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- Two Johnston brothers Thomas & Robert married two Lawrence sisters, Mary Ann & Margaret Lawrence.
. Date of Birth Estimate: UCLPetition at Est. age 18; Married in 1819 at Estimated age 19. Mary Anne has her parents' permission, perhaps indicate she was even younger. Date of death is also an estimate based on the 1834 WILL of her brother-in-law, Robt. Johnston.
. UPPER CANADA MARRIAGE BONDs # 380 & 381,
(Oath of) Thomas Johnston of the Town of York in the Home District, Bachelor, in Oath & saith that he hath obtained the consent of the parents of Mary Ann Lawrence of Long Point, in the District of Long Point. Spinster daughter of Richard Lawrence of the same place, late of the Twp. of York, to marry her the said Mary Anne. That he is himself upwards of 21 years of age & there is no impediment of practice, affinity their being married within his knowledge.
Sworn before me at York, in the Home District, John X JP. 10th day of August 1819, Thos. Johnston.
Witnesses: Robert 'X' Ross & Thomas Carroll (of the Town of York).
Ref: RG5, B9, Vol. 14, Archives of Canada & Archives of Ontario, Three Pages: Oath #380, Bond 381. Envelope.
. ANGLICAN WEDDING:
York, 6 August, 1818. This day were married by special license, Thomas Johnston, of York, bachelor & Mary Ann Lawrence, of Long Point, London District, spinster. John Strachan. This marriage was solemnized between us Thomas Johnson & Mary Ann Lawrence.
Wit: Robt. Ross & Thomas Carroll [who both are also carpenters, as was Thos. Johnston & R Ross who was also the undertaker.)
Note1: Thos. Johnston oath was given after the wedding! - PJA]
Note2. That the UC Marriage Bond says that the groom Thomas has OBTAINED THE CONSENT OF BOTH PARENTS of Mary Ann residing in Long Point. Richard had just sold his property just short after the wedding on 20 Aug. 1819 at Lot 25 Yonge St., Toronto - but retaining his wife Mary Willson Lawrence's properties until 1821. Perhaps the Lawrences accompanied their daughter on the local ship up to York. It could even have been aboard her brother Stillwell Willson's slip-keel schooner that plied Lake Ontario regularly between York & Niagara.
. UCLP 72, J Bundle 12, C2110, p449
To Samuel Smith, Esq. Administrator of UC, Petition of Mary Ann Lawrence, Petitioner is a daughter of Richard Lawrence formerly of York Twp. but now of Charlotteville Twp., a UE Loyalist. Petitioner is marred to Thomas Johnston, Town of York & having never received any land from the Crown, prays, a grant for 200 Acres as a Daughter of an UE.
Mary Ann Lawrence Johnston appeared personally at the General Quarter Session of the Peace at York Court House today 1818 April 14. She is recognized by the Magistrate to be a daughter of Richard Lawrence formerly of Twp. of York, but now of Twp. Charlotteville. She is married to Thomas Johnston of the Town of York, who he did his duty in defense of the Province during the late war. [1812]
Witnesses to her oath: Grant Powell, Chairman of Session & Stephen Howard, Clerk of the Peace. Court House of York.
Signed, Maryann Johnston, York, 13th April 1820.
. TICKET OF LOCATION, # 000297, Not Transferable.
Under the authority of an Order in Council, of the 19 April, 1820 granting Mary Ann Johnston of the Town of York, in the County of York in the Home District,
Wife of Thomas Johnston, Daughter of Richard Lawrence, formerly of York, late but now of Charlotteville, an U.E. Loyalist, 200 Acres,
I do hereby assign to the said Mary Ann Johnston
(Lot Number 3 in the 2nd Range of the Gore) & adjoining Lot 26 in the 3rd Concession of the Township of Oro, In the County of Simcoe,
in the Home District containing 200 Acres, subject to the settling Duties required by the Order in Council of 20 Oct 1818, of 5 Acres cleared & fenced, along the length of the front adjacent to the road, for every 100 Acres granted;
A Dwelling house of 16 Feet by 20 in the clear & one half of the Road cleared in front & rear of each Lot; the work to be performed within 18 months from the date hereof.
. York, 22 Aug, 1820, Signed, Thomas Ridout, Office Survey General; Warrant 514, Entd.
Dec 1, 1825, Settlement Duties preformed, attested & admitted, Thomas Ridout, SGO.
Ontario Land Registry, Simcoe Co., Oro Book 211, p93 [semi-illegible]
Concession Range 2, WATER LOT 3,
. 1826 Jan x, Patent, Crown, to Mary Ann Johnston, All 200 Acres
. Part I?, 1825? Sep 13, Reb. 1831 Jul 25, Thomas Johnston of Town of York, & Mary Ann his wife, to Eli Beaman of Whitchurch, £58.6.8, Said Lot, Pt of ind? of retro? in land?
Ontario Land Abstract Registry Office, Simcoe County, Ontario
Con 2, East Penetanguishene Rd. [then renumbered as:]
Lot 27 East Half, Concession 2, Oro Twp., Wilberforce Street, Book 215 & 216, p181.
. 1850 August, Patent, Crown, to Benjamin Johnston, 100 acres
. 1850 Aug 4, Registered 1853 Jan 8, Deed, to Ben. Johnson of Oro etux, to Wm. Gardner of Oro, £100, all 100 Acres.
Note: 1837 Toronto City Directory: Johnston, Benjamin Con 2, L27, Johnston, Matthew, Con 14, Lot 7, Johnson, John T, C on 3, Lot 12.
. DATE Last WILL & Testament of me, Robert Johnston of the City of Toronto, Carpenter.
Son Robert: The house & Lot west of Mary Ann's with the privilege to the secure belongings;
Son Thomas: The house & Lot west of Robert's with the privileges to the same belongings;
0Daughters Margaret & Sarah: My Lot on Toronto St., north of the right of way, to the rear of the Lot before mentioned, to be equally divided between them, share & share alike:
To my 2 adopted children, MARY & MARGARET.2 JOHNSTON, daughters of my brother Thomas,
[ & therefore, also this wife Margaret's sister's children - PJA]:
The sum of £150 each on their arriving at age 21 or marriage. I desire that they may be supported in the same way as my own children out of my Estates.
The Cholera Plague in Upper Canada
. 1832 Jul 4 - Quebec, number of cholera deaths reported to June 23rd was 1021. Montreal 350; 17 cases & 7 deaths at York, UC. A steam boat had arrived at Niagara, UC, with the cholera on board, but the authorities would not suffer the passengers to land. Navigation had almost ceased on Lake Ontario.
Ref: Connecticut Courant, Hartford, from the Montreal Gazette of 26 June 1832.
. 1832 June 26, Buffalo Board of Health, we have this morning to announced the appearance of the Cholera at York, UC. 23 new cases for 24 hours, both in & out of the hospital.
Ref: Illinois Weekly State Journal, Springfield, Illinois.
. 1834 Jul 30, Wed. - The CHOLERA has again appeared in our city & Province in its most malignant form. The cases as yet are, we believe, not so numerous as in 1832, but in general more fatal. Indeed very few who are seized with it recover - it triumphs over the utmost efforts of human skill & experience. There are, however, a few cases of recovery.
Ref: Christian Guardian, published 1834 Aug 20 ?
. 1834 Aug 13, The Toronto Advocate of 31st ut contains a communication which says, The malignant cholera has shown itself in this city & about 12 persons within my knowledge has fallen its victims.
Ref: Eastern Argus Newspaper, Portland, Maine & NYC Evening Post.
. 1834 Aug 21 - In Upper Canada the Cholera continues to prevail with unabated violence. Not merely the towns, but the small villages & detached settlements on the roads have suffered severely from its ravages. In Toronto it is still fatally present & has made its appearance on the Yonge & Dundas street roads.
Ref: Commercial Advertise Newspaper, NY.
. 1832 Oct 13 -In Upper Canada cholera is spreading in the distant townships, but except at York, its effects have bee less generally fatal then this province.
Ref: Caledonian Mercury newspaper, Edinburgh, Scotland.
. 1832 to 1834, Toronto & Great Lakes coastal towns, were suffering from a Cholera outbreak. - PJA
. 1834 Aug 15th -Ladner Bostick, Snr., a Willson-in-law, also died of cholera on Toronto. He lived near by at 175 King St. East, Toronto.
. 1834 Oct 15 -Cholera in Canada copy of Quebec Gazette. In Upper Canada the disease was spreading rapidly. At York (Toronto) the deaths were, however only from 6 to 12 a day. the disease we are happy to add, appeared from the reports to be generally on the decline.
Ref: Aberdeen Journal newspaper, Scotland.
. The below is recorded for future reference:
Toronto Directories
Mrs. Mary Johnston, House, 230 Front St. W, widow Thomas, Washerwoman 1867
Mrs. Mary Johnston, House, 230 Front St. W, widow Thomas, 1866
Mrs. Mary Johnston, House, 80 Dummer, widow Thomas, 1867, 1870 & 1877
Mrs. Mary Johnston, 53 William, Widow, 1878 & 1879.
Transcripts by P J Ahlberg, Thank you. - - - [1, 2, 3, 4]
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