Homer Newton Johnson b. 22 Jan 1889 in/near Woodside, PA married Caroline Alvine Christine Busse b. 21 Aug 1889 in Eagle Lake, IL, daughter of Sophia Thurnau and Wilhelm Busse of Beecher, Eagle Lake, IL.
Homer supposedly ran away from home as a boy and traveled out west to Washington State. Family tradition states that Pat's Grandmother, Carrie Busse, went by train to Washington State and that is where she met her future husband. Carrie's parents, William Busse and Sophy Thurnau (also seen as Turner) were living in MN or ND at the time. We do not know where Carrie was living when she went to Washington State. The Busse's supposedly had kin in Washington State and I've heard that there were Busse families in Pacific Co.

Family given names in my Busse family: Frederick, William, Louise, Carrie, Paulina, Alvina, Hermann. This family does not seem to connect with the Busse's of Elk Grove Village in IL who came from the Kingdom of Hannover.