Finding Aid to the Lorand Victor Johnson Genealogy Collection

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
THE LORAND VICTOR JOHNSON (1905-1986)
GENEALOGY COLLECTION
The collection includes genealogical materials concerning the JOHNSON and related
families. Also included are handwritten notes copied from the Tillman papers.
BOX 1

Miscellaneous Notes
Family Genealogical Materials (ALEXANDER-DUNBAR)

BOX 2

Family Genealogical Materials (ELLYSON-WASHINGTON)

BOX 3

JOHNSON Family - Miscellaneous Notes

BOX 4

JOHNSON Family - Miscellaneous Notes

BOX 5

Tillman Papers - Family Genealogical Materials (ANTHONY-TERRELL)

BOX 6

Tillman Papers - Family Genealogical Materials
(MOORMAN/JOHNSON Family)

BOX 7

Miscellaneous Photographs
[Detailed finding guide available with collection]

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
THE LORAND VICTOR JOHNSON (1905-1986) GENEALOGY
COLLECTION
The collection includes genealogical materials concerning the JOHNSON and related
families. Also included are handwritten notes copied from the Tillman papers.
BOX 1

1-1 Lorand V. JOHNSON, Miscellaneous Notes
1-2 Heraldry
1-3 "Reminiscences of Friends of Ulster," by James M. RICHARDSON
Family Genealogical Materials
1-4 ALEXANDER
1-8 CLARK/E - I
1-5 ANTHONY
1-9 CLARK/E - II
1-6 CANDLER
1-10 CRICHTON
1-7 CHILES
1-11 DUNBAR

BOX 2

Family Genealogical Materials
2-1 ELLYSON
2-10
2-2 FARRAR
2-11
2-3 FORBES
2-12
2-4 GORDON
2-13
2-5 GRAY
2-14
2-6 HAY
2-15
2-7 HILTON
2-16
2-9 KEITH
2-17
2-18
2-19

BOX 3

3-1 - 3-4 JOHNSON Family - Miscellaneous Notes

BOX 4

LEWIS
MASSEY
McCONNELL
MOORMAN
RUTHVEN
SETON
TERRELL
THURMOND
WASHINGTON
"The Earliest Washingtons and Their
Anglo-Saxon Connections," George
S.L. WASHINGTON
2-20 WEATHERFORD
2-21 WILSON

4-1 JOHNSON [A.I.S. (Accelerated Indexing Systems) Search, pp. 1-200]
4-2 JOHNSON [A.I.S. Search, pp. 201-361]
4-3
JOHNSON [Kentucky]
4-4 JOHNSON [North Carolina]
4-5 William Buford JOHNSON
4–6 JOHNSON [Hansrote Notes]
(Continued)
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THE LORAND VICTOR JOHNSON (1905-1986) GENEALOGY
COLLECTION, Cont’d.
BOX 5

Tillman Papers - I
5-1 ANTHONY
5-2 CLARK - I
5-3 CLARK - II
5-4 CLARK-LYNCH
5-5 JOHNSON - I

BOX 6

Tillman Papers - II
6-1 MOORMAN/JOHNSON - I
6-2 MOORMAN/JOHNSON - II
6-3 MOORMAN/JOHNSON - III
6-4 MOORMAN/JOHNSON - IV

BOX 7

5-6
5-7
5-8
5-9

JOHNSON - II
MARTIN
MOORMAN
TERRELL

Miscellaneous Photographs

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
LORAND VICTOR JOHNSON (1905-1986)
Lorand Victor JOHNSON, son of Silas Weygandt JOHNSON and Julia Ann PETERS,
was born in Blockton, Iowa, on 28 May 1905. He was graduated from Huron College in
1927 and did further work at Boston University, receiving his medical degree in 1933.
Specializing in ophthalmology, Dr. JOHNSON was instructor of ophthalmology at
Western Reserve University and was clinical professor at University Hospitals,
Cleveland, Ohio. He was clinical professor of ophthalmology from 1945 until 1970, and
was ophthalmologist in charge from 1950 until 1960.
In 1941, Lorand V. JOHNSON married Dorothy STROM. He later married Linda
McNutt GILDONE.
A genealogist and historian at heart, Dr. JOHNSON was author of The Descendants of
William and John Johnson, Colonial Friends of Virginia (1942) and Johnston of
Caskillen, Crumond and Cayesville (1975).
Lorand V. JOHNSON died June 1986 at his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
[Marquis Who's Who, Who's Who in America, 40th ed., 1978-1979 (Chicago: Marquis, 1978), p. 1669;
"Letter to Suzanne from LVJ, 17 March 1984," The Lorand Victor Johnson Genealogy Collection,
MS1346, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA.]

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