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- Two Johnston brothers Thomas & Robert married two Lawrence sisters, Mary Ann & Margaret Lawrence.
. Date of Birth Estimate: If the correct, Margaret Johnston, she was 43 when buried, or born 1796; UCLP 1818 at an estimated age of 21 /1797;
:. Married 1813 at an estimated age 16 or 15.
1797 Town of York Minutes Census: Two female children (= Elizabeth, then Margaret Lawrence. Brother John Lawrence is possibly older than them.)
. 1819 York Inhabitants: Robert Johnston: Males 1, women 1, girls 2, Total 4. or …
. 1819 Inhabitants, Robert Johnston Senr. Males 1, boys 1, women 2, girls 1, Total 6.
Marriage License:
. Upper Canada Marriage Bond # 127 on 10 Dec 1813
Margaret Lawrence married Robert, Johnston, carpenter. 1813 Dec 10,
Bond signature: John Johnston, Calb. Humphing?
Wit: John JOHNSTON & Thomas JOHNSTON, 14 DEC 1813, by special License, St. James Cathedral.
Film C6777, Vol. 13. Bond 127. [Toronto, Ink on the Bond is very faint. - PJA.]
. Religious Service at St. James Cathedral:
York 14th Dec. 1813. This day were married by special license, Robert Johnstone & Margaret Lawrence, both of the Township of York.
John Strachan, minister.
This marriage was solemnized between us, Robert Johnstone & Margaret Lawrence.
Witnesses: John Johnstone & Thomas Johnstone.
. 181 July 11, by Banns, John JOHNSTON & Mary EDMEND, both of the Township of York.
Witnesses, Thomas JOHNSTON, Hannah JOHNSTON. 11 July, 1813, by Banns.
[In-laws of Margaret Lawrence & Thomas who married 6 months after them, also at St James Cathedral.
. Margaret Lawrence Johnston, Appeared personally at the York General Quarter Session of the Peace today 1818 April 14. She is recognized to be a daughter of Richard Lawrence who maintained his loyalty in the late war.
Ref: UC Land Petition #27, 1818 Apr 19: Lot 1, Con 2, Toronto Gore, Ontario.
. After the death of Robert Johnston & also of his wife Margaret Lawrence, Ezekiel Francis Whitmore was married to their daughter Margaret, & had a marriage portion as devised to her by the WILL of her father, which as a portion of the property on Toronto Street. She never had any claim on the Checkered Store & lot on the corner of King & Toronto Streets.
X-Ref: See Globe & Mail for many advertisements with store illustrations.
. WILL of Robt. Johnson: 12 Aug 1834. It is my will & desire that my beloved wife do receive & take the annual Rents & proceeds arising from my Real & personal Estate during her widowhood for the support of herself & the education support & maintenance of all my children. From & immediate after my said wife shall depart this life, the children shall share & share alike, including his adopted daughters Margaret & Mary Johnson, daughter of her sister Mary Anne Lawrence & brother-law- Thomas Johnston.
. 1836 & 1837 Toronto Directory: Johnson, Margaret, widow, Toronto Street. Toronto, Ontario.
. Potter's Field Cemetery,
Margaret Johnston, widow of Robert, born Toronto, Buried 3 June 1842. 46 years. [1796] Spinal Affection. (1508).
St. James Anglican Cathedral, Burial 1842. Ref: Book 2, # 3198.
* Toronto Necropolis Cemetery, Registration Numbers 5303-7:
Elizabeth Johnston, Robert Johnston, Margaret Johnston, Thomas Johnston & Sarah Kough*
- Removed from Potters Field. Interred March 1876;
Interred: F 160 & 151, Ground property of C G Parks.
- Mrs. Priscilla Belding Whittemore was similarly reinterred the next day on March 1876. Priscilla Whittemore's record reads, Removed to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dec. 20th, 1906. It is noted further that all are recorded on the same page in the Necropolis Record Vol. 5 1875-1877.
Note2: *Sarah Kough is recorded together with the Johnston, although Mrs. Belding. Whittemore record says four other family members were removed to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
. Toronto's Potter's Field, also known as the York General or Strangers Burial Ground was the first non-denominational cemetery in Toronto. Situated on the north west corner of of Yonge & 1 Bloor streets, in what today is the centre of Toronto known as Yorkville. It owes it's existence to Thomas Carfrae Jr., a wealthy retired merchant of Scottish ancestry. Mr. Carfae was appointed by a committee to purchase a burying ground, which he selected & bought the the six acres at Yonge & Bloor in May, 1826. The land was bought from Mrs. Elmsley for 75 pounds, which would be 300 dollars in today's economy.
. 1832 the great cholera outbreak killed many people in Toronto. During the outbreak the cemetery filled every quickly, especially during the summer of 1832. The cemetery's last interment took place on 21 January 1855, making 6,685 burials over 6 acres of land.
After the closure of the cemetery burials were moved Toronto Necropolis & Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Ref: Find A Grave, Torontos Potters Field. - - - [1, 2]
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Est 1797 - 1842 (45 years)