Anne Johnston

Brief Life History of Anne

When Anne Johnston was born on 1 April 1801, in Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William Johnston, was 37 and her mother, Margaret Swanson, was 32. She married George Calder on 1 April 1820, in Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Dalmeny Saint Cuthberts Parish Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1839 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 6 November 1891, in West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Calder
1794–1839
Anne Johnston
1801–1891
Marriage: 1 April 1820
David Orson Calder
1823–1884
Georgina Calder
1825–1852
Mary Ann Calder
1827–1857
Margaret Calder
1831–1849
Isabella Calder
1833–1907
William Calder
1835–1901
George Calder
1838–1910

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  • Ann Calder in household of Hyrum Barton, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Birth of Anne Johnston, Wife of George Calder, Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland
  • Marriage of Anne Johnston and George Calder

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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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Life of David O Calder

DAVID ORSON CALDER (From the Records of Valene Calder Hubbard Great Granddaughter) David Orson Calder was the oldest son of George Sutherland Calder and Ann Swanson Johnston Calder. He was bo …

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