Peter JOHNSON

¹Yesteryear History Committee, Book: History of Stone Pile, Alpine, Grassy Hill, Carmichael Saskatchewan (Friesen Printers - Altona, Manitoba, 1977), Page 108-109, 113, 147, Judi Lee Private Collection, 8 West Meadows Drive, Calgary, Alberta, T3Z 3J8, Standard Book No. 0-919213-01-4.
"Carmichael Rural S. D. No. 2159
"A petition to form a school district including sections 33, 34, 35, 36,28, 27, 25, 21, 22, 23, 24, 16, 15, 14, 13, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of12-20-W3, and sections 7, 18, 19, 30, and 31 of 12-19-W3 was circulated in February of 1908. There were 12,800 acres in the proposed distrcit with an assessed value of $7,680. The population stood at 74. There were 21 children between the ages of 5 and 16 and 11 under 5. There were 72 Protestants and 2 Roman Catholics. Suggested names for the school were Fertile Valley, Flat and Carmichael.
The first school meeting was called to order March 28, 1908 by ClaudeMurdoch with Wm. Eastman acting as secretary. Vote on the school district went 9 for and 1 against. The first trustees elected were George Critchlow, Walt Swann and Vernon Mace. Also at this first meeting were A C Murdoch, Fred Jansen, Peter Johnson, Herman Jansen, Harvest Winter and Alfred Lloyd. The school was to be erected on the border of sections 23 and 26 in 12-20-W3."
"Homesteaders of Carmichael Rural S. D. No. 2159
Peter Johnson SE-24-12-20-W3"."

²US Federal Census: 1880, Iowa.
"Census Place Lincoln, Black Hawk, Iowa
Family History Library Film 1254327
NA Film Number T9-0327
Page Number 506C
Jacob JACOBSON Self M Male W 37 DEN Farmer DEN DEN
Sophia JACOBSON Wife M Female W 29 DEN Keeping House DEN DEN
William JACOBSON Son S Male W 1 IA DEN DEN
Christian JACOBSON Brother S Male W 26 DEN Farm Laborer DEN DEN
Andrew WALTERS Other S Male W 38 DEN Farmer DEN DEN
Peter JOHNSON Other S Male W 17 DEN Farm Laborer DEN DEN."

³US State Census: 1885, Iowa, Grundy Co., Page 4, Reinbeck, Grundy Co.
"Dwelling # 24, Family # 25."
This information came in answer to a look-up request from Pat Schiebel.E-mail address: schiebelelectric@yahoo.com.
Note: Nielsine's name and age are incorrect.

⁴US State Census: 1895, Iowa, Grundy Co., Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com .
"Residence:Reinbeek, Grundy IA
Peter Johnson,32,White,Denmark."

⁵US Federal Census: 1900, Iowa, Grundy Co., LDS Film # 1240433,.
"Grundy County, Blackhawk Township,
270, 275
Johnson, Peter, Head, W, M, Mch 1862, 38, M, , , Denmark, Denmark,Denmark, 1879, 21, NA, RR Labour, 0, yes, yes, yes, R, 76
Johnson, Cena, Wife, W, F, Sept 1859, 40, M, 9, 5, 4, Denmark, Denmark,Denmark, 1890, 10, yes, yes, no
Johnson, Mary, Daughter, w, f, Aug, 1891, 8, s, Iowa, Denmark, Denmark
Johnson, Niels, son, w, m, Oct, 1893, 6, s, Iowa, Denmark, Denmark,Denmark
Johnson, Elmer, son, w, m, Nov, 1895, 4, s, Iowa, Denmark, Denmark
Johnson, Baby, daughter, 2, f, May 1900, 0, s, Iowa, Denmark, Denmark."

⁶Canadian Census: 1911, Saskatchewan, Moosejaw District, Township 12,, Page 5 , ArchiviaNet: Online Research Tool, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html.
"78/78
Johnson, Peter, Twp 12 R20 W 3, M, Head, M, March 1861, 50, Denmark, 1906, 1910, Danish, Canadian, Lutheran, Farmer, yes, yes, yes, E & D
", Sine, " F, Wife, M, December 1878, 32, Denmark, 1906, na, Danish Canadian, Lutheran, Yes Yes E & D
", Nils, ", M, son, S, October 1892, 18, USA, 1906, na, Danish Canadian, Lutheran, Yes, yes, E
", Alma, ", F, daughter, S, November 1895, 15, USA, 1906, na, Danish, Canadian Lutheran, yes yes, E
", Annie, ", F, daughter, S, May 1890, 11, USA, 1906, na, Danish, Canadian, Lutheran, 4, yes, yes, E
", Helga, ", F, daughter, S, September 1903 7, USA, 1906, na, Danish, Canaidan, Lutheran, 4, yes, yes, E."

⁷Max Grohshennig, Book: Legatfamilian Aagaard fra Juelstrup Praestegaard (Published by the Copenhagen Genealogical Institute, 1905), Page 4, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA, www.familysearch.org, Scand 929.2489 A1 No. 204.

⁸The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index
/I>, Film # 1760745, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA, www.familysearch.org.

⁹Death Records: Obituary, Gull Lake Advance, 7 Oct 1948.
"Peter Johnson Passes Away In Regina Hospital
Peter Johnson, an old-time resident of Gull Lake and district since 1906, passed away in the Regina General hospital, Sunday afternoon, being a patient there for the past three weeks.
The late Mr. Johnson was born in Denmark 85 years ago and came to Gull Lake in 1906 from the States. He homesteaded in the Carmichael district, selling his homestead and purchasing land south-east of Gull Lake, where he farmed until the time he came to reside in Gull Lake. He was pre-deceased by his wife in January 1939 and by one daughter Anna, five years ago.
The deceased is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ora Sells and Mrs. Chas. Rushworth of Gull Lake and Mrs. Jacobson of Ravenscrag and one son Nels Johnson of Gull Lake.
The remains were brought to Gull Lake Monday night the funeral being held Tuesday afternoon, the service being conducted by the Rev. W. E.Bannerman in Knox United church and interment made in the Gull Lake cemetery.
The pallbearers were Messrs Andrew McKercher, Otto Jansen, J. Jansen, J.Hansen, A.M. Jensen and H.E. Downey."

¹⁰Death Records: Obituary, Gull Lake Advance, 7 Oct 1948.