Kermit Belmont Johnson was born December 30, 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Simeon "Simm" and Mabel (Pool) Johnson. He had two older siblings: Emmett Leroy born 1903, and sister Edith A. born 1906.
Kermit's father Simeon must have died sometime between 1910 and 1915. In 1915 the widowed Mabel, with the three children, were living with her sister and brother-in-law Martha and Asbury Hamilton at 1727 Broadway in Brooklyn. Mabel provided for her children by working as a seamstress in a factory. By 1930 the blended family was living at 770 Fulton Street.
In 1930 Mabel was the head of her own home at 164 Thatford Avenue. Kermit at 19 was working as a porter for a dress shop making $10 a week, while Mabel worked as a day cleaner. Kermit's married sister Edith lived in the next apartment with her husband Harold Conrad and her children.
In 1933 Kermit was convicted of a crime and sentenced to Sing Sing Prison, to be eligible for parole in 1940. On the records he gave his birth date as "12/30/1911" rather than 1910. He also stated that he had left school at age 15 1/2, having completed 7th grade. As his next of kin he named his mother, Mabel Johnson, still living at 164 Thatford Avenue, Brooklyn.
During World War II, Kermit, now out of prison, registered for the draft. He gave his address as 42 Hawthorne Street in Brooklyn, where he lived with, and worked for, his aunt Martha Hamilton, who was the super of the apartment building. Kermit was described as 5' 8" tall, weighed 176 pounds, with brown eyes, black hair, dark brown complexion, and a scar on his left cheek.
At the time of the 1950 census, Kermit was once more an inmate, this time at the Clinton State Prison in Dannemora, New York.
Kermit Johnson's last residence was in New York City. He died on February 6, 1987, and was buried February 20, 1987 on Hart Island.
Sources: Ancestry.com; US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; US, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; US WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; 1920, 1930, and 1950 US Federal Censuses; NY, US, State Census, 1915; NY, NY, US, Index to Birth Certificates, 1866-1909; NY, US, Sing Sing Prison Admission Registers, 1865-1939.
Kermit's father Simeon must have died sometime between 1910 and 1915. In 1915 the widowed Mabel, with the three children, were living with her sister and brother-in-law Martha and Asbury Hamilton at 1727 Broadway in Brooklyn. Mabel provided for her children by working as a seamstress in a factory. By 1930 the blended family was living at 770 Fulton Street.
In 1930 Mabel was the head of her own home at 164 Thatford Avenue. Kermit at 19 was working as a porter for a dress shop making $10 a week, while Mabel worked as a day cleaner. Kermit's married sister Edith lived in the next apartment with her husband Harold Conrad and her children.
In 1933 Kermit was convicted of a crime and sentenced to Sing Sing Prison, to be eligible for parole in 1940. On the records he gave his birth date as "12/30/1911" rather than 1910. He also stated that he had left school at age 15 1/2, having completed 7th grade. As his next of kin he named his mother, Mabel Johnson, still living at 164 Thatford Avenue, Brooklyn.
During World War II, Kermit, now out of prison, registered for the draft. He gave his address as 42 Hawthorne Street in Brooklyn, where he lived with, and worked for, his aunt Martha Hamilton, who was the super of the apartment building. Kermit was described as 5' 8" tall, weighed 176 pounds, with brown eyes, black hair, dark brown complexion, and a scar on his left cheek.
At the time of the 1950 census, Kermit was once more an inmate, this time at the Clinton State Prison in Dannemora, New York.
Kermit Johnson's last residence was in New York City. He died on February 6, 1987, and was buried February 20, 1987 on Hart Island.
Sources: Ancestry.com; US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; US, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; US WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; 1920, 1930, and 1950 US Federal Censuses; NY, US, State Census, 1915; NY, NY, US, Index to Birth Certificates, 1866-1909; NY, US, Sing Sing Prison Admission Registers, 1865-1939.