Amelia Etta (Hall) Johnson (abt. 1858 - 1922)

Born about Jan 1858 in Canada West

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1922 at about age 64 in Maryland, United States

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Biography

Amelia (Hall) Johnson is Notable.

Amelia E. Johnson was one of the first North American Black writers to publish a novel. She wrote poetry, short fiction and three novels and was the publisher of two magazines for young people.^[1]

Born in 1858 in Toronto, Canada West (Ontario), she was the daughter of American immigrants Levi Hall, a carpenter, and his wife, Eleanora. She was recorded in the Canada Census, 1871, living in Montreal, Quebec, with her parents and brother Daniel. ^[2]

Her parents had been born in Maryland^[3] and returned there in 1874. They lived in Baltimore, where Amelia met Baptist minister Harvey Johnson. They were married on April 17, 1877. They had two sons and a daughter.^[4]

In the 1910 census, she was living in Baltimore with her husband and their son Prentiss.^[5]

In the 1920 census, she was living in Baltimore with her husband and their son Prentiss.^[6]

Amelia was mentioned on a memorial in Laurel Cemetery, Eldersburg, Carroll County, Maryland, United States with a death date of 29 March 1922.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Amelia E. Johnson
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M42V-XX1 : 7 April 2022), Amelia Hall in household of Levi Hall, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3KW-3D4 : Tue Oct 03 22:14:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Harvey Johnson and Amelia Johnson, 1900.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Harvey Johnson (reverend)
5. ↑ 1910 Census - "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2F4-Z3T : Thu Oct 05 10:19:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Harvey Johnson and Amelia E Johnson, 1910.
6. ↑ 1920 Census - "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Q9-3TZ : Fri Dec 22 12:35:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Harvey Johnson and Amelia E Johnson, 1920.
7. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #33928280 (accessed 27 January 2024)
   Memorial page for Amelia Etta Hall Johnson (Jan 1858-29 Mar 1922), citing Laurel Cemetery, Eldersburg, Carroll County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by c g (contributor 46968395).

See also:

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQH-Y9G : Wed Oct 04 16:48:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Harvey Johnson and Amelia E. Johnson, 1880.
• "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:249Q-1G3 : 20 June 2023), Amelia Hall in entry for Harvey Johnson Jr. and Courtenay R. Brown, 1906.