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Thomas Johnston

Thomas Johnston

Male 1834 - 1910  (76 years)

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  • Name Thomas Johnston 
    Born 1 Jun 1834  Perth, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 24 Dec 1837  Longford, Cornwall, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 30 Apr 1875 
    Carrier 
    Residence 9 Jan 1893  Middlemarch, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 1895  [2] 
    settler 
    Residence 1895  Middlemarch, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    _UID 5ABA461D55314C2299C4A9264EB39E386EB1 
    Died 7 Sep 1910  Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 9 Sep 1910  Middlemarch Cemetery, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Plot
      Block 1. Plot 10
    Person ID I7028  My Big Tree
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2024 

    Family Jane Melville Aitken,   b. 26 Oct 1853, 258 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1929, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 30 Apr 1875  West Taieri, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Charles Johnston,   b. 14 Feb 1876, West Taieri, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1942, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. William Aitken Johnston,   b. 27 Mar 1878, Outram, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1953, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. David Johnston,   b. 2 Aug 1881, East Taieri, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1932, Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     4. Andrew Aitken Johnston,   b. 16 Sep 1883, Outram, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1959, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2007 
    Family ID F2283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Johnston went from Tasmania to NZ in 1864

      For ten years Tom was a Bullocky, driving bullock teams carting from Outram to central Otago. This he did for ten years and then moved on to Cottesbrook, Mt. Stoker, out to Three O'Clock and on to Barewood Stations in Strath Taieri.
      Becoming one of the first landowners at Arden, in 1889. (Arden was later incorporated into Middlemarch).
      In the front rooms of his house he opened a general store and butchery

  • Sources 
    1. [S44] Press Cutting (Reliability: 4).

    2. [S388] New Zealand City Directory, < (Reliability: 4).


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