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The following list of names is taken from an autograph book belonging to Irene "Rena" M. Johnson, given to her on Christmas Day in 1883, when she was about 17 years old. Rena lived on Galloo Island in the Town of Hounsfield, Jefferson Co., New York, where her father, F. Byron Johnson, was keeper of Galloo Island Lighthouse from 1876 to 1906. Many of Rena's relatives, friends and schoolmates signed her book. In later years Rena made notes in the margins when some of them married or passed away. All names recorded by Rena in her book are included below. The decorative border, banner, and inscription used on this webpage are taken from Irene's original 1883 autograph book.
Design © Mark A. Wentling, 2004 |
| Signer | Residence |
Date |
Relation |
Irene's
Notes |
| Austin,
Eva F. |
Theresa |
26
Nov 84 |
friend |
married
1890 Mr. Ackerman |
| Barney,
M. M. |
Belleville |
1
Feb 87 |
married
Carrie Martin Oct 1887 |
|
| Blount,
C. W. |
Sandy Creek |
4
Feb 84 |
||
| Boomer,
L. Dot |
|
18
Mar 83 |
||
| Boomer,
L. Dot |
Belleville |
23
Feb 84 |
died
Nov 1890 |
|
| Boomer,
Lillian |
|
|||
| Bradley,
Julia A. |
Antwerp |
4
Sep 83 |
friend |
|
| Bradshaw,
E. |
Schenectady NY |
10
Jun 87 |
friend |
married
April 1893 |
| Chapman,
C. M. |
Belleville |
4
Mar 84 |
||
| Chapman,
H. H. |
Belleville |
22
Feb 84 |
married
May 1889 Nellie Sprague |
|
| Clark,
Dennis H. |
Belleville |
7
Mar 84 |
married
Aug 9-93 Belle Phillips |
|
| Dean,
Florence P. |
Watertown |
17
Dec 84 |
friend |
|
| Dean,
L. J. |
Watertown |
17
Dec 84 |
||
| Durfee,
C. B. |
Belleville |
13
Mar 84 |
married
June 1889 May J. Fox |
|
| Fillmore,
A. L. |
Henderson |
34
Feb 84 |
married
1896 in Steven's Point, Wis. |
|
| Fish,
Mary L. |
Belleville |
20
Feb 84 |
married
Aug 5 1891 to C. M. Elderkin, Chicago, Ill. |
|
| G.,
S. M. |
Galloup
Is. Light Station |
29
Aug 83 |
aunt |
|
| Gannett,
Clara |
Galloup
Island |
22
Apr 83 |
friend |
married
Dec 6 '84 to Wm Baker |
| Gannett,
Clara |
Galloup
Island |
20
Oct 83 |
cousin |
|
| Gannett,
Ida |
Galloup
Island |
20
Oct 83 |
cousin |
|
| Gannett,
Ida M. |
Galloup
Island |
27
Aug 83 |
friend |
died
Aug 17 1889 |
| Gannett,
Jane |
|
17
Oct 83 |
married
Oct 19 '83 to Frank H. Gill, died Mch 15 1887 |
|
| Gannett,
W. E. |
Galloo
Island |
21
Feb 83 |
married
October 5 1894 Lois Lamira Eastman |
|
| Gill,
Frank H. |
Gallor
Island |
17
Oct 83 |
cousin |
married
Oct 19 1883 to Jennie Gannett |
| Gill,
Frank H. |
Greeley, Colorado |
20
Oct 83 |
||
| Gill,
Jennie F. |
Greeley, Colorado |
20
Oct 83 |
||
| Gill,
Hugh H. |
|
9
Aug 83 |
cousin |
married
May 1887 Minnie Conlin |
|
Gill, J. E. |
Galloe
Island |
1
Mar 86 |
grand- |
|
| Goodenough,
Morris M. |
Pierrepont Manor |
5
Mar 84 |
||
| Goodenough,
M. M., Jr. |
|
6
Mar 85 |
||
| Gray,
Sarah H. Tinker |
"born
in the city of Honolulu on the Island of Oahu, one of the Hawaiian Islands" |
friend |
||
| Hannah,
Aunt |
Clyde,
N.Y. |
1885 |
aunt |
|
| Hanson,
May A. |
Lorraine |
17
Feb 84 |
friend |
married
Jan 1890 |
| Hart,
Catherine |
LeRay |
6
Sep 83 |
||
| Hart,
Ella A. |
|
7
Sep 83 |
cousin |
|
| Hart,
George B. |
LeRay |
6
Sep 83 |
||
| Hart,
M. Josie |
Phoenix, Lazoo Co., Miss |
21
Aug 88 |
married
June 2-89 R. L. Edmund |
|
| Harwick,
Will H. |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
30
Dec 84 |
||
| Hayes,
Mamie E. |
Three
Mile Bay |
24
Nov 84 |
friend |
married
Oct 31, 1884 married Oct 1889 E. H. Lewis |
| Hicks,
Allie E. |
Ellisburgh |
13
Apr 86 |
"your daughter" |
married
N. H. Holley May 1890 |
| Holden,
Kittie |
Jamestown, D.T. |
friend |
||
| Holt,
Auntie |
Ann
Arbor, Mich |
10
Aug 85 |
aunt |
|
| Horton,
Bessie |
Stony
Island |
21
Jul 88 |
picnic
North Pond chaperoned by Irene Johnson |
|
| Horton,
Frank |
Stony
Island |
21
Jul 88 |
picnic
North pond chaperoned by Irene Johnson |
|
| Hovey,
A. |
|
20
Feb 83 |
||
| Hovey,
Mrs. M. E. |
|
20
Feb 83 |
||
| Hovey,
W. A. |
|
20
Feb 83 |
||
| Hovey,
Mrs. W. A. |
|
20
Feb 83 |
||
| Howland,
Amos G. |
Black
River |
9
Sep 83 |
cousin |
married Carrie Slack 1890 |
| Howland,
Eunice R. |
LeRay |
7
Sep 83 |
cousin |
|
| Howland,
J. C. |
Felts
Mills |
7
Sep 83 |
||
| Howland,
H. T. |
|
7
Sep 83 |
||
| Howland,
Phebe B. |
Felts
Mills |
9
Sep 83 |
cousin |
|
| Jennings,
Emma L. |
|
30
Jan 84 |
married F A Jackson 1885 |
|
| Johnson,
Anna Margaret |
|
21
Jul 88 |
picnic
North Pond chaperoned by Irene Johnson |
|
| Johnson,
Clara E. |
Galloup
Island |
20
Oct 85 |
sister |
married
Aug 12-91 to Charles Hart, Bloomington Nebraska |
| Johnson,
E. A. |
|
mother |
||
| Johnson,
F. B. |
|
father |
||
| Johnson,
F. E. |
Henderson |
13
Mar 84 |
||
| Johnson,
Mary A. |
Henderson |
12
Mar 84 |
friend |
|
| Johnson,
R. M. |
Galloup
Island |
7
Apr 86 |
brother |
|
| Johnson,
Ralph M. |
|
21
Jul 88 |
picnic
North Pond chaperoned by Irene Johnson |
|
| Johnson,
W. E. |
Henderson |
7
Apr 86 |
brother |
|
| Johnson,
Anna M. |
Galloup
Island |
11
Apr 86 |
sister |
|
| Jones,
Anna May |
Sandy
Creek |
21
Jul 88 |
picnic
North Pond chaperoned by Irene Johnson |
|
| Kelsey,
D. M. |
Ox
Bow |
31
Jan 84 |
married
Clara Bacon Dec 1885 married Littie Bacon Apr 1890 |
|
| Kelsey,
Mrs. D. M. |
Belleville |
13
Mar 86 |
friend |
died
Apr 1889 |
| Kenway,
Flora A. |
Henderson |
13
Mar 84 |
married
Dec 25 1896 to Frank Bownett |
|
| Kilby,
May H. |
Galloup
Island |
6
Sep 84 |
||
| Lawrence,
Mary Gill |
Galloup |
20
Aug 85 |
||
| Madagau,
Jessie Newell |
Des
Moines, Iowa |
21
Jul 88 |
picnic
North Pond chaperoned by Irene Johnson |
|
| McLean,
Helle |
|
4
Dec 84 |
married
Walter Martin Feb 1886 |
|
| Metcalf,
B. H. |
Sackets Harbor |
24
Aug 88 |
||
| Norton,
Lulu G. |
East
Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY |
24
Sep 85 |
friend |
|
| Ormsby,
Cora M. |
Belleville |
4
Feb 84 |
friends |
|
| Pelo,
W. J. |
Belleville |
27
Sep 85 |
"auntie" |
|
| Phillips,
Belle |
Belleville |
4
Mar 84 |
friend |
|
| Phillips,
Eliza A. |
Belleville |
5
Feb 84 |
friend |
married
to H. H. Barney |
| Pope,
Hiram S. |
Smithville |
4
Feb 84 |
married
& divorced |
|
| Reade,
Myrta E. |
Watertown |
13
Mar 84 |
married
Oct 8 84 C. S. Adams |
|
| Richmond,
Mrs. C. M. |
Belleville |
14
Apr 86 |
friend |
|
| Richmond,
Mila |
Belleville |
10
Oct 85 |
your "husband" still |
|
| Rosenthal,
Frank A. |
Syracuse NY |
21
Aug 88 |
friend |
died
Jan 93 Denver, Colo. |
| Seeber,
Clara |
|
26
Sep 85 |
||
| Stayt,
Nettie |
Ann
Arbor, Mich |
30
Jun 87 |
friend |
|
| Swan,
Marietta |
Belleville |
|||
| Tenney,
Mary A. |
Hancock, N. H. |
30
Jan 84 |
||
| Walton,
C. H. |
Henderson |
|||
| Walton,
Mrs. C. H. |
Henderson |
Oct
83 |
||
| Wheeler,
Minnie B. |
Belleville |
6
Mar 84 |
friend |
married George Johnston Oct 1886 |
| Wilder,
Dora E. |
Smithville |
30
Jan 84 |
married
Mr. Englehart Oct 1889 |
|
| Willard,
Erwin |
LeRay |
9
Sep 83 |
||
| Williams,
M. E. |
Chester, Vermont |
6
Feb 84 |
married
April 1890 |
|
| Williams,
Martha |
Belleville |
married
April 1889 Mr. Sturtevant |
||
| Williams,
Mary |
Pierrepont Manor |
2
Feb ?? |
friend |
|
| Wood,
Mamie E. |
Woodville |
5
Jan 85 |
married
March 1889 |
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