Johnston, James

James Johnston, 1826-1885




Contents:Profile Biography Research Notes

Life Events


Born:17 April 1826Port Louis, Mauritius [01] [02].
Arrived:1852TBD [03]
Married:9 August 1854St Peter's Eastern Hill Church of England, Collingwood, Colony of Victoria, to Margaret Brown Howden [1831-1888] [04] [05].
Died:23 January 1885Bellfield, Buninyong, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 58 years [06] [07].
Buried:24 January 1885Ballarat Old Cemetery, Ballarat, Colony of Victoria [Grave: C Border, No 0004] [08] [09] [10].

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Gold Commissioner:18511852185318541855

James Johnston [11]

Career


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References


Notes

Notes
01 GRO Regimental Birth Indices (1761-1924) - Port Louis, Mauritius, [Find My Past (Membership required) 19 November 2023].
02 The birth date is from modern sources. I have not found a primary source as yet.
03 Johnston's first Victorian Public Service appointment was on 13 January 1853. A couple of modern sources say he arrived on the Hurricane, but this seems to have been his fiancée, Margaret Brown Howden, who arrived on the Hurricane on 31 July 1854. They married nine days later.
04 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1854-01933.
05 Married - Johnston-Howden; The Argus (Melbourne), 10 August 1854, p 4 [Trove, 18 November 2023].
06 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1885-000596.
07 Deaths - Johnston; The Argus (Melbourne), 24 January 1885, p 1 [Trove, 14 April 2023].
08 Ballarat Cemeteries Record Search [ 14 April 2023].
09 Funeral Notices - Johnston; The Ballarat Star, 24 January 1885, p 3 [Trove, 14 April 2023].
10 Grave plaque has 24 January as date of death.
11 Retrieved from Ancestry . Please contact me if you are the owner of this image or have a better quality version.

Further Reading

Profile:Johnston, James (1826-1885); in: Justin Corfield, Dorothy Wickham, Clare Gervasoni; The Eureka Encyclopaedia; Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004; pp 292-293.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-07Life Events updated and references added.