CENTRE LINES


The JOHNSTON Family


This column is part of a feature series which focuses on a different Centre County family each week. Five new columns will be released each month unless some technical difficulty enters the picture.

This column's focus is on JOHNSTON. An effort has been made to identify all persons carrying that name in the 1890 U.S. Census, using the Centre County business directory which was formed from a preliminary review of that census before the larger set of 1890 U.S. Census records was destroyed by fire. (Sadly, the postal directory does not typically provide the ages of females, but it's the best record we've got).

Three books in the Pennsylvania Room of the Centre County Library in Bellefonte apparently deal with the Johnston family. They are: Anna Houck's Johnston Family, Laura Johnston's Descendants of My Great Grandparents and Alice McCabe's The Smythe Sword.

There are 49 different first-name entries for Johnston in John Blair Linn's History of Centre and Clinton County (1883). In addition, there are many references to the name in Beers' Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (1898).

And, now, your ancestors' JOHNSTON neighbors in 1890:

In BELLEFONTE Borough:

George B., 27, machinist--23 N. Spring
	Lillian
John T., 60, Clerk in Sec. Int. office Dept. Harrisburg--114 W. Linn
	Mary A.
	Eliza F.

In FERGUSON Township:

Clark P., 36, machinist--Gatesburg
Daniel I., 52, farmer--State College
	Catharine
	Cyrus M. 22
	William E. 20
	Joseph M. 16
	Olin A. 14
	Emery C. 7
Sarah A.--Guyer
	John E. 9
	Minnie M.
	Elizabeth

In HARRIS Towsnhip:

Sarah--Boalsburg
	Maggie H.

In LIBERTY Township:

Charles, 47, laborer--Blanchard
	Mary
	Mary
	Ellen
Harry, 28--Blanchard
	Nancy J.
	Vergie
	Rufus I.
Nathan H., 35, undertaker--Blanchard
	Jennie
	Bertha
	Martha D.
William B., 43, laborer--Blanchard
	Ada C.
	Clarence D. 12
	Charles M. 8
	Earl H. 2

In MILESBURG Borough:

William R., 47, heater
	Lucinda C.
	George W. 19
	John F. 17
	Oscar L. 14
	Araminta
	Elizabeth
	Frank K. 7
	Mary J.
	William L. 2

In POTTER Township:

John, 71, shoemaker--Potters Mills
	Mary E.
	Samuel 17

In RUSH Township:

Estella J.--Philipsburg
	Carrie A.
George W., 12--Philipsburg
Manville, 37, laborer--Philipsburg
	Diana
	Leah

In SPRING Township:

William, 43, plasterer--Pleasant Gap
	Catharine
	Sallie
	Anna
	Ella M.

In TAYLOR Township:

John A., 18, laborer--Port Matilda
	Luella B.
	Catharine
Winfield S., 30, laborer--Port Matilda
	Sarah
	Blair W. 8
	Wilfred N. 5
In WORTH Township:
Andrew, 25, laborer--Port Matilda
	Almeda
	Oscar S. 1

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