The Elusive Ike JOHNSON

The subject of today's post is my 2nd great grandfather Ike JOHNSON. Ike is my paternal grandmother`s grandfather. Her mother`s name was Alice Mae JOHNSON, Alice was the daughter of Ike JOHNSON and to this date who her mother was is unknown to me. I have very little information on which to base my search.

On Grandmother Alice`s death certificate her father is listed simply as: Ike JOHNSON and mothers name is listed as UNKNOWN.  I was hoping to be able to draw some clues from Grandmother Alice`s marriage record;however, it stated the following:

This License authorizes any Judge of a Court of Record or Justice of the Peace or any licensed or ordained Preacher of the Gospel , who is a Citizen of the United States to solemnize Marriage between N. U Hartline (blank) of (blank) in the County of Stoddard and State of Mo who is under the age of twenty-one years, and Alice Johnson (blank) of (blank) in the County of (blank) and State of Mo who is under the age of eighteen years

An affidavit from the Guardian and the father of the above named parties. WITNESS MY HAND as Recorder of Deeds with the Seal of Office hereto affixed at my office in Bloomfield, this 30th day of May, 1906.

(Note: There are the intials by the last paragraph above of L.L. I am unsure what those represent or if they stand for some sort of legal symbol?)

The record goes on to state that the marriage was solemnized at the brides home in said county on 2 June, 1906 and it signed by William A WARD M. G

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.

 

N. U HARTLINE stands for Lack John Newman HARTLINE, my Great, Grandfather. He was the son of Henry HARTLINE of Germany. 

 

Now, with what information contained in the above marriage license it appears as though either my Grandmother Alice or my Grandfather John had a legal Guardian and the other a parent. It is going to be my mission to determine which one. At this point I almost want to say that it was probably Alice. I cannot locate my grandfather Ike JOHNSON the subject of this post at all. There are several Ike`s. I have checked the Missouri Death Records to no avail. Her census records state her parents were born in Missouri. I am checking every Ike JOHNSON that I run across currently. Once I have more I will update this post. JOHNSON is such a common surname and without knowing if he had a second or even a first name to go with Ike it is akin to looking for a needle in a haystack. 

 

At this point the above information is all I have. I will update this post soon. I am also going to add it to my research projects page since it is something I am currently unsure of and working towards solving. Until next time.. happy hunting!