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Josephine Johnson

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Josephine Johnson

Josephine Johnson spoke at a general meeting at the Fischer home in Salt Lake City on 17 April 1960 and at a general meeting in Hildale on 4 September 1960. The archive files are labeled Josephine Johnson. A public civil record that would fix her birth and death dates has not yet been confirmed, and her identity among women of that name is left open.

On 17 April 1960 the recording opens with an introduction of “Sister Johnson,” after which she speaks. The archive file for that talk is labeled Josephine Johnson.1 On 4 September 1960, at a general meeting in Hildale, the speaker on the file labeled Josephine Johnson says she was “born in a little town just over the hill here,” and that she has “lived beyond my rights.”2 A second archive copy of the Hildale talk is noted in the sources and is not listed as a separate appearance.

The archive also holds a later funeral, dated 1 March 1962 in Salt Lake City and labeled Josephine Ford Johnson, a name compatible with Josephine Ford Johnson, the wife of Leroy S. Johnson. That funeral is not published here, the year has not been confirmed from a public death notice as this speaker’s death, and the 1960 speaker is not identified on this page as Josephine Ford Johnson.3 A birth date, a death date, and her parents’ names are left open until a public record or a family confirmation is in hand.

Appearances

1960

  1. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:05:537:16
  2. TalkHildaleFull meeting: General meeting, Hildale · 2:26:575:29

A later archive funeral, dated 1 March 1962 and labeled Josephine Ford Johnson, is not opened here. That label is a lead only; it is not treated as a confirmed identity or death date for the 1960 speaker.

Sources

  1. Archive recording 1960-04-17-Josephine Johnson-SLC-Fischer Home-General Meeting, catalog d3af83eed462, 7:16. 17 April talk. The opening introduces “Sister Johnson.” The text on the talk page is an automatic, unreviewed transcript; the recording is the source.
  2. Archive recording 1960-09-04-Josephine Johnson-Hildale-General Meeting, catalog af23eeed7dc8, 5:29. 4 September talk. A second copy of the same talk is catalog dad05d714eda, file 60-09-04-Josephine Johnson-Hildale-General Meeting.
  3. Archive funeral files labeled Josephine Ford Johnson, dated 1 March 1962, Salt Lake City. The mapping of that funeral to Josephine Ford Johnson, wife of Leroy S. Johnson, is name-compatible only (possible). The funeral is not published here, and it is not used as a confirmed death date or a confirmed identity for the 1960 speaker.