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Walter George JOHNSTON

Male 1921 - 1954  (32 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Walter George JOHNSTON was born on 7 Aug 1921 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of Walter George - born George Walter JOHNSTON and Henrietta Minnie Martha Caroline STAACK); died on 28 Apr 1954 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried after 28 Apr 1954 in Riverdale, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 8823 Euclid

    Notes:

    Birth:
    609 East 65th Street -- Lake-20b DNA

    Buried:
    Cedar Park Cemetery - Carnation Section, NW ΒΌ, Block 13, Lot 7

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living JOHNSTON
    2. Living JOHNSTON

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Walter George - born George Walter JOHNSTON was born on 13 Jul 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (son of George Henry JOHNSTON and Martha BOEZEL); died on 18 Aug 1973 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1910, Greenfield, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA
    • Residence: Between 1917 and 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; 543 East 68th Street
    • Residence: 7 Aug 1921, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 609 East 65th Street - at birth of son Walter
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 16 Feb 1942, 6353 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWII Draft Reg - phone Wentworth 9347 - born 13 Jul 1897 Chicago - unemployed - contact: George Johnston, 6623 So. Fairfield, Chicago - white, 5'10", 155 lb, blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lake-20b DNA

    Walter married Henrietta Minnie Martha Caroline STAACK in 1918 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA. Henrietta (daughter of Fred STAACK and Katherine SCHAUMBURG) was born on 16 Nov 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 31 Mar 1965 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Henrietta Minnie Martha Caroline STAACK was born on 16 Nov 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Fred STAACK and Katherine SCHAUMBURG); died on 31 Mar 1965 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1900, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois

    Children:
    1. Martha Marie JOHNSTON was born on 9 Nov 1917 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 21 May 1936 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Victor Henry JOHNSTON was born on 14 Nov 1919 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 18 Mar 1943 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. 1. Walter George JOHNSTON was born on 7 Aug 1921 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 28 Apr 1954 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried after 28 Apr 1954 in Riverdale, Cook, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Henry JOHNSTON was born on 22 Apr 1877 in Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada (son of John JOHNSTON and Emma Emily BUTSON); died on 6 Apr 1972 in Hinsdale, Cook, Illinois, USA (residing in Chicago); was buried on 10 Apr 1972 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1881, USA
    • Residence: 16 Apr 1881, Pickering Township, Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
    • Arrival: 1882
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 24 Nov 1905, 543 East 68th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; contract to build home to be completed by March 1906
    • Residence: 1910, Greenfield, Monroe, Wisconsin
    • Residence: 1911, 543 East 68th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; The Lakeside City Directory, Chicago, 1911 - p 698 - JOHNSTON - Geo H engineer h 543 E 68th ---- NOTE: same listing in 1913 and 1915 directories
    • Residence: 12 Sep 1918, 543 East 68th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; born 22 Apr 1877 - Naturalized - occupation: Hoisting Engineer - Employer: Lincoln Park Board - Employed at Center & Clark St - wife: Mrs Martha Johnston (same address) - tall, stout, gray eyes, gray hair
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
    • Residence: 1930, 6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1930 Census - age 52, first married at 19, born English Canada to English Canada parents, arrived 1881, Naturalized, Engineer in Steam Shovel Industry -- George and Martha
    • Residence: 1935, 6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1940 Census shows George and Martha at 6623 South Fairfield with both living at the same house in 1935
    • NaturalizationPetition: 2 Feb 1938, 6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; He had thought he was a citizen by his father's naturalization but learned that no record could be found of his father's naturalization.
    • Residence: 12 May 1938, 6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Residence at date of Naturalization - born 22 Apr 1877 Canada - U. S. District Court in Chicago - Certificate P-164994 CN-4424243
    • Residence: 15 Apr 1940, 6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 63, highest school grade completed: 4, born English Canada, lived same house in 1935, occupation ??? ?Foreman? in ?Building Construction? Industry -- George and Martha only ones in home at 6623 South Fairfield Avenue

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lake-20a DNA; Lake-20b DNA; Lake-21a DNA

    Buried:
    Oakwoods Cemetery - Section E4 Lot 52

    George married Martha BOEZEL on 2 May 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Martha (daughter of Jan (John) BOEZEL and Grietje Gerrits VAN WIJK) was born on 25 Feb 1877 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA; died in 1969 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1969 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Martha BOEZEL was born on 25 Feb 1877 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA (daughter of Jan (John) BOEZEL and Grietje Gerrits VAN WIJK); died in 1969 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1969 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1880, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1910, Greenfield, Monroe, Wisconsin
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; 543 E 68th St; 539 is Joseph Helder (b IL from Holland) & Alma (MI from MI-Germany) - he works for Standard Oil as Martha's son Walter did in 1918 WWI draft reg
    • Residence: 1930, 6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1930 Census - age 52, first married at 19, born Michigan to Holland parents -- George and Martha
    • Residence: 1935, 6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 1940 Census shows George and Martha at 6623 South Fairfield with both living at the same house in 1935
    • Residence: 15 Apr 1940, 6623 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; age 63, highest school grade completed: 3, born Michigan, lived same house in 1935, -- George and Martha only ones in home at 6623 South Fairfield Avenue

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Oakwoods Cemetery - Section E4 Lot 52

    Notes:

    Married:
    he 19, she 19 - by C. Seymour Bullock, minister of the Gospel, pastor of Oakwoods Union Church

    Children:
    1. 2. Walter George - born George Walter JOHNSTON was born on 13 Jul 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 18 Aug 1973 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA.
    2. Emma Gertrude JOHNSTON was born on 7 Aug 1899 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; died on 12 Apr 1980 in Rhinelander, Oneida County, Wisconsin; was buried after 12 Apr 1980 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 6.  Fred STAACK was born about 1866 in Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1882
    • Arrival: 1882
    • Arrival: 1882
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook (Chicago), Illinois

    Fred married Katherine SCHAUMBURG. Katherine (daughter of Adam SCHAUMBURG and Wilhelmina "Minnie" GELIS) was born about 1869 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Katherine SCHAUMBURG was born about 1869 in Illinois (daughter of Adam SCHAUMBURG and Wilhelmina "Minnie" GELIS).

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, United States
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, United States
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook (Chicago), Illinois

    Children:
    1. Living STAACK
    2. John STAACK was born about 1890 in Illinois.
    3. Marie STAACK was born about 1894 in Illinois.
    4. Minnie STAACK was born about 1896 in Illinois.
    5. 3. Henrietta Minnie Martha Caroline STAACK was born on 16 Nov 1898 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 31 Mar 1965 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John JOHNSTON was born on 11 Mar 1847 in Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada (son of Thomas JOHNSTON and Elizabeth - Eliza - GRAY); died on 11 Mar 1892 in Mount Greenwood (Chicago), Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried after 11 Mar 1892 in Mount Greenwood (Chicago), Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 7 Aug 1848, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Pickering Township, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Pickering Township, Ontario South, Ontario, 'canada'
    • Residence: 24 May 1876, Pickering Township, Ontario, Canada
    • Possessions: 7 Dec 1877, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; part of Lot 4, Concession 8 - Bargain & Sale from William Ward & wife to John Johnston - document 3057
    • Mortgage: 20 Dec 1877, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; John Johnston agreed to pay William Ward a mortgage of $100. He paid off the mortgage, which is recorded below in document 3241.
    • Mortgage: 1 Apr 1878, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; part of Lot 4, Concession 8 - John Johnston pays off $100 mortgage to William Ward via $200 mortgage owed to Foster Hutchison
    • Possessions: 8 Dec 1879, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; part of Lot 4, Concession 8 - Bargain & Sale from John Johnston & wife to Charles Williams - document 3857
    • Mortgage: 13 Dec 1879, Pickering Township. Ontario, Ontario, Canada; part of Lot 4, Concession 8 - John Johnston pays off $200 mortgage to Malcolm McTaggart to whom it was previously assigned by Foster Hutchison
    • Residence: 1881, Balsam, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    record has surname as JOHNSON

    Baptism:
    by William Price, Wesleyan Methodist minister

    Buried:
    Mount Greenwood Cemetery - no stone - Section 11, Lot 174, Grave 2 West 4 North - Next of kin: Emma Johnston at 178 53rd Street in Hyde Park

    John married Emma Emily BUTSON on 24 May 1876 in Reach Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Emma (daughter of Henry BUTSON and Sarah HARRISON) was born in 1854 in Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Aug 1897 in 1272 East 67th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Aug 1897 in Chicago City, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Emma Emily BUTSON was born in 1854 in Ontario, Canada (daughter of Henry BUTSON and Sarah HARRISON); died on 10 Aug 1897 in 1272 East 67th Street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 12 Aug 1897 in Chicago City, Cook, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1861, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; The 1861 Census was taken January 14, 1861. The age given is the age on their next birthday. -- www.generations.on.ca/genealogy/canadian-census.htm
    • Residence: 24 May 1876, Ontario, Canada; residence at marriage at age 21 - probably in Reach Township where her sister Mary Jane is shown residing as a witness
    • Residence: 1881, Pickering Township, Ontario South, Ontario, Canada; The 1881 Census was taken April 4, 1881. -- age 24 (The age given is the age on their last birthday.) -- www.generations.on.ca/genealogy/canadian-census.htm

    Notes:

    Birth:
    I am assuming her age 6 in the 1861 census was NOT her next birthday age but that they gave her current age. I conclude she was probably born in 1854, sometime between January 14 and August 10. -- Lake-20a DNA; Lake-20b DNA; Lake-21a DNA

    Buried:
    Oakwoods Cemetery; Section P; Division 1; Grave 319 - single grave

    Died:
    1272 East 67th Street - age 43

    Notes:

    Married:
    he 28, she 21 - witnesses: Thomas Gibson of Pickering [half-brother of John] & Mary Jane Butson of Reach [sister of Emma]

    Children:
    1. 4. George Henry JOHNSTON was born on 22 Apr 1877 in Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Apr 1972 in Hinsdale, Cook, Illinois, USA (residing in Chicago); was buried on 10 Apr 1972 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Walter JOHNSTON was born in May 1880 in Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died before 1900 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Charles Fredrick - Fred - JOHNSTON was born on 10 Aug 1882 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 12 Oct 1967 in Sidney, Richland, Montana, USA; was buried on 16 Oct 1967 in Sidney, Richland, Montana, USA.
    4. Ernest JOHNSTON was born about 1886 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died before 1900 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 10.  Jan (John) BOEZEL was born on 12 Jan 1842 in Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (son of Albert BOEZEL and Gerdina BOGAERTS); died on 2 Mar 1914 in Eastmanville, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1854
    • Residence: 1860, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan
    • Residence: 1870, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan
    • Residence: 1880, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
    • Residence: 1900, Holland City, Ottawa, Michigan
    • Residence: 1910, Holland Ward 2, Ottawa, Michigan

    Jan married Grietje Gerrits VAN WIJK. Grietje (daughter of Gerrit Jannes VAN WIJK and Martjen Wiebes FEENSTRA) was born on 29 Mar 1856 in Kollum, Friesland, Netherlands; died on 20 Aug 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Grietje Gerrits VAN WIJK was born on 29 Mar 1856 in Kollum, Friesland, Netherlands (daughter of Gerrit Jannes VAN WIJK and Martjen Wiebes FEENSTRA); died on 20 Aug 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Grace
    • Name: Maggie
    • Arrival: 1868
    • Arrival: 1873
    • Residence: 1880, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois

    Children:
    1. Gerdinah Johanna BOEZEL was born about 1874 in Michigan.
    2. 5. Martha BOEZEL was born on 25 Feb 1877 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA; died in 1969 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried in Mar 1969 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    3. Albert BOEZEL DECKER was born about 1878 in Michigan.

  5. 14.  Adam SCHAUMBURGAdam SCHAUMBURG was born about 1846 in Germany.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, United States
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, United States

    Adam married Wilhelmina "Minnie" GELIS. Wilhelmina (daughter of Carl August GELIS and Sophie Marie Dorothee HASEMANN) was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Wilhelmina "Minnie" GELISWilhelmina "Minnie" GELIS was born on 14 Nov 1846 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (daughter of Carl August GELIS and Sophie Marie Dorothee HASEMANN); died on 6 Jul 1912 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1850, South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, United States
    • Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, United States
    • Residence: 1900, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois

    Children:
    1. 7. Katherine SCHAUMBURG was born about 1869 in Illinois.
    2. August W SCHAUMBURG was born about Apr 1870 in Illinois; died on 3 Aug 1944 in Brookfield, Cook Co., IL.
    3. John C SCHAUMBURG was born in Apr 1873 in Minnesota.
    4. Mary SCHAMBURG was born in Jan 1876 in Minnesota.
    5. William SCHAUMBURG was born on 3 May 1878 in Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
    6. Henry SCHAUMBURG was born in Jun 1882 in Minnesota.