Researching James Johns
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Johns on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Johns and the Johns Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 9333 people with the Johns surname in the UK? Johns is now ranked number 621 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called James Johns
James Edward Johns
James Edward "Ed" Johns (February 22, 1900 – December 1984) was an American football player. Johns attended Central High School in Lansing, Michigan. He was the center on the 1918 Lansing football team that was selected in 1952 as Michigan's all-time greatest high school football team. The 1918 Lansing team defeated Owosso 81-0, Battle Creek 85-0, Grand Rapids South 59-0, and Jackson 96-0. Matched against the Michigan Aggies, now known as the Michigan State Spartans, Lansing won by a score of 40-0. Three players from the 1918 Lansing team, Harry Kipke, Ed Vandervoort, and Johns went on to play for Fielding H. Yost's Michigan Wolverines football teams. Johns enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1919 and played on the freshman football team. He played guard and tackle for the Wolverines varsity football teams from 1920 to 1922. Johns later played professional football for the Cleveland Indians in 1923 and Minnesota Marines in 1924. Johns died in 1984 at age 84 while living in Columbus, Ohio.
Source: James Edward Johns, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
James Johns (politician)
James Arthur Johns (3 August 1893 – 17 August 1959) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician.
He was born at Millers Flat, Otago, to storekeeper Ezekiel Johns and Annie Cousins. He attended Otago High School and qualified as a pharmacist in 1912. In 1914 he migrated to Sydney, and served with the Australian Imperial Force. After a year working as a pharmacist in Britain, he returned to Australia, and on 7 April 1920 married Gladys May Fort, with whom he had a daughter. He worked as a pharmacist and in 1929 moved to Maffra in Victoria. From 1942 to 1954 he served on Maffra Shire Council. Although initially a member of the Country Party, in 1945 he joined the Labor Party and was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Gippsland North. He was defeated in 1947. Johns retired from work in 1957 and died in Maffra in 1959.
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