Researching Billy Johnson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 100622 people with the Johnson surname? In that year Johnson was ranked number 11 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Billy means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Billy Johnson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Billy Johnson and the Johnson Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Johnson Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Johnson family tree.
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Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Billy Johnson using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Johnson surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Johnson Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 138466 people with the Johnson surname in the UK? Johnson is now ranked number 10 for popularity in the UK. |
Johnson Family Tree Databases
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Johnson Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 2460980 people with the Johnson surname in the USA? Johnson is ranked number 2 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Billy Johnson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Billy Johnson (baseball)
William Russell Johnson (August 30, 1918 – June 20, 2006) was an American professional baseball player. He was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played in 964 games for the New York Yankees in the 1940s and later with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Johnson was born in Montclair, New Jersey, and debuted in . He had an impressive rookie season which earned him 4th place in American League MVP voting. After missing 1944–1945 for wartime service in the United States Army, where he fought in the European Theater of Operations, he returned to MLB to spend the next five seasons as a regular third baseman. Nicknamed "Bull", and standing tall and weighing, Johnson was named an All-Star in, and was a part of four championship teams in his six seasons as a regular. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in to allow Gil McDougald, a hot prospect for the Yankees, to play his position full-time. He served as the Cards' third baseman for two years before retiring during the season.
In 964 games over nine seasons, Johnson posted a .271 batting average (882-for-3253) with 419 runs, 61 home runs, 487 RBI and 347 bases on balls. He finished his career with a .960 fielding percentage playing at third and first base. In 18 World Series games, he batted .237 (14-for-59) with 11 runs, 4 triples, 5 RBI and 3 walks.
In later years he worked as a shipping supervisor in Augusta, Georgia. He died there on June 20, 2006. He was the last surviving member of the 1943 World Champion New York Yankees.
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