Johns(t)on(e)s of 1852 Pickering Township, Ontario

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Arthur McFarland Johnston

Male 1839 - 1915  (75 years)


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  • Name Arthur McFarland Johnston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born 2 Nov 1839  County Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • birthdate 2 Nov 1839 from Whitby Archives booklet
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1852  Caledon Township, Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1861  Caledon Township, Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    age 22, single, born Ireland, religion U.P., School Teacher - The husband Robert is on stamped page 49, and the rest of the family is on page 40. 
    Residence 1871  Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    age 30, married, born Ireland, farmer - Arthur & Christina & son Robert - all Canadian Presbyterian 
    Residence 1881  Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 22 Aug 1915  Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Brooklin, Lot 23, Concession 6 - age 75, born County Tryone in Ireland - married - parents Robert Johnston & Margaret Jane McFarland - burial at Groveside Cem - informant Geo A Johnston of Brooklin
    Buried Aft 22 Aug 1915  Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Groveside Cemetery
    Person ID I503  Johns(t)on(e)s of 1852 Pickering Township, Ontario
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2024 

    Father Robert E Johnston,   b. Abt 1820, Castlederg, Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1878, Caledon Township, Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Jane McFarland,   b. 9 Nov 1818, Castlederg, Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1901, Caledon Township, Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1838  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Christina Margaret Arnott Birrell,   b. Abt 5 Jun 1844, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1886, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1865  Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Crocker's Hotel in Toronto by Rev. Mr. McCaul == source: Whitby Archives booklet
    Children 
     1. Robert Ebenezer Johnston,   b. 15 Nov 1869, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +2. Janet Catharine - Nettie - Johnston,   b. 21 May 1875, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1906, Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)  [natural]
     3. Christina Margaret Johnston,   b. 31 Jan 1878, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1879, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)  [natural]  [unknown]
    +4. Susannah Mabel - Mabel - Johnston,   b. 30 Jun 1880, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1964, Columbus, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2024 
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Emeline Catherine Mowbray,   b. 5 Feb 1854, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1938, Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1889  Kinsale, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • he 49 widowed Presbyterian, she 36 spinster Methodist, both residing Pickering - witnesses William Thompson of Scott Tp & Jennie Dale of Pickiering Tp - by Rev William Hall
    Children 
     1. George Arthur Mowbray Johnston,   b. 27 Apr 1892, Greenwood, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [unknown]  [natural]
     2. Eleanor Alberta - Eleanor Aileen - Johnston,   b. 12 Oct 1895, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2024 
    Family ID F116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1852 - Caledon Township, Peel, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - age 22, single, born Ireland, religion U.P., School Teacher - The husband Robert is on stamped page 49, and the rest of the family is on page 40. - 1861 - Caledon Township, Peel, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents
    Arthur Johnston Family - Whitby Archives    		Arthur Johnston Family - Whitby Archives
    Whitby Archives file on the family of Arthur Johnston of Pickering and Whitby Townships, Ontario == thanks to Brian Winter, Whitby City Archivist

    Histories
    Ebenezer Birrell Biography (1974)    		Ebenezer Birrell Biography (1974)

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS 935, reels 1-615. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario;), Roll: .
      Birth date: abt 1840
      Birth place: Tyrone, Ireland
      Death date: 22 Aug 1915
      Death place: Ontario
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_deaths&h=2589726&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947      		 Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947
      Roll: .


    2. [S5] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928. MS932, Reels 1-833, 850-880. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.Ontario, Canada. Marriage License Books, 1907-1910. M;).
      Birth date: abt 1840
      Birth place: Tyrone, Ireland
      Marriage date: 5 Oct 1889
      Marriage place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=2492431&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928      		 Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928


    3. [S6] 1881 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. 1881 Canada Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited ;).
      Birth date: 1840
      Birth place: Ireland
      Residence date: 1881
      Residence place: Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881canada&h=3011240&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1881 Census of Canada      		 1881 Census of Canada


    4. [S4] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.Census of Nova Scotia, 1851. Halifax, Nova Scotia,;), Year: 1851; Census Place: Caledon, Peel County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11746; Page: 113; Line: 43.
      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia      		 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
      Year: 1851; Census Place: Caledon, Peel County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11746; Page: 113; Line: 49


    5. [S3] 1861 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Appreciation is expressed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing the 1861 Canada Census Index..Original data - Canada. "Census returns for 1861." LAC microfil;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1062.
      1861 Census of Canada      		 1861 Census of Canada
      Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1062


    6. [S1] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1871; Census Place: Pickering, Ontario South, Ontario; Roll: C-9973; Page: 10; Family No: 42.
      1871 Census of Canada      		 1871 Census of Canada
      Year: 1871; Census Place: Pickering, Ontario South, Ontario; Roll: C-9973; Page: 10; Family No: 42