Johns(t)on(e)s of 1852 Pickering Township, Ontario

And Pre-Confederation Canada Johnstons Are they connected? Can we find y-DNA descendants?

David Birrell

Male Abt 1842 - 1927  (85 years)


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  • Name David Birrell  [1, 2
    Born Abt 1842  Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Name David Burrell  [3
    Died 25 Mar 1927  Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • death date from Birrell family monument at Claremont Union Cemetery: "Catherine Rebecca Johnston beloved wife of David Birrell died Feb. 4, 1908 aged 58 years David Birrell died Mar. 25, 1927 aged 84 years"
    Person ID I208  Johns(t)on(e)s of 1852 Pickering Township, Ontario
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2023 

    Father Ebenezer Birrell,   b. Abt 1801, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1888, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Janet Mackie,   b. Abt 1801, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1846, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 4 Feb 1840  Pickering Township, Home District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Ebenezer Birrell-Janet Mackie - Marriage 4 Feb 1840 at Pickering Township, Canada
    Ebenezer Birrell-Janet Mackie - Marriage 4 Feb 1840 at Pickering Township, Canada
    witnesses: Margaret Thomson, Janet Thornton - married by R. H. Thornton
    Family ID F90  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Rebecca Johnston,   b. Abt 1850, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1908, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 24 Jan 1868  Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Married Abt 1871  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Divina Birrell,   b. Abt Jun 1869, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1870, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F49  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Jan 1868 - Peel, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1871 - Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Histories
    Ebenezer Birrell Biography (1974)
    Ebenezer Birrell Biography (1974)
    Ebenezer Birrell Biography (1961)
    Ebenezer Birrell Biography (1961)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.Census of Nova Scotia, 1851. Halifax, Nova Scotia,;), Year: 1851; Census Place: Pickering, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11742; Page: 123; Line: 4.
      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
      Year: 1851; Census Place: Pickering, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11742; Page: 123; Line: 2


    2. [S2] 1861 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Appreciation is expressed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing the 1861 Canada Census Index..Original data - Canada. "Census returns for 1861." LAC microfil;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1057.
      1861 Census of Canada
      1861 Census of Canada
      Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1057


    3. [S3] Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869.

    4. [S5] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928. MS932, Reels 1-833, 850-880. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.Ontario, Canada. Marriage License Books, 1907-1910. M;), Archives of Ontario; Series: MS248; Reel: 2.
      Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928
      Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928
      Archives of Ontario; Series: MS248; Reel: 2