| PERSONAL TIMELINE | |
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| Decided to scan all kinds of items I have accumulated over the years Clicking on images will usually bring up a full size version to see details. | |
| 1837 | |
| Pretty sure this is when/where my paternal great-great grandparents got married England Marriages, 1538–1973 for James Knowles and Mary Thornton marriage date: 21 Aug 1837 marriage place: Colne, Lancashire, England groom's father's name: John Knowles bride's father's name: William Thornton | |
| 1861 | |
England and Wales Census, 1861 for Sarah Catterall (paternal great grandmother) | |
| 1865 | |
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Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916 for James Johnson and Elizabeth Knowles James Johnson (paternal great grandfather) birth date: 1846 age: 19 Elizabeth Knowles (paternal great grandmother) birth date: 1844 age: 21 marriage date: 28 Sep 1865 marriage place: Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island groom's father's name: James Johnson groom's mother's name: Mary Crabtree bride's father's name: James Knowles bride's mother's name: Mary E. Thornton | |
| 1877 | |
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Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 for Walter Johnson name: Walter Johnson (grandfather) date: 17 Oct 1877 place: Fall River, Massachusetts | |
| 1879 | |
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| 1880 | |
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United States Census, 1880 for James Johnson (great grandfather) residence: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts occupation: Works In Cotton Mill | |
| 1881 | |
| England and Wales Census, 1881 for Grace Thompson (paternal grandmother) | |
 Grace Thompson age: 4 gender: Female birth year: 1877 birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England address: Armstrong St |
Household Gender Age |
| 1891 | |
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1891 British Census Shows Maternal Great Grandparents (Edmund and Louisa Howard) and Grandmother (Esther who married William Remington) | |
| 1900 | |
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United States Census, 1900 for James Johnson (paternal great grandfather) residence: Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island | |
| 1901 | |
| England and Wales Census, 1901 for William F Remington (maternal grandfather) | |
| 1910s | |
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| 1920 | |
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1920 US Census Showing All My Mother's Brothers and Sisters (Does not include her, since she was born January 1. 1920)  Certificate of Naturalization for William Remington | |
| 1925 | |
1925 RI Census Showing My Father at age 10 Johnsons were living at 40 Bowen Street, Valley Falls, Cumberland, RI Wikipedia: Valley Falls Valley Falls Company | |
| 1927 | |
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Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 for Grace Johnson (paternal grandmother) name: Grace Johnson death date: 16 Nov 1927 death place: Lonsdale, RI age: 50 burial place: Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Cumberland #3 | |
| 1930 | |
| 1930 US Census Showing My Mother as M. Louise age 10 | |
| 1937 | |
 Mom Louise Remington (left, age 17) and Aunt Frances | |
| 1935 | |
1935 RI Census Card for Louise Remington (mom) Remingtons were living at 46 Mill Street, Valley Falls, Cumberland, RI | |
| 1940s | |
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| 1954 | |
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| 1956 | |
BORN SEPTEMBER 15, 1956 Zillow: House at 88 Draper Street, Pawtucket, RI | |
| 1957 | |
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| 1959 | |
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| 1961 | |
 Zillow: House at 80 Maplecrest Drive, Pawtucket, RI | |
| 1962 | |
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| 1963 | |
 Yes, my mother saved every one of my report cards. | |
| 1964 | |
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| 1965 | |
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| 1966 | |
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| 1967 | |
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| 1968 | |
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| 1969 | |
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| 1970 | |
 Zillow: House at 130 Sayles Hill Rd, North Smithfield. RI | |
| 1971 | |
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| 1972 | |
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| 1973 | |
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| 1974 | |
 
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| 1975 | |
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| 1976 | |
 Got sick in the middle of finals and received 3 incompletes ! | |
| 1977 | |
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Made up my three incompletes from Fall 76, then managed to get spinal menigitis Have no idea where my Spring 77 grades are, but took summer classes to catch up 
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| 1978 | |
 
 Move to Redwood City, CA and start job at GTE Lenkurt, San Carlos.  GTE Lenkurt had a great Engineering Training Program, which you do not see anymore. | |
| 1979 | |
| Took Electrical Engineering Master's Degree classes at Santa Clara University | |
| 1980 | |
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| 1981 | |
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| 1982 | |
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| 1983 | |
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Started work on my MBA at Golden Gate University, Los Altos Campus GTE Lenkurt moves to Phoenix, I do not and get laid off ! | |
| 1984 | |
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Being unemployed I become a full-time student (4 courses) at GGU About one month into semester, was offered and accepted job at Pacific Bell Was a full-time employee and full-time student for about 9 weeks Took train 30 miles north to San Francisco, then back to Redwood City, then drove 20 miles south to Los Altos campus, then back home 4 days a week.  | |
| 1985 | |
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Started job at Granger Associates (Santa Clara), became DSC Communications, now Alcatel | |
| 1986 | |
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| 1987 | |
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| 1988 | |
| Laid off from DSC, worked briefly at Raynet, Menlo Park, CA. | |
| 1989 | |
| Moved to La Mesa, San Diego County. Took some Public Adminstration courses at San Diego State University | |
| 1990 | |
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| 1991 | |
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| 1992 | |
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James H. Johnson (uncle)
Birth: Oct. 23, 1913 Death: Aug. 5, 1992 Wood National Cemetery Milwaukee Milwaukee County Wisconsin, USA  | |
| 1993 | |
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| 1994 | |
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| 1995 | |
| Started GOLDSHEET Mining Directory and COINSHEET Numismatic Directory | |
| 1996 | |
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| 1997 | |
Mom dies March 5, 1997 from Multiple Myeloma | |
| 1998-2002 | |
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My father lived with me during this period, so other than cooking and cleaning I do not recall doing anything productive or interesting for about 5 years. | |
| 2003 | |
Dad dies August 11, 2003 | |
| 2004 | |
| Started OILSHEET Energy Directory | |
| 2005 | |
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| 2006 | |
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| 2007 | |
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| 2008 | |
| Established the Robert E Johnson, Jr. Endowment for the URI College of Engineering | |
| 2009 | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | John Knowles | Alice ? | William Thornton | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| James Johnson | Mary Crabtree | James Knowles (1823-) | Mary Thornton | 5 | 6 | James Caterall (1825-) | Elinor (1816-) | ||||||||
| James H. Johnson B: 06 Jul 1845 | Elizabeth Knowles B: 1844 Darwen, Lancashire | Robert Thompson B: 1841 Inskip, Lancashire, England | Sarah Caterall B: 1843 Inskip, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||
| Walter Johnson B: 17 OCT 1877 Fall River, MA | Grace Thompson (1877-1927) | ||||||||||||||
| Robert E Johnson B: 3 MAR 1915 Cumberland, RI. D: 11 AUG 2003 Largo, FL. | |||||||||||||||
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| Edmund Howard | Louisa West | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Esther Howard (1879-) | William Remington (1874-) | ||||||||||||||
| Louise Remington (1920-1997) | |||||||||||||||