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

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

Catherine Rebecca Johnston

Female Abt 1850 - 1908  (58 years)


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  • Name Catherine Rebecca Johnston  [1, 2
    Born Abt 1850  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 4 Feb 1908  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 I491  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 unknown 
    Married Abt 1838  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F81  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family David Birrell,   b. Abt 1842, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1927, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 24 Jan 1868  Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    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 MapsBorn - Abt 1850 - Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    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
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  • 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: Caledon, Peel County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11746; Page: 113; Line: 48.
      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


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