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Sunday, February 16, 2020

JOHNSON, Blanche (Cambridge, IL)


BLANCHE L. JOHNSON

Identification on photo: Blanche L. Johnson, age 13
Photo taken: C.V. Roberts Studio, Cambridge ILL, circa 1932
Purchased: Feb 2020 South Florida Fairgrounds Antiques Show

The family is found on the 1920 Census for Weller, a township about 8 miles south of Cambridge Illinois.

1920 Census > Illinois > Henry County > Weller
JOHNSON, Carl E., head, 39, born in Ill of Swedish parents, Yew farmer
JOHNSON, Millie L., wife, 38, born in Ill of Swedish & Illinois parents
JOHNSON, Myrtle E., daughter, 11, born in Illinois
JOHNSON, Blanche L. daughter, 2mo, born in Illinois

In the 1930 Census, the family is reported pretty much the same, except that Myrtle (who would be 21 at this time) is no longer in the household. Myrtle married Clarence Peterson in 1927.

Blanche married in 1940 to Russell H. Charlet (1919-2009, son of Barney Charlet and Bernice Atwell) and had children:
 - Frances (b. abt 1944)
 - Larry (b. 1945)

In 1956, father Carl Ed Johnson died at age 75 in Cambridge.

Blanche died at age 79 on 24 Mar 1999 in Illinois.

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