My cousins and I are very very baffled by our first Johnston to Australia.
George Latimer Johnston said he was born in Dublin, but we have no record of that. I can't find any Johnstons he belongs to there via on-line so far, and we also wonder why he was always so keen on his middle name he always signed Latimer in full, no matter how casual the piece of paper!
He was born around 1810.
He married Ann Stephenson of Southwark in 1832, and they then embarked on the Florentia for Australia, arriving in 1832. GL got a job as a clerk for a while, and said he had been a tutor in Edinburgh, which we can't prove.
He had two sons, one born within three months of landing in Australia, George William Johnston, then Thomas Charles (who vanished later) and Sophia (who also vanished, along with Ann, and he took all lands in their names out of their names -- one of my cousins has the deeds and dates)
Any hints about Johnstons around Dublin would be much appreciated, especially if the name Latimer crops up in connection with them
Thanks, and happy digging,
willow Aliento nee McDiarmid
