Here we go Gadget.
Husband: James Johnson
Son of: Robert Johnson and Catherine Donnelly
Born: Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Date: July 4, 1865
Death Date: Unknown but it is prior to 1909 and probably in London, England or Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Buried: Unknown
He is one of nine children.
Wife: Emily Smith or Smyth. We believe (no proof) that she was born in London, England in 1866.
Family: Unknown but a relative thinks that her parents might be Frederick Smyth and Elizabeth Pakenham and that their daughter Emily was born on October 22, 1865 in Coolattin and Clonegall, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Died: March 11, 1901 in Marylebone, St. John, London, England of Asthemia Pulmonary Tubercle. I just found her death certificate in my files. We are convinced that she is our Emily.
Marriage Certificate: We believe that this is their marriage certificate even though the names are misspelled because in a letter written by their daughter to her oldest brother, she mentions that it was her parents’ wedding anniversary and the dates corroborate. I was told that the marriage certificate was not filed and that is the reason why the name of her father has never been found.
I have the information for their first two sons. I am only missing when the first born son Robert James Johnson immigrated to Canada. I am starting to believe that he might have been a Home School Child and sent over to Canada. He was 14 when his mother died and in the Census of Ireland, 1901 his brother Edward Patrick and sister Emily Catherine are living with his paternal grandmother Catherine Donnelly Johnson but he is nowhere to be found. He appears in the 1911 Census of Canada. I cannot for the life of me find his father James Johnson who had been in the military for many years.
Children:
Son: Robert James Johnson (genealogy traced) born in Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, died in Canada.
Son: Edward Patrick Johnson (genealogy traced) born in Tynte Park, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, died in Canada.
Son: Gregory Lennon Johnson
Born: May 4, 1895
Place of Birth: Toberbeg, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Died: 1897 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Daughter: Emily Catherine Johnson
Born: May 24, 1898
Place of Birth: London, England
Died: July-Sept 1913 in Banbridge, Co. Down, Northern Ireland where she is buried with family. She is listed as Emily Johnston. She was living with her paternal Aunt Bridget Byrne after she left the Sisters of Nazareth where she stayed from 1909-1911 so I assume that this is her. She was brought to Belfast Union on September 9, 1911 in consumption. Could she have suffered from this disease until her death in 1913? Poor child, I feel for her. The handwritten letter that I have from her is dated from October, 1912 and she is living with her Aunt in Banbridge, 8 Ashley Street, Co. Down. I have not found her death certificate.
I was given the following information by someone but not too sure where to go to find out if this is our Emily Catherine Johnson.
Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958 for Emily Johnston
Name: Emily Johnston
Registration District: Banbridge
Event Type: DEATHS
Registration Quarter and Year: Jul - Sep 1913
Estimated Birth Year: 1898
Age (at Death): 15
Mother's Maiden Name:
Film Number: 0101605
Volume Number: 1
Page Number: 87
Digital Folder Number: 4201709
Image Number: 00574
If you need anything else Gadget, I will drop by later on tonight. I’ve included the marriage certificate for James Johnston and Emily Smyth as well as the unconfirmed birth certificate of Emily Smith/Smyth.
Thank you so much for your kindness! My Johnson family has been my eternal brick wall. Hopefully you can shed some light.
Claddagh