Charles Dutton Johnston

Brief Life History of Charles Dutton

When Charles Dutton Johnston was born on 13 January 1876, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, John Rankin Johnston, was 33 and his mother, Ann Marshall Miller, was 31. He married Elizabeth Irene Massot on 29 December 1899, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. In 1898, his occupation is listed as public librarian in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States. He died on 24 November 1924, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Memphis, Clark, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Dutton Johnston
1876–1924
Elizabeth Irene Massot
1875–1917
Marriage: 29 December 1899
Eugene Massot Johnston
1900–1902
Irene Rankin Johnston
1903–1983
Ruth Elizabeth Johnston
1907–1993
Charles Dutton Johnston Jr
1910–
Daisy Lee Johnston
1912–1982

Sources (25)

  • Charles T Johnston in household of J R Johnston, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Charles Dutton Johnston - birth: 1876;
  • Charles D Johnston, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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