Susan Mildred Johnston (1909 - 1936)

Born 21 Jan 1909 in Cache Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

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Died 26 Mar 1936 at age 27 in Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Susan Johnston was born in Nippising in 1909. She was the daughter of John Johnston and Elizabeth Wilkie. She moved to Fort William with her family in 1914. She was murdered by Gordon Bliss in 1936. Miss Johnston had been employed with the Fort William telephone exchange since 1931, and fellow-employees today were grief-stricken at her sudden death. She was a member of Sapphire Rebekah Lodge an of Wesley United Church. Of quiet, retiring nature, she was held in high esteem by many in the community. Survivors are her father and mother, one brother Arthur, at home; and six sisters, Nellie, Mrs. Norman G. Wrigley, Murillo; Nina, Mrs. W.B. Wissler, Detroit; Verna, Mrs. R.B. Hardman, Fort William and Port Colborne; Berna, Mrs. A.C. Harris, South Brodie Street, Fort William, and Blanche and Gertrude at home. One sister, Lorena, Mrs. H Wright, died at Cardinal, Ont., five years ago, and another sister Hazel, died in Fort William six months ago. The coroner's jury viewed the body of the girl at noon today at the funeral chapel, 200 South May street and adjourned until the formal hearing in the Donald street Police Station, Fort William on Tuesday, March 31, at 7:300 pm. Members of the jury are Joseph Heald, Ward Dyke, J.E. Rutledge, J. Rogers, Frank Holmes, Joseph Habkirk, W. Rutledge, J. Fair and J.A. Kennedy.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Fort William Daily Times-Journal 26 Mar 1936 p.1

• Ontario Birth Registration 1909-030697 Susan Mildred Johnston, Female born 21 Jan 1909 Cache Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada daughter of John Henry Johnston, shoemaker and Elizabeth Ann Wilkie; Parents married Nov 21, 1894 Beachburg, Ont. Registered Feb 17/09.

• 1911 census Lot 66, Cache Bay, Nipissing, Ontario page 2, with parents John and Elizabeth Johnson; Johnson Mildred F Daughter S Apr 1909 3 Quebec Irish Methodist;

• 1921 census 515 S. Syndicate Fort William, Fort William and Rainy River, Ontario page 9, with parents John Henry Married Miller and wife Elizabeth Johnson; Johnson Mildred Daughter F S 12 Ontario Irish Methodist Student

• The Port Arthur Daily News and Port Arthur News-Chronicle 5 Jan 1937 p.1 NEWS Bliss, Gordon Hanged today for Johnson murder