland Cem, St Paul, Ramsey Co, MN
MemoBlock: 7A Lot: 1
OccupationTruck driver
Misc. Notes
Married to Rose (Rosie) Poppenberger (1884–1928) with whom he had 3 sons and 3 daughters; and later married Dora Ruth Updahl about 1922.
Spouses
Birth6 Dec 1892, Grand Forks, Grand Forks Co, ND
Death4 Feb 1962, St Paul, Ramsey Co, MN
BurialOakland Cem, St Paul, Ramsey Co, MN
Misc. Notes
Daughter of John Syver Opdahl and Anne Theodora "Dora" Langelnad.
Dora Opdahl is listed in 1900 as the step-daughter (Mar 1894, Dakota Terr) of John and Dora Hendrickson, with her younger sister Evina (3) as well as their 2 Hendrickson children.
Dora Opdahl is liste in the 1905 Minnesota state census as a domestic (12, ND) with the family of Albert Hallick. It states she had been in the state 4 yrs 10 mos, and in the township for only 9 months.
Dora had a daughter Effie Josephine (Dina) Morina Opdahl-Hegstad (1909-2002) - husband/father unknown. And Dora Opdahl is listed as a servant (17, ND) of Mikkel G. and Anna L. Bertelrud in 1910, single with her 2 month old daughter Josephine.
Dora had 5 daughters and a son in total: including Tillia, Myrtle, Carol Sigdestad, and Elroy Loken with husband Ole.
After Ole’s death, she was unable to care for the children and the younger ones were adopted.
Was remarried to Louis Johnson (1874-1966) after the death of Ole, and had daughter Delores Lavon “Della’ Johnson (5 Apr 1924-31 Jul 1995) with him.
Listed in the 1940 census for St Paul, MN as Ruth Johnson (45, SD), with her husband Louis Johnson (59, NOR) a truck driver and daughter Della (16, SD).
She was also buried as Ruth Johnson.
Dora Opdahl is listed in 1900 as the step-daughter (Mar 1894, Dakota Terr) of John and Dora Hendrickson, with her younger sister Evina (3) as well as their 2 Hendrickson children.
Dora Opdahl is liste in the 1905 Minnesota state census as a domestic (12, ND) with the family of Albert Hallick. It states she had been in the state 4 yrs 10 mos, and in the township for only 9 months.
Dora had a daughter Effie Josephine (Dina) Morina Opdahl-Hegstad (1909-2002) - husband/father unknown. And Dora Opdahl is listed as a servant (17, ND) of Mikkel G. and Anna L. Bertelrud in 1910, single with her 2 month old daughter Josephine.
Dora had 5 daughters and a son in total: including Tillia, Myrtle, Carol Sigdestad, and Elroy Loken with husband Ole.
After Ole’s death, she was unable to care for the children and the younger ones were adopted.
Was remarried to Louis Johnson (1874-1966) after the death of Ole, and had daughter Delores Lavon “Della’ Johnson (5 Apr 1924-31 Jul 1995) with him.
Listed in the 1940 census for St Paul, MN as Ruth Johnson (45, SD), with her husband Louis Johnson (59, NOR) a truck driver and daughter Della (16, SD).
She was also buried as Ruth Johnson.
ChildrenDelories Lavon “Della” (1924-1995)