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THE IRWIN-JOHNSTON FAMILY c.1894
This page was last updated 9/8/2003

Charlotte Sophia Irwin (IJ) was born 11/3/1876 in Cloveneden, Loughgall, Co. Armagh, Ireland (Northern Ireland). She married Thomas [Henry*] William Johnston. He was born either [9/7/1867*] or 11/11/1870 in England. After the birth of their first child in 1895, Charlotte and Thomas left the old Irwin homestead. In 1899, Thomas worked as a laborer and he and his family were living in Derryscallop, Co. Armagh. They relocated to Scotland where Thomas found work as a gardener. Charlotte died in October of 1909 of bubonic plague after the birth of her last child. She was buried at Cloveneden Churchyard in Loughgall. Thomas eventually went on to marry a woman named Isabella Lyttle* of Scotland. They had one child.

Lucinda Victoria Johnston (IJ1) was born 11/11/1895. [The Johnston-Rolston Family]

Rachel Johnston (IJ2) was born 5/30/1897 in Scotland. [The Johnston-Hirst Family]

Sarah Anne Johnston (IJ3) was born 5/14/1899 in Derryscallop, Loughgall. [The Johnston-Scott Family]

Elizabeth "Lily" Amelia Johnston (IJ4) was born 8/19/1901. [The Johnston-Carr Family]

Thomas Henry William Johnston (IJ5) was born 10/13/1903. [The Johnston-Burgess Family]

George Irwin Johnston (IJ6) was born 1/3/1906 in Scotland, probably in Co. Ayr. [The Johnston-Goebel-McClure Family]

James A. Johnston (IJ7) was born in Scotland. He married Emily ???. He died 1/1/1942 in New York as the result of a fall down stairs. His funeral service was from the Boyd Funeral Home in Norristown, PA. He was buried at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in Ardmore, PA.

Charlotte Sophia Johnston (IJ8) was born in October of 1909 in Scotland and died at the age of six months of bubonic plague.

Ellen Johnston* (IJ9) was born ???. She married ??? Dunlop. She died 12/26/1986.

Isabelle Dunlop* (IJ9a) first married Anderson ???. Then she married ??? McDowell?. She is currently living in Northern Ireland.

Samuel Dunlop* (IJ9b) is currently living in Northern Ireland.

David Dunlop*(IJ9c) is currently living in Northern Ireland.

* - indicates information found in the "Estate of Florence Weadership, deceased" provided by Julie Pope. This information, though from a very reliable source, may actually refer to a different Thomas Johnston. - UPDATE: This information was confirmed by Tillie Armstrong in a letter from September 2000.

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