In actual fact, Edith seems to have been born in South Dakota of parents born in Sweden. However, starting with the census of 1925, she gives her adoptive parents' birth places as those of her parents and Iowa as her own birth place.
Edith R. Johnson |
Name: Mna Ora Johnson [Mna Ora Montaney], Birth Year: abt 1871, Birth Place: New York, Gender: Female, Race: White, Marital Status: Widowed, Mother: Martha Hemstreet, Mother's Birthplace: New York, Father: Cyrus Montaney, Father's Birthplace: New York , Marriage Place: New York; Household: Mrs Ora Johnson 54, Hasel L Johnson 37; Frances Johnson 20; Edith Johnson 16;/ online database
Jessie Johnson 56, head, born Wisconsin, proprietor spark plug company; Ora Johnson 49, wife, born New York; Edith Johnson 11, daughter, born Iowa; Cyrus Montaney 27, nephew, born New York, laborer farm.
Edith Johnson 20, student nurse hospital, born South Dakota, parents born Sweden.