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George Johnston

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Death: November 27, 1917 (45)
Sheba Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Wilson Johnston and Elizabeth Johnston
Husband of Caroline Elizabeth Johnston
Father of George Wilson Johnston; Thomas Martin Johnston; William Charles Johnston; Albert Edward Johnston; Bertha Elizabeth Charman and 3 others
Brother of John Wilson Johnston and Mary Johnston

Occupation: Mine Captain
Managed by: Private User
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About George Johnston

George Johnston was born abt 1871 in Cumberland, England.
He was baptised 20 Mar 1872 At Arlecdon, Cumberland.
He appeared on the 1881 UK census in the household of his father Wilson Johnston at Arlecdon, Cumberland age 9.
He appeared on the 1891 UK census in the household of Wilson Johnston at Arlecdon, Cumberland age 19 he was an iron ore minor.
George & brother John Wilson arrived in South Africa from Southampton on the ship Spartan 30 April 1892.
He married Caroline Elizabeth Schmidt 22 Nov 1895 at Port Elizabeth.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23Q-2XQT
At the time of George Wilson's baptism their abode was Knights GMC and George was a miner.
At the time of William's baptism their abode was 50 Sidney St, Kimberley and George was mine manager.
George died 27/11/1917 at Barberton (Sheba Mine) age 46
Gravestone - https://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=973461

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George Johnston's Timeline

1872
February 23, 1872
Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
March 20, 1872
Arlecdon, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
1896
April 13, 1896
Germiston, East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa
1898
February 23, 1898
Germiston, East Rand, GP, South Africa
1899
November 8, 1899
1901
November 25, 1901
Kimberley, Diamandveld, NC, South Africa
1903
November 2, 1903
South Africa
1905
August 25, 1905
1907
November 5, 1907