Jacob Henry Johnston (1837 - 1918)

Born 21 May 1837 in East Gwillimbury, York, Upper Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Seville (Doane) Johnston — married 22 Aug 1864 in York, Ontario, Canada

Died 24 Jul 1918 at age 81 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Jacob Henry Johnson was born on 21 May 1837^[1] in the township of East Gwillimbury, Upper Canada.^[2] His parents were Samuel Johnson and his wife Henrietta. Around the time of Jacob's birth, his father Samuel was recorded as resident of lot 2, concession 3, East Gwillimbury,^[3] so it is possible that this is where Jacob was born and grew up.

Jacob married Anna Sevilla Doan on 22 August 1864. One of the witnesses to their marriage was Jacob's younger brother Nelson.^[2]

McEvoy's 1870-71 County of York directory lists Jacob H. Johnson as a freeholder at lot 2, concession 2, East Gwillimbury.^[4]

According to the Doan family genealogy, Jacob was a builder who constructed several significant buildings in Newmarket, and he and Anna later moved to Huntsville.^[5]

On the 1911 census, Jacob and Anna were living in the household of their son George Doan Johnson in Toronto.^[6]

Jacob died on 24 July 1918 in Toronto.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Date computed from gravestone.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CY-198L : 9 March 2018), Jesse Doan in entry for Jacob H Johnston and Anna S Doan, 22 Aug 1864; citing York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,068.
3. ↑ Rusnell's Toronto and Home District Directory, 1837.
4. ↑ https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_00585_1/26
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130405135148/http://www.sharontemple.ca/pdf/Genealogy%20%28By%20Family%29/family_doan.pdf
6. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:276T-Q3Y : 15 August 2022), Jacob H Johnson in entry for George D Johnson, 1911; citing Census, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK7V-LQK : Sat Oct 14 02:11:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Jacob Johnson and Samuel Johnson, 24 Jul 1918.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: G6WR-97M