John Johnston (1847-1892)
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John Johnston was born 11 Mar 1847 and baptized Methodist, both in Pickering Township in what is now Ontario. His father Thomas Johnston was born in Northern Ireland about 1801. The closest Y-DNA match (36/37 and 64/67) is to the Johnstons of Shanaghan Townland in County Down. John's Y-DNA Haplogroup: I-M223 -> I-CTS2392 -> IBY3791
Welcome!
This tree is a frozen snapshot of my Johns(t)on(e)s of 1852 Pickering Township tree on Ancestry, which is the master version. All living people are without names or other information, but you may be able to find yourself. However, I have not tried to capture all the living members, so that many people are not in the tree, in which case you will need to find one of your parents or grandparents.
The scope of the tree began with only those Johns(t)on(e)s in Pickering Township in or prior to the 1851/2 census. But it has now expanded to include all Johns(t)on(e)s in Canada before Confederation in 1867. See my Pre-Confederation Canada Johnstons web page for this project.
The purpose of the tree is to see if these families were connected. Due to the 1922 destruction of the Public Record Office in Dublin, documentary connections are not likely to be found. So this tree will also help to identify living y-DNA descendants who would be willing to test. We have already found a probable Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) for Thomas (1802-1861) and Arthur (1839-1915) Johnston at about 1680-1705.
This version’s snapshot was download from Ancestry 21 Jan 2023 and has 1,121 people in 280 families with 315 media files.
For those who have an Ancestry account, John Johnston (1847-1892) is at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/34820597/person/18701474866 and you can click on that to see him and then navigate to anyone else within the tree.
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Click here for Wesley Johnston’s Family History main page.
