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Walter Roy, Irish Johnston 1893 – 1934 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Oct 1893

Birth Location: Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 09 Dec 1934

Death Location: Whitby, Ontario

Father: Andrew Johnston

Mother: Mary Smith

Spouse(s): Margaret McDonald

Children(s): Howard Johnston, Frederick Johnston, Infant Johnston, Isabel Johnston

In 1893, Walter Roy Irish Johnston entered the world in Ontario, Ontario, Canada, born to Andrew T Johnston and Mary Louisa Smith. Years later, Walter Roy Irish Johnston married Margaret Isabel McDonald, and the couple became parents to Howard Oliver Johnston, Frederick Walter James Johnston, Infant Johnston and Isabel Johnston. Walter Roy Irish Johnston died in 1934 in Whitby, Ontario.

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Parents

Andrew Johnston
1862 – 1942
Birth Location: Reach Township, Ontario, Canada
AJ
Mary Smith
1869 – 1963
Birth Location: Reach, Ontario, Canada
MS

Spouses(s)

Margaret McDonald
1905 – 1975
Birth Location: Lorrimore Square, St. Paul, Southwark, Middlesex, England
MM

Children(s)

Howard Johnston
1925 – 1988
Birth Location: Whitby, Durham, Ontario, Canada
HJ
Frederick Johnston
1928 – 1998
Birth Location: Whitby, Ontario
FJ
Infant Johnston
1935 – 1935
Birth Location: Whitby, Ontario
IJ
Isabel Johnston
Birth Location: –
IJ

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 31 Oct 1893
    Event Place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1901 Census of Canada, 1911 Census of Canada, 1921 Census of Canada, 1926 Prairie Census of Canada, 1931 Census of Canada, Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Canada, World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918, Canada, World War I CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959, Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917, Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1950, Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1942, U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Manifests of Alien Arrivals At Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954; NAI: 4527447; Record Group: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 17, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving At Honolulu, Hawaii, Compiled 02/13/1900 - 12/30/1953; NAI Number: A4156; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Na, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 685, Year: 1901; Census Place: Ontario; Page: 3; Family No: 33, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 117; Record Group: Rg 80-2, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Deaths, 1934; Series: 490, Year: 1911; Census Place: 40 - Whitby, Ontario South, Ontario; Page: 17; Family No: 205, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 75; Census Place: Whitby, Ontario South, Ontario; Page Number: 12, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 4905 - 50, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27283; Census Place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: 4, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON, Canada; 1926 Prairie Census

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 25 Dec 1924
    Event Place: Ontario

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1901
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1901 Census of Canada, Year: 1901; Census Place: Ontario; Page: 3; Family No: 33

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1911
    Event Place: Ontario South, Ontario
    Record Source: 1911 Census of Canada, Year: 1911; Census Place: 40 - Whitby, Ontario South, Ontario; Page: 17; Family No: 205

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 27 Jan 1914
    Event Place: Niagara Falls, New York, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Manifests of Alien Arrivals At Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954; NAI: 4527447; Record Group: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 17

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Dundas, Whitby, Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 75; Census Place: Whitby, Ontario South, Ontario; Page Number: 12

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1926
    Event Place: Saskatchewan, Canada
    Record Source: 1926 Prairie Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON, Canada; 1926 Prairie Census

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1931
    Event Place: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1931 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27283; Census Place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada; Page Number: 4

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 5 May 1952
    Event Place: Honolulu, Hawaii
    Record Source: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving At Honolulu, Hawaii, Compiled 02/13/1900 - 12/30/1953; NAI Number: A4156; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Na

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 09 Dec 1934
    Event Place: Whitby, Ontario
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1950, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Deaths, 1934; Series: 490

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whitby, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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