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George Henry Johnston

Male 1877 - 1972  (94 years)


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  • Name George Henry Johnston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Born 22 Apr 1877  Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    • Lake-20a DNA; Lake-20b DNA; Lake-21a DNA
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1881  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 10, 12] 
    Residence 16 Apr 1881  Pickering Township, Ontario South, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Arrival 1882  [3] 
    Residence 1900  Chicago City, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 24 Nov 1905  543 East 68th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    contract to build home to be completed by March 1906 
    Residence 1910  Greenfield, Monroe, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1911  543 East 68th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Lakeside City Directory, Chicago, 1911 - p 698 - JOHNSTON - Geo H engineer h 543 E 68th ---- NOTE: same listing in 1913 and 1915 directories 
    Residence 12 Sep 1918  543 East 68th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    born 22 Apr 1877 - Naturalized - occupation: Hoisting Engineer - Employer: Lincoln Park Board - Employed at Center & Clark St - wife: Mrs Martha Johnston (same address) - tall, stout, gray eyes, gray hair 
    Residence 1920  Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1930  6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    1930 Census - age 52, first married at 19, born English Canada to English Canada parents, arrived 1881, Naturalized, Engineer in Steam Shovel Industry -- George and Martha 
    Residence 1935  6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1940 Census shows George and Martha at 6623 South Fairfield with both living at the same house in 1935 
    NaturalizationPetition 2 Feb 1938  6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 12] 
    He had thought he was a citizen by his father's naturalization but learned that no record could be found of his father's naturalization. 
    Residence 12 May 1938  6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence at date of Naturalization - born 22 Apr 1877 Canada - U. S. District Court in Chicago - Certificate P-164994 CN-4424243 
    Residence 15 Apr 1940  6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    age 63, highest school grade completed: 4, born English Canada, lived same house in 1935, occupation ??? ?Foreman? in ?Building Construction? Industry -- George and Martha only ones in home at 6623 South Fairfield Avenue 
    Died 6 Apr 1972  Hinsdale, Cook, Illinois, USA (residing in Chicago) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11] 
    Buried 10 Apr 1972  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Oakwoods Cemetery - Section E4 Lot 52
    Person ID I473  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father John Johnston,   b. 11 Mar 1847, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1892, Mount Greenwood (Chicago), Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Emma Emily Butson,   b. 1854, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1897, 1272 East 67th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 24 May 1876  Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • he 28, she 21 - witnesses: Thomas Gibson of Pickering [half-brother of John] & Mary Jane Butson of Reach [sister of Emma]
    _SEPR Abt 1890  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Son George says they separated 1890 or before (in his 2 Feb 1938 Naturalization petition) 
    Family ID F150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Boezel,   b. 25 Feb 1877, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1969, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 2 May 1896  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • he 19, she 19 - by C. Seymour Bullock, minister of the Gospel, pastor of Oakwoods Union Church
    Children 
    +1. Walter George - born George Walter Johnston,   b. 13 Jul 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1973, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [natural]
    +2. Emma Gertrude Johnston,   b. 7 Aug 1899, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1980, Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 May 1896 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 10 Apr 1972 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S26] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security;), Number: 349-09-0191; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Birth date: 22 Apr 1877
      Birth place:
      Death date: Apr 1972
      Death place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=31392369&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    2. [S6] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 446; Page: 23B; Enumeration District: 695; Image: 285.0.
      Birth date: abt 1877
      Birth place: Canada
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=24242574&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S5] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_316; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 443; Image: 353.
      Birth date: abt 1878
      Birth place: Canada
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
      Arrival date: 1882
      Arrival place:
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    4. [S43] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admi;), Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1493510; Draft Board: 17.
      Birth date: 22 Apr 1877
      Birth place:
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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      Birth date: Apr 1877
      Birth place: Canada Eng
      Marriage date: 1896
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
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    6. [S12] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Greenfield, Monroe, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1729; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 130; Image: 146.
      Birth date: abt 1877
      Birth place: Canada English
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Greenfield, Monroe, Wisconsin
      Arrival date: 1881
      Arrival place:
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      Birth date: 1877
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: abt 1881
      Residence place: Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
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    10. [S54] Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), National Archives at Chicago; Chicago, Illinois; ARC Title: Illinois, Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991; NAI Number: 593882; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21.

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    13. [S19] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Stati;).
      Birth date: abt 1855
      Birth place: Canada
      Marriage date: 24 May 1876
      Marriage place: Ontario
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Ontario, Canada
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