Louise Fontaine Johnson, 19021973 (aged 71 years)

Name
Louise Fontaine /Johnson/
Married name
Louise Fontaine /Gilliam/
Birth
Note: Was born Cora Louise Johnson, at age 18 changed her name to Louise Fontaine Johnson. She was always been called Louise.
Death of a maternal grandmother
Death of a father
Cause: Shooting
Note: payroll robbery - all robbers were killed in shootout.

payroll robbery - all robbers were killed in shootout.

http://www.glenalum.com/robberybethward.html

http://www.glenalum.com/payrollrobberywdn.html

http://www.glenalum.com/robberymanhunt.html

Burial of a father
Cemetery: Spring Hill Cemetery
Death of a paternal grandfather
Graduation
1924 (aged 21 years)
INDI:GRAD:CORP: Randolph-Macon Women's College
Death of a paternal grandmother
Death of a brother
Note: Listed as aboard the Japanese prisoner transport ORYOKU MARU.

Listed as aboard the Japanese prisoner transport ORYOKU MARU.
The ORYOKU MARU was bombed and beached in Subic Bay. The survivors continued aboard the BRAZIL MARU to Moji, Japan, arriving Jan 30, 1945 numbering approx 450.
Of the 1619 prisoners from Bilibid prison who boarded the ship in Manila on December 13, 1944 only approx 300 survived to be liberated by American forces August 1945.

Death of a mother
Burial of a mother
Cemetery: Spring Hill Cemetery
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Fran and Louise in the Congo
Fran and Louise in the Congo
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Louise and Fran in the Congo
Louise and Fran in the Congo
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Louise with Fontaine - 1930
Louise with Fontaine - 1930
Note: Taken on the front steps of Belfiled
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Death
Cause of death: Cancer
Burial
Lexington, Virginia, USA
Latitude: 37.780057 Longitude: -79.444454
Cemetery: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
INDI:BURI:OBJE:TITL: Louise F. Johnson Grave Marker
Family with parents
father
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18721914
Birth: July 8, 1872 38 36 Culpeper Courthouse, Virginia, USA
Death: August 14, 1914Glen Alum, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
mother
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18771961
Baptism: October 2, 1877 54 37 Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Death: June 25, 1961Lexington, Virginia, USA
Marriage MarriageNovember 16, 1899Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
13 months
elder brother
F.D. Johnson Jr. Family
19001943
Birth: December 13, 1900 28 23 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Death: 1943en route from the Phillipines to Japan as a POW
15 months
herself
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19021973
Birth: March 6, 1902 29 24 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Death: May 27, 1973Lexington, Virginia, USA
Burial
Birth

Was born Cora Louise Johnson, at age 18 changed her name to Louise Fontaine Johnson. She was always been called Louise.

Graduation
Death
Burial
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Louise and Fran in the Congo
Louise and Fran in the Congo
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Louise with Fontaine - 1930
Louise with Fontaine - 1930
Note: Taken on the front steps of Belfiled
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Fran and Louise in the Congo
Fran and Louise in the Congo
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Louise Johnson - 16th Birthday
Louise Johnson - 16th Birthday
Note: Photo taken for her 16th birthday. A gift from her Aunt Maggie Glass Lucado to her mother.
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Louise at Col Alto 1955 during Garden Week
Louise at Col Alto 1955 during Garden Week
Note: 26 April 1955

26 April 1955
Ms. Rosa Tucker Mason - owner Cola Alto
Mrs. Frank J. (Louise) Gilliam - Chairman Garden Week 1955
Mrs. George M. (Frances) Brooke, Jr. - President Blue Ridge Garden Club

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Ann Gilliam with Frank and Louise Gilliam in the lower box garden at Belfield May 1963
Ann Gilliam with Frank and Louise Gilliam in the lower box garden at Belfield May 1963
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Louise Gilliam with the other class presidents from RMWC 1924
Louise Gilliam with the other class presidents from RMWC 1924
Note: Photo taken June 1969 with the 1924 Randoph Macon Women's College class presidents - Senior: Lucile Lamar Bryant; Junior: Louise Johnson Gilliam; Sophmore: Gail Burnette; Freshman: Stockton Martin
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Louise F. Johnson obituary
Louise F. Johnson obituary
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Louise with Fontaine in the yard
Louise with Fontaine in the yard
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Louise with her son Fontaine on the steps of Belfield
Louise with her son Fontaine on the steps of Belfield