Person:John Johnston (82)

On page 9 of the Johnston Family Tree^S4 Ada Flynn wrote:

John Johnston came to Collingwood Township as a young man in the early seventies and located on the south half of Lot 18, Concession 11. His sister Sarah Jane, kept house for him until he married Elizabeth White, who lived in the area. She was the assistant teacher at the nearby school. Here the family of four daughters and one son were born.

After farming for almost twenty years, John sold his farm and moved to Kolapore. He joined the firm, Johnston, White and Company, a partnership formed a few years earlier by his brother, Will, and brother--in-law, T. B. White. Will moved to Heathcote in 1895, John and T. B. White continued in business until 1913 when the partnership was dissolved and John retired.

At this time, Rhoda, the youngest daughter, and, her father followed the rest of the family to Saskatchewan where Rhoda entered Regina Hospital to train for a nurse and her father made his home in Moose Jaw with his daughter Ethel and her husband, Thomas Allcock. John Johnston died Aug. 9, 1923. Elizabeth Johnston predeceased him Feb. 21, 1904.

According to "An Illustrated History of Collingwood Township"^S11 Thomas McIlfaterick gave John Johnston a clay pot he found in a cave on his land. It is about 1,000 years old, one of the oldest complete clay pots found in Ontario. John later gave it to E. Frances White who passed it on to the new museum in Toronto (later the Royal Ontario Museum) in 1895.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} John Johnston household, in 1881 Canadian Census, LDS CD, Transcriptions. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT84150-3400, 2001)
   Page 3 Family 14, 4 Apr 1881.

   Census Place: Collingwood, Grey East, Ontario, Canada Source: FHL Film 1375897 NAC C-13261 Dist 155 SubDist B Div 3

   Household:
   Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace
   John JOHNSTON
   M M 33 Irish O <Ontario> Occ: Farmer Religion: C. Methodist
   Frances Elizabeth JOHNSTON
   F M 26 English O <Ontario> Religion: C. Methodist
   Myrtle Sofa JOHNSTON
   F 1 Irish O <Ontario> Religion: C. Methodist
   William JOHNSTON
   M 26 Irish O <Ontario> Occ: Farmer Religion: C. Methodist

2. ↑ G. Clare White. White Family Tree (G Clare White). (March 1979)
   Page A-2.

   Frances Elizabeth (White) spouse John Johnston, born 9-12-1854, married 6-20-1878, died 2-21-1904

3. ↑ copy by E.F. White, Jr. E.F. White, Jr. Copy of Rhoda Johnston's Records. (July 30, 1938)
   Page 2 & 3.

   Frances Elizabeth (White) -- b. Sept. 12, 1854 -- d. about 1890 at Kolapore, m. John Johnston, June 20, 1879 -- Collingwood, Ont.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Compiler: Ada J Flynn. Johnston Family Tree. (self published, Collingwood, ON, 1974, revised 1981)
   Page 5 & 9.

   Farmer, Collingwood, sawmill, hoop and stave factory at Kolepore, Ontario. Retired to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

5. ↑ Myrtle (White) Moffat. Family Tree of White Family copied by Myrtle (White) Moffat 1936. (Aug. 31, 1936)
   Page 4.

   Francis (sic) Elizabeth White married John Johnston June 20, 1878, Collingwood Township, Ontario

6. ↑ John Johnston household, in Grey, Ontario, Canada. 1881 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
   Page 3, Line 20, 4 Apr 1881.

   Section 3 -- (Collingwood)

   Johnston, John, M(ale), 33, Born O(ntario), C(anada) Meth(odist), Origin Irish, FarmerM(arried); Section 3 -- (Collingwood) Page 3, Line 20

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} John Johnston household, in Grey, Ontario, Canada. 1901 Census of Canada
   Page 8, 31 Mar 1901.

   ON GREY (East/Est) (#64) Subdistrict: Collingwood A-6

   19 66 Johnston John M Head M Dec 19 1847 57 Ont Irish Cana(dian) M(ethodist) Partner of Firm
   20 66 Johnston Frances E F Wife M Sep 12 1854 46 Ont English Cana(dian) M(ethodist)
   21 66 Johnston Myrtle S F Daughter S Aug 2 1879 21 Ont Irish Cana(dian) M(ethodist)
   22 66 Johnston Ethel G F Daughter S Feb 15 1883 18 Ont Irish Cana(dian) M(ethodist)
   23 66 Johnston Mabel M F Daughter S Nov 2 1885 15 Ont Irish Cana(dian) M(ethodist)
   24 66 Johnston Rhoda B F Daughter S Apr 1 1888 13 Ont Irish Cana(dian) M(ethodist)
   25 66 Johnston Robert H M Son S Dec 11 1880 10 Ont Irish Cana(dian) M(ethodist)
   26 66 Stoutenburg Caroline F Head W May 29 1818 83 Germany Cana(dian) Christina? None

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Johnston, in Ontario Genealogical Society. Bruce & Grey Branch; Ron Loughead; Jopie Loughead; and Owen Noble. Thornbury Clarksburg Union Cemetery. ([Owen Sound)
   Page 26, #612.

   612 - JOHNSTON
   Frances E. JOHNSTON, died Feb 21, 1904 age 49 years. Her husband, John Johnston, died Aug, 9, 1923 age 75 years. Infant son, (Dec. 11, 1881 - Dec. 15, 1881)

9. ↑ White, E. Frank. White Family (Memoir) transcription. (1 Sep 1926).

   Frank briefly mentions the business ventures of John and William Johnston, and Tom and Jim White.
   
   See the above MySource page for the full text of this memoir.

10. ↑ ^10.0 10.1 Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, in Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project: Ontario.

    John Johnston
    
    Photos courtesy of Bonnie Lee Breadner & Myrna White {2012}
    Indexed by Bonnie Lee Breadner

    In Loving Remebrance
    Frances E. Wife of
    John Johnston
    Died Feb 21, 1904 Aged 49 Yrs
    Also An Infant Son
    Born Dec 11, 1881 Died Dec 15, 1881
    John Johnston
    Died Aug.9, 1923 Aged 75 Yrs.

11.   Editor: Shannon, Bill. An Illustrated History of Collingwood Township. (Grey, Ontario, Canada: Council of the Township of Collingwood, 1979)
    Page 25.