Born in Teeswater, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Alfred Johnson
and Harriet Riley (Shaw) Johnson
Sister of
Wilfred John Johnson, Rosalina Harriet Jane (Johnson) May, Richard Charles Johnson, Warden John Johnson, Gerald Austin Johnson and Bessie Winnifred (Johnson) Miller
Wife of
Ernest Orient Hewitt
— married
1909 in Toronto
Descendants 
Mother of
Hattie Isabella (Hewitt) Allen and Richard James Hewitt
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jan 2016
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Biography
Irene was the daughter of Dick Johnson (born Wales) and Hattie Shaw. She was brought up in Teeswater and Toronto. Her grandfather, father, and uncles worked on the railway. Irene married Ernest O. Hewitt Jun 2, 1909 in Toronto. Ernest was the son of James Hewitt (born in Ireland) and Isabelle Gowdy. In 1910 they were living on North Ashland Ave in Chicago ILL. In 1921 they are living at 134 Ivy Ave in Toronto with two small children, Richard J. and Hattie I. Ernest died in 1941.
Sources
- Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMQL-ZJT : 8 August 2017), ...A... R Shaw in entry for Florence Irene Johnston, 11 Jan 1887; citing Birth, Teeswater, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,884..
- Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZJ-BHF : 10 April 2015), Harriet Shaw in entry for Ernest O Hewitt and Florence Irene Johnston, 02 Jun 1909; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,870
- Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_272; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 1138; FHL microfilm: 1374285 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C
- 1921 census (see image) Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 99; Census Place: Toronto (City, part), York East, Ontario; Page Number: 17 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2013. Series RG31. Statistics Canada Fonds.
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