James Rexford JOHNSON

James Rexford JOHNSON

Male 1908 - 1991  (83 years)

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  • Name James Rexford JOHNSON 
    Birth 15 Jan 1908  Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1921  Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    with spouse & children 
    Death 29 Jul 1991  Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4399  Whitewater Region Early Families
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2021 

    Father John B. JOHNSON,   b. 22 Sep 1877, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1973, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Mother 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  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F2902  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth MCDONOUGH,   b. 30 Aug 1911, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1986, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1933  Greenwood, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. Arthur James Drew JOHNSON,   b. 20 Feb 1942, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 2001, Arnprior, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F2900  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Aug 2017 

  • Photos
    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
    Johnson, James Rexford & Elizabeth nee McDonough
    Johnson, James Rexford & Elizabeth nee McDonough
    provided by Elizabeth Boire, July 2017
    Johnson siblings:  Jim, Harold, Delbert, Irwin is in the car, Jessie, Bill and his wife Verna
    Johnson siblings: Jim, Harold, Delbert, Irwin is in the car, Jessie, Bill and his wife Verna
    from the collection of Lola (Mrs. Edsel) Johnson
    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

    Documents
    Johnston, James Rexford & Elizabeth nee McDonough celebrate 50th Anniversary
    Johnston, James Rexford & Elizabeth nee McDonough celebrate 50th Anniversary
    Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Lena Byce
    Johnson, James Rexford and Elizabeth nee McDonough 50th Anniversary
    Johnson, James Rexford and Elizabeth nee McDonough 50th Anniversary
    Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Lena Byce

    Headstones
    Gravestone-Johnson, James R. & Elizabeth nee McDonough
    Gravestone-Johnson, James R. & Elizabeth nee McDonough
    Beachburg Union Cemetery
    photographed by Fay Bennett, Oct 2016

  • Notes 
    • From Clarke Johnson
      During the depression he went to Sudbury and strung telephone lines. He had never used climbing spurs before. He told me he offered to work one week free to show he was a good worker. He got the job

  • Sources 
    1. [S665] The Ontario Vital Statistics Project, "Ontario Vital Statistics - Birth Registration", (Transcriptions at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~births/index.htm), regn # 044382 Westmeath Twp (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S931] Clarke Johnson, Descendants of John Johnston & Janet McLaren.

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

    4. [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

    5. [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

    6. [S651] Transcribed by Norah H. Cousins-La Rocque, Church Record - Wesleyan Methodist Marriage Transcriptions - Westmeath Pastoral Charge Wesleyan Methodist Marriages, Renfrew Co., Ontario, (Pembroke, UOVGG, Mar 1994).

    7. [S665] The Ontario Vital Statistics Project, "Ontario Vital Statistics - Birth Registration", (Transcriptions at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~births/index.htm), regn 017227 (Reliability: 3).
      James Rexford; butcher b. Westmeath Twp; living Beachburg; to Elizabeth McDonough, housekeeper b. & living Westmeath Twp

    8. [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), Regn # 017227 (Reliability: 3).
      at Westmeath Twp