Brief Life History of Ellen Maria
Ellen Maria Johnston was born on 19 January 1869, in County Down, Ireland as the daughter of Francis Johnston and Violet Macfarlane. She married Andrew Leslie on 1 January 1895, in Belfast, Ireland. She lived in Ireland in 1869.
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- Ellen Maria Johnston, "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"
- Ellen Maria Johnston, "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913"
- Ellen Maria Johnston, "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"
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World Events (3)
1919
Irish War of Independence against Britain ending in the Anglo Irish Treaty.
1920
In the Government of Ireland Act 1920, Ireland was partitioned, with the unionist-dominated north east becoming Northern Ireland.
1922
Irish Civil War between the Free State army and IRA.
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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