Family of Peter Johnson & Charlotte Hoffman
Peter Johnson was born Abt. 1805 in Germany, and died 9 December 1843 in Tampico, Mexico.
Wife Charlotte Hoffman was born (unknown), and died (unknown). They were married Bef. 1836 in New Orleans, LA.
Their children were:
1- Charles Lewis Johnson b: 8 June 1836 New Orleans, Orleans, LA; d: 26 May 1910 at 6100 Howard St., New Orleans, Orleans, LA; burial: 27 May 1910 Lafayette Cem. #1, Johnson Family Tomb
+Rosena Smith b: 26 May 1838 in Brampton, Derbyshire, England (baptism 15 June 1838 Chesterfield) m: 19 August 1857 in Rampart St. residence of the rector of Christchurch Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA; d: 23 May 1922 at 9 LaSalle Place, New Orleans, Orleans, LA; burial: 24 May 1922 Lafayette Cem. #1, Johnson Family Tomb
Notes for Lewis Johnson:
- Birth record: On 6th October 1845 appeared Mr. Jacob Shultz, a native of Prussia, aged thirty nine years, and residing in this city on Greatman streets between Elysian Fields and Marigny Streets in the 3rd Municipality of this city who by these presents doth declare that on the eighth day of June in the year 1836 was born in this city a male child named Charles Lewis Johnson legitimate issue of Peter Johnson a native of Germany, aged about 40 years and of Charlotte Hoffman.
- President Pro Tem of Sewerage and Water Board
- President of Audubon Park Board Commission 1903-1910
- Owner & President Johnson Iron Works, Ltd. (begun 1864)
2- Malvina Johnson b: 30 August 1838 New Orleans, Orleans, LA; d: 20 February 1922 New Orleans, LA
+Samuel R. Perry b: Abt. 1833; m: 4 March 1859 New Orleans, Orleans, LA; d: 22 April 1860 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
*2nd Husband of Malvina Johnson:
+John Rice Beals b: 21 August 1821 Bath, Sagahadoc, ME; m: 10 November 1870 New Orleans, Orleans, LA; d: 26 December 1887 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
Notes for Malvina Johnson:
- Birth record: On 6 October 1845, Mr. Jacob Shultz, native Prussia, aged 39, residing on Greatman St. between Elysian Fields & Marigny St. (3rd Muni.), registered the birth of Malvina Johnson, born on 30 August 1838, d/o Peter Johnson, native of Germany, aged about 40, & Charlotte Hoffman.
- Marriage license entry, 4 March 1859: John P. Barnett, JofP, with Henry Sahl & Wm. F. Pray appeared, and were acquainted with Samuel R. Perry and Christina Malvina Johnson who apply for a marriage license, both above 21.
- 9 June 1870 New Orleans, Jefferson, 2nd ward, p. 33 (40): J.R. Beals 49 (ME) Ast. Appraiser Internal Revenue [$2500 real estate/$1000 personal], Edwine 12 attending school (LA), Carrie A. 19 (sic 9) attending school (LA), Malvina Perry 22 (sic 32) keeping house (LA)
- New Orleans Republican (N.O., LA), Saturday, 12 November 1870: Married - Beals-Perry - On Thursday, November 10, 1870, by the Rev. J. F. Jerault, Mr. J. R. Beals to Mrs. Malvina Perry, both of this city. No cards.
- 4 June 1880 New Orleans, LA (ED 3, W1, p. 17), Magazine St.: John R. Beals 58 (ME-ME-ME), at home, wife Malvina 41 (LA-Swe-Swe), keeping house, dau Carrie 19 (LA-ME-ME), at home, married dau D.F. Berry 31 (LA-ME-ME) at home, grandson B.F. 11 (LA-MA-ME), at school, grandson John B. 9 (Indian Ocean) at school, grandson E.V. 6 (LA) at school, granddaughter Delia C. 2 (China) at home, granddaughter Katy 7 months (LA) at home, servant Marg. Fitzgerald 18 (LA-Ire-Ire) servant.
- 1892 N.O. Directory: Malvina Beals, wid. John B., r. 119 Constance, bet. Melpomene av and Terpsichore
- 1900 New Orleans, ED19, W3, p. 13, boarding house at 535 Carondelet: Widow Mrs. M. Beals 62 (1 Jan 1838).
- 1915 N.O. Directory: Mrs. Malvina Beals, r. 1605 Prytania
- 1920 New Orleans, ED 18, W2, p. 6B, boarding house on Prytania: Widow Malvina Beals 81 (LA/Sweden/Germany), Melvile Berry 22 orchestra musician.
- Death Notice, Times Picayune (N.O., LA), Wednesday, 28 December 1887: Captain John R. Beals, 66 years, 119 Constance.
- New Orleans Item (N.O., LA), Sunday, 22 October 1905 - Mrs. M. Bieals and little grandson, Melville Berry, returned to their home in New Orleans the early part of the week.
- New Orleans Item (N.O., LA), Monday, 20 February 1922: Malvina Beals, 63, died Sunday. She was a native of this city. Funeral services will be held Monday from the home of her grandson, E. A. Berry, 3910 Perrier street. Services will be private.
- New Orleans Item (N.O., LA), Tuesday, 21 February 1922: Malvina Beals, 83, died at the home of her grandson, E. A. Berry, 3910 Perrier street, Sunday morning. The funeral took place Monday afternoon at the residence of her grandson. The burial was private.
Notes for Peter Johnson:
- According to his son’s obituary (Lewis Johnson), Peter Johnson was “'the owner and captain of a sailing vessel which plied the Gulf of Mexico between New Orleans and Tampico, Mexico.”
- The births of Lewis & Malvina were registered on 6 October 1845, by Mr. Jacob Shultz, native Prussia, aged 39, residing on Greatman St. between Elysian Fields & Marigny St. (3rd Municipality), listing the parents as ‘Peter Johnson, native of Germany, aged about 40, & Charlotte Hoffman.’ (vol. 7, p. 809) At the same time Jacob Shultz also registered the birth of Andrew James Saul (born 7 February 1844 at the house of his parents situated on Spain Street between Greatmen and Craps Streets in the 3rd municipality), legitimate issue of Henry Saul and of Charlotte Hoffman a native of this city.
- 1842 New Orleans directory: Mrs. Johnson 7 Craps St. [Craps Street = Burgundy Street]
- Schooner Louisiana, due into New Orleans from Tampico on the morning of 26 October 1836, Master Peter Johnson; 15 male passengers: "District of Mississippi...Port of New Orleans. I, Peter Johnson, Master or Commander of the Schooner Louisiana do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear, that the within list, signed by me and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the Passengers, taken on board the said vessel at the Port of Tampico or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I do further swear, that one of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. - Dated 3 Nov 1836, signed Peter Johnson"
- Commercial Bulletin (New Orleans, LA), Saturday, 26 November 1836: Schooner Louisiana, American, 67 tons, Master Johnson, uncertain destination, docked other side of the river, consignees M. S. Cueullu, Lapeyre & Co. Toulouse-st.
- Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Saturday, 4 March 1837: Arrived.... brought up to the Battle Ground, brigs North America, Alvare, Lycoming, schr Louisiana, and a Spanish Ketch.
- Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Tuesday, 25 April 1837: Port of New Orleans, 24 April 1837: Arrived (22 April) towed up (among others) schooner Louisiana.
[Possibly wrong Peter Johnson: - 3 October 1843 - Richard St. John, schooner, of New Orleans, registered No. 102, owner Isidore Antoine Quempere, N.O.; master: Peter Johnson. Tuesday, 2 January 1844 - Times Picayune (N.O., LA) - Died 9th December (1843) at Tampico, Capt. Peter Johnson, of the schooner Richard St. John, of this port.]
[The old residence of Lewis Johnson was down on Erato St. Eads Johnson Jr. (Peter Johnson's great-grandson) visited the site in 1943, still standing but quite a mess in a grubby neighborhood. His knowledge of Lewis Johnson's background comes from recollections his stepmother (Eads Johnson Sr.'s 2nd wife) gleaned from cousin Shirley Johnson Stearns (Peter Johnson's granddaughter). His (Lewis Johnson's) father Peter's family were Swedish or Norwegian and he (Peter Johnson) apparently married Charlotte, Lewis' mother in N.O. She was the daughter of a silk factory owner in Germany named Russmeyer whose wife may have been named Christine. Peter Johnson was the owner and captain of a ship which plied the gulf between N. O. and Tampico, Mexico. Eads asked his own father where his grandfather (Lewis Johnson) had come from and his father replied that he had asked the same question when he was younger and received the inadequate answer: "It is sufficient for you to know young man that you come from good, upright, Christian parents."]
Notes for Charlotte Hoffman:
- Second husband Henry Saul/Saal/Sahl was born Abt. 1805 in Germany, and died aft. March 1859. They were married Bef. 1850 in New Orleans, LA.
- 4 September 1850 New Orleans, LA (W2, 3rd municipality, p. 146A): Henry Saul 45 (Ger) pilot [$1000 real estate], wife Charlotte Saul 34 (Ger), Lewis Johnson 14, Malvina Johnson 12 attended school within the year, Emily Saul 4. [This Charlotte may be Charlotte Christina Rustimyer - born Germany]
- The Charlotte Hoffman who was the wife of Peter Johnson was probably Henry Saul's 1st marriage to a Charlotte Hoffman (and mother of Andrew James Saul). She was not the daughter of Marie Adolphe Cesar Hoffman/Marie Francoise Vigne. The estate of the deceased Adolphe Hoffman was filed on 7 May 1836, referencing his widow as Madame Fanny Vigne and their 2 minor children, Miss Charlotte Hoffman & Adolphe Hoffman and requesting an inventory of residence on Conti Street. This Marie Charlotte Frederique Hoffman married a Swedish immigrant Charles Nystrand 5 November 1842 and had at least 2 children recorded in New Orleans: Marie Charlotte Nystrand 9 September 1843 & Christine Frederica Nystrand 14 May 1846. They removed to Vicksburg, MS where Charles died in 1877 & Charlotte in 1883.
Ancestral musings:
- It is feasible that by 6 October 1845, Lewis & Malvina's mother Charlotte Hoffman has died. I've drawn this conclusion because on 6 October 1845, Jacob Schultz, also a boat pilot (along with Henry Saul & Peter Johnson) registers the births of Charlotte Hoffman's 3 children: Lewis Johnson (8 June 1836), Malvina Johnson (30 August 1838) & Andrew James Saul (7 February 1844 - b. on Spain between Greatman & Craps; mother is native of N.O.). Peter Johnson was born in Germany and Charlotte Hoffman was born in New Orleans. Jacob Schultz & Henry Saul were also born in Germany.
- Peter Johnson may have died sometime between 1838 & 1844 and my extracts regarding his death in December 1843 may be in error.
- The connection between Lewis & Malvina's mother (Charlotte Hoffman) and Henry Saul is due to 2 items: The 1850 census in New Orleans, lists Henry Saul, pilot, age 45 (b. Germany), Charlotte Saul, age 34 (b. Germany), along with Lewis Johnson 14, Malvina Johnson 12 and Emily Saul 4. Henry Saul is also listed on Malvina Johnson's marriage license application.
- The death of Andrew James Saul (24 March 1849) was reported by Henry Saul (residence corner Craps & Clouet) as being the legitimate son of himself & Mrs. (or Miss) Charlott Christina Rustimyer. The Charlotte in the 1850 census is German so unlikely to be the natural mother, however, the child could easily now be the legal son of this couple if the mother Charlotte Hoffman has died while married to Henry Saul. Andrew James Saul could be the progeny of Peter Johnson & Charlotte Hoffman but born after Peter Johnson died and Charlotte Hoffman remarried to Henry Saul.
- There are then 4 births recorded as children of Henry Saul/Sahl & Charlotte/a Christina Brustimyer/Rostmayer/Bustimeyer/Ruesthemeyer in 1846, 1848, 1851 & 1854.
- Which leaves me with the question of who is Mrs./Miss Charlott Christina Rustimyer?
? -LA Naturalization record, 23 Sep 1855: Henry Saal, res. N.O.; from Bavaria
? -Hamburg Passenger Lists: Heinr. Sahl, age 54, occupation 'lotse' (pilot); b. c1817, res. N.O., departure date 23 Sep 1871 going from Hamburg to Havanna & N.O.; ship Germania
[Children attributed to Henry Saul:
James Andrew (Henry Saul / Charlotte Hoffman) – b. 7 Feb 1844; d. 24 Mar 1849 [Birth certificate: On the 6th of October 1845, personally appeared Mr. Jacob Shultz, a native of Prussia, aged 39 years, and residing in this city on Greatman Street, between Elysian Fields and Marigny Streets, in the 3rd Municipality, who by these presents doth declare that on the 7th day of February in the year 1844 was born at the residence of its parents, situated on Spain Street between Greatmen and Craps Streets in the 3rd municipality, a male child named James Andrew Saul, legitimate issue of Henry Saul and of Charlotte Hoffman a native of this city. Death certificate: On 28 April 1849, personally appeared Mr. Henry Saul, residing on the corner of Craps & Clouet Streets. in the 3rd Municipality who by these presents declares that James Andrew Saul born in this city on the 7th February 1844, the legitimate son of deponent and of Mrs. Charlott Christina Rustimyer, died on 24 March 1849 at the aforesaid residence of deponent.]
Ameline (Henry Saul / Charlotte Christina Brustimyer) – b. 19 May 1846
Henrietta (Henry Saul / Charlotta Christina Rostmayer) – b. 14 Oct 1848
Susann Lydia (Henry Sahl / Charlotta C. Bustimeyer) – b. 9 Nov 1851
Emma (Henry Sahl / Charlotte Christina Ruesthemeyer) – b. 8 May 1854
[There is a Christina Charlotta Ruestemeyer, b. 30 Dec 1813 in Elberfield, Rheinland, Prussia, daughter of Anton/Christine Holzkaemper]
Other Misc: Jacob Schultz, who registered Lewis Johnson & Malvina Johnson's births, as well as Andrew James Saul's birth, was a boat pilot (as was Peter Johnson & Henry Saul).
- 1842 New Orleans Directory: P. L. Johnson, New Levee near Julia St. [trader]
- 1846 New Orleans Directory: Jacob Shultz, pilot, 156 Greatman St.
- 1850 New Orleans Directory: Capt. J. Shultz, 141 Greatman
- 1851 & 1852 New Orleans Directory: Capt. Jacob Schultz, 141 Greatman
- 1851 New Orleans Directory: H. Saul, pilot, c. Clouet & Craps (e.g.Burgundy)
- 1861 New Orleans Directory: Capt. Jacob Schultz, 539 Dauphine d.3
- 1868 N. O. Directory: Jacob Schultz, towboat captain, 539 Dauphine, d3.
- 1870 N. O. Directory: Jacob Schultz, capt. r. 539 Dauphine.
- 1850 N.O., W2, 3rd muni., 14 Aug 1850, p. 118B: Jacob Schultz 45 captain of a tow boat (b. Germ), wife Catherine 37 (b. Germ), John 13, Edward 14, Theodore 11 (14 Mar 1839-5 Dec 1884), Albert 7 (13 Sep 1843-11 Oct 1884), Constantine 6 months (13 Feb 1850), Gresainte Barl 60 (b. Germ).
- 22 July 1860 N.O., W8, p. 278: Jacob Schultz 55 (b. Prussia) StBtMan, $4000 real estate, $400 personal, Cat 50 (B. Baden, Gy), Albert 16 clerk, Constantine 10.
- 3 September 1860 N.O. W9, p. 534 (image 170): Jacob Schultz 55 steamboatman (b. Albeige, Prussia) $4000 real estate, $400 personal; wife Catherine (Birle) 50 (b. Baden, Gy), Albert 16 clerk, Constantious 10.
- July 1870 N.O., W8, p. 98: J. Schultz 65 (Prussia) Capt. St. Boat, wife C. 58 (Baden), T. 30 steamboatman, A. 26 merchant, C. 20 clerk in office.
- Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Thursday, 24 January 1867: The Tugboat Collision at Southwest Pass - On the 11th inst., at the Southwest Pass, the tugboat Gladiator was run into by the tugboat Calhoun, and considerably damaged. (The Chief Engineer of the Gladiator made a statement.) Mr. Theo. Schultz, second pilot of the Gladiator, gives a similar account of the accident.
- Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), 19 August 1871: Fatal Casualty: Two Men Killed. About 6 o'clock yesterday morning the horses attached to a buggy on Old Levee, between Ursulines and St. Philip street, took fright and, running away, the vehicle was overturned and the occupants, two men, were thrown out and killed. They were Mr. Leon Bar, residing at the corner of Greatmen and Spain streets, and Mr. Jacob Schultz, living on Greatmen, between Spain and Port streets. Mr. Bar's heading coming in contact with the curbing as he was precipitated from the buggy was killed instantly. The injuries of Mr. Schultz were not immediately fatal, but he died before reaching his residence. The fright of the horses was occasioned by the blowing off of steam of a locomotive on the Pontchartrain Railroad. Mr. Schultz was formerly captain of the tugboat Gladiator. Mr. Bar was a grocer on Greatmen street. His body was conveyed to the Chartres Street Station, and the Coroner notified to hold an inquest. [Probate: wife, sons Theodore, Albert & Constantine]
**Assumptions based on current data, but not proven: Peter Johnson's date of death; that the Charlotte Hoffman (b. N.O.) married to Henry Saul in 1850 census was firstly married to Peter Johnson; that the Charlotte listed as Henry's wife in 1850 may be a different Charlotte (b. Ger) named Charlotte Christina Rustimyer (different spellings).
Parents of Peter Johnson – unknown
Parents of Charlotte Hoffman - unknown
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