John Jennings
Occupation:
Dale and Bumgardner Payroll. This is about where 258 Rondo would have been located. Teamster John Jennings was born in Scotland in 1858 and emigrated in 1888. He worked on the grading of the Capitol grounds.
Individual Stories
August Jensen
Occupation:
Edward Leonard also lived here.
Andrew Johnson
Occupation:
1904 City Directory. Andrew Johnson worked on the Capitol as a blacksmith.
Charles Johnson
Occupation:
1902 City Directory. This Charles Johnson worked as a laborer on the Capitol and should not be confused with the other Charles Johnson who was a carpenter and foreman on the job. He lived at 417 N. Franklin Street, a location now covered by the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in downtown in St. Paul. (Community Walk map worker/address #261)
Charles Johnson
Occupation:
Saint Paul City Directory and Census. Charles Johnson was born in Sweden in 1845 and emigrated in 1872. He was first hired at the Capitol in 1899 as a carpenter and worked there in 1900 as an iron worker. He became a foreman and was a member of Carpenters Local 87. He lived at this address into the 1920's.
Charles F. Johnson
Occupation:
1899 City Directory. Charles F. and William H. Johnson worked as laborers on the Capitol.
Coy Johnson
Occupation:
1899-1901 St. Paul City Directories. Coy Johnson was one of a number of African-American stone workers who moved from Georgia to St. Paul to work on the Capitol construction. He worked as a laborer on the building from 1899 to 1905. He was born in Georgia in 1870 and apparently left St. Paul shortly after the completion of the Capitol.
Edward Johnson
Occupation:
1903 City Directory. Edward Johnson worked as a laborer on the Capitol.
Ernest Johnson
Occupation:
Hans Johnson
Occupation:
1904-1905 Butler Bros. Payroll. Hans Johnson was paid as a laborer in 1905, though in the 1902 City Directory he claimed to be working for Butler-Ryan as a "cutter." Ernest Peterson also lived here in 1902.