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Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone 1888–1967 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Dec 1888

Birth Location: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand

Death Date: 14 Sep 1967

Death Location: Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: Frederick Johnstone

Mother: Jessie Brown

Spouse(s): Percival Chapman

Children(s): Frances Chapman, Jessie Chapman, Frederick Chapman, Herbert Chapman, Sydney Chapman, Ivy Chapman, Beatrice Chapman, Allan Chapman, Trevor Chapman

Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone was born in 1888 in Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of Frederick Thomas Johnstone And Jessie Brown. In 1911, Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone resided in Christchurch South, Canterbury, New Zealand. Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone married Percival James Chapman, and had children including Allan Ewart Chapman, Beatrice Nora Chapman, Florence Margaret Chapman, Frances Lillian Chapman, Frederick Percival James Chapman, Herbert James Marriot Chapman, Ivy Doreen Chapman, Jessie Helen Chapman, Sydney Alfred Chapman, Trevor Lloyd Chapman. Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone passed away in 1967 in Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone was born in 1888 in Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of Frederick Thomas Johnstone And Jessie Brown.
  • In 1911, Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone resided in Christchurch South, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  • Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone married Percival James Chapman, and had children including Allan Ewart Chapman, Beatrice Nora Chapman, Florence Margaret Chapman, Frances Lillian Chapman, Frederick Percival James Chapman, Herbert James Marriot Chapman, Ivy Doreen Chapman, Jessie Helen Chapman, Sydney Alfred Chapman, Trevor Lloyd Chapman.
  • Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone passed away in 1967 in Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jessie Johnstone's Ancestors

Self
Jessie Johnstone
1888–1967
Birth Place: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
Parents
Frederick Thomas Johnstone
1851–1892
Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
Jessie Brown
1862–1917
Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia
Grandparents
Alexander Johnstone
1818–1887
William (Thompson) Brown
1837–1907
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Eliza Burridge
1840–
Lewes, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
George Brown
1800–1880
Janet Whyte
1800–1874
James Burridge
1810–1879
Martha Patterson
1808–1854
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Allan Brown
1765–
Agnes Young
1769–
Robert Whyte
1760–
Jane Cameron
1762–
James Burridge
1789–1851
Mary Bishop
1790–1861
Keziah Goldsmith
1780–

Jessie Johnstone's Descendants

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Jessie (Beatrice Ella) Johnstone (3 Dec 1888–14 Sep 1967) m. Percival (James) Chapman (18 Dec 1884–18 Jun 1965)
  1. 1. Frances (Lillian) Chapman 1912–1992 m. Campbell Gread 1910–1998
    1. 1. Robert ((Bob) William Maurice) Gread 1947–1973
    2. 2. Anne (Frances) Gread 1936–2017 m. Michael (Ian Causer) Ladd 1932–2019
    3. 3. Ian (Campbell) Gread 1938–1996
    4. 4. Christine (Jean) Gread 1949–2020
  2. 2. Jessie (Helen) Chapman 1910–1989 m. Norman (Victor Lawrence) Church 1909–1989
    1. 1. Victor (John Henry) Church 1930–1976 m. Margaret Link 1932–1975
    2. 2. Patricia (Josephine) Church 1933–1936
    3. 3. Roger (Charles) Church 1936–1978
    4. 4. Kathryn (Elizabeth) Church 1948–1993
  3. 3. Frederick (Percival James) Chapman 1916–1919
  4. 4. Herbert (James Marriot) Chapman 1917–1943
  5. 5. Sydney (Alfred) Chapman 1921–1991 m. Ada (Elizabeth) Dohrmann 1919–
  6. 6. Ivy (Doreen) Chapman 1923–2011 m. John Brooker 1922–2012
  7. 7. Beatrice (Nora) Chapman 1925–2007
    1. 1. David (Arthur) Green 1949–1974
  8. 8. Allan (Ewart) Chapman 1926–1997 m. Bernice (Patricia) Egan 1926–2006
    1. 1. Stephen (John) Chapman 1951–1951
  9. 9. Trevor (Lloyd) Chapman 1933–1991

Jessie Johnstone's Timeline

4 Records

1888
3 Dec 1888
Birth of Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone in Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
1911
1911
Age 23
Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone resided here in Christchurch South, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch South, Canterbury, New Zealand
1967
12 Sep 1967
Age 79
Death of Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone in Coronation Hospital, Cashmere, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Coronation Hospital, Cashmere, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
1967
14 Sep 1967
Age 79
Burial of Jessie Beatrice Ella Johnstone in Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Dec 1888
    Event Place: Kowai Bush, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Birth Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1911
    Event Place: Christchurch South, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1911

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Sep 1967
    Event Place: Coronation Hospital, Cashmere, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 14 Sep 1967
    Event Place: Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

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