For our reference:
1881 Census: at 8 Park Row, Newington
Head: Daniel JOHNSON 55, Hawker, b Broughton
Wife: Olive JOHNSON 51, Basket Maker, b Hampshire
Dau: Sarah JOHNSON 17, Paper Sorter, b Surrey Borough
Dau: Lucy JOHNSON 15, Domestic Servant, b Walworth, Surrey
After them, at the same address, on his own schedule,
John Ireland (with his wife Mary) is shown as age 30, Paper Dealer, b Whitechapel.
This makes John born around 1851. (Is daughter Olive the daughter named as 'Alice' in 1881?)
The JOHNSON family in 1871: at 6 Park Row, St Mary Newington
RG10 / Piece 619 / Folio 138 / Pg66
Head: Daniel JOHNSON 45, Basket Maker, b Kingston Surrey
Wife: Mary 41 , b Chelsea Mdx
Dau: Rebecca 17 , b Chelsea Mdx
Son: Peter 14 , b Chelsea Mdx
Son: Divers 10, b Chelsea Mdx
Dau: Sarah 8, b Chelsea Mdx
Dau: Lucy 5, b Chelsea Mdx
Dau: Ellen 3, b Chelsea Mdx
The JOHNSON family in 1861: at 1 Garden Cottages, Lambeth
RG 9 / Piece 356 /Folio 30 /Page 28 /
Head: Daniel JOHNSON, 32, Basket Maker, b Brampton, Mdx
Wife: Orliff 31, b U.K. Cambridgeshire
Son: James 13, Scholar, b St Georges, Surrey
Son: Daniel 9, Scholar, b St Georges, Surrey
Dau: Rebecca 7, Scholar, b St Georges, Surrey
Son: Peter 4, b St Georges, Surrey
Son: Dibars, days? Wks?, Scholar, b St Georges, Surrey
The JOHNSON family in 1851: at 61 Ann Street, Southwark
HO107 / Piece 1563/ Folio 232/ Pg 45
Head: Daniel JOHNSON, 26, Basket Maker, b Kingston Surrey
Wife: Olivia 22, b Newbury, Berks
Son: James 3, b St George Southwark, Surrey
Dau: Pamella 1, b St George Southwark, Surrey
Find the births of the Johnson children - not so easy, but there is:
GRO: Peter JOHNSON, J-Q 1857, St George the Martyr, Southwark, mms STANLEY
GRO: - JOHNSON, J-Q 1861, Lambeth, mms: STANDLEY J, male birth, no first name.
The 1861 unnamed boy is Diver JOHNSON.
He was born 20 Mar 1861, baptised St Mary Newington 21 April 1861 to parents Daniel & Olive Johnson, Chair Caner, New Street.
Also Baptised at St Mary Newington were a number of their other children - including
James JOHNSON, born 18 Dec 1847, baptised 18 Apr 1849
Parents: Daniel and Olive JOHNSON, Kent Street, Labourer
Right above James' baptism is:
Divers STANLEY born Dec 1846, baptised 15 April 1849.
Divers & Naomi? STANLEY, Kent Street, Labourer
So, on the face of it, it doesn't appear that Olive STANLEY / JOHNSON is John's mother?
Still cannot find a marriage of Olive and Daniel - but they were a couple at least from the mid to late 1840's.
Cheers
AMBLY