The 1870 United States census showed Gilbert Johnson (age 37, born in New York, brick manufacturer) married to Fanny (age 34, born in New York) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
Johnson, Gilbert. Winona County, Dresbach, Brick Yard, Nativity: New York, Came to Minnesota: 1866. (A Comprehensive Index to A. T. Andreas’ Illustrated Historical Atlas of Minnesota, 1874, Page 158)
The 1875 Minnesota census showed Gilbert Johnson (age 43, born in New York) married to Frances (age 39, born in New York) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
The 1880 United States census showed G. Johnson (age 48, born in New York, brickyard proprietor) married to Francis (age 48, born in New York) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
The 1885 Minnesota census showed Gilbert Johnson (age 52, born in New York) married to Mary F. (age 48, born in New York) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
The 1895 Minnesota census showed Gilbert Johnson (age 63, born in New York, brick manufacturing) married to Frances (age 59, born in New York) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
The 1900 United States census showed Gilbert Johnson (age 68, born in March 1832 in New York) married to Frances (age 64, born in October 1835 in New York) living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
The 1905 Minnesota census showed Gilbert Johnson (age 72, born in New York, brick manufacturer) married to Francis (age 69, born in New York) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
The 1910 United States census showed Gilbert Johnson (age 78, born in New York) married to Mary F. (age 74, born in New York) and living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
The 1920 United States census showed Gilbert Johnson (age 87, born in New York) living in Dresbach, Minnesota.
Page 13. Gilbert Johnson, an early settler of Dresbach, died Wednesday, Oct. 5 (1921), at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Baker, with whom he has made his home for the past twelve years. Mr. Johnson was eighty-nine years of age, his birth occurring near Haversbrau, N. Y., March 11, 1832. He was married in 1854 to Miss Frances Finch and a few years later they moved to La Crosse where they lived until after the Civil War, coming to Dresbach in the late sixties. Mr. Johnson and a brother-in-law, William Sherwood, started the brick manufacturing business in Dresbach soon after his arrival here and continued the occupation for a period of about thirty years. In their declining years Mr. and Mrs. Johnson sold their home and resided with their niece, Mrs. D. H. Baker, where Mrs. Johnson died in 1910. Mr. Johnson has been ailing for many years and has been in bed almost constantly the past several months. The deceased was a member of the
Page 15. St. James Episcopal church at this place. He will be missed by many friends and neighbors. (The Winona Republican-Herald, Friday Evening, October 7, 1921)