John J. Johnston

1857 - 1912  (~ 54 years)

• Name	John J. Johnston
  Born	Oct 1857	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  This John Johnston is a bit of a mystery but as far as I can tell he was the son of William Johnston and Ellen Rossiter.
  Gender	Male
  Property	6 Sept 1886	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  Major Fire - South Side
  On Sept. 7, 1886, the magistrate at Ferryland wrote a letter to the Colonial Secretary informing him of a "sad calamity" at Caplin Bay. He stated that several poor families had lost all of their property there in a fire which started about 10:00 AM the previous day. He identified those left destitute as being "James Power, wife and nine children; Matthew Whelan, wife (an invalid) and three children; John Johnston, wife and two children; and Anne Clancy, an aged friendless widow" .....
  Census	1910	Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   [2]
  In the 1910 US Census, John and his son William were both lodgers in the household of Norah Delay on Summer St. Both John and William were working as labourers. John indicated that he was widowed at that time.
  Died	9 Apr 1912	Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   [3]
  Using the Connecticut City Directories in ancestry.com, I was able to track the presence of John J. Johnston (aka Johnson) living at various addresses in Bristol up to 1911 (inclusive). He disappeared from the Directories after that year. In the Connecticut Death Record Index, 1897-1966, I found a listing for a John Johnston who died in Bristol on the 9 April 1912. To date I have been unable to find an on-line record to verify that this record is for John J. Johnston from Newfoundland.
  Person ID	I841	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	William Johnston,   b. Aft 1816, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. 11 Apr 1907, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Ellen Rossiter,   b. Abt 1816, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 15 May 1903, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Family ID	F246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Anne Shanahan
  Non-Marital Relationship	Abt 1877	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  Baptism records indicate that a John Johnston and Mary Ann Shannahan had an illegitimate son John, at Caplin Bay, in 1877. It is not known what became of this son, but US records indicate that John had a son also named John within his marriage to Mary Grant.
  Children	1. John Johnston,   b. Abt Jul 1877, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Grant,   b. Mar 1861, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland ,   d. 21 Aug 1907, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1883	St. John's RC (Basilica) Parish, St. John's, Newfoundland   [4]
  SOUTHERN SHORE MARRIAGE RECORDS FROM R.C. BASILICA, ST. JOHN'S COVERING ST. JOHN'S AND OTHER AREAS: Johnston, John; Ferryland Grant, Mary; Caplin Bay - November 25, 1883 - Joseph Rossiter & Frances Kieley. Although the marriage record appears to indicate that John was from Ferryland, he was born at Caplin Bay. At times, priests in St. John's often recorded the parish name instead of the actual hometown. The marriage record also says that Mary Grant was from Caplin Bay, however research gives no indication that a Grant family ever lived there. The Grant families of Ferryland parish lived at Cape Broyle and Brigus South.
  Immigration	1889	Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   [1]
  Census	1900	Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States   [1]
  It is noted in the 1900 US Census that this couple were living at 24 Williams Ave. in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut. They were recorded under the surname of Johnson and had five living children, of a total of seven born to them. John, wife Mary, and their three daughters had immigrated to the US in 1889. John was working as a steel temperer.
  Children	1. Ellen Joseph "Nellie" Johnston,   b. Abt Sep 1884, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Ann "May" Johnston,   b. Abt May 1886, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Margaret Rose "Maggie" Johnston,   b. Abt Mar 1888, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John Francis Johnston,   b. 22 May 1890, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 1954, Mill River, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 63 years)   5. William "Willie" Johnston,   b. Apr 1892, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Oct 1857 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Non-Marital Relationship - Abt 1877 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Married - 25 Nov 1883 - St. John's RC (Basilica) Parish, St. John's, Newfoundland Property - Major Fire - South Side - 6 Sept 1886 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Immigration - 1889 - Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Census - 1900 - Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Census - 1910 - Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Died - 9 Apr 1912 - Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] FamilySearch™ - LDS, ([online database] copyright (c) 2008, Intellectual Reserve, Inc.), "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9QK-WZN : accessed 14 February 2017), John J Johnson, Voting District 3 Bristol borough, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 122, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,135. [S29] FamilySearch™ - LDS, ([online database] copyright (c) 2008, Intellectual Reserve, Inc.), "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKKT-JTT : accessed 16 February 2017), John Johnson in household of Norah Delay, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 135, sheet 14A, family 267, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 130; FHL microfilm 1,374,143. . [S70] Connecticut Vital Records — Index of Deaths, 1897-2001, Connecticut Department of Public Health, (State Vital Records Office [searchable on-line database] ). [S24] Southern Shore RC Marriages at St. John's 1793 - 1890, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online: Selected marriage records transcribed by the late Ray Curran & Cindy (Morrisson) Curran).