Edna Johnston

Female 1890 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edna Johnston was born on 22 Apr 1890 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of James Johnston and Alice Watt); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 790DA7328FD544DCA8410734B4F3AC227C96
    • Census-Household Member: 1901, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    Family/Spouse: White. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Earl White was born in Jan 1908 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Johnston was born on 1 Dec 1838 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Nathaniel Johnston and Mary Foster); died on 9 Aug 1922 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 835DA09FF6C84476BEA2EE7B5E75DC7988C5
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1901, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Occupation: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Census: 1921, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member
    Nest to William Ashby

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    James married Alice Watt on 6 Apr 1897 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Alice (daughter of George Watt and Jane Campbell) was born on 17 Aug 1860 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1956; was buried in Leamington, Essex County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alice Watt was born on 17 Aug 1860 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of George Watt and Jane Campbell); died in 1956; was buried in Leamington, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 4B6DC1B4791E48E0AEE508D3A6D98CE4498C
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1871, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1881, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1891, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Occupation: 1897, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Charwoman
    • Census-Household Member: 1901, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1921, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    Notes:

    Married:
    Name:?tab?Alice Watt
    Age:?tab?36
    Birth Year:?tab?abt 1861
    Birth Place:?tab?Dalhousie
    Marriage Date:?tab?6 Apr 1897
    Marriage Place:?tab?Lanark, Ontario, Canada
    Father:?tab?George Watt
    Mother:?tab?Jane Campell
    Spouse:?tab?James Johnston

    Name?tab?James Johnston
    Age?tab?58
    Birth Year?tab?1839
    Birth Place?tab?Bathurst
    Marriage Date?tab?06/04/1897
    Marriage Place?tab?Lanark Ontario Canada
    Father?tab?Nathaniel Johnston
    Mother?tab?Mary Foster
    Spouse?tab?Alice Watt

    Children:
    1. Lillian Anna "Lily" Johnston was born on 4 Jan 1887 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Aug 1937 in Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Edna Johnston was born on 22 Apr 1890 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Nathaniel Johnston was born in 1816 in Ireland; died in Dec 1875 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 43017AC803CF4E7292514CEB00D195A33B90
    • Census: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Census:
    Nest to William Ashby

    Nathaniel married Mary Foster on 19 Nov 1834 in St. James Anglican Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born in 1814 in Ireland; died on 25 Mar 1890 in Watson's Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Foster was born in 1814 in Ireland; died on 25 Mar 1890 in Watson's Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: AE6AE931DD7348F8B34C7D75B9EBF1A5ED35
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member
    Nest to William Ashby

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Died:
    Name?tab?Mrs Mary Foster
    Gender?tab?Female
    Age?tab?77
    Birth Date?tab?1813
    Birth Place?tab?Ireland
    Death Date?tab?25/03/1890
    Death Place?tab?Lanark Ontario Canada
    Religion?tab?Church of England
    Cause of Death?tab?Paralatis Stroke

    Children:
    1. Edward Johnston was born in 1836 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Dec 1860 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. James Johnston was born on 1 Dec 1838 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Aug 1922 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Henry Johnston was born in 1841 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Jul 1913 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Archibald Johnston was born on 7 Feb 1842 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died between 1911 and 1916.
    5. William Johnston was born on 1 Apr 1845 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Apr 1912 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Ann Johnston was born on 25 Apr 1846 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Jan 1902 in Playfairville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Isabella Johnston was born on 3 Oct 1848 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    8. Nathaniel Johnston was born in 1850 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died before 1879.
    9. Thomas Johnston was born on 4 Oct 1853 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Feb 1911 in Coleman Twp, Nippissing District, Ontario, Canada.
    10. William Johnston was born in 1858 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.

  3. 6.  George Watt was born on 22 Jun 1808 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland (son of George Watt and Jean Hill); died on 27 Oct 1886 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 105553379
    • Location: Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 1 Lot 6
    • _UID: 6FC37CAB0B964E79A073A601403A75A91366
    • Census: 1851, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1861, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1871, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1881, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105553379

    Died:
    The Perth Courier - Friday, April 15, 1864 - Page 2
    The Watt Murder Case!
    Acquittal of Prisoner!
    This was an indictment against George Watt, Jr, for the murder of his grandmother, Jane Campbell, an old woman living, at the time of her death, with George Watt, Sen, the father of the prisoner.The circumstances tending to establish the guilt of the prisoner being of a purely circumstantial nature, every effort was made on the part of the Crown, both by D Fraser, Esq, the County Crown Attorney, at the preliminary examination, and by J Deacon, Jr, Esq, the Crown Counsel, on the trial, to supply all the links necessary in the chain of evidence to afford a fair presumption of the guilt of the accused. Plans showing the section of the country in which the alleged murder took place, and of the spot in which the body was found, were prepared from actual survey and produced on the trial. The trial, from the large number of witnesses examined, occupied more than two days, but the ingenuity and ability displayed in the examinations of the witnesses by the Crown Counsel as well as in the searching cross examinations of W M Shaw, Esq, Counsel for the prisoner, rendered it anything but tedious or uninteresting, while the addresses of both Counsel were masterly in the comprehensive manner of dealing with the long train of circumstances given in evidence on each side. Seldom has a trial of this nature presented greater difficulties and seldom have such difficulties been handled with equal skill and ingenuity. The jury, after a very able and impartial charge from the learned Judge, retired to consider their verdict, and after some hours brought in the verdict of "Not Guilty."

    The following is as brief a statement as can be given of the evidence.
    George Watt, Sen, sworn - Am father of prisoner; I examined the hand of deceased on the Monday morning before her death and she had no ring on then.
    **Information found on Paper of Record

    George married Jane Campbell in 1843 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Jane (daughter of Neil Campbell and Jane Watson) was born on 8 Dec 1820 in Balderson, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Aug 1911 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Jane Campbell was born on 8 Dec 1820 in Balderson, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Neil Campbell and Jane Watson); died on 18 Aug 1911 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 105553499
    • Name: Jean Campbell
    • _UID: ACC6E03FD632437498886BACC54DF5B4429C
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1871, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1881, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1891, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1911, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105553499

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    Children:
    1. John Watt was born on 25 Jul 1842 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Oct 1909 in Calabogie, Bagot Twp, Renfrew County, Ontario Canada.
    2. George A. Watt was born on 10 Jun 1844 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Jul 1913 in Durham, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, West Grey Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Christina "Tina" Watt was born on 3 Jan 1845 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Feb 1923 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 26 Feb 1923 in Pinehurst Cemetery, Playfairville, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jane Watt was born on 19 Sep 1847 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Jun 1913 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. William Watts was born in 1854 in Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1919; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Agnes Watt was born in 1849 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1921.
    7. Mary Rose Watt was born in 1849 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Nov 1881 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. William Watt was born on 6 Jun 1854 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Nov 1944 in Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinehurst Cemetery, Playfairville, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Janet Watt was born in Apr 1856 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1936; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Richard Hill Watt was born on 21 Jun 1857 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Jan 1935 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    11. 3. Alice Watt was born on 17 Aug 1860 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1956; was buried in Leamington, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Robert James Watt was born on 13 Dec 1862 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Apr 1903 in Frank, Canmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 29 Apr 1903 in The Frank Slide, Crowsnest Pass, Canmore Cenus Division, Alberta, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  George Watt was born in 1781; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 236860650
    • _UID: 27D5E29D66D54348B9FAADBB408C86D5832D

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236860650

    George married Jean Hill. Jean was born in 1786; died in 1845 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Jean Hill was born in 1786; died in 1845 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 236860677
    • _UID: BC86B1609E6B4BD29E70B34A3590480B9C3C

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236860677

    Children:
    1. John Watt was born in 1808 in Scotland; and died.
    2. 6. George Watt was born on 22 Jun 1808 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland; died on 27 Oct 1886 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  Neil Campbell was born on 13 May 1787 in Greenock Associate, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died in 1859 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 236860897
    • _UID: F98AA1491F644D1496878E8B2C7A6FB753BE

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236860897

    Neil married Jane Watson. Jane was born about 1784 in Scotland; died on 29 Oct 1863 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Jane Watson was born about 1784 in Scotland; died on 29 Oct 1863 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 236860944
    • _UID: BCB18C233543495FA0B8A20145F8BA245289
    • Census: 1861, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; 1861

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236860944

    Children:
    1. 7. Jane Campbell was born on 8 Dec 1820 in Balderson, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Aug 1911 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.




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