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1. Robert1 Johnson was
born in Ireland.
He married Anne wife of Robert
Johnson. She was born in
Ireland.
Child of Robert Johnson and
Anne Johnson is:
+ 2
i.
John2 Johnston, born 1829 in Derry, (Londonderry), Northern
Ireland; died September
08,
1894 in 104 Dowling Street, Sydney, New South Wales.
Generation
No. 2
2.
John2 Johnston (Robert1 Johnson) was born
1829 in Derry, (Londonderry), Northern
Ireland, and died September
08, 1894 in 104 Dowling Street, Sydney, New South Wales.
He married Martha (Byrn) Brice 1856 in
Belfast, Ireland, daughter of
Robert Brice and
Margaret
Brice.
She was born 1837 in Donegal, Ireland, and died June 05,
1881 in 57 Dowling St,
Sydney, New South
Wales.
Notes for John
Johnston:
John Johnston(e) arrived on
the "Admiral Lyons" in Sydney, 15 September, 1857.
The ship was in quarantine
for 6 days, but several passengers were confined to the
quaratine
Station for 15 days. The
ship arrived with Scarlet Fever on board, fortunately there were
no
passenger
deaths.from "In Quarantine" by Jean Duncan
Foley.
On the List if Immigrants
per ship it is listed that John could both read and
write.
"Admiral Lyons" Shipping
Papers
Buried Rookwood Old
Independent Cementry with Martha plot 2314 (Elizabeth Johnson burried in plot
2312)
Occupation listed on DCert.
"Sawyer"
More About John
Johnston:
Burial: Old Independent
Cemetery, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales
Cause of Death: cerebral
softening Chronic Brights disease
Death Ref.: No.
1239/1894
Immigration: September 15,
1857, Admiral Lyons
Medical Information:
exhauston 4 months
Notes for Martha (Byrn)
Brice:
On her dc we find her
father as Robert Byrn, Tailor,
Ireland
3boys 2 girls
living......
2girls 1 boy
deceased.
Martha died of Alcoholism
age 46
On the List of immigrants
for the Admiral Lyons it is listed that Martha could read - not
write.
More About Martha (Byrn)
Brice:
Burial: Old Independent
Cemetery, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales
Death Ref.: No.
951/1881
Immigration: September 15,
1857, Admiral Lyons
Children of John Johnston
and Martha Brice are:
+ 3
i. Anne3 Johnston, born 1857 in
Lisburn, Antrim, Ireland; died August 25, 1921 in
Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales.
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ii. Susan
Johnson, born September 07, 1858 in Sydney, New South Wales; died 1862 in
Sydney, New South Wales.
More About Susan
Johnson:
Baptism: December 26, 1858,
St James, Sydney, New South Wales
Death Ref.: No.
897/1864
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iii. Robert Bryce
Johnston, born May 11, 1860 in Victoria Street, Sydney, New South
Wales; died 1862 in Sydney, New South
Wales.
More About Robert Bryce
Johnston:
Birth Ref.: No.
1096/1860
Death Ref.: No.
1240/1862
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iv. John
Johnston, born June 22, 1862 in Susan Street, Sydney, New South Wales; died
1929 in Granville, Sydney, New South
Wales.
More About John
Johnston:
Birth Ref.: No.
1341/1862
Death Ref.: No.
1303/1929
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v. William
Johnson, born 1864.
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vi. Martha
Johnston, born July 27, 1864 in Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo, New South
Wales; died 1867 in Sydney, New South
Wales.
More About Martha
Johnston:
Birth Ref.: No.
1720/1864
Death Ref.: No.
1027/1867
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vii. Eliza Jane Johnston, born February 22, 1867
in Dowling Street, Sydney, New South
Wales; died September 28, 1940 in 27 Septimes Street, Newtown, Sydney, New South
Wales.
+ 10
viii. Joseph
Johnson, born February 20, 1870 in Dowling St, Woolloomoloo, Sydney, New
South Wales; died September 20, 1939 in Sydney Hospital, New South
Wales.
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ix. Robert James
Brice Johnson, born June 09, 1872 in 71 Dowling Street, Sydney, New
South Wales; died January 02, 1923 in District Hospital, West Maitland, New
South Wales.
Notes for Robert James Brice
Johnson:
Never Married
More About Robert James
Brice Johnson:
Birth Ref.: 1872, No.
1639.1872
Burial: January 03, 1923,
Church of England Cemetery, West Maitland
Cause of Death (Facts Pg):
Euipyeaia Glocaemia
Death Ref.: No.
2280/1923
Occupation:
Labourer
Generation
No. 3
10.
Joseph3 Johnson (John2 Johnston,
Robert1 Johnson) was born February 20, 1870
in
Dowling St, Woolloomoloo,
Sydney, New South Wales, and died September 20, 1939 in
Sydney
Hospital, New South
Wales.
He married Jane (Emily) Swan Hill October 11, 1893 in Registrars
Office, Lithgow, New South
Wales, daughter of George
Hill and Mary Coombs.
She was born January 22, 1867 in Heads
Station, Inverelll, New
South Wales, and died July 26, 1921 in 25 Charles St, Woolloomoloo,
Sydney, New South
Wales.
More About Joseph
Johnson:

Birth Ref.: No.
6890/1870
Burial: September 21, 1939,
Old
Church of England S:H, R:20 G: 2727, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney,
New South Wales
Cause of Death: Carcinoma
of tongue, neck, acute ocedema larynx
Death Ref.: No.
14029/1939
Occupation:
Labourer/Farmer
Notes for Jane (Emily)
Swan Hill:
Reg No 5562
mc

On her marriage
registration
Jane gave her residence as
Gilgai near Inverell, NSW. -
religion. Presberterian
History of Gilgai
public School 1878 Q372.9/1
Jane was 16 consent age 21 Her mother Mary
Ann Hill, gave her consent.
Witnesses GEORGE w.
MACDONLD & SARAH ANN.
Minister Thoms
Stirton.
dc 9840, Sydney , 26 july
1921
More About Jane (Emily)
Swan Hill:
Birth Ref.: No.
7331/1867
Burial: Old Church of
England S:H, R:20 G: 2727, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, New South
Wales
Death Ref.: No.
9840/1921
Medical Information:
Asthmatic
Children of Joseph Johnson
and Jane Hill are:
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i. Ethel
May4 Johnson, born May 23, 1892 in Menangle St, Picton, New South
Wales;
died
April 11, 1972 in Wyong Nursing Home Toukley, New South Wales.
She
met (1) James Orchard Garrick, died 1946 in Redfern, Sydney, New South
Wales.
She
married (2) Martin William Wilson 1907 in Sydney, New South Wales, died 1957
in
Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales.
She
married (3) John Cummings 1919 in .Woollahara, Sydney, New South Wales.
She
married (4) William Fraser Richardson April 03, 1943 in Congre. Church ,
Woollahra, New South Wales; born 1893 in Geelong,
Victoria.
Notes for Ethel May
Johnson:
Ethel May died of
Ventricular Fibrillation, Myocardial Infarction, Corony Occlusion,
lobar
Pneumonia.
Ethel (Cummings) lived at 22
Arthur St Edgecliff.
More About Ethel May
Johnson:
Baptism: May 23, 1892, Big
Harlely, New South Wales
Birth Ref.: No.
29721/1892
Burial: April 14, 1972,
General Lawn Cemetery Botany, Sydney, New South
Wales
Death Ref.: No.
696/1972
More About James Orchard
Garrick:
Death Ref: No.
21390/1946
More About Martin William
Wilson:
Death Ref: No.
245/1957
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ii. Joseph
Herbert Johnson, born February 10, 1894 in Little Hartley, Lithgow, New
South Wales died 1969 in Sydney, New South
Wales.
He
married Beatrice Linda Wheeldon 1917 in Woollahra, Sydney, New South
Wales,
daughter of George Wheeldon and Winifred Brown. She was born 1898
in
Queanbeyan, New South Wales.
Notes for Joseph Herbert
Johnson:
More About Joseph Herbert
Johnson:
Birth Ref.: No.
18948/1894
Electoral Roll: 1930, Motor
Driver - Wandsworth, Quigg Street, Lakemba, Sydney,
New South
Wales
Electoral Roll: 1936, Motor
Driver - 56 Quigg Street, Lakemba, Sydney, New South Wales
Death Ref: No.
1616/1969
More About Beatrice Linda
Wheeldon:
Birth Ref.: No.
33849/1898
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Wandsworth, Quigg Street,
Lakemba,
Sydney, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Home Duties - 56 Quigg
Street, Lakemba, Sydney, New
South
Wales
More About Joseph Johnson
and Beatrice Wheeldon:
Marriage: 1917, Woollahra,
Sydney, New South Wales
Marriage Reference: No.
4599/1917
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iii. Alice Maud
Johnson, born April 17, 1895 in Little Hartley, New South Wales died
1948 in Katoomba, New South Wales.
She married Joseph Henry Harris 1916 in Sydney, New South Wales; born
1893 in
Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales died 1959 in New South
Wales.
More About Alice Maud
Johnson:
Birth Ref.: No.
13975/1895
Death Ref: No.
4771/1948
Fact 1: April 18, 1896,
baptised little Hartely
More About Joseph H
Harris:
Birth Ref.: No.
26865/1893
Death Ref: No.
14010/1969
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iv. William John
Johnson, born June 15, 1897 in 104 Dowling St, Sydney, New South
Wales, died 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales.
He married Elsie C Southall 1917 in Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales;
born
1895 in
Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales.
More About William John
Johnson:
Birth Ref:
No. 18243/1897
Death Ref: No.
861/1960
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v. Robert George
Johnson, born 1901 in Sydney, New South Wales.
More About Robert George
Johnson:
Birth Ref.:
9365/1901
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Labourer - 8 Rosser Street, Balmain East, Sydney, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Labourer - 17 Phillip Street, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales
Death Ref:
31335/1962
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vi. Henry Arthur
Johnson, born May 04, 1903 in Wooloomoloo, New South
Wales; died January 25, 1984 in Sacred Heart Hospice, Darlinghurst, New South
Wales.
He married Ena Florence Metcalf
September 26, 1926 in St Hilda's C.E. Katoomba,
New South Wales; born July 01, 1906 in Junee, New South Wales; died August 03,
1999 in Unit 4/12th Floor Matavia 3 Phillip St. Waterloo, New South
Wales.

More About Henry Arthur
Johnson:
Birth Ref.: No.
9350-1903
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Labourer - Belmore Street, Junee, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Labourer - 69 Short Street, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales
Burial: Botany Cemetery,
Sydney, New South Wales
Cause of Death: Cancer of lung 2 month
Death Ref.: No.
2714-1984
Medical Information: chronic
obstructive airways disease 20 years dc
2714 3 feb 1984

Military service: 1 A/A REGT
SECT AASC
Military service-1:
30.5.1940 - 4.6.1941
Military service-2: WW2 -
Private NX19091 Aust.
Army
Notes for Ena Florence
Metcalf:
St Lukes Church
Junee
Baptised on the 27 March
1907
Dorothy Eva, Thelma Ester,
Vera Isme Pauline, Zyda Iene, Amy Ena Florence( bc Ena
Florence)
29 October
1917
Gordon Alfred, Laurie
William, Elma Edith, Nina Rose.
More About Ena Florence
Metcalf:
Baptism: March 27, 1907, St
Luke's Church, Junee, New South Wales
Birth Ref.: No.
24855/1906
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Belmore Street, Junee, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - 69 Short Street, Balmain, Sydney, New South
Wales
Burial: Botany Cemetery,
Sydney, New South Wales
Death Ref.: No.
26975/1999

Henry & Ena lived for
over 30 years (1950's - 1980's) at 21 Lawson Street,
Balmain.
There was a gas bolier in
the Laundry, gold fish pond in the garden, Henry's veg
garden down the back and gas
heater in the front sitting room that you fed
pennies.
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vii. Lily
Johnson, born 1905 in Sydney, New South Wales; died 1906 in Sydney, New South
Wales.
More About Lily
Johnson:
Birth Ref.: No.
30491/1905
Death Ref.: No.
179/1906
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viii. Agnes Jane
Johnson, born October 10, 1910 in Sydney, New South Wales.
She married George John Frazer 1940 in Sydney, New South
Wales.
My family had
next to no communication with
other members of
my Grandfathers family -
would love
to hear from Johnson relatives!
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