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James Stewart Johnston

James Stewart Johnston

Born
1812-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1880-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

1832 WEDDING: Dervock Presbyterian Church Records: James, son of Thomas and Mollie Johnston to Peggy Ann, daughter of John and Madgery Johnson, Witnesses James Lyons and William Johnston August 27, 1832, Derrykeighan.
1873: Arrived in New York on SS INDIA 21 April, 1873, with wife Peggy and daughters Hannah and Margaret, son James and daughter Mary Jane with her husband Hugh Richards and son Robert .

Chjildren: MARJORIE 1833 M. HEMPHILL D. Kansas 1884;                   THOMAS 1835 m. Mary Ann Campbell, d. Linton,  Victoria, Australia 1916
              MARY JANE b. 1847, M. Hiugh RICHARDS, d. USA aft 1917     MATILDA b. 1950     d. 1862 Antrim                     MARGARET b. 1862, d. 1852 Antrim
              MARGARET ANN b.1853, m. Thomas RUTHERFORD, d. Kansas 1921       HANNAH b. 1855   m. Wm McCully, d. Kansas 1933 Broughton, Kansas USA
              JAMES STEWART b. 1856 d. New York 1876
    

Found on EMERALDANCESTORS: Record Type  Wills Calendars Date of Death 08 Nov 1879 Date of Probate 1880
Name James Johnston County Antrim  (a MAYBE??)
on www.castlegardens.com   ; - JAMES JOHNSTON    Occupation   FARMER
Age     68     Sex     MLiteracy        UShip    ANCHORIAArrived         20 Jun 1877Origin  GREAT BRITAIN
Port    GLASGOW & MOVILLE  Last Residence  Destination     7328Plan    UnknownPassage         Unknown

Associated communities

Antrim

County Antrim, or Aontroim in Irish, is located on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.  It has beautiful rugged landscape and is home to the World Heritage Site, Giant’s Causeway.  Our county town is Antrim town and we have a population of approximately 618,108.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Benvarden, Coleraine, 2015

    Location: Antrim

    36 Benvarden Road, Dervock, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 6NN

  • 11 Crocus St

    Location: Antrim

    11 Crocus St, Belfast Ireland

  • Carrick-a-Rede Bridge

    Location: Antrim

    Co. Antrim

  • Armoy

    Location: Antrim

Timeline events in this community

  • 1850s

    George McFall

    <p>Occupation</p>

    1857-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Robert Curran, Sr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1806-1871), wife Catherine (c. 1799-1879, their son Capt. Robert Curran, Jr. of Portaferry, Co. Down (approx. 1836-1890)

    <p>A brief timeline of the Family of Mr. Robert Curran, Sr. a Whitesmith/Blacksmith of Portaferry, Co. Down, his wife Catherine, and their son, Capt. Robert Curran, Jr., also of Portaferry, Co. Down, Ireland.</p>

    1840-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1820s

    McSherry Family (Seafarers, not family of Farmers of same village also named McSherry) of Killough, Co. Down, later of Belfast, c. 1807-1891

    <p>Devout Irish-Catholic Ship Captain, Master Mariner and Pub/Tavern Inn/Hotel Owner Richard McSherry of Killough and Ardglass areas of Eastern County Down (husband of Mary Adair, presumably also from somewhere in County Down), both later moving to Belfast (15 Corporation Square, 20 Gamble Street, 58/60 Tomb Street, and 35/39 Dock Street) all in the Old Sailortown neighborhood) of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland. </p>

    1825-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00