PETER JOHNSTON/JOHNSON Stromness c1824 - COMPLETED

[annie24b]

Hoping someone can help find a birth for Peter Johnston or Johnson
born Stromness about 1824 (calculated from census entries)
I have found him in all census from1841-1881
In 1841 he was in Milford, Derbyshire. All other census' he is in Dawdon or on board ship.
He died Feb 1891 in Seaham, Co Durham

He was a seaman, his marriage cert doesn't give his age, just says 'of full age'. It gives his father's name as Cesar Johnson, shoemaker.

[ev]

hi annie 

the IGI(LDS/familysearch) has peter johnston born 6th july 1822 baptism
4th aug. 1822 birsay orkney parents cesar johnston & margaret moar
orkney can have some uncommon christian names and surnames(at least to
the rest of the uk) but i've never come across cesar before

ev

[ev]

freeCEN has -
1841 gateneep birsay orkney(all born orkney)
caesar johnston 50 shoemaker
margaret johnston 50
margaret johnston 20
janet johnston 20
catharine johnston 13
david johnston 8

all ages above 15 were usually rounded down to the nearest 5 on the 1841
census

ev

[annie24b]

thanks ev. It could be him - do you  know whether Stromness is near Birsay?

[ev]

not close in orkney terms - but on the same island

ev

[annie24b]

thanks. I think I'll go with this unless something else turns up.

thanks for the help

[akc]

Hi! This is not the Caesar you are looking at ( he is still alive on the 1871 census ) but he may fit into your research somewhere, In Stromness Kirkyard A: In memory of Cesar Johnston son to William Johnston, farmer in the parish of Birsay died Oct 5 1816 aged 33. Birsay is not far from Stromness, being on the same side of the island only further north,  Stromness would have been their local town

akc

[annie24b]

Hi

My Cesar was still alive when Peter married in 1848, so the grave can't be him.
Maybe the Cesar in the 1871 census is mine?

[Piglet01]

Using www.familysearch.org.uk

There are 2 Caesar Johnston marriages in Scotland between 1790 and 1830 – both in Birsay Orkney.  Both ‘extracted.  Meaning they come from the official register and are not wishful thinking.

1.   15 Dec 1815 to Margaret Moar
2.   02 Feb 1826 to Catharine Johnston


Using the free search on the govt website www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk 

1855 to 1900 there is only one Caeser Johnston (note spelling) or variant of these names dying in Scotland.  He dies in Orkney in 1874.
1800 to 1855 I can’t find a death on the OPRs.

To get 10 free credits which will allow you to download the Caeser Johnston death of 1874 from Scotlands People – which will give you his occupation, wifes name and parents names, register at the non spam site http://www.ancestralscotland.com/signup/register/   then register for free at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and use the credits.


To use the IGI to search for all children born to the same parents go to:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

1.  Enter father and mothers names in the 2 right hand boxes (sometimes best to have mothers first name only- in this case put Margaret Moar)
2.  'Event' select 'birth/christening'
3.  'Year' - select - type 'marriage year date if known '
4.  'Year range' -  enter 1835 - '+ or - 20 years'
5.  'Region' enter 'British Isles'
6.  Country - enter 'Scotland'
7.  County – leave blank                (assumes this is the county you’re searching in - or leave all counties)

*   Press enter and up will come a list of over 30 names.  You’ll find ‘submitted’ ones and ‘extracted’ ones

A site which comprehensively explains about batch numbers etc is:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#PageTitle

Give it a try - it's good for dates up to 1875.  Always double check that the batch no. is the same for all of the children.  Before 1855 you'll sometimes come up with only the father on an OPR - after 1855 you should have both parents always.  There are also anomalies in that sometimes only children of one gender will show.....

Good luck.

Any problems - pleaase get back to me.  Regards,    Steve    :O)