Mary Ann JOHNSTON, .1

Female 1818 - 1887  (69 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann JOHNSTON 
    Suffix .1 
    Born 17 Mar 1818  Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Jun 1887  Waterdown, E Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 69y 3m 2d. Heart failure., ill about 2 weeks.
    Buried Toronto Necropolis Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Monument F-160/161d TWO grey slate imbedded in ground.
    Person ID I644  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2020 

    Father Robert W JOHNSTON, Jr.
              b. 1793, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Aug 1834, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Margaret LAWRENCE, .5 DUE
              b. Est 1797, Town of York (Toronto), York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Jun 1842, Town of York (Toronto), York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 14 Dec 1813  St. James Anglican Cathedral Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • 1. Upper Canada Marriage Bond 127,
      Lawrence, MARGT, York, Marriage Bond X Johnston, Robert, carpenter
      1813 DEC 10,
      Bond Signature: John Johnston, Calb Humphrey
      (Wit: John JOHNSTON and Thomas JOHNSTON both of York, carpenters.)
      14 DEC 1813, by special License, St James Film C6777, Vol 13. - - -

      2. St. James Cathedra Registry, Queen St. East, Toronto.
      Wedding, by special License,
      Robert JOHNSTON and Margaret LAWRENCE, both of the Township of York.
      Witnesses, John JOHNSTON and Thomas JOHNSTON - - -
    Family ID F103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Garner PARKS
              b. 1808, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Feb 1898, Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 1 May 1837  St. James Anglican Cathedral Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Monday
    Children 
     1. Robert Thomas G PARKS
              b. 18 Feb 1838, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Apr 1905, Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Margaret Eliza PARKS
              b. 1839, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 Jun 1908, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     3. Charles Barrington PARKS
              b. 2 Oct 1841, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Jan 1916, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Mary Ann MAUD PARKS
              b. 19 May 1846, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Nov 1910, Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     5. Richard Francis DICK PARKS
              b. 5 Nov 1847, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 Apr 1932, Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     6. Arthur Filgate PARKS
              b. Jul 1848, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Feb 1856, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
     7. Sarah Josephine PARKS
              b. 12 Aug 1850, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Dec 1929, Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     8. Octavia Mederic PARKS
              b. 20 Feb 1852, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Feb 1892, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     9. Whittemore H PARKS
              b. 1856, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Elizabeth Garner BESSIE PARKS
              b. 18 Oct 1861, Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 May 1921, Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     11. William Beresford PARKS
              b. 8 Oct 1863, Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Dec 1925, Troy, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2020 
    Family ID F445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary Ann is the daughter of Margaret Lawrence & Robert Johnston, Jr.

      . WILL of Robert Johnston:
      1843 Aug 12 - Daughter MARY ANN: The house & lot adjoins the one devised to Richard Johnston. Estate Files J4. (That is next to the store at King & Toronto St.)

      . Drawings of 'Checked Store,' on King Street may also be found in Toronto newspapers advertisements.

      Johnston, Mary, Newgate St. [1843-4.
      Verify this Mary or cousin Mary Johnston? -PJA]

      . 1837 May 1 May, by license, Charles Garner PARKS, of the city of Toronto, bachelor,
      & Mary Anne Johnston, of the same place, spinster.
      Witnesses, Sidney S. Hamilton, Mary Ann DOYLE.

      . 1837 May 3 - Constitution Newspaper of Toronto:
      On Monday, 1st Inst. Charles G Parks, Printer, to Mary Anne,
      eldest Daughter of the late Robert Johnston, both of this city.
      Rev. H. Grassett, St. James Anglican Cathedral, Toronto.

      Recorded for further research:
      . Mary Ann 's sister, Margaret Johnston, steadily maintained she was of Scottish parentage.
      Below is an excerpt from a letter that my grandmother, Grace (Brown) Emerson wrote to a relative: 
      "My father's mother was Mary Ann Johnston & her parents & grandparents settled originally in Muddy York near the Old St. Lawrence Market. …Her father, William Johnston from Co. Tyrone arrived in NYC in 1815 & owned property which was confiscated & they moved to Upper Canada."
      Ref: Sarah Nelson, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, 11 Mar 2001 & the Emerson Family Tree.

      . Photo Mary Ann Johnson
      Beautiful cameo photo of Mary Ann Johnston. Bright eyes, clear of a healthy & respectful women. She is seated at a small covered table with books, 'Thinking.' She has traces of smile.
      Age possibly mid fifties. The Victoria dress should be dateable: plain 'grey' skirt with medium dark lace over top, short ruffles on her shoulders & chest, also ruffles on the wrists; white kerchief around her next with male cameo broach; a ribbon necklace with dangling broach is partially visible. She wears bracelet, possible black stone & on the other wrist she wears a double metal jointed band which is an inch & half wide. Earrings are possibly clip on.
      She appears to have light short? brown hair parted in the middle. Distinctive Victoria white & black lace or ribbon, dangling house -headdress - with two or so prominent black centre pieces. (1865ish is an estimate).
      Over her dress she is wearing a dark printed flower shawl, hanging just off her shoulders.

      . Toronto Necropolis Cemetery:
      Monument F-160/161d, TWO grey slate stones, both imbedded in the ground.
      1. Mary Ann Johnston, wife of C G Parks, died Jun 19, 1887, in her 69th year.
      2. Open grey state 'book' reads Charles G Parks, died Dec 24, 1909, in is 91st year & Mary M Parks, died Nov 19, 1910 in her 65th year. - - - [1, 2, 3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] St. James Anglican Cathedral, Toronto, Ontario.

    2. [S60] Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.

    3. [S26] .

    4. [S27] City of Toronto Archives, Toronto Reference Library, Yonge & Bloor St., MS251, Reel 1 .