When Ellen Dowel Johnstone was born on 3 May 1805, in Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, George Johnston, was 39 and her mother, Ann Berkley, was 42. She married John Jones on 3 March 1823, in Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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Scottish and English: variant of Johnston .
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