Captain Robert Gudgeon Johnston, British Army and N.S.W. Magistrate

[Wexflyer]

Have you checked the Royal Hospital pension papers for Robert Johnston, born ca 1794? Unlikely to be yours, but....

Some indication of religion would be useful...

[AMBLY]

Some more pieces to fill in the daughter's life -  though not advancing the search for RGJ's parentage:

Found this in the National Library Australia newspaper archive:
rchive-irishnewsarchive-com.rp.nla.gov.au/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=document
Deaths: Mrs Eliza Martha COCKBURN only dau of the late Robert Cockburn Johnston died Spa, Belgium . 23 March 1880 age 55 ( so born 1825).

The father's middle name is incorrectly cited in the newspaper report…it is RGJ & AMH's daughter - she went on to marry her 1st cousin James Stuart COCKBURN:

As noted prior, Anna Maria's sister, Caroline HARTLEY married in France 1822 to William James COCKBURN.  Amongst their children was James Stuart COCKBURN b 1822.

Here's James Stuart COCKBURN  in 1841, in St Charles the Martyr, Devon, with mother & brother:
1841: John Street,
Caroline COCKBURN 39, Ind, b - N
James COCKBURN 16 - N
Henry COCKBURN 14 - N
Elizabeth BLIGHT 19, F.S. - Y

Here's his cousin Eliza Martha JOHNSON  in 1841, Charles The Martyr, Devon
CENSUS 1841: James Street,
Robert JOHNSON, Army, 46, b  I(reland)
Ann JOHNSON 41 - N
Eliza JOHNSON 16 - N
Rawson JOHNSON 14 - N
Ann TRENNER 18, F.S. - N

Their MARRIAGE: 1846
LICENSE: 11 Nov 1846 at St Andrews, Devon
James Stuart COCKBURN age 21
Eliza Martha JOHNSTON age 21
The Marriage license: 
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G94Y-9HNB?cc=1833719

MARRIAGE: on 24 Nov 1846 at St Andrews, Devon
James Stuart COCKBURN, full age, Bachelor, Gentleman, of Union Street,
   Father: William James COCKBURN, late Leiut. of the 78th Regiment
Eliza Martha JOHNSON, full age, of Cobourg Street,
  Father: Robert Gudgeon JOHNSON, Late Captain of the 68th Regiment
Witness: Thomas D………?, Anna Maria JOHNSTON.

Here's the couple in 1851:
CENSUS 1851: Nr 2 Villa Rosa, Clarendon Road,  St Helier, Channel Islands
Head: James Stuart COCKBURN 26, Householder, b Avranches, France,  British Subject
Wife: Eliza COCKBURN 26, b Avranches, France,  British Subject
Son: James WS COCKBURN 3,  b Charles, Plymouth
Daughter: C F COCKBURN 1, b St Peters, Guernsey

BIRTH/BAPTISM of the son:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MS-TG1K
Baptised 11 Oct 1847, Plymouth, Devon
James Whidbey Stuart COCKBURN
Son of James Stuart COCKBURN, Gentleman & wife Eliza Martha.
Abode: South Devon Place

BIRTH/BAPTISM of the daughter:
Baptised at St Luke Chelsea on 22 Oct 1854
Caroline Frances COCKBURN, born Dec 1849
Dau of James Stuart COCKBURN, Gentleman & wife Eliza Martha.
Abode: South Parade

DEATH/WILL 1863/64:
James Stuart COCKBURN, Storekeeper in the Anglo-Chinese Service,  died 21 Aug 1863 Shanghai, China. Admin 15 Oct 1864 at the Principal Registry to Eliza Martha COCKBURN of 5 Rue Comte de'l Equerre in Bruges, Belgium, Widow the Relict of the Deceased

Cheers
AMBLY

[dathai]

page 579     1831?
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01oph/

[Rodney53]

 Re:

Rawson PARKE, of Crowle House, Worcestorshire, then later of Southhampton Street, Bloomsbury. Middlesex. Died 1841. In his will he left bequests to his two nieces - Anna Maria Johnston the wife of Robert Gudgeon Johnston and to Caroline Cockburn, wife of William James Cockburn.

 

Also, double checking.... you had written above, the son Rawson born 1837 died 1899.  Is the birth year a typo - and the death year? Online trees have him born 1827, marrying 1852 (which he did, in Liverpool, Lancashire) and died in 1889 (in NSW, by his own hand) - in which case, he himself is the ensign in 1844?

 

**** Thanks Ambly.

 

1. The Rawson Parke will sheds light on the naming of Rawson Parke Johnston so this is helpful.

 

2. Yes, the dates for his birth and death are typos ... born 1827, died 1889. Mu blunder. Apologies, and thanks for picking it up.

Do you know what the connection to "Rawson Parke" is-the b 1837 third child's givennames?(I also note, an Army Birth for aRawson P JOHNSTON registered in France 1826, 100thRegiment-so possibly this child died and RGJ and wife AM used the name again later


***** Rawson Parke was the uncle of his mother. Your post about Rawson Parke’s will makes that clear. Again, my thanks.

 

48th Regiment of Foot-The NorthamptonshireEmbarked for Service 19 Sep 1838


*This one bothers me a bit… born 1827, so 11 y.o. in 1838?


Re:

Found this in the National Library Australia newspaper archive:
rchive-irishnewsarchive-com.rp.nla.gov.au/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=document

Deaths: Mrs Eliza Martha COCKBURN only dau of the late Robert Cockburn Johnston died Spa, Belgium
23 March 1880 age 55 ( so born 1825).

A couple of other entries from 1840's re his promotions. Interestingly he was Royal Canadian Rifles Regiment.
ADD From www.trovenla.gov.au "Rawson Park (sic) Johnston son of the late RG Johnston d March 1889 age 61 at Port Melbourne (so born 1828)

*** Thanks shume.


The Canadian connection has come as a bit of a surprise.


Re:

Deaths
JOHNSTON, On the 28th March at Port Melbourne, Rawson Park JOHNSTON, late Lieut 48th Regt, son of capt R G JOHNSTON of the 68th Regt, aged 61 years, father of Mrs Backhouse and Mrs T P Dowling, and Robert Johnston, fisherman, Esplanade, Port Melbourne, Deeply regretted.

***Thanks JM


The Robert Johnston, fisherman is where I connect with this family. His wife was the sister of my2 x great-grandmother.


Re:


As for his British Army career, that should be traceable in the London Gazette, which is available online.


Have you checked the Royal Hospital pension papers for Robert Johnston, born ca 1794? Unlikely to be yours, but....

Some indication of religion would be useful...


***Thanks, Wexflier. The London Gazette should prove a fruitful line of pursuit.The other Robert Johnston is worth a look also, not so promising, I suspect.

As for religion, two of his children look to have been baptised in the Church of England in Plymouth, and his son Rawson P. Johnston, with several family members, are buried in the Church of England section of the Melbourne cemetery.


My cousins and I are very grateful for all help. We are still working through the other contributions.


Rodney53.

[Wexflyer]

If the family was CofI, you should get a researcher to check the Wexford (town) parish records for Robert's birth in the 1790s. Unfortunately for you, there are 20+ Wexford townlands by the name of Newtown, but the most likely is the one just outside Wexford itself. The registers are extant, but not online (to my knowledge).

[Wexflyer]

If the family was CofI, you should get a researcher to check the Wexford (town) parish records for Robert's birth in the 1790s. Unfortunately for you, there are 20+ Wexford townlands by the name of Newtown, but the most likely is the one just outside Wexford itself. The registers are extant, but not online (to my knowledge).

The Wexford parish registers are held by the RCB Library
https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers/ParishRegisters/PARISHREGISTERS.pdf
Also, the Royal Hospital I mentioned is the one in Dublin.

[Rodney53]

Thanks again, Wexflyer.

We'll try those suggestions.

Rodney53.

[ShaunJ]

His army record is downloadable from TNA and viewable on Ancestry:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/3253/40940_2000729174-00391/455309

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13311005

[Wexflyer]

Shaun nailed it!
Born Wexford, 12/9/1794. He fought in the Peninsula and Afghanistan, and served on St. Helena! Amazing record. And to think they are still fighting in Afghanistan almost 200 years later!