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

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Samuel Fife Johnston

Male 1847 - 1916  (68 years)


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  • Name Samuel Fife Johnston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Born 15 Aug 1847  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Jun 1916  Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Lot 24, Conc 9 - age 69, born Canada - burial at Groveside Cemetery - farmer - married - father Robert Johnston, mother Margaret J McFarlane - cause Uremic Poisoning (2 week duration) due to Bright's Disease (3 year dur) - informant J R Johnston of Ashburn
    Buried Aft 13 Jun 1916  Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Groveside Cemetery - Section F - near west end
    Samuel Fife Johnston-Rachel Maria Smith Grave Marker at Groveside Cemetery in Brooklin, Ontario    		 Samuel Fife Johnston-Rachel Maria Smith Grave Marker at Groveside Cemetery in Brooklin, Ontario
    Entered into rest - In memory of Samuel Fife Johnston died June 13th 1916, in his 68th year - his beloved wife Rachel Maria Smith died Jan. 26, 1949 in her 90th year == photograph by Wesley Johnston 26 Sep 2012
    Groveside Cemetery at Brooklin, Ontario    		 Groveside Cemetery at Brooklin, Ontario
    Note that North is toward the upper left
    Samuel Fife Johnston Family Grave Locations    		 Samuel Fife Johnston Family Grave Locations
    near west end of Section F - note vehicles on Highway 12 == photograph by Wesley Johnston 26 Sep 2012
    Person ID I386  Johns(t)on(e)s of 1852 Pickering Township, Ontario
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2023 

    Father Robert E Johnston,   b. Abt 1820, Castlederg, Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1878, Caledon Township, Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Jane McFarland,   b. 9 Nov 1818, Castlederg, Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1901, Caledon Township, Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1838  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F81  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel Maria Smith,   b. 18 Sep 1859, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1949, Prince Albert, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 30 Mar 1878  Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • he 29, bachelor, teacher, born Canada, residing Pickering Tp, Presbyterian - she 19, spinster, born Canada, residing Pickering Tp, Methodist - witnesses James & Alice Smith of Pickering Tp - by Rev. W. W. Leech, by License
    Children 
     1. Joseph Robert Johnston,   b. 8 Sep 1878, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1956, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
    +2. Mary Ann Jane Johnston,   b. Abt 1879, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1967, Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     3. Margaret M Johnston,   b. 3 Sep 1884, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Christena Mable - Lena - Johnston,   b. 9 Oct 1894, Ashburn, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F91  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Photos
    Samuel Fife Johnston-Rachel Maria Smith Grave Marker at Groveside Cemetery in Brooklin, Ontario    		Samuel Fife Johnston-Rachel Maria Smith Grave Marker at Groveside Cemetery in Brooklin, Ontario
    Entered into rest - In memory of Samuel Fife Johnston died June 13th 1916, in his 68th year - his beloved wife Rachel Maria Smith died Jan. 26, 1949 in her 90th year == photograph by Wesley Johnston 26 Sep 2012
    Groveside Cemetery at Brooklin, Ontario    		Groveside Cemetery at Brooklin, Ontario
    Note that North is toward the upper left
    Samuel Fife Johnston Family Grave Locations    		Samuel Fife Johnston Family Grave Locations
    near west end of Section F - note vehicles on Highway 12 == photograph by Wesley Johnston 26 Sep 2012

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938. MS 935, reels 1-615. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario;), Roll: .
      Birth date: abt 1847
      Birth place: Canada
      Death date: Jan 1916
      Death place: Ontario
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_deaths&h=2753569&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947      		 Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947
      Roll: .


    2. [S17] 1881 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. 1881 Canada Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited ;).
      Birth date: 1849
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: 1881
      Residence place: Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881canada&h=3020774&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1881 Census of Canada      		 1881 Census of Canada


    3. [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;).
      Birth date: abt 1849
      Birth place: Canada
      Marriage date: 30 Mar 1878
      Marriage place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=2666488&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928      		 Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928


    4. [S10] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. .Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-18;).
      Birth date: abt 1849
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: 1891
      Residence place: Ontaro South, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1891canada&h=2639540&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1891 Census of Canada      		 1891 Census of Canada


    5. [S11] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. .Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-19;).
      Birth date: 1847
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: 1901
      Residence place: Whitby (West/Ouest), Ontario (south/sud), Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901canada&h=14021603&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1901 Census of Canada      		 1901 Census of Canada


    6. [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: Caledon, Peel County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11746; Page: 113; Line: 47.
      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: Caledon, Peel County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11746; Page: 113; Line: 43


    7. [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-1062.
      1861 Census of Canada      		 1861 Census of Canada
      Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1062