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Re: Elizabeth Johnstone 1888.
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 23 November 24 17:28 GMT (UK) »
1891 census
Town   Hawick
County   Roxburghshire
Address   South Trinity Street
David Johnstone   58   Head
Elizabeth Johnstone   61   Wife
Elizabeth Johnstone   22   Daur
Elizabeth Johnstone   3   Boarder
Joseph Jardine           5 Ms   Boarder
And the child Elizabeth died at 18 Trinity Street just a few months later.
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Re: Elizabeth Johnstone 1888.
« Reply #19 on: Saturday 23 November 24 18:53 GMT (UK) »
1891 census
Town   Hawick
County   Roxburghshire
Address   South Trinity Street
David Johnstone   58   Head
Elizabeth Johnstone   61   Wife
Elizabeth Johnstone   22   Daur
Elizabeth Johnstone   3   Boarder
Joseph Jardine           5 Ms   Boarder
And the child Elizabeth died at 18 Trinity Street just a few months later.

I had no need of my remaining credits on SP so thought I’d check for you to see what was on the 1887 birth entry mentioned

Elizabeth JOHNSTON (Illegitimate)
1887 December 11th
18 Trinity Street Harwick
Mother Elizabeth JOHNSTON occ. Need. Pin machine winder
Informant grandfather David JOHNSTON ( present)
Registered 1887 December 26th at Harwick
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Re: Elizabeth Johnstone 1888.
« Reply #20 on: Saturday 23 November 24 18:55 GMT (UK) »
1891 census
Town   Hawick
County   Roxburghshire
Address   South Trinity Street
David Johnstone   58   Head
Elizabeth Johnstone   61   Wife
Elizabeth Johnstone   22   Daur
Elizabeth Johnstone   3   Boarder
Joseph Jardine           5 Ms   Boarder
And the child Elizabeth died at 18 Trinity Street just a few months later.

I had no need of my remaining credits on SP so thought I’d check for you to see what was on the 1887 birth entry mentioned

Elizabeth JOHNSTON (Illegitimate)
1887 December 11th
18 Trinity Street Harwick
Mother Elizabeth JOHNSTON occ. Need. Pin machine winder
Informant grandfather David JOHNSTON ( present)
Registered 1887 December 26th at Harwick


Wow how interesting.
Makes you want to keep researching doesn’t it.
Thank you so much ☺️

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Re: Elizabeth Johnstone 1888.
« Reply #21 on: Saturday 23 November 24 19:23 GMT (UK) »
I take it there are different ways of the spelling of Johnstone’s in those days?


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Re: Elizabeth Johnstone 1888.
« Reply #22 on: Saturday 23 November 24 20:04 GMT (UK) »
I take it there are different ways of the spelling of Johnstone’s in those days?
Yes. There are still lots of variants.

Even if the person themselves spelled it the same way every time, which isn't necessarily the case, other people who wrote things down might have other ideas.

For Johns(t)on(e) and variants search using wildcards: Joh*ns*n* should pick up all but the weirdest spelling variations.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.