DeWayne Burton Johnson

   Other names for DeWayne are DeWayne "Doc" Johnson and Dwaine Burton Johnson.

  Research Notes:

Birth Certificate: Attending physician was Frank Jensen. First name originally misspelled as "Dwaine," subsequently corrected by hand on the certificate. Born at 11:00am on Sunday, April 18, 1920, in City of Newman Grove, Township of Shell Creek, County of Madison, State of Nebraska, United States. Father Alexander Johnson, age 34, a carpenter, born in Seward county, Nebraska. Mother Lula Talbot, age 27, a housewife, born in Polk County, Nebraska.

  Birth Notes:

Attending physician Frank Jensen. Born at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, April 18, 1920. Original spelling of first name on birth certificate, "Dwaine," was corrected by hand to "DeWayne." Born in State of Nebraska, County of Madison, Township of Shell Creek, City of Newman Grove.

From DeWayne B. Johnson's book "I Have Met a Lot of Generals," 2007:
"My hometown and place of my birth was Newman Grove, located in the Shell Creek Valley of southwest Madison County. It was named after Lewis Warren's son, Newman, who had helped his father plant a grove of cottonwood trees on their timber claim. After the boy's death at age 21, his father was instrumental in naming the new post office, located near the cottonwood grov, 'Newman Grove.'"

  Noted events in his life were:

• Moved: Moved to Burbank, California from Nebraska, 1930, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States. Moved to Burbank, California from Nebraska with his mother and family. His mother lived in Burbank for 11 years.

• Moved: Moved to Long Beach from Burbank, 1941, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. Moved to Long Beach, California from Burbank with his mother and sister. His mother lived in Long Beach for one year until her death on 6/28/1942.

DeWayne married Lorna Doone Wallace, daughter of William Havelock Wallace and Edith Pearl Poapst, on 22 Aug 1942 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Lorna Doone Wallace was born on 22 Apr 1921 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, died on 21 Mar 2006 in Panorama City, Los Angeles, California, United States and was buried on 24 Mar 2006 in Newhall, Los Angeles, California, United States.)