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McHARG, John
(1779-1830)
GIBNEY, Agnes
(1789-1873)
JOHNSTON, Thomas
Margaret Elizabeth
McHARG, William
(1829-1895)
JOHNSTON, Sarah Agnes
(1828-1899)

McHARG, Sarah Jane
(1872-1953)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. JOHNSTON, Thomas James

McHARG, Sarah Jane 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 18 Apr 1872, Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada 5 6
  • Baptized: 14 Aug 1872, Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada 5
  • Marriage (1): JOHNSTON, Thomas James on 27 Aug 1890 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada 1
  • Died: 21 Mar 1953, Bowsman, Swan River, Manitoba, Canada aged 80 2 7 8
  • Buried: 25 Mar 1953, Hamiota, Westman, Manitoba, Canada 2 8 9

   Other names for Sarah were MAHARG, Sarah Jane 10 11 and M'HARG, Sarah.1

  Baptism Notes:

Baptized at Presbyterian Chalmers Church by Rev. W. B. Clark. Witnesses were S. Johnston and Agness McHarg

  Facts and details for Sarah Jane McHarg:

• An alternative source document lists her birth date as Abt 1869 and birth location as Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada. 1

• An alternative source document lists her birth date as 18 Apr 1872 and birth location as Brandon, Westman, Manitoba, Canada. 10 11

• She lived in Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada in 1881. 12

• She lived in Richmond, Lennox, Ontario, Canada in 1891. 13

• She lived in Hamiota, Westman, Manitoba, Canada from 1901 to 1906. 14 15

• She lived in Marquette, Woodlands, Manitoba, Canada in 1911. 16

• She lived at 181 Hughes in Brandon, Westman, Manitoba, Canada in 1916. 17



• She was buried at the Hamiota Cemetery in Hamiota, Westman, Manitoba, Canada in Mar 1953. 8 18

• Her obituary was published on 22 Mar 1953. It read as follows:

Mrs. T. J. Johnston

The death of Sarah Jane Johnston, widow of the late T. J. Johnston occurred at Swan River on Saturday. Mrs. Johnston was born in Quebec City and resided in Brandon for many years before going to live with her daughter in Bowsman.

Four sons and four daughters survive: Lester and G. W., in Brandon; W.J. and Noble, Winnipeg; Mrs. W. Wilson, Toronto; Mrs. Roy McBurney, Elgin, Mrs. P. A. Duncalfe, East Kildonan, and Mrs. E. Metcalfe, of Bowsman. There are nineteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held at Brockie Chapel on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Burial will be in the family plot in Hamiota cemetery. 9


Sarah married Thomas James JOHNSTON, son of James JOHNSTON and Margaret Jane McFARLANE, on 27 Aug 1890 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.1 (Thomas James JOHNSTON was born on 6 Nov 1848 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada 1 11, baptized on 4 Aug 1856 in Camden East, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada,19 died on 21 Sep 1933 in St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 20 21 22 and was buried on 25 Sep 1933 in West St. Paul, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2 21 22 23.). The cause of his death was uremia/prostate obstruction.


Sources

1 "Ontario Marriage Records 1801-1942," database, Thomas James Johnston and Sarah Maharg.

2 Cecil H. E. Johnston, The Johnston Family (Revised September 1990), Page 5.

3 Province of Manitoba, Vital Statistics Web Site (http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/Query.php), REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1906-001137.

4 (Québec, Canada), Drouin Collection - Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, "Québec > Presbyterian Chalmer´s Church > 1866 > 21," Sarah Jane McHarg; digital images, Ancestry.com(accessed 19 Jun 2012).

5 (Québec, Canada), Drouin Collection - Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, "Québec > Presbyterian Chalmer´s Church > 1872 > 40," Sarah Jane McHarg; digital images, Ancestry.com(accessed 19 Jun 2012).

6 Richard Cecil McBurney, Papers and documents, Notes.

7 Gravestone, Sarah Jane McHarg Johnston.

8 "Funeral Cards - Generic," Sara Jane Johnston.

9 Obituary, Sarah Jane McHarg Johnston.

10 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 1997, data as of February 1997.

11 Cecil H. E. Johnston, The Johnston Family (Revised September 1990), Page 4.

12 1881 census of Canada, Québec, district 79, sub-district St. Luois Ward, Québec, p. 23 and 24, dwelling 85, family 110; RG 31; digital images, Census - Canada - 1881 - Québec .

13 "Census of Canada - 1891," database, Census - Canada - 1891 (accessed 15 Dec 2012), T.J. and Sarah J. Johnston; Ontario > Lennox > Richmond > 41.

14 database, Census - Canada - 1906 - Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta , Census Place: 4, Marquette, Manitoba. Page 23, Family No: 154.

15 1901 census of Canada, Manitoba, district 9, sub-district J, Hamiota, p. 13, dwelling 140, family 144; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry, Census - Canada - 1901 - Manitoba .

16 1911 census of Canada, Manitoba, district 19, sub-district 27, Marquette, p. 6, dwelling 3, family 3; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry, Census - Canada - 1911 - Manitoba .

17 database, Census - Canada - 1916 - Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta .

18 "Find a Grave," database (www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 Jul 2021), Sarah Jane Maharg Johnston #113066563.

19 Camden East Anglican Church (Camden East, Ontario, Canada), "Volume IC6, Page 30," Baptism on Thomas James Johnston; Anglican Church - Ontario Archives, Kingston.

20 Province of Manitoba, Vital Statistics Web Site (http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/Query.php), REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1933-039039.

21 "Death of Thomas James Johnston," Winnipeg Tribune, 25 Sep 1933, p. 2; digital images.

22 Manitoba Vital Statistics, death certificate 1933-039039 (1933), Thomas James Johnston; Vital Statistics Agency of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

23 "Find a Grave," database (www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 Jul 2021), Thomas James Johnston #228616839.