Both Otto Johnson and Anne Evenson were born in Dodge County, Minnesota in 1867. At the age of nine, Anne moved with her parents to Iowa. She lived there until 1888, when she and Otto Johnson were married, and moved to Canby, Minnesota. In 1903, they came to Thordenskjold Township and farmed in the Nome Area until Otto's death in 1930. Mrs. Johnson passed away in 1962. They were members of St. Petri Lutheran Church.

Their children are as follows: Herman, who married Dana Johnson; Lloyd, who married Mable Gillund; Arnold (Carl) who married Sophie Erickson; Myrl, who is Mrs. Martin Gilbertson; Luella, Mrs. Alfred Gilbertson; Ruth, Mrs. Fritzjof Elverum; Alpha, Mrs. Willard Elverum, and Norman, who married Gladys Prestrude.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 116