Charlotte (Johnson) Barnson (1874 - 1918)

Born 1874 in Leith, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Magnus Barnson — married 26 Nov 1894 in Westport

Died 30 Nov 1918 at about age 44 in Westport, Buller, West Coast, New Zealand

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Biography

Charlotte (Johnson) Barnson was born in Scotland.

Charlotte was born in 1874 in Leith, Scotland. She was the third child of John Johnson and Ann (Anderson) Johnson, both from Unst, Shetland. The family were apparently living in Leith at the time, as were two of Charlotte's father's sisters and their families.^[1]

When Charlotte was two years old, the family moved to New Zealand's West Coast, along with many other members of her parents' families, as outlined below.

Charlotte married her cousin Magnus Barnson in Westport in 1894. They had seven children.

Charlotte died in 1918 in Westport.

Info from North Isles Family History website:
Name Charlotte JOHNSON
Born 1874 Leith, MLN, SCT
Gender Female
Died 30 Nov 1918 Westport, NZL
Person ID I218624 Shetland
Last Modified 25 Jul 2005^[2]

Statutory birth record:
CHARLOTTE JOHNSON (F) was born in 1874. RD: Leith South. Ref: 692/2 683^[3]

NZ BDM Online: Marriage Registration
Reg Number: 1899/4897
Bride Name: Charlotte Johnson
Groom Name: Magnus Barnson ^[4]

NZ BDM Online: Death Registration
Reg Number: 1918/13690
Charlotte Barnson
Age: 44Y Est. birth year: 1874 ^[4]

NZ BDM Online: Birth Registration (for their children)

• Reg Number: 1900/15624
  Laurence Hector Macdonald Barnson
  Mother's Name: Charlotte
  Father's Name: Magnus
• Reg Number: 1902/8342
  Isabella Ann Anderson Barnson
• Reg Number: 1903/14795
  John Johnson Barnson
• Reg Number: 1905/7254
  Duncan Johnson Barnson
• Reg Number: 1909/6968
  Joan Agnes Barnson
• Reg Number: 1913/29766
  William Gilbert Johnson Barnson^[4]

Anderson and Johnson families on the Howrah, London-Nelson, Jul-Nov 1876:^[5]

Charlotte (Johnson) Barnson migrated from Midlothian, Scotland to Buller, West Coast, New Zealand.

Members of several interconnected Shetland families moved to New Zealand (especially Buller, West Coast) in the 1860s-70s. At least some had been living in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland before moving to NZ. On board this sailing of the Howrah were several children (and grandchildren) of William Anderson and Charlotte (Russell) Anderson, joining sister Margaret (Anderson) Harper who was already in New Zealand. Also on board were several children (and grandchildren) of Ann Duncan/Johnson and John Johnson, including Ann herself. The Johnson and Anderson siblings were connected by two different marriages, which had involved two Anns swapping surnames: John Johnson had married Ann (Anderson) Johnson, and Gilbert Anderson had married Ann (Johnson) Anderson.

Ann and her Johnson children are marked with asterisks (*) below. Anderson siblings are marked with obelisks (†) below.

† ANDERSON Gilbert, 30, Adult, male, Shetland, Wood Cutter
* Ann, 34, Adult, female
Ann J, 8, Child, female
Charlotte, 3, Child, female
Joan, 9m, Infant, female

* JOHNSON John, 37, Adult, male, Shetland, Wood Cutter
† Ann, 33, Adult, female
Duncan, 11, Child, male
Wm. G, 9, Child, male
Charlotte, 2, Child, female
DUNCAN Ann *, 70, Adult, female, Shetland

MOWAT Magnus, 31, Adult, male, Shetland, Wood Cutter
* Cecilia, 30, Adult, female
Wm., 4m, Infant, male

† ANDERSON John, 18, Adult, male, Shetland, Labourer

Possibly (but name and age are slightly different):
* JOHNSTONE Mary, 32, Adult, female, Shetland, Servant

Other Shetlanders, all Johnstones, stayed on the ship until Wellington.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 'Mr. M. Mouat: An Adventurous Life', Evening Post, 19 October 1934, pg. 12. Retrieved 18 August 2020 from https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19341019.2.111.1?items_per_page=10&page=2&query=mouat+shetland&snippet=true
2. ↑ Some sources available at https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I158122&tree=ID1
3. ↑ National Records of Scotland, Statutory registers. Accessible at ScotlandsPeople
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Searchable online at https://bdm.psopho.co.nz/ and documents can be ordered from https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search
5. ↑ Passenger list: Immigrants arriving in Nelson on the Howrah, 9 Nov 1876. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/genealogy/PassLists/howrah1876.html
6. ↑ Passenger list: Immigrants arriving in Wellington on the Howrah, 18 Nov 1876. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/genealogy/PassLists/howrahwgton1876.html