Other Events:

• Immigration: 5 Jan 1915, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; According to his son, Olaf Johnson was a merchant seamen who jumped ship in Texas with another crew member and remained in the country.
• Residence: 1930, 855 North Laramie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 1 May 1940, Hill Street, Wheeling Township, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Name:
Originally Olaf Johannesen; changed in the naturalization process.

Immigration:
Olaf arrived aboard the S.S. Leka. Two and one half years later, on September 24th, 1917, the Leka was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine, UC-71, without warning; 17 lives were lost.

Olaf Rose Kruber 5 Jun 1926Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Rose (daughter of Johanna Lange) 5 May 1902 Breslau, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Reference to this marriage can be found in the Salem Lutheran church congregational minutes.

1. Dorothy Rosie Johnson
2. Edward Olaf Johnson