Individual Details
Ernest Homer "Chock" Johnson
(MARCH 29, 1900 - FEBRUARY 18, 1966)
Ernest Homer Johnson was known to the family as "Chock" and later to his friends as "Blackie."
Events
| Birth | MARCH 29, 1900 | Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas |  |  | |
| Miscellaneous | AUGUST 7, 1917 | Accused of Crime - Road near Eagle Springs, Texas, Eagle Springs, Coryell County, Texas | | ||
| Miscellaneous | CA, 1918 | Eye Injury | | | |
| Census | 1920 | Dallas County, Texas | | | |
| Marriage | MARCH 13, 1926 | Falls County, Texas - Elsie Loraine Stone | | | |
| Census | 1930 | Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma | | | |
| Census | 1940 | Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas | | | |
| Death | FEBRUARY 18, 1966 | Austin State Hospital, Austin, Travis County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | FEBRUARY 18, 1966 | Texas Death Certificate - Austin, Travis County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | Aft FEBRUARY 18, 1966 | Post Oak Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Aft FEBRUARY 18, 1966 | Find A Grave Memorial - Post Oak Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1900s | Anecdote - Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1940s | Carnival Owner - Texas | | |
Families
| Spouse | Elsie Loraine Stone (1907 - 1936) |
| Father | John Ealy Johnson (1866 - 1931) |
| Mother | Mary Frances Coleman (1867 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Gussie Gibson "Gip" Johnson (1892 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Tresa L. Johnson (1894 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Charlie Coleman Johnson (1898 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Frank Winston "Red" Johnson (1902 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Johnnie George "Dooley" Johnson (1905 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Harry Herbert "Bud" Johnson (1907 - 1971) |
Notes
Birth
His Texas Death Certificate shows his birth date as 3-30-1900.His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his birth date as 3-29-1900 and Evelyn Johnson Lawrence's Family History shows his birth date as 3-29-1900.
Miscellaneous
Ernest "Chock" Johnson was accused of the rape of Velma Whittenburg on the road near Eagle Springs, Texas, and a true bill was found on 8-7-1917.The Johnson family has no knowledge that he was convicted.
Miscellaneous
Helen Johnson Huckins remembers that "Uncle Chock" lost the sight in one eye due to an injury received during service in the U.S. Navy or merchant marines during WW I.Census
The 1920 Dallas County, Texas U.S. Federal Census shows:E. H. Johnson, 18, b. TX, single, lodger, unemployed
Marriage
From Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1977 (digital imageof original):E. H. Johnson and Elsie Stone were married on 3-13-1926 in Falls County, Texas.
Census
The Okmulgee, Severs Township, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, U.S. Federal Census shows:Ernest H. Johnson, 30, b. TX, father b. TX, mother b. AR, married at age 26, truck driver for telephone company, was veteran of WW [this would be WW I]
Elsie L., wife, 23, b. TX, father b. AR, mother b. TX, married at age 19
Census
The 1940 Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas, U.S. Federal Census shows the following household:Frank W. Johnson, 37, b. TX, resident of Pueblo, Pueblo County, CO in 1935, occupation-partner in livestock commission
Florine L., wife, 27, b. CO, resident of Rye, Pueblo County, CO in 1935
Frank E., son, 1 year of age, b. ? [no answer]
E. H. Johnson, brother, 40, widower, b. TX, resident of Lampasas County, Texas in 1935, occupation- auctioneer livestock commission
Death
Ernest Homer Johnson's Texas Death Certificate shows his death date as 2-18-1966 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.Miscellaneous
Ernest Homer Johnson's Texas Death Certificate shows:Birth: 3-30-1900 in Texas
Death: 2-18-1966 in Austin, Travis County, Texas
Father: James Ealey Johnson
Mother: Mary Francis Coleman
Usual residence: Stover, Missouri; married at time of death; occupation-realtor
Informant: Austin State Hospital Records
Miscellaneous
His Find A Grave Memorial is #44750871.The memorial has a photograph of his double tombstone, shared with his wife Elsie Loraine Johnson, that shows the dates 3-29-1900 and 2-18-1966 for him.
His memorial is linked to his parents John Ealy Johnson and Mary Frances Coleman Johnson; his wife; and his sister Tresa L. Johnson.
Miscellaneous
“Then there was my old friend, Johnnie Johnson [John Ealy Johnson], who had a family of seven boys and no girls, and they were real Texas boys, specially Choc, or Blackie, as the rodeo hands called him.And Harry Johnson—our old county commissioner—and a good one he was, solid as a rock wall.”
Miscellaneous
Helen Johnson Huckins recalls her uncle Chock Johnson owned a carnival which traveled throughout Texas; he was a rodeo performer; and was involved in the real estate business in Missouri.Endnotes
1. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
2. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
3. "Conversation with Helen Johnson Huckins," Various Dates 2015 by Sherry Lawrence, Telephone; Helen Johnson Huckins, daughter of Minnie Saunders Johnson and Gussie Gibson Johnson, has personal knowledge of Johnson family..
4. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
5. "Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, Digital Images," Family Search, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : Accessed 2015), Digital Images of Original Records, .
6. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
7. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
8. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
9. "Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Accessed 2015), Digital Images of Original Records, .
10. "Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : Accessed 2015), Digital Images of Original Records, .
11. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
12. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
13. Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum, (Gatesville, Texas), 13 June 1947, Newspaper; Gatesville Messenger Office, Gatesville, Texas. "Down Memory Lane" by R. L. Saunders.
14. "Conversation with Helen Johnson Huckins," Various Dates 2015 by Sherry Lawrence, Telephone; Helen Johnson Huckins, daughter of Minnie Saunders Johnson and Gussie Gibson Johnson, has personal knowledge of Johnson family..