William Johns was born in 1828, in England, United Kingdom. He married Elizabeth Edgell on 12 October 1861, in Yateley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in St Enoder, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died in December 1878, in Hampshire-Cross, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 50, and was buried in Cove, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English and Welsh: variant of John with genitival or excrescent -s, or a variant of Jones . It is common in Cornwall and Devon, south Wales, the West Midlands and Lancashire. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as Albanian Gjonaj or any other Albanian patronymic from the personal name Gjon ‘John’ and its variants or derivatives; see also examples at Johnson .
German: patronymic from John or a shortened form of Johannes .
Americanized form of Swiss German Schantz .
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