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Joseph Johnston 1808–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 May 1808

Birth Location: Monaghan, Ireland

Death Date: 19 May 1898

Death Location: Summers Corners, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada

Father: Humphrey Johnston

Mother: Maragret Whitcraft

Spouse(s): Barbara Kilmer

Children(s): Humphrey Johnston, Thomas Johnston, Margaret Johnston, Eliza Johnston, George Johnston, Joseph Johnston, David Johnson, Albert Johnston, Martha Johnston, William Johnston

The story of Joseph Johnston began in 1808 in Monaghan, Ireland. Joseph Johnston married Barbara Kilmer, and had children including Albert Wellesley Johnston, David Nelson Johnson, Eliza Belinda Johnston, George Francis Johnston, Humphrey Johnston, Joseph Gustavo Johnston, Margaret Johnston, Martha Johnston, Thomas Johnston, William Johnston. Joseph Johnston passed away in 1898 in Summers Corners, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Joseph Johnston began in 1808 in Monaghan, Ireland.
  • Joseph Johnston married Barbara Kilmer, and had children including Albert Wellesley Johnston, David Nelson Johnson, Eliza Belinda Johnston, George Francis Johnston, Humphrey Johnston, Joseph Gustavo Johnston, Margaret Johnston, Martha Johnston, Thomas Johnston, William Johnston.
  • Joseph Johnston passed away in 1898 in Summers Corners, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joseph Johnston's Ancestors

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Joseph Johnston
1808–1898
Birth Place: Monaghan, Ireland
Parents
Humphrey Johnson Johnston
1786–1863
County Monaghan, Ireland
Maragret Whitcraft
1786–1852
Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland
Grandparents
Henry (Whitcraft) ✈️
1740–1790
Parish Clontibret,Moaghan,,Ireland
Margaret Cowan
1740–1790
Armagh, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Whitcraft
1700–1745
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Johnston's Descendants

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Joseph Johnston (24 May 1808–19 May 1898) m. Barbara Kilmer (1813–15 December 1893)
  1. 1. Humphrey Johnston 1840–1931 m. Harriet (Ellen) Wintermute 1845–1921
    1. 1. George (Noble) Johnston 1857–1934 m. Anna (Jane) Stone 1863–1930
      1. 1. Charlotte (Ella) Johnston 1897–1982 m. William (Walter) LaPointe 1894–1953
        1. 1. Orland LaPointe 1921–1994 m. Edythe (Eliza) Freeman 1924–2004
        2. 2. Lyle (Nathan) LaPointe 1917–2005
        3. 3. Sheila (Colleen Bernice) LaPointe 1943–1944
        4. 4. Pauline (Catherine Lapointe) Buckingham 1926–2015
    2. 2. John (A.) Johnston 1866–1949
    3. 3. Ermina Johnston 1879–1893
      1. 1. Flora (J) Galameau 1916–
      2. 2. Howard (C) Johnson 1915–
  2. 2. Thomas Johnston 1837–1923
  3. 3. Margaret Johnston 1832–1905
  4. 4. Eliza (Belinda) Johnston 1845–1878
  5. 5. George (Francis) Johnston 1847–1901
  6. 6. Joseph (Gustavo) Johnston 1849–1923
  7. 7. David (Nelson) Johnson 1853–
  8. 8. Albert (Wellesley) Johnston 1857–1931
  9. 9. Martha Johnston 1834–1923
  10. 10. William Johnston 1831–1880

Joseph Johnston's Timeline

2 Records

1808
24 May 1808
Birth of Joseph Johnston in Monaghan, Ireland
Monaghan, Ireland
1898
19 May 1898
Age 90
Death of Joseph Johnston in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 May 1808
    Event Place: Monaghan, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1898
    Event Place: Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Summers Corners, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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