Janet Johnston

1821 - 1916  (95 years)

• Name	Janet Johnston  [1]
  Birth	1821	Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Story in the Almonte Gazette, 1897, speaking of the Durham boats which brought the settlers up the St Lawrence. "As these uncouth craft are crawling cannily by the swirling waters of the Long Sault Rapids, there is observed an unusual commotion among the passengers. There is a hurried landing from one of the boats, and, by-and-by, the wail of a new born infant. Thus is born to Mr and Mrs Johnston a daughter - Janet, now Mrs James Black. The Durham boats landed the party at Prescott, whence it proceeded by wagon to Perth and on to Lanark Village. here scows were built to carry the settlers and their effects down the Clyde and the Mississippi to Ramsay.
  Gender	Female
  Name	Genett
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127099456
  _FGRAVE	127099456
  _TAG	Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
  Burial	1916	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Death	11 Mar 1916	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Address: Clinton Street Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada
  	1916, Friday March 17, The Almonte Gazette, page 4 Obit. ? Mrs James Black Almost twenty years ago the Gazette published a sketch of two of Ramsay township's earliest settlers and most respected residents. In that sketch, descriptive of the experiences of a party of settlers who had left Scotland to make their homes in Canada, and who were coming up the St. Lawrence in Durham boats, the following sentence appeared: "There is a hurried landing from one of the boats, and by-and-bye, the wail of a new-born infant. Thus is born to Mr and Mrs James Johnston, a daughter ? Janet, now Mrs James Black." A few years later then the sketch Mr Black was called away, and now Mrs Black has reached the home for which she so long and earnestly looked. The year of her birth was 1821, and in her death at 94 years of age, one of the oldest residents of Ramsay township has passed to the great beyond. She was a daughter of the late Jas, Johnston, R.N., a veteran of the wars with Napoleon. She was married to Mr Back in 1844, and to them eleven were born, four of whom survive. These are Mrs C.W. Gilmour (Margaret), Braeside; Mrs A.A. Steele (Agnes), Steelton, Sask.; Robt, fifth line Ramsay, William H., at Morrisburg. For about six years the late Mrs Black was a patient in the Rosamond Memorial Hospital, helpless from a broken limb, but possessing all her mental faculties to the end. She was a woman of exalted Christian character and remarkably patient and cheerful disposition. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon from the Presbyterian manse to the eighth line cemetery vault, and was attended by many from Ramsay and Almonte
  Person ID	I7643	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	James Johnson,   b. 1789, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 13 Jan 1876, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Margaret Steele,   b. 1793, East Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1863, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1816	Scotland
  Family ID	F2721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Black,   b. 14 Sep 1817, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 21 May 1899, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1841	Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West
  Children	1. Walter Black,   b. 11 Jan 1843, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Jan 1908, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)   2. Margaret Black,   b. 3 Nov 1845, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 6 Jun 1920, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)   3. Ellen Black,   b. 1849, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 1866, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 17 years)   4. James Black, Jr.,   b. 1849, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 8 Jun 1885, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 36 years)   5. Charles Black,   b. 1851, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 8 Jan 1877, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 26 years)   6. Gilbert Black,   b. 5 Nov 1855, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 19 Jun 1892, Cardiff, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 36 years)   7. Janet Black,   b. Abt 1856   d. Yes, date unknown   8. William Hamilton Black,   b. 1857   d. 10 Feb 1944, Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)   9. Jessie Black,   b. 1859, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 28 Jun 1880, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 21 years)   10. Agnes Jane Black,   b. 12 May 1861, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 11 Oct 1930, Dinsmore, Battleford Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 69 years)   11. Robert Black,   b. 11 Jun 1863, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Feb 1930, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F2624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1821 - Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 25 Mar 1841 - Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - 1916 - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Address: Clinton Street Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada - 11 Mar 1916 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Ontario. Almonte., Newspapers: Almonte Gazette Death Notice, "Obit. ? Mrs James Black," 17 Mar 1916, p. 4. (Reliability: 3). [S51] New York. Rochester., New York State Census 1892, 3 Dec 2017, "Story in the Almonte Gazette," 1897. (Reliability: 3).