Hammond Johnson what happened to him

[hartryyrtrah]

I've noticed some in th US, could you let me know where you found this family. 

I now know that my Hammond was living with his son my granddad in Gillingham in 1911,

[ham- bone]

hammond johnson  D.O.B. may 6 1911 I don't know much about him or what happend to him he did live in california in the 1930's(LA.)i think the first jonson came here was lars jonson maybe, i don't know how he spelled lars my father never had a chance to tell me much .this is my first intrestnow that i have children i want to be able to teach them

[hartryyrtrah]

Ham-bone

I think that Lars is a scandinavian name, possible German.  My GGGG Grandmother (may be 1 out) was called Mary Hammond.  My Great Grandfather was named Hammond after her family, as was one of his Great uncles ( born  25 Jan 1813 New Romney, Kent)

[ham- bone]

I did a web search about 15 years ago on the name and found two others in the us one is a young man down south texas maybe and one was a older man up north and then ther is me and my grandfather never knew him or much about his family history i wish that i new more.

[ham- bone]

you must check records and use type o's miss spell hammond on purpose becouse I get my name mis spelled all of the time on every thing sometimes poeple think its spelled wrong and think think they can fix it when it was right the first time it happens all the time on all kind of records and licenses its a pain but it hapens more often than not

[Lufijo]

i found your msg when surfing have never used a site like this so apologies for any errors. We may be distant cousins.  Hammond was my grandfathers older brother. My grandfather was also a saddler and harness maker born in Goudhurst and his parents were James and Francis N (as her maiden name was norrington) Hammond had siblings called Harry,Sydney, Nellie (died17) and I am told Harrold although that sounds strange if there was already Harry. Hammond married Nellie I suppose this could be Ellen.  I was told that Hammomd was known as the black sheep of the family and emigrated to Canada.  I have not checked any of this on the census this info from my dad and aunt, his nephew and niece. I also have photos so would be interested to see yours.

[hartryyrtrah]

Thanks for this,  I have 6 sons and 1 daughter for James and Frances.  I'll PM you an email address.

[casalguidi]

I have a medal believed to have been his with the following inscription
   South African War Campaign Medal from 1901
          J.Johnson 4549 Saddler
          53 Company Imperial Yeomanry
          Wittibergen, Cape Colony, Transvaal

The recipient appears to be named as a "John JOHNSON" 4549, a saddler of the 53rd company (East Kent) 14 btn Imperial Yeomanry and also mention of the 2nd East Kent Imperial Yeomanry.

I would have thought that he may have been in great demand by the army for WW1 and, besides, much less work "at home" as so many horses had been requisitioned for use by the forces

Useful to know perhaps that he may have used the name "John" at times

Casalguidi

[hartryyrtrah]

All the other records in the uk for him use hammond, and I hope he isn't using John as my chances of finding him even in the UK would be very low.  

I'm not sure that saddling was going that well in the UK by then as his brothers seem to have been moving into other leather related work.

Paul