Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS (1860

Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS (1860 - 1935)

sailor, timber getter, publican, hotelier, cane farmer

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Anna Matilda JOHNSON (1890 - 1985) Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON (1892 - 1916) Alfred Julian JOHNSON (1894 - 1944) Hilda Helen Isabella JOHNSON (1896 - 1994) Oscar St.John JOHNSON (1899 - 1948) Edmund Barton JOHNSON (1901 - 1910) Harold Adolphus JOHNSON (1903 - 2000) Florence Alexandra JOHNSON (1905 - 1990) Inez Lillian Maud JOHNSON (1908 - 2000) Norman Selwyn JOHNSON (1909 - 2001) Edmund Bruce JOHNSON (1913 - 1992) Greta Edna JOHNSON (1916 - 2008)	Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS (1860 - 1935) + Florence Amelia MADDEN (1873 - 1929)	John Andersen Kleset AAS (1833 - 1917)	Anders Klaegsaet AAS



		Johanna Mathilde Ingebrigtsdatter CARLSEN (1835 - 1885)	Ingebrigt CARLSEN KARLSEN (1799 - )	Carl Jensen SORTOMME
				Beret INGEBRIGTSDATTER
			Johanna Catrina Henningsdatter (CARLSEN) (1800 - )	Henning Lorentzson XX
				Martha Neisdatter XX

Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS

Pic 2. At Mavis Bell's Place, Pitchie St, Strathpine
Norman Johnson (73), Mavis Bell (60), Inez Hodson (74), Greta Hansen (66), Eddie Johnson (69)

Pic 8. Built in 1911. Pulled down in 1916 and transported to Cloncurry by rail, where it was re-built and name the Cosmopolitan Hotel

Pic 10. I know, different hotel but it gives an idea of transport

b. 05 Aug 1860 at Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway

m. 01 Jan 1890 Florence Amelia MADDEN (1873 - 1929) at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

d. 26 Dec 1935 at Jarvisfield, Queensland, Australia aged 75

Near Relatives of Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS (1860 - 1935)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Anders Klaegsaet AAS
Grandfather	Ingebrigt CARLSEN KARLSEN	1799	Norway
Grandmother	Johanna Catrina Henningsdatter (CARLSEN)	1800	Norway

Father in Law	Henry St.John MADDEN	30 Jun 1840	Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia	12 May 1922	Balfe's Creek, Queensland, Australia	81
Mother in Law	Isabella Bowcher ELWORTHY	20 Oct 1842	Exeter, Devon, England	16 Jul 1921	Auckland, New Zealand	78

Father	John Andersen Kleset AAS	03 Apr 1833		1917		84
Mother	Johanna Mathilde Ingebrigtsdatter CARLSEN	21 Dec 1835	Lade, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	1885		50

Self	Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS	05 Aug 1860	Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	26 Dec 1935	Jarvisfield, Queensland, Australia	75

Wife	Florence Amelia MADDEN	23 Mar 1873	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	24 Oct 1929	Chilligoe, Queensland, Australia	56

Daughter	Anna Matilda JOHNSON	11 Oct 1890	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	15 Aug 1985	Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia	94
Son	Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON	25 May 1892	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	15 Nov 1916	Villers-Bretonneux, France	24
Son	Alfred Julian JOHNSON	01 May 1894	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	12 Dec 1944	Childers, Queensland, Australia	50
Daughter	Hilda Helen Isabella JOHNSON	03 Sep 1896	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	02 Mar 1994	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia	97
Son	Oscar St.John JOHNSON	30 Jan 1899	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	14 Oct 1948	Queensland, Australia	49
Son	Edmund Barton JOHNSON	02 Dec 1901	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	10 Jul 1910	Mt Elliott, Queensland, Australia	8
Son	Harold Adolphus JOHNSON	25 Sep 1903	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	12 Jun 2000	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	96
Daughter	Florence Alexandra JOHNSON	21 Jun 1905	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	01 May 1990	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	84
Adopted Son	Leslie Allen JOHNSON	24 Feb 1907	Queensland, Australia	18 Aug 1964	Rochdale, Queensland, Australia	57
Daughter	Inez Lillian Maud JOHNSON	17 Jan 1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	23 Jun 2000	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	92
Son	Norman Selwyn JOHNSON	04 Oct 1909	Kuridala, Queensland, Australia	01 May 2001	Cannon Hill, Queensland, Australia	91
Son	Edmund Bruce JOHNSON	12 Aug 1913	Kuridala, Queensland, Australia	13 Jun 1992	Norman Park, Queensland, Australia	78
Daughter	Greta Edna JOHNSON	17 Aug 1916	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	19 Jan 2008	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	91

Sister	Ingrid Kathrina Anna Johnsdatter AAS	18 Nov 1862	Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	21 Jul 1947	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	84
Brother	Karl Johan AAS	10 Dec 1873	Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	21 Jan 1878	Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	4

Son in Law	Henry Ambrose NICHOLS	1882	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	24 Dec 1952	Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia	70
Daughter in Law	May STRATHAM
Son in Law	John Francis MILEY	01 Nov 1898	Kildare, Ireland	22 Jul 1965	Queensland, Australia	66
Daughter in Law	Mary Ellen BOURKE
Daughter in Law	Lonra Grace HENDY			06 Mar 1996	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law	Una May CROUCH
Son in Law	Frank CASTLE	abt 1895		1976	Campsie, New South Wales, Australia	81
Son in Law	Percy Charles BRYAN	07 Feb 1907	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1980	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	73
Daughter in Law	Olive Josephine STRETTON	1908	Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	Joh MILNE
Son in Law	Albert Robert (Tim) SMITH	1898	Timaru, New Zealand	1951	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	53
Son in Law	Keith HODSON
Daughter in Law	Maud Ellen KING	1916	Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia	1978		62
Son in Law	William Alexander (Lex) HANSEN	19 Jan 1913	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	18 Mar 2004	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	91

Granddaughter	Thelma Alma NICHOLS	1912	Queensland, Australia
Grandson	Cecil Ambrose Johnson NICHOLS	1914	Queensland, Australia
Grandson	Christian John NICHOLS	1917
Grandson	Harry Alfred Linden NICHOLS	1919	Chilligoe, Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Valerie Lorna JOHNSON	04 Dec 1938	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	02 Jan 2001	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	62
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Vernon (Brother) Kevin CASTLE	18 Sep 1928	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	26 Dec 2010		82
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Leslie Wayne SMITH	18 Mar 1926	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	29 Jan 1988	Westmead, New South Wales, Australia	61
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased

Aunt	Anna Ingebrigtsdatter KARLSEN	abt 1835		17 May 1894		59
Uncle	male BERGMAN

Cousin	Andres BERGMAN		Norway		Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Samuel BERGMAN	1860

Nephew	Orville James FOX	05 Aug 1896		13 May 1967		70
Nephew	Clarence William FOX	27 Feb 1901	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	abt 17 Sep 1979	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	78
Niece	Doris Marjorie Richardson FOX	1904	Queensland, Australia	03 Mar 1986	Sarina, Queensland, Australia	82
Niece	Eveline Rose KOCH	29 Sep 1884	Winton, Queensland, Australia	abt 02 Jan 1959	Winton, Queensland, Australia	74
Niece	Florence Isabel KOCH	13 Oct 1886	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	07 Dec 1985	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	99
Nephew	Frederick Augusta KOCH	09 Oct 1888	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	abt 1984	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia	96
Nephew	Peter KOCH	07 Feb 1891	Balfe's Creek, Queensland, Australia	06 Jan 1975	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	83
Niece	Alice (Dinah) KOCH	30 Oct 1893	Balfe's Creek, Queensland, Australia	10 Sep 1963	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	69
Nephew	Charles Henry KOCH	23 Jun 1896	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	06 Aug 1984	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	88
Nephew	John (Jack) David KOCH	06 Aug 1898	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	02 Apr 1950	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	51
Nephew	James Edward KOCH	09 Dec 1901	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1988	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	87
Niece	Lina Lillian KOCH	14 Oct 1905	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	23 Feb 1994	East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	88
Nephew	Robert St. John KOCH	23 Nov 1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	16 May 1978	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	69
Nephew	Sydney Julian KOCH	18 Feb 1910	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	25 Jul 2002	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	92
Niece	Lillian Margaret Ann MADDEN	19 Mar 1894	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	14 Nov 1977	Sandgate, Queensland, Australia	83
Nephew	John Henry (Jack) MADDEN	14 Sep 1895	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	13 Nov 1982	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Niece	Florence Helen MADDEN	21 Jul 1898	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	19 Feb 1951	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	52
Niece	Helen Nell May MADDEN	20 Jul 1904	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	12 Mar 1974	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Nephew	Edward MADDEN	08 Apr 1912	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	13 Apr 1912	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Julian George MADDEN	19 Apr 1915	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	11 Jan 2013	Buderim, Queensland, Australia	97
Niece	Annie Appolonia MADDEN	17 May 1899	Queensland, Australia	Y
Nephew	Bernard Clemens MADDEN	24 Feb 1901	Queensland, Australia	16 Jan 1964	Queensland, Australia	62
Niece	Agnes Isabelle MADDEN	23 Jul 1903	Queensland, Australia	31 Aug 1925	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	22
Nephew	George Henry MADDEN	1906	Queensland, Australia	07 Jul 1957	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	51
Nephew	Raymond Martin MADDEN	abt Apr 1908	Queensland, Australia	29 Dec 1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Julian Raymond Royal MADDEN	15 Jul 1912	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	25 Sep 1959	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	47
Niece	Grace Elaine SMITH	1902	Queensland, Australia	1940		38
Nephew	Greville Henry SMITH	1906	Queensland, Australia	1967		61
Nephew	Donald William SMITH	1911	Queensland, Australia	1971		60
Niece	Ida Isabella SMITH	1914	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Ronald Ernest SMITH	1917	Queensland, Australia	1977		60
Niece	Violet Lillian SMITH	07 May 1909	Auckland, New Zealand	15 Jul 1981	Auckland, New Zealand	72
Niece	Gladys Ivy SMITH	13 Dec 1917	New Zealand
Nephew	Aubrey Ernest James SMITH	19 Sep 1922	Auckland, New Zealand
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law	Isabella Honora MADDEN	16 Jul 1860	Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia	05 Dec 1860	Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0
Brother in Law	Henry St John MADDEN	12 Jun 1862	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	14 Apr 1863	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0
Sister in Law	Adelaide Louisa MADDEN	28 Apr 1864	West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia	1864	West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia	0
Sister in Law	Alice Evelyn MADDEN	28 Dec 1866	Cape River, Queensland, Australia	05 Mar 1926	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	59
Brother in Law	Julian John Edward MADDEN	16 Jun 1869	Cape River, Queensland, Australia	25 Aug 1954	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Lillian May MADDEN	27 Sep 1875	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	28 Apr 1889	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	13
Brother in Law	Henry George MADDEN	09 Feb 1878	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	03 Sep 1942	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Brother in Law	James MADDEN	11 Sep 1880	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	16 Sep 1880	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	0
Brother in Law	Ernest Charles MADDEN	29 Nov 1881	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	07 May 1928	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	46
Sister in Law	Ida Eleana MADDEN	05 Dec 1883	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	14 Mar 1938	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	54
Sister in Law	Eva (Ivy) Rosina MADDEN	10 Apr 1887	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 1927	Auckland, New Zealand	40
Brother in Law	William Richardson Isaac Elliott FOX	26 Jul 1872	Broadsound, Queensland, Australia	28 Aug 1954	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	82

Events in Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS (1860 - 1935)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
05 Aug 1860		Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS was born	Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	Note 1
28 Oct 1860		Christening	Bakklandet, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	Norway-VR C42370-3, 126841
1881	21	Immigration	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	26
Nov 1882	22	Emigration	Australia		2
09 Nov 1882	22	Immigration	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	27
1885	25	Death of mother Johanna Mathilde Ingebrigtsdatter CARLSEN (aged 50)
18 Oct 1889	29	Naturalisation	Homestead, Queensland, Australia
01 Jan 1890	29	Married Florence Amelia MADDEN (aged 16)	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1890/C001107 certifiacte
11 Oct 1890	30	Birth of daughter Anna Matilda JOHNSON	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	1890/C007435
25 May 1892	31	Birth of son Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	1892/C007003
01 May 1894	33	Birth of son Alfred Julian JOHNSON	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	1894/C006252
03 Sep 1896	36	Birth of daughter Hilda Helen Isabella JOHNSON	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	1896/C006648
30 Jan 1899	38	Birth of son Oscar St.John JOHNSON	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	1899/C006051
02 Dec 1901	41	Birth of son Edmund Barton JOHNSON	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	1901/C006056
1902	42	Residence	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	27
25 Sep 1903	43	Birth of son Harold Adolphus JOHNSON	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1903/C006033
21 Jun 1905	44	Birth of daughter Florence Alexandra JOHNSON	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1905/C006373
24 Feb 1907	46	Birth of adopted son Leslie Allen JOHNSON	Queensland, Australia	Note 5
17 Jan 1908	47	Birth of daughter Inez Lillian Maud JOHNSON	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1908/C005999
1909	49	Residence	Selwyn, Queensland, Australia	Mt Elliott Hotel	27
04 Oct 1909	49	Birth of son Norman Selwyn JOHNSON	Kuridala, Queensland, Australia	1909/C002440
10 Jul 1910	49	Death of son Edmund Barton JOHNSON (aged 8)	Mt Elliott, Queensland, Australia	1911/C000912 Cloncurry?
12 Aug 1913	53	Birth of son Edmund Bruce JOHNSON	Kuridala, Queensland, Australia	1913/C009455
Jul 1916	55	Residence	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	27
17 Aug 1916	56	Birth of daughter Greta Edna JOHNSON	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
15 Nov 1916	56	Death of son Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON (aged 24)	Villers-Bretonneux, France	Somme, battle of Flers
1917	57	Death of father John Andersen Kleset AAS (aged 84)
1919	59	Residence	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	Electoral roll
abt 1926	66	Residence	Jarvisfield, Queensland, Australia	Kia Ora Farm	27
24 Oct 1929	69	Death of wife Florence Amelia MADDEN (aged 56)	Chilligoe, Queensland, Australia	Note 7
26 Dec 1935	75	Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS died	Jarvisfield, Queensland, Australia	Note 8

Note 1: Newspaper obit and birth certificate translation

Note 2: Jumped ship at Rowes Bay with seven others as their ship had grounded on the reef between Magnetic Island and the mainland

Note 3: per 'Stirlingshire' to Cleveland Bay

Note 4: Railway Refreshment rooms 1902-1907

Note 5: 1907/C006757 15 months before marriage. record as Atkinson

Note 6: Cosmopolitan Hotel = Mt Elliott Hotel moved from Selywn

Note 7: Newpaper obit for Peter Martin Johnson

Note 8: Newspaper obit, Kia Ora farm Jarvisfield

Personal Notes:

Peter was born Joachim Martinus AAS (pronounced ORSE) at Trondheim, Norway in 1860 and arrived in Australia in Nov 1882 as a merchant seaman on the Sterlingshire. He changed his name when he was naturalised at Homestead on 18 Oct 1889. Letters home must have given a glowing account as his sister Inger Anna AAS also migrated to Australia about 1898.

During his life in Australia Peter worked as a timber cutter and teamster, operated the Railway Refreshment Rooms at Homestead from 1902-1907, was a hotel-keeper at Selwyn and when the Mt Elliott mine closed down, he moved his Mt Elliott Hotel from Selwyn to Cloncurry in 1916, renaming it The Cosmopolitan Hotel. Peter was also a sugar-cane farmer at Jarvisfield from 1920.
An obituary in the Delta Advocate said he was involved in local matters. He was chairman of the District Hospital, State School Committee, Progress Association, Cemetery Trust, etc. He was "admired by all for his tireless energy. A man and a gentleman, his thoughts were always of others, never of himself."

Newspaper artilcle (undated)
A Worthy Settler - Peter Martin Johnson (By 'Viator' in Cummins & Campbell's Monthly Magazine)
It is over thirty years since I first met P.M. Johnson. He was then conducting a flourishing business in the Homestead Railway Refreshment Rooms.

Some years later, in the Cloncurry district, he called on me when he was on his way out to inspect an hotel property at Mount Elliott. At that time the copper mine was a hive of industry and I advised Mr Johnson that the prospects were first class.

Shortly afterwards he closed for the purchase, and he found everything as I had told him. When the railway construction camps made their appearance there was a great boom; and by way of diversion, a beer strike was organised. It improves the quality of liquor when you take it on the quiet. But Mr Johnson had a great run at Mount Elliott where he was ably assisted by his wife and eldest daughter. At that time the rest of his numerous family were in the school stage and younger.

When the mine closed down at Mt. Elliott Mr Johnson made a shift to Cloncurry, where he built the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Here he did a good trade till unfortunately the building was destroyed by fire. He then turned his attention to sugar growing and in the Ayr district the Kia Ora Farm was purchsed in 1920. Here he remains with his family-what are left of them. How the world changes! The family consisted of a baker's dozen - thirteen. Four of the girls are married and the youngest remains at home. Two of the sons are school teachers, and three are assisting on the farm. one boy died at an early age in the Cloncurry Hospital and the eldest son was Captain Johnson of the 25th battalion. He saw service in Galliploi, and in 1916 he was killed on a French battlefield. Many Townsville men will remember him. As Christian Johnson he won a scholarship and attended the Townsville Grammar School. Here he became known by the classical name of Ben Johnson. On finishing his education, he entered the service of the AMP Company, from which he enlisted for the War.

It is a remarkable fact that seven of Mr Johnson's sons won scholarships and attended the Townsville Grammar School. The good old name remained on the School books for 23 years. At some periods there were two Johnson boys in attendance. Last month 'Viator' was pleased to renew acquaintance with Mr P.M. Johnson, who was up in Townsville for a holiday. Let us see. Kia Ora is the Maori for Good Luck.

Omission must not be made of the name of Mrs P.M. Johnson, who was one of the most popular and charitable women in the West. She died at Chilligoe in 1929 when on a visit to her eldest daughter Mrs Nicholls.

Obituary from newspaper - 1935.
Another well known and highly regarded resident of the district to pass away during the holiday season was Peter Martin Johnson, cane farmer of Kia-Ora, Jarvisfield whose death occurred at 2:45 am on Boxing Day.

The late Mr Johnson fell victim to shaking palsy a few years ago, but had been confined to his bed for less than a fortnight before his demise. Born in Trondhjem, Norway, on 5th August 1860, he received a good education, but desiring to see other parts of the world, took to sea-faring for a few years, finally leaving the "Stirlingshire" in Clevland Bay on 9th November, 1882. Making inland along the railway line with a fellow sailor, he eventually settled at Homestead, where he carried on timber getting and contracting for many years, thus becoming well known also in Pentland and Charters Towers. With other residents he helped to build the first school at Hoestaed and was Chairman of the Committee for many years. In January 1890, he was married to Florence Amelia Madden. whose parents were well known in the early days of Millchester, where Mrs Johnson had the distinction of being the first child born. From 1902 to 1907 he had charge of the Railway Refreshment Rooms at Homestaed and in 1909 shifted to Mt Elliott, where the Mt Elliott Hotel had been purchased. Taking great interest in the local matters, he held positions such as Chairman of the District Hospital and State School Committees, Progress Association, Cemetery Trust and other bodies. in 1911, a new Mt Elliott Hotel was built, being a two storey structure, and when the Mt Elliott Mine closed down the hotel was shifted to Cloncurry, whee it was known as the Cosmopolitan Hotel, opening in July 1916.

Of a large family, two are dead, Captain Christian Martin (Ben) being killed in action in France in 1916, and Edmund Barton who died from typhoid fever in 1911.

In 1920, "Kia Ora" Fram, Jarvisfield was purchased, and since that time Mr Johnson had been an ardent cane farmer, being admired by all for his tireless energy. A man and a gentleman, his thoughts were always of others and never of himself. The members of his family left to mourn are - Anna (Mrs Nichols) and Oscar at Mt Isa, Hilda (mrs Miley), Inez (Mrs A Smith); Greta, Alf, Harold, and Eddie at Kia Ora farm; Les at Brooks Road, State School, Millaa Millaa; Norman at Babinda State School; and Florrie (Mrs P Bryan) at Ayr. There are twelve grand-children, and a sister Mrs W Fox lives at Koumala, near Mackay. Mrs Johnson died in 1929, whilst holidaying in Chilligoe.

"the endings of names as with ‘sen’ in Norway and ‘son’ in Sweden. Even though Peter Johnson had the ‘son’ I knew from your web site that he was Norwegian so it would originally have been ‘sen’ and soon had a quick lesson in Johnsen for ‘son of John’. I was able to confirm a couple of generations back from Johanna but came to a stop with going any further back from John Andersen. This was because I knew, from the surname, that his father’s name would be Anders, but according to the Vital Records, Anders’ surname was Klaegstaedt and that surname doesn’t exist, at least not as far as I can identify so far . I also know that the ‘added’ Norwegian surnames are usually topographical (as in ‘Aas’ is a small mountain or hill so John Anderson would literally be ‘John, son of Anders, who lived near the hill’). Johanna Mathilde, appears with the surname of Carlsen which she adopted from her father Ingebrigt Carlsen ......on the VR she is Johanna Mathilde Ingebrigtsdatter. The father of Ingebrigt Carlsen appears on various records as Carl Jensen/ Carl Jensen Sortomme/Carl Sortomme. One researcher discovered that “Sortomme”, while sounded French rather than Norwegian, was actually the name of a large farm in Norway so, once again some families assumed it as a topographical identifier." Gloria Sheehan.

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 158 (Emigration)

- Reference = 158 (Name, Notes)

18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool

- Reference = Gloria Sheehan (16-1-09) (Name, Notes)

26. Type: Newspaper, Abbr: Sun Community Newspapers, Title: Sun Community Newspapers, Family life a privilege to treasure, Date: 29/1/1997

- Reference = (Immigration)

27. Type: Newspaper, Abbr: Cloncurry Advocate, Title: Cloncurry Advocate

- Reference = 4/1/1936 (Residence)

- Reference = 4/1/1936 (Immigration)

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