Johnston Family Dundee

[axelaust]

Is anyone researching the family of

David Johnston who married Elizabeth Addison.

They had a son James Addison Johnston who married Elizabeth Bowman (dau of John Bowman and Elizabeth Stewart) in 1832 in Dundee.

James Addison Johnston with his wife migrated to Australia c1859 with their surviving children.

James was a shoe/bootmaker.

I would like to expand on what I have found out so far on all names mentioned eg: did James have siblings etc

Open to all suggestions and certainly would love to connect with any family members

Kind regards

axelaust

[Rhonda2]

Hi,
my name is Rhonda Wood, I am researching my husbands Crawford Family, I am sure  a daughter of James and Elizabeth her name was Elizabeth Addison Johnston, married my husbands GG grandfather in Australia.  They came to New Zealand. My husbands name is Michael Wood we live in New Zealand.
Would love to make contact.
Rhonda Wood

[axelaust]

Hi Rhonda

Could you give me details of the marriage please. Like where they married and his name and the year you believe they married.

axelaust

[Rhonda2]

Hi Auxelast

I can confirm that Elizabeth Addison Johnston is the daughter of James Addison Johnston and Elizabeth Bowman.  I have their details and records of when they came to Australia and their ancestors.  Elizabeth Addison Johnston married Alexander John Crawford at Geelong 15 Jun 1857.  They moved to NZ and had 7 children.
James Addison Johnston and Elizabeth Bowman had 5 children.  4 daughters and one son.
I am not sure what happened to the family that stayed in Aust.  Have deaths for parents David and Elizabeth but have not researched anything for the daughters.

[axelaust]

I had never found any marriage for Elizabeth and still can't......Frustrating!!

I believe they had 7 children. Two boys appear to have died prior to coming to Australia

I will be honest and state I have not looked at the Johnston's for a number of years for at the time the information was just to hard to obtain. Looks like I need to revisit and see what else I can find out on the Johnston's. But I believe I have a bit on the Australia side (well I suppose I should have as I am a direct descendant of one of James and Elizabeth's children)

Not sure where to go from here though

[Rhonda2]

I had never found any marriage for Elizabeth and still can't......Frustrating!!

I believe they had 7 children. Two boys appear to have died prior to coming to Australia

I will be honest and state I have not looked at the Johnston's for a number of years for at the time the information was just to hard to obtain. Looks like I need to revisit and see what else I can find out on the Johnston's. But I believe I have a bit on the Australia side (well I suppose I should have as I am a direct descendant of one of James and Elizabeth's children)

Not sure where to go from here though

Elizabeth Addison Johnston

Details from Death Certificate. Died 7 December 1892 7 George St Dunedin aged 59 years of Cancer of both Mamoe. Father James Johnston Bootmaker. She was born in Dundee Scotland and had lived in NZ about 30 years. She was married to Alexander John Crawford at Ballarat Victoria when she was 24 years old.  At the time of her death her living children were 4 sons, 34,27,24,22 and 2 daughters 32,29. Elizabeth was buried Waikouaiti Cemetery she was Church of England.

She signed in her own hand as the informant on her daughter Jessie's birth cert in 1860.

Recorded on daughter Jessie's birth cert that Elizabeth was 27 years old  in 1860 and was born in Dundee,Scotland.

Records show that Elizabeth Johnston Bond Servant migrated to Australia on the Hornet abt 1885

Recorded on daughter Jessie's birth cert 1860 that Alexander was 28 years old, a miner, born in  Glasgow,Scotland.
at the time of Jessie's birth, Alexander & Elizabeth had two living children and one deceased.Jessie was born 1860 at Indigo Creek Ovens Victoria.
However it is uncertain whether Jessie was included as one of the living.  The other would be her brother John

Just some bits for you.
My husband is a descendant of Alexander Crawford and Elizabeth Addison Johnston.  They would have been his great, great grandparents, so James and Elizabeth Johnston were his great, great, greats.
The marriage date for Alexander Crawford and Elizaqbeth Johnston of  15 June 1857 at Geelong is on the birth record of Jessie who was born on December 8 1860 at Indigo.

Where abouts are you in Australia, my husband has two brotherw ho live there.  There are quite a few descendants in New Zealand.

Rhonda

[jennywren001]

Axelaust,
Have you found James, wife and children on the 1851 census?
Jen

[axelaust]

Yes thank you. Had that for a while now and 1841 as well 

[jennywren001]

Thanks, I see them now living at the West Port in 1851.
Jen