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James Johnstone 1835–1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 August 1835

Birth Location: Roberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 20 August 1915

Death Location: Mount Somers, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: James Johnstone

Mother: Isabella Scott

Spouse(s): Mary Little

Children(s): Francis Johnstone, Christopher Johnstone, Mary Johnstone, Agnes Johnston, John JOHNSTON, Gideon JOHNSTON, Isabel JOHNSTON, Margaret Johnstone, Norman JOHNSTON, William JOHNSTON, Thomas JOHNSTON, Elizabeth Johnston, Septimus JOHNSTON, John JOHNSTON

In 1835, James Johnstone entered the world in Roberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to James Johnstone And Isabella Scott. In 1841, James Johnstone resided in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland. In 1872, James Johnstone resided in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand. James Johnstone married Mary Miller Little, and had children including Agnes Anderina Johnston, Christopher John Johnstone, Elizabeth Jane Johnston, Francis Finlay Phil Johnstone, Gideon James Johnston, Isabel Johnston, John Johnston, Margaret Johnstone, Mary Johnstone, Norman Stewart Johnston, Septimus Robert Johnston, Thomas Scott Johnston, William Duncan Johnston. James Johnstone passed away in 1915 in Mount Somers, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1835, James Johnstone entered the world in Roberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to James Johnstone And Isabella Scott.
  • In 1841, James Johnstone resided in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
  • In 1872, James Johnstone resided in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  • James Johnstone married Mary Miller Little, and had children including Agnes Anderina Johnston, Christopher John Johnstone, Elizabeth Jane Johnston, Francis Finlay Phil Johnstone, Gideon James Johnston, Isabel Johnston, John Johnston, Margaret Johnstone, Mary Johnstone, Norman Stewart Johnston, Septimus Robert Johnston, Thomas Scott Johnston, William Duncan Johnston.
  • James Johnstone passed away in 1915 in Mount Somers, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Johnstone
1801–1888
Birth Location: Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Isabella Scott
1815–
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Mary Little
1836–1901
Birth Location: Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Francis Johnstone
1879–1959
Birth Location: Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Christopher Johnstone
1868–1943
Birth Location: Clent Hills Station, Canterbury New Zealand
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Mary Johnstone
1860–1898
Birth Location: Shielswood Farm,Ashkirk,Roxburghshire,Scotland
MJ
Agnes Johnston
1874–1936
Birth Location: Waltham,Christchurch,Canterbury,New Zealand
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John JOHNSTON
1856–1858
Birth Location: Shielswood Farm Ashkirk Roxburghshire Scotland
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Gideon JOHNSTON
1866–1956
Birth Location: Clent Hills Station,Canterbury,New Zealand
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Isabel JOHNSTON
1864–1938
Birth Location: Christchurch New Zealand
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Margaret Johnstone
1858–1943
Birth Location: Ashkirk Churchard Roxburghshire Scotland
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Norman JOHNSTON
1881–1962
Birth Location: Ashburton, New Zealand
NJ
William JOHNSTON
1872–1953
Birth Location: Clent Hills Station Canterbury New Zealand
WJ
Thomas JOHNSTON
1855–1936
Birth Location: Shielswood Farm,Ashkirk,Roxburghshire,Scotland
TJ
Elizabeth Johnston
1870–1952
Birth Location: Christchurch New Zealand
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Septimus JOHNSTON
1876–1948
Birth Location: Waltham, Christchurch, New Zealand
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John JOHNSTON
1862–1863
Birth Location: Ashkirk Roxburghshire Scotland
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James Johnstone's Ancestors

Self
James Johnstone
1835–1915
Birth Place: Roberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
James Johnstone
1801–1888
Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Isabella Scott
1815–
Scotland
Grandparents
James (Raymond) Johnstone
1768–1830
Westminster, London, England
Mary (Elizabeth) Cholmeley
1778–1843
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Johnstone's Descendants

1.
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James Johnstone (1 August 1835–20 August 1915) m. Mary (Miller) Little (1 March 1836–30 April 1901)
  1. 1. Francis (Finlay (Phil)) Johnstone 1879–1959 m. Mary (Eliza (Nina)) Rae 1876–1926
    1. 1. Agnes (Elizabeth) JOHNSTON 1904–1983 m. Gordon (John Martin (Joe)) Armstrong 1901–1991
      1. 1. Diane (Elizabeth (Fort)) Armstrong 1950–2021
    2. 2. Frances (May) Johnstone 1909–1957 m. Lyall ((Bay)) Burrows 1903–1977
      1. 1. Margaret (Elva) Burrows 1929–2010 m. John (William) Wright 1925–2010
        1. 1. Dorothy (Mavis (Dot)) Wright 1950–1992
      2. 2. Shona (Audrey) Burrows 1928–1928
      3. 3. Irene (Norma) Burrows 1932–1932
      4. 4. Leonard (Maurice Frank) Burrows 1938–1938
      5. 5. Trevor (Lyall) Burrows 1940–1940
    3. 3. Bertha (Isabelle) JOHNSTON 1901–1974 m. Henry (Jesse (Harry)) Lovell 1880–1940
      1. 1. Phoebe Johnstone 1920–1997 m. Lesley (James (Les)) Blogg 1920–1995
      2. 2. Gordon (Jimmy) Johnstone 1924–2000
      3. 3. Nina Lovell 1933–1994 m. Robert (Burns) Glassey 1926–1995
      4. 4. Henry (Jesse) Lovell 1928–1973
      5. 5. Noel (alfred) Lovell 1929–2000 m. Yvonne Norris –2005
    4. 4. Gladys (Mary) JOHNSTON 1903–1990 m. Hugh (John (Jock)) Rees 1900–1979
      1. 1. Phyllis (Ngaire) Rees 1923– m. Frederick (William) Stevenson 1918–1984
    5. 5. Frederick (James Finlay) Johnston 1906–1972 m. Pearl Blissett 1913–1955
      1. 1. Faye (Caroline) Johnstone 1948–2003
      2. 2. Lindsay (Alex (Jack)) Johnstone 1946–1999
      3. 3. Phyllis (Pearl) Johnstone 1931–1989
      4. 4. James (Albert (Jim)) Johnstone 1932–1989
      5. 5. Annette (Dawn) Johnstone 1943–2004
    6. 6. Colin (Martin) Johnstone 1907–1950 m. Marie (Gordon) Welsh 1905–1991
    7. 7. Margaret (Mavis) Johnstone 1911–1935
    8. 8. William Rae 1899–1899
    9. 9. Walter (Cyril) Johnstone 1912–1995
    10. 10. Eliza (Emily) Johnstone 1913–1970 m. Godfrey (Frederick) COCKS 1907–1977
    11. 11. Winifred (Hasel) Johnstone 1916–1984 m. William (John Burborough) Harris 1906–1986
    12. 12. Bessie (Ava) Johnstone 1918–1997
    13. 13. Clara (Madeline) Johnstone 1919–2003
    14. 14. Leonard (Rae) Johnstone 1915–1996
  2. 2. Christopher (John) Johnstone 1868–1943 m. Mary RAE 1861–1938
    1. 1. Violet (Mary) Johnstone 1890–1972 m. David (Ross) Harvey 1887–1945
      1. 1. Edna (Mary) Harvey 1914–1998
      2. 2. Violet (Isabel) Harvey 1922–2004
      3. 3. Catherine (Mildred) Harvey 1919–1999
      4. 4. Jessie (Margaret) Harvey 1915–2009
      5. 5. James (David) Harvey 1923–2000
      6. 6. Vera (Euphemia) Harvey 1914–2013
      7. 7. Janet (Shirley) Harvey 1927–2005
      8. 8. Baden (Alexander) Harvey 1925–1977
    2. 2. Edwin (Cyril) Johnstone 1899–1980 m. Irene (Gladys) Carpenter 1905–1986
      1. 1. Murray Johnstone 1935–1994
      2. 2. Graham Johnstone 1935–1993
    3. 3. Margaret (Pearl) Johnstone 1901–1986 m. Hugh (Alexander) Moore 1887–1952
      1. 1. Colin (Johnstone) Moore 1933–1991
    4. 4. William (Rae) Johnstone 1897–1964 m. Bertha (Emily) Ellery –1989
    5. 5. Simon (James) Johnstone 1892–1910
    6. 6. Christopher (John) JOHNSTON 1894–1973
  3. 3. Mary Johnstone 1860–1898
  4. 4. Agnes (Anderina) Johnston 1874–1936 m. Simon Rae 1863–1929
    1. 1. Bernard (James) Rae 1897–1961 m. Mildred (Hollis) Fifield 1905–1938 m. Elsie (Myrtle) FIFIELD 1904–1968
      1. 1. Beverley (Mildred) Rae 1938–2003
    2. 2. Norman (John Ferdo) Rae 1899–1979
    3. 3. Margaret (Mary) Rae 1894–1972
    4. 4. Agnes (Myrtle) Rae 1896–1979
    5. 5. Duncan (Hugh) Rae 1910–1981 m. Ethel (Mary) Geddes 1912–1991
    6. 6. Gordon (Simon) Rae 1903–1988
    7. 7. Alonzo (George) Rae 1902–1993
  5. 5. John JOHNSTON 1856–1858
  6. 6. Gideon (James) JOHNSTON 1866–1956
  7. 7. Isabel JOHNSTON 1864–1938
  8. 8. Margaret Johnstone 1858–1943
  9. 9. Norman (Stewart) JOHNSTON 1881–1962 m. Jean (Hamilton) Murray 1883–1945
    1. 1. Jean (Capon) Johnstone 1911–1984 m. John (Louis (Jack)) Ross 1908–1994
  10. 10. William (Duncan) JOHNSTON 1872–1953 m. Elizabeth Stephenson 1878–1954
    1. 1. Jessie (Muriel) Johnson 1898–1980 m. Victor (William Pattinson) Inch 1882–1962
      1. 1. Jean (Gloria Perry) Inch 1920–1984
      2. 2. Christopher (Victor Ross) Inch 1921–1984
    2. 2. James (Allen) Johnstone 1902–1992
    3. 3. Mabel (Doreen) Johnstone 1903–1963
    4. 4. Duncan (Sydney) Johnstone 1908–1981
    5. 5. Hector Johnston 1918–1922
    6. 6. Phyllis (Rhoda) JOHNSTON 1910–1971 m. William (Prophet) HARPER –1971
  11. 11. Thomas (Scott) JOHNSTON 1855–1936 m. Margaret Lambie 1862–1950
    1. 1. Clara JOHNSTON 1891–1974 m. William (Tattersall) WHITELEY 1886–1949
    2. 2. Douglas (Graham) Johnstone 1884–1915
    3. 3. Ferdo (James George) Johnstone 1880–1945 m. Hannah SMITH 1878–1955
    4. 4. Ethel (Maude) Johnstone 1882–1961 m. Herbert (William) Acton-Adams 1871–1941
      1. 1. William Acton-Adams 1921– m. Sylvia (Dothory Bealy) Scott 1920–2000
      2. 2. Margaret (Ethelberta) Acton-Adams 1918–
    5. 5. Rowland (Gordon) Johnstone 1886–1948 m. Eleanor (Eliza) PYE 1886–1958 m. Alma (Eileen) FLOWER 1900–1978
    6. 6. Thomas (Scott) Johnstone 1892–1970 m. Gladis (Mary) Anderson 1891–1970
      1. 1. Douglas (Scott) Johnstone 1921–1944
    7. 7. Alan (Howard) Johnstone 1888–1964 m. Daisy (Isobel) HAWKINS –1937
    8. 8. Ernest (Hardy) Johnstone 1887–1952
    9. 9. Thomas (Scott) JOHNSTON 1881–1881
    10. 10. Thomas (Scott) Johnstone 1880–1881
  12. 12. Elizabeth (Jane) Johnston 1870–1952
  13. 13. Septimus (Robert) JOHNSTON 1876–1948 m. Emily (Agnes Lawrence) STEPHENSON 1881–1962
    1. 1. Matilda (Madolyn) JOHNSTON 1911–
    2. 2. Mary JOHNSTON –1962
    3. 3. Margaret (Mliss) JOHNSTON 1907–1976
  14. 14. John JOHNSTON 1862–1863

James Johnstone's Timeline

5 Records

1835
1 August 1835
Birth of James Johnstone in Roberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Roberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 6
James Johnstone resided here in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1872
1872-1873
Age 37
James Johnstone resided here in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
1905
1905-1906
Age 70
James Johnstone resided here in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
1915
20 August 1915
Age 80
Death of James Johnstone in Mount Somers, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Mount Somers, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 August 1835
    Event Place: Roberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Slamannan; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 450; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Slamannan; ED: 2; Page: 2; Line: 450; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1872-1873
    Event Place: Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: Canterbury, New Zealand, Provincial Rolls, 1868-1874, Electoral Year: 1872-1873

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1905-1906
    Event Place: Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1905-1906

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 August 1915
    Event Place: Mount Somers, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
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