Chronology of What I Know about Sarah
by Wesley Johnston
Sarah was my 3rd Great Grandmother. She was the mother of Emma Butson, who was the mother of George Henry Johnston. She lived her entire life in Canada, in the mid 1800's. Her parents were almost certainly from England, Cornwall, Scotland or Ireland.
When
| Age
| Where
| What
| How Known
|
c 1835
| 0
| Upper Canada (Ontario)
| Sarah is born.
| Ops 1861: age 26, born Canada
|
1851
| 16
| Canada West (Ontario)
| Probably recorded in Census - BUT I have not found this census, since it was prior to her marriage
| none
|
1852
| 17
| Canada West (Ontario)
| Sarah marries Henry.
| Ops 1861: married during the year 1852
|
c 1854
| 19
| Canada West (Ontario)
| Daughter Mary Jane is born.
| Ops 1861: Mary Jane age 7
|
c 1855
| 20
| Canada West (Ontario)
| Daughter Emily (Emma) is born.
| Ops 1861: Emily age 6
|
1856-1858
| 21-23
| ?Ops Township, Victoria County? - NOT sure if she was always in Ops or moved to Ops
| Possibly 1 or 2 children who did not survive
| Ops 1861: gap in birth between Emily and Susan
|
1859 Aug 29
| 24
| Ops Township, Victoria County
| Daughter Susan (Susannah) is born.
| Ops 1861: Susan age 2; 1862 Baptism
|
1861 before Jul 2
| 26
| Ops Township, Victoria County
| Recorded in Census
| Ops 1861: age 26, born Canada
|
1861 Jul 2
| 26
| Ops Township, Victoria County
| Daughter Sarah is born. - Last definite record of elder Sarah still living
| 1862 Baptism
|
1862 Nov 10
| 27
| Ops Township, Victoria County
| Baptism of daughters Susannah and Sarah - NOT sure if elder Sarah is still living
| 1862 Baptism
|
before 1868 Jan 3
| before 33
| ?Ops Township, Victoria County?
| Sarah dies. (Henry remarries 3 Jan 1868.)
| Henry Remarriage
|
The fact that Henry and Sarah were living in Ops Township in Victoria County since at least as early as 29 Aug 1859 (birth there of Susannah) is an anomaly for Henry's family. All of his brothers and sisters either (1) stayed in the Columbus-Brooklin-Oshawa area, which includes Toronto for this purpose, or (2) moved north toward and at Port Perry, or (3) moved west to the Huron Tract (Staffa area). The fact that Henry moved east is unique among his many siblings. So was Sarah from Ops? Is that why they moved east? I don't yet know.
Once Sarah died, Henry moved back west, where he remarried at Reach Township in Ontario County, placing him again in alignment with his siblings. He eventually moved his second family to Detroit, where he died. (Their daughter Emma had moved with her husband John Johnston to Chicago in 1881, which was the first move of the first family to the United States. I am not sure when Mary Jane moved to North Dakota.)
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