Born in Long River, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Andrew Johnstone
and Janie Wilson (Brown) Johnstone
Sister of
William Elmer Johnstone, Arthur Preston Johnstone, Ernest Wilbur Johnstone and Edwin Cecil Johnstone
Wife of
Murdoch McLeod
— married
20 Jun 1927 in Prince Edward Island, Canada
[children unknown]
Died
at age 92
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2017
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Biography
Elizabeth Johnstone was born 21 Jan 1891 in Long River, Queens, Prince Edward Island. [1] [2] Bessie was Secretary - Treasurer of Women's Institute in Long River in 1914. [3] [4]
Murdoch McLeod and Elizabeth Johnstone were married 20 Jun 1927. [5] Murdoch and Bessie travelled to Scotland, arriving in Montreal 11 Aug 1927 aboard the Melita. [6]
She died 24 Aug 1983 and was buried in Geddie Memorial Church Cemetery, Springbrook, Prince Edward Island. [7]
Notes
I remember meeting Bessie and Murdoch, one of the nicest couples I met in PEI. Bessie had a severe scoliosis.
Sources
- ↑ 1901 Census of Canada, Record for Andrew Johnston
- ↑ 1891 census Canada, Prince Edward Island.
- ↑ History of Long River, p. 45.
- ↑ 1921 Census of Canada, Prince Edward Island, Queens, Long River, district 148, subdistrict 1, p. 6, family 59; Population schedule, Statistics Canada RG31, digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 6 November 2013) citing Library andArchives Canada RG31, folder number 104.
- ↑ (Prince Edward Island), Marriages, "Margate, Kensington, Malpeque, Queens and Prince Counties," Murdoch McLeod - Elizabeth Johnstone (1927); digital images, Ancestry (accessed 15 Feb 2021).
- ↑ "Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935", arrival 11 Aug 1927 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada from Glasgow, Scotland aboard the Melita. Library and Archives Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada
- ↑ Find A Grave memorial for Elizabeth Johnstone McLeod.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~3.12%
Judith (Johnstone) Chidlow
:
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~3.12%
Keith Johnstone :
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~0.78%
Jane Dyment :
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