Obit Jane Johnston, 23 Jan 1901, Clinton, Massachusetts

[Peggy13]

Jane Johnston, nee McClure died Jan 23, 1901 in Clinton, Massachusetts. She was the second wife of John Johnston who was born abt 1831 in Ireland and they were on the 1880 census for Clinton, Massachusetts, the last time that I saw them. John's first wife was Margaret Jane Moffat.  I would like to know the date of death for John Johnston who died before Jane but I haven't been able to find it. Perhaps an obit for Jane would reveal John's date of death. Thanks for any help. Peggy

[oldohiohome]

A John Johnson, b 1830, Ireland, d November 3,1890, Clinton, MA, father Whaley, mother Jane


https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7YV-22D?lang=en

[oldohiohome]

regarding Jane Johnston, nee McClure died Jan 23, 1901

did her death record have a street address included for her place of death? if so, you can search by street at this link. if it is not the exact correct link, then look on his main page.

https://stevemorse.org/census/reelframes.html

I think this is the one, now that I look at it
https://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html

edit to add:
I realized I could have found it in less time than it took to ask.
No, it doesn't have a street address.

[Peggy13]

You have found him, oldohiohome! Funny, I searched for him, with a date of death of 1890, +/- 10 years, and nothing came up. If I am right, he is a brother to the Whaley who died back in Ireland in 1879 with wife Jane, nee Henry, who died in 1930. Thank you very much. Peggy

[Peggy13]

On John's death certificate, can anyone help with the place of birth of Jane, his mother? Looks like Penneybox?
Peggy

[oldohiohome]

On John's death certificate, can anyone help with the place of birth of Jane, his mother? Looks like Penneybox?
Peggy

The guy dittoed "Ireland and Pennsylvania" from the line two lines above John. He probably only meant to ditto Ireland. I doubt if 5 people in a row had fathers from Ireland and mothers from Pennsylvania.

There are some entries with only 1 place of birth for both parents. I'd assume that both were born in the same place. So acc. to the record John's mother is either born in Ireland, or the place was not known. I'd guess it says she was born in Ireland. You could page back and forth a few pages and see if any are explicitly marked as not known. If so, that would strengthen the case for her being born in Ireland.

Besides if John was born in Ireland, there is almost no way his mother was born in Pennsylvania.

[Peggy13]

I think you’re right. Both born Ireland. Too bad her last name is missing.

[Peggy13]

On the 1870 census, when John Johnston/Johnson is married to Margaret Jane Moffatt, he has 5 children - Whaley J. age 13, George age 11, Elizabeth age 9, John, and Thomas James.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01u30/
Of these children, I know that Whaley J., age 13 in 1870, died Jan 20, 1898 in Clinton, still single.
John Johnston died 26 Mar 1887 in Clinton, I believe still single.
Thomas James born 1869 in Clinton died 12 Mar 1899 in Clinton, married to Elizabeth Linton in 1892.
I wonder what happened to George. He is not on the 1880 census with remarried father John to Jane McClure but he would be age 21 by then so could be living separately. But I suspect that he died between 1870 and 1880 in Clinton. Can anyone help with George? Peggy

[oldohiohome]

Deaths reg in Clinton for 1893
Feb 3
George Johnston, age 33, of pneumonia, in Clinton, occupation: operative [probably ran a machine in a mill], born in Ireland, son of John [,] and Margaret Moffatt

ancestry transcribed Moffatt as Fuoffet on the index. familysearch got it right.
both ancestry and familysearch assumed John's name was Moffatt. but if a male died, or a female who was still single died, they just listed the father's first name, followed by the mother's full maiden name. look at others on the page.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWZT-N8N?lang=en