Brief Life History of Benjamin Adam
When Benjamin Adam Johnston was born on 25 September 1845, in Cornwall, Stormont, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, his father, Robert Osborne Johnston, was 23 and his mother, Amanda Phoebe Eastman, was 23. He married Harriet Ann Snetsinger on 27 November 1867, in Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Cornwall, Cornwall, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Canada West, British Colonial America in 1871 and Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He died on 28 November 1909, in Cornwall, Stormont, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, at the age of 64, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Cornwall, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (16)
- Benjamin Johnston, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Benjn Johnston, "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
- Benjamin Adam Johnston, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
Spouse and Children
1845–1909 Male
1845–1916 Female
Children (5)
1869–1900 Male
1870–1919 Female
1872–1942 Female
1876–1940 Male
1886– Male
Parents and Siblings
1822–1896 Male
1821–1853 Female
Siblings (5)
1843–1848 Female
1845–1909 Male
1847–1938 Female
1850–1928 Male
1852–1883 Female
World Events (5)
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 22
1869
Age 24
1883 · Mining Boom
Age 38
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name, deriving in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from the genitive case of the personal name John + + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn). There are other places in Scotland so called, including the city of Perth, which used to be known as Saint John's Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.
English: habitational name from Johnson Hall (Staffordshire), recorded as Johannestonc. 1233 and Joneston in 1314. The placename means ‘John's settlement’, from the genitive case of the Middle English personal name Johan, Jon (see John ) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.
History: As far as can be ascertained, most Scottish bearers of this surname are descendants of John, probably a Norman baron from England, who held lands at Johnstone in Annandale from the Bruce family in the late 12th century. His son Gilbert was the first to take the surname Johnstone and their descendants later held the earldom of Annandale.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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