Name	Date and Place of Birth	Spouse and Date of Marriage	Father’s Name and Place of Birth	Mother’s Name and Place of Birth
Sarah Johnstone	About 1833 Londonderry, Ireland  or  Saint Johnstown, Donegal, Ireland ?	Cornelius Dempsey Jun 13 1854	William Johnstone	Mary Revell ?	Sarah used to say, "My name was Johnstone, I came from Johnstone, Ireland and I moved to Johnstone, Scotland." The Londonderry origin is from information her husband, Neil Dempsey,  gave on their daughter Mary Dempsey's birth registration
Isabella Johnston	About 1827 Ireland	David McKinley	William Johnston	Mary Bovaird	David and Isabella McKinley are given as his parent's names by William McKinley on the registration of his marriage to Jane Kelso on Jan 26, 1887.
Jane Johnstone	About 1825	John Bovaird April 1, 1848	William Johnstone	Unknown	William Johnstone is named as Jane's father in her marriage  registration.
Mary Johnston	March 15, 1835	Richard Bovaird	William Johnston	Mary McClure
Rebecca Johnston	About 1831 Ireland	? Mealey	William Johnston	Rebecca (Johnston?)	Johnston is give as her mother's surname on Rebecca Johnston's death registration.  Whether it is her maiden name or not is not known.
Jane Ross	Sept 12, 1833 Ireland	? Maley	Hugh Ross	Rebecca Johnston
Rebecca Johnson	About 1833 Ireland	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Rebecca Johnson was enumerated in the 1851 Census living in the same household as John and Jane Bovaird.   This may be the same person as the Rebecca Johnston above.

The names of all of the mothers, and most of the fathers are from death registrations of their daughters.  Only Jane's father's name came from a document where she was the informant  That was the registration of her marriage to John Bovaird.

Errors are entirely possible in the documents that this information came from.  I have found one wrong maiden name in the information given in a Bovaird family members death registration.  Her mother's maiden name on the birth and death registrations are different, although they start with the same initial.

I have no evidence that any of the William Johnstones listed above are the same person.  It is entirely possible that all of the informants gave the correct information and none of these women are related.  It is also possible that one or more of these women have the same parents or the same father and different mothers.  


Last updated: June  20, 2006    Copyright ©2006 Robert Carroll