Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Dennis Johnson
Birth19 Dec 1912, Knoxville, Knox, TN1,2
Death14 Oct 1954, Chicago, Cook, IL1,2
BurialOakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, Cook, IL1,2
MotherPearl Jane Hash (1885-1983)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH: 19-Dec-1912 Beamont, Baxter Avenue, Knoxville, Knox, TN, from Doris Johson Will from Pearl Hash Johnson notes
!BIRTH: 12-Dec-19121090
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, Cook, IL1, Dennis Johnson, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133992589
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, William Dennis Johnson, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LTRR-YQ3
!CENSUS: Jan-1920 Razor Ridge Road, Wilson, Grayson, VA, 50/51, Dennis Johnson
!CENSUS: 24-Apr-1930 Wilson Creek, Grayson, VA973, 305/305, W. Dennis Johnson
!REFERENCE: 29-Oct-1930 poem "Call of the Mountains", by W. Dennis Johnson, from the papers of his younger sister Imogene Sexton
!CENSUS: 11-Apr-1940 110 Home Avenue, Oak Park, Cook, IL, 106, Dennis W. Johnson, completed college 4 years
!MARRIAGE: 10-Oct-1943 Henrico County, VA, marriage certificate for Dennis Johnson and Bonnie Jean Braden
!CENSUS: 195040 Chicago, Cook, IL, Dennis Johnson
!OCCUPATION: Maintenance engineer for a wholesale candy company
!REFERENCE: Dec-2001 email from daughter Bonnie Tiegs, "William Dennis Johnson served in WWII in the 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, 3rd Army (Patton’s 'The Red Devils'). He enlisted at Richmond, VA in 1942 and was awarded a Purple Heart."
!REFERENCE: 09-Nov-2015 email from grandson Otto Tiegs III to Don Braffitt, "At this point in time, I do not know the circumstances under which my grandfather was awarded his Purple Heart. I do know that he was also awarded the Bronze Star. I have not been able to locate his military records. I did find the application for his military grave marker which is where the Bronze Star was mentioned."
Spouses
Birth28 Jan 1918, Danville, Vermillion, IL42,1091,1
Death30 Nov 2006, Rhinelander, Oneida, WI42,1
Burial(cremated)1
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: US Social Security Death Index42, Bonnie J. Meyer
!BIRTH-DEATH-CREMATION: Find a Grave1, Bonnie Jean Braden Johnson, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152233885
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Bonnie Jean Braden, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LTRT-MYW
!CENSUS: 11-Apr-1940 110 Home Avenue, Oak Park, Cook, IL, 106, Bonnie Johnson, sister Margeret W. Braiden
!MARRIAGE: 10-Oct-1943 Henrico County, VA, marriage certificate for Dennis Johnson and Bonnie Jean Braden
!CENSUS: 195040 Chicago, Cook, IL, Bonnie Johnson
!RESIDENCE: 2006 Eagle River, Vilas, WI 5452142, Bonnie J. Meyer
!REFERENCE: 2006 Eagle River, Vilas County, News-Review, Bonnie J. Johnson Meyer, http://www.vilascountynewsreview.com/full.php?id=11498, "Bonnie J. Johnson Meyer of Eagle River died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006, at Petersen Health Care in Rhinelander. She was 88. She was born Jan. 28, 1918, in Chicago, Ill. A resident of the Eagle River area for 56 years, she was preceded in death by two husbands, Dennis Johnson and Ken Meyer. Survivors include one daughter, Bonnie Johnson of Slinger; and four sons, Eric Johnson of Eagle River, Bill Johnson of Chicago, Ill., and Alfred and Jeff Meyer, both of Illinois. Inurnment took place at Alpha Crematory in Eagle River."
!REFERENCE: 07-Sep-2009 email from daughter Bonnie Tiegs to Don Braffitt, Bonnie Jean Braden
Marriageabt 1939
ChildrenBonnie Velma (1940-2021)
 Dennis Eric (1941-2009)
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