Tollak JOHNSON
- Born: 12 Oct 1870, Forsand, Høgsfjord, Rogaland, Norway
- Baptized: 13 Nov 1870, Forsand, Høgsfjord, Rogaland, Norway
- Died: 16 Oct 1922, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA at age 52
Cause of his death was killed when a threshing machine pulled by steam engine tractor crushed him.
Other names for Tollak were Tollak Kristoffersen HAAHELLER and Tolleck JOHNSON.
Christening Notes:
#53, p105, 1870
Noted events in his life were:
• Census: Preble > District 0033, 1900, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Christiana Johnson 59, Mar 1841
Tollak Johnson 29, Oct 1870
Christopher Johnson 19, Jul 1880
Hannah Johnson 17, May 1883
Bertha Johnson 22, Aug 1887
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• Reference: Winona Republican-Herald, 1922, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Monday, October 16, 1922, Page: 3
Farmer Killed When Crushed Between Threshing Engine and Separator After Pole Breaks
TOLLECK JOHNSON, 40 years old, farmer near Mabel in Fillmore county, was killed today when a pole broke which connected a threshing engine and separator as the vehicles were proceeding down a hill, causing the separator to crash into the rear of the engine, on the step of which Johnson was riding.
He was caught between the two vehicles and fatally crushed. A physician was summoned but death had already occurred.
Johnson, who was the owner and operator of the threshing outfit, resided in the town of Preble near Tawney. He is survived by a widow and five children.
The body was to be taken to an undertaking establishment at Mabel. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
• Cemetery: Choice Community Cemetery, 1922, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. 4-22 Tollak Johnson 1870-1922 (Son of Christopher and Chistine Johnson, b. near Stavanger Norway, killed when a threshing machine pulled by steam engine tractor crushed him, husband of 4-23)
4-23 Ethel Johnson 1883-1971 (Sister of 3-19, wife of 4-22)
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