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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Living (daughter of Cecil Johnston and Living).

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. Living
    4. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cecil Johnston was born on 5 Apr 1938 in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (son of Robert James Johnston and Mary Ellen Rebecca Button); died on 5 Nov 1989 in Wellington, New Zealand.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 8E5C9491BFA448D4A646614C4D26ADE52CBE

    Notes:

    After Cecil seperated from his wife he did not retain contact with his children.
    In early Nov 1989, his daughter Brenda was notified that he was seriously ill in the Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington. Cecil had a sore leg, gone to the doctor who told him he had cancer and less than a fortnight to live. Brenda her husband and children went to Wellington to see him. The following day they went back to see him again but he had slipped into a morphine induced coma and died shortly after.

    Cecil married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Living
    Children:
    1. 1. Living
    2. Living
    3. Katrina May Johnston was born on 27 Dec 1965; died on 27 Oct 1972 in Napier Hospital, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert James Johnston was born on 22 Jan 1909 in Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand (son of William Aitken Johnston and Mary Ann Thompson); died on 26 Nov 1981 in Palmerston North, Wanganui, New Zealand.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: AD16C03B8C034146AA2C87303BB7BA94A101

    Robert married Mary Ellen Rebecca Button on 8 Dec 1928 in Wanganui, New Zealand. Mary was born on 1 Oct 1910; died on 5 Mar 1990 in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Ellen Rebecca Button was born on 1 Oct 1910; died on 5 Mar 1990 in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 408E5BC3C0964BB5BE3C959E3B6E9D31E6B9

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. Living
    4. Living
    5. Living
    6. 2. Cecil Johnston was born on 5 Apr 1938 in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand; died on 5 Nov 1989 in Wellington, New Zealand.
    7. Living
    8. Living
    9. Living
    10. Living
    11. Living


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Aitken Johnston was born on 27 Mar 1878 in Outram, Otago, New Zealand (son of Thomas Johnston and Jane Melville Aitken); died on 5 Mar 1953 in Wanganui, New Zealand.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand
    • _UID: 3522772925784922A86FA10F6159C463A7A9
    • Occupation: 1902; bacon curer

    Notes:

    5925 WA Johnston served in South Africa with the 8th NZ Contingent, got dysentery, measles and pleurisy and had his health 'completely shattered'. There are many medical reports in his military service file in Archives NZ. He was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal with clasps for South Africa 1902, Transvaal and Cape Colony. Enlisted 4 January 1902, returned 2 August 1902, 4 months served in Africa, mainly as Mess Sergeant in the Officers' Mess, 2 Regt 1 NZ Brigade. He contracted measles, pleurisy and bronchitis on the ship home (HMT Britannic). However, he was declared healthy and fit for work 18 February 1903
    He served as a stoker in the Royal Navy (NZ Division) from June 1904 to January 1906; he was discharged from HMS Pyramus as an invalid in Sydney on 8 Jan 1906 . He was also an Instructor Sergeant on the NZ Defence Force during WWI from 1915 - 1919 (serving in NZ).
    When he enlisted in 1902 his occupation was bacon curer; he is also variously a carpenter's improver, a tram conductor, a railways surface man and a dredge hand.

    William married Mary Ann Thompson on 26 Jun 1907 in St Augustine Church, Petone, New Zealand. Mary (daughter of James Thompson and Elizabeth Taylor Toms) was born on 24 Apr 1878 in Clive, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealnd; died on 19 Aug 1958 in Wanganui, New Zealand; was buried on 21 Aug 1958 in Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealnd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Ann Thompson was born on 24 Apr 1878 in Clive, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealnd (daughter of James Thompson and Elizabeth Taylor Toms); died on 19 Aug 1958 in Wanganui, New Zealand; was buried on 21 Aug 1958 in Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealnd.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: C7ABE341AFAF42DC9F492DC99017A548843E

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Melville Johnston was born on 1 Dec 1907 in Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand; died on 24 May 1985 in Tauranga, New Zealand.
    2. 4. Robert James Johnston was born on 22 Jan 1909 in Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand; died on 26 Nov 1981 in Palmerston North, Wanganui, New Zealand.
    3. Dorothy Isobel Johnston was born on 17 Aug 1910 in Mosgiel, Otaga, New Zealand; died on 23 Jun 2001 in Whanganui, Australia.
    4. William Henry Johnston was born on 15 Jan 1912 in New Zealand; and died.
    5. Rita Mary Johnston was born on 15 Dec 1912 in Paraparaumu, New Zealand; died on 11 Nov 1996 in 7A Swiss Ave, Whanganui, New Zealand.
    6. Cecil Harold Johnston was born on 27 Jun 1914 in New Zealand; died on 14 Apr 1982 in Wanganui, New Zealand.
    7. Thomas Andrew Johnston was born on 1 Dec 1915 in Taumarunui, New Zealand; died on 12 May 1919 in Whanganui, New Zealand.
    8. Helen Gladys Jean Johnston was born on 19 Jun 1920 in Whanganui, New Zealand; died on 28 Aug 2000 in Whanganui, New Zealand.