John B. JOHNSON

John B. JOHNSON

Male 1877 - 1973  (95 years)

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  • Name John B. JOHNSON  [1
    Birth 22 Sep 1877  Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Christening 13 Nov 1877  [3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1881  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    with spouse & children 
    Census 1891  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1901  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    with spouse and children 
    Census 1911  Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Origin 1911 
    Scotch 
    Occupation 1911 
    Farmer 
    Religion 1911 
    Presbyterian 
    Census 1921  Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    with spouse & children 
    Name John Johnston 
    Death 9 May 1973  Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I27819  Whitewater Region Early Families
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2018 

    Father Alexander Rennie JOHNSON,   b. 28 Feb 1839, , , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1906, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth BROWN,   b. 16 Feb 1853, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1935, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 15 Aug 1876  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F6806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susan BROWN,   b. 10 Sep 1880, Thornby, Pontiac Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1964, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 5 Sep 1900  Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. Ann JOHNSON,   b. 7 Mar 1901, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1903, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     2. Alexander Charles JOHNSON,   b. 21 Aug 1903, Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1965, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     3. William Daniel 'Bill' JOHNSON,   b. 29 Dec 1905, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1991, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     4. James Rexford JOHNSON,   b. 15 Jan 1908, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1991, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     5. Jessie Elizabeth JOHNSON,   b. 22 Mar 1910, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 2012, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 102 years)
     6. Leta Margaret JOHNSON,   b. 17 Oct 1912, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 2000, Stouffville, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +7. Harold George JOHNSON,   b. 5 Jul 1915, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 2013, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
     8. John Irwin Gordon JOHNSON,   b. 28 Aug 1921, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1987, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +9. Howard Ira Delbert JOHNSON,   b. 30 Apr 1926, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 2016, Whitewater Region, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F2902  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2016 

  • Photos
    Photograph of John B Johnson and his wife Susan Brown
    Photograph of John B Johnson and his wife Susan Brown
    provided by Bernard Desrochers to Fay Bennett
    Photograph of John B & Susan Brown & family;
L-R: Alexander, Bill, Jessie, Jim, Harold, Irwin, Leta, Delbert
sitting: John B & Susan Johnson
    Photograph of John B & Susan Brown & family; L-R: Alexander, Bill, Jessie, Jim, Harold, Irwin, Leta, Delbert sitting: John B & Susan Johnson
    photo provided by Bernard Desrochers to Fay Bennett
    Photograph of John B. Johnson
    Photograph of John B. Johnson
    provided by Bernard Desrochers to Fay Bennett
    Johnson siblings:  Sam, Maggie, Dan, Lizzie, John B.; sitting Janet
    Johnson siblings: Sam, Maggie, Dan, Lizzie, John B.; sitting Janet
    photo provided to Fay Bennett from Clark Johnson, Aug 1999
    Johnson, John B & Susan Brown family
L-R:  Irwin, Harold, Leta, John B., Jim, Jessie, Bill, Delbert & Alex
Ft: Mrs. Margaret White & Susan Johnson nee Brown
    Johnson, John B & Susan Brown family L-R: Irwin, Harold, Leta, John B., Jim, Jessie, Bill, Delbert & Alex Ft: Mrs. Margaret White & Susan Johnson nee Brown
    from the collection of Elaine Black
    Johnson siblings:  Lizzie Thibeau, Maggie Jackson, Dan, Sam, John B. & his wife Susan in front
    Johnson siblings: Lizzie Thibeau, Maggie Jackson, Dan, Sam, John B. & his wife Susan in front
    from the collection of Elaine Black
    Johnson siblings:  Bk: John B, Samuel & Dan Johnson
Ft: Janet Brown, Maggie Jackson, Lizzie Thibeau
    Johnson siblings: Bk: John B, Samuel & Dan Johnson Ft: Janet Brown, Maggie Jackson, Lizzie Thibeau
    from the collection of David Gemmill
    Johnson family: Bk: Silas Thibeau (husband of Lizzie Johnson); John B, Samuel & Dan Johnson;
Ft:  Susan (Mrs. John B) Johnson, Janet Brown, Maggie Jackson, Lizzie Thibeau, Martha (Mrs. Dan) Johnson
    Johnson family: Bk: Silas Thibeau (husband of Lizzie Johnson); John B, Samuel & Dan Johnson; Ft: Susan (Mrs. John B) Johnson, Janet Brown, Maggie Jackson, Lizzie Thibeau, Martha (Mrs. Dan) Johnson
    from the collection of Nora Johnson

    Documents
    Johnson siblings over 80
L-R:  Samuel C., Mrs. Howard Jackson (Maggie), R. Daniel, Mrs. Silas Thibeau (Lizzie), John B. & Mrs Thomas Brown (Janet)
    Johnson siblings over 80 L-R: Samuel C., Mrs. Howard Jackson (Maggie), R. Daniel, Mrs. Silas Thibeau (Lizzie), John B. & Mrs Thomas Brown (Janet)
    newspaper clipping from the collection of Joy Van Grinsven
    Johnson siblings over 80 Part 2
    Johnson siblings over 80 Part 2
    newspaper clipping from the collection of Joy Van Grinsven
    Johnson, John B & Susan nee Brown 50th Anniversary
    Johnson, John B & Susan nee Brown 50th Anniversary
    newspaper clipping from the collection of Lola (Mrs. Edsel) Johnson
    Johnson family members total 515 years
    Johnson family members total 515 years
    Newspaper Clipping from the 1969 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren,
    provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
    Johnson, John B. death
    Johnson, John B. death
    Newspaper Clipping from the scrapbook collection of Lena Byce

    Headstones
    Gravestone-Johnson, John B. & Susan nee Brown
    Gravestone-Johnson, John B. & Susan nee Brown
    Beachburg Union Cemetery, Beachburg, Ontario
    photographed by Fay Bennett, Oct 2016

  • Notes 
    • from Clarke Johnson, Aug 2007
      Witnesses at marriage of J. B. Johnson and Susan Brown were Robert Thomas Brown and Janet M. Johnson.
      Old pic. of Johnsons sitting on log was at Ozzie's place on Ottawa River in Aug 1949 Reunion
      The 'B' was just an initial to distinguish him from another John Johnson His first farm was in Westmeath. I think they called it the old Hennessy place. He moved to the Zion Line farm he bought from John Wilcox. When he sold it to Tom Broome , Jessie cried because she missed it and hated Tom Broome for buying it This was on the left side of Zion Line coming from Cobden. It was a fair distance off the road. Dr. Pye bought it from Tom Broome and fixed it up and lived in it. She was very young at the time. They lived in a rented house approx.. where the old age home is on the outskirts of Beachburg. JB travelled all over looking for a farm. He went to Kinburn near Ottawa, north to Iroquois Falls Ont and west to the prairies. he finally bought the place outside of Beachburg that Delbert eventually took over. While at this farm they were sitting inside when somebody came in and yelled that the chimney was on fire. Uncle Sam happened to be there at the time. They ran to the horse trough in the barn yard and filled buckets of water . It was fortunate that there was a ladder already standing against the house. Sam ran up the ladder with a bucket in each hand and they threw water on the fire that had caught the shingles on fire and saved it For some reason the children and mother were throwing articles out the window to save them in case the house was lost and the boys threw out the commodes,[thundermugs] from under the beds and not one of them broke. [Story from Aunt Jessie who saw them do it and from Edsel, son of Sam told to me in April & May 2000.]
      From his son Harold Johnson in interview in Aug 2002 that John B Johnson's first farm was the "Hennessy Place" whom he worked and then rented from. At this time John B was school trustee of the school near Hennessys His 2nd farm was on Zion Line which he bought from Mr. Wilcox and then sold to Tom Broome. It was known as the "Broome Place". His 3rd farm was know as "Gov. Farm" which was at the Little Lakes in Beachburg, basically on the site of the old age home. He rented it in 1922 and worked on the road that went through there from Foresters Falls . He was there from spring to fall. His next farm was the "Hynes Place" on Zion Line. It is about 1/2 mile past Keith Johnson's place and on the opposite side of the road. They lived on the Hynes Place for approx.. 2 and a half years from 1922 to the fall of 1925. His last farm was known as the "Martin Place" and was on McLaughlin Rd. beside the farm that became my father Alex's farm, John B's son) and my fathers farm was bought by his brother Bill.

  • Sources 
    1. [S34] Brown, Walter, Brown family history, (c1967).

    2. [S576] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html).

    3. [S322] St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Beachburg and Front Westmeath, Ontario, Canada), Baptismal Records - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Beachburg & Front Westmeath, 1877-1900.

    4. [S491] Vital Statistics of Ontario - Renfrew County Marriages 1869-1915 Vol 1 & 2, (Transcribed by Lewis, Olga, Renfrew, Ontario, 1996).

    5. [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), regn # 009616 Ross Twp (Reliability: 3).
      Alexander 35 b. Scotland; s/o John & Margaret Johnston; Elizabeth Brown age 24 d/o Alexander & Elizabeth Brown; m. 15 August 1876 • Ross Township, Ontario, Canada; witnessed by John Brown of Thorne & Christina Johnstonn of Westmeath by Rev Henry Sinclair, Presbyterian

    6. [S903] Newspaper - BMD Pembroke Newspapers, Vol 1 1900-1906, (Compiled by Members of UOVGG, Pembroke, ON 2003).

    7. [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca) (Reliability: 3).
      Name: John Johnston Birth Place: Tp Ross Age: 23 Father Name: Alexdr Johnston Mother Name: Elizath Brown Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877 Spouse Name: Susan Brown Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse Birth Place: Litchfield Que Spouse Father Name: William Brown Spouse Mother Name : Margaret Crawford Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1900

    8. [S416] Marriage Register Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Church of Scotlan (Ross and Westmeath Townships, Ontario, Canada), Church Record - Marriage Register Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Church of Scotland Assembling at Ross and Westmeath, County of Renfrew, 1863 - 1902 (Reliability: 3).
      at Manse, Beachburg;  by R MacNabb
      Wit: R Thos Brown, Litchfield; Janet McL Johnston