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Origin of Johns Total Records: 9  Origin of Johns, Meaning of Johns Origin: Well, in my family, this surname was changed from Jahansen (or Johanson) to Johnson when he came here as an immigrant. A large number of Johnsons I have run across have a similar story to tell. Surnames: Johansen, Johanson, Johnson Submitted by: Mary-Ann Johnson Origin of Johns, Meaning of Johns Origin: william Surnames: johnson Submitted by: jmitchell Origin of Johns, Meaning of Johns Origin: AUSTRALIA _ Searching descendants of William & Euphemia Johnson Surnames: Johnson Submitted by: Origin of Johns, Meaning of Johns Origin: Looking for any info on Porter K. Johnston, had a sister, Ruth, from the Buffalo, New York area, mid 1800's. He moved to Dallas, Texas. Was a Reader in the Christian Science Church. Surnames: Johnston Submitted by: Jan E. Johnston Miller Origin of Johns, Meaning of Johns Origin: Johnson, Susan A. (Alabama): I am looking for my gggrandmother her name was Susan A Johnson . b.1840 in Alabama. Died in Arkansas in 1892 Burried in Gum Grove Cemetery. She married William luke Dykes. They had three children. Albert, Mary Louise and Eudora Dykes. I have notfound any info. on parents or sibling which leads me to believe she might have been Cherokee. Thanks Kim Surnames: Johnson Submitted by: Kim Origin of Johns, Meaning of Johns Origin: Researching James Claude Johnson born 11-17-1899 in Surry County NC. Surnames: Johnson Submitted by: C. A. Miller Origin of Johns, Meaning of Johns Origin: James JOHNSON Birth: 1824 Ely, Cambridge, England Father: Henry JOHNSON Mother: Margaretta CAMPBELL James and wife Mary DENT arrived in the Colony of New South Wales in 1853. He worked as a shearer on various Stations in the Monaro District of New South Wales. Surnames: Johnson Submitted by: Dawn Coleman Origin of Johns, Meaning of Johns Origin: maternal gr/grandparents (william hemphill johnston,and emeline nix johnston)lived in san marcos,(hays county)tx.circa 1869-72,but no records.help. Surnames: Johnston Submitted by: raymon jones Origin of Johns, Meaning of Johns Origin: The modernizing of the surname John, which anciently was pronounced with the "o" long as in Jone, into Jones, is a transition quite familiar to genealogists. Thus, ap. John, ap. Johns, ap. Jones, Jones. Welsh John, succeeding Welch John, and being called John's son, until in the course of time the name narrowed down into that of Jones and the first of the family who emigrated to America was Captain Christopher Jones, commander of the "Mayflower" (1620)-a trading man in the colony of the Pilgrim fathers and a "convinced friend" and subsequently, when the Pilgrims and Puritan colonies were in a prosperous condition, families by the name of Jones settled in America. The surname Jones ranks first in number among the family names of Wales; one Welch man in seven bearing the name. In England it holds second place. Being of patronymic derivation, it came into use as a family surname during the fifteenth century. Over fifty colonists bearing the name, progenitors of families, settled in New England before 1700; most of whom came from England, of Wales descent, settling in Massachusetts. They were very serious-minded and religious people, with whom life was a strenuous business. Surnames: Jones, John, Johns Submitted by: DP 5/21/2013 10:16 AM Page 1 of 1

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