Swan Johnson

Born [date unknown] in Sweden [uncertain]

Died 28 Sep 1893 in Mansfield, Iron County, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Swan Johnson was killed in the Mansfield Iron Mine In rush of Water on 9/28/1893

Swan was one of twenty-seven miners killed on 28 Sept 1893 in the Mansfield Iron Mine disaster. The miners were drowned when an inrush of water flooded the mine. ^[1]

See Mansfield Mine Disaster for more information.

• YouTube video of Memorial site
• Mansfield Mine Disaster Newspaper Article
• Forty-Five Lost, Mansfield Mine Disaster
• Swallowed up in the Bowels of the Earth

Research Notes

Don’t confuse this Swan Johnson with the one who lived in Menominee, Michigan. That Swan Johnson was married and later moved to Nebraska.

Swan Johnson is a name of Swedish origin, it is just speculation that this Swan was from Sweden.

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #131589457 (accessed 2 May 2024)
   Memorial page for Swan Johnson (unknown-28 Sep 1893), citing Mansfield Mine Memorial, Mansfield, Iron County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Joanne Morehouse (contributor 47292329).

See also: [Ancestry Link to Probate Records]