I just joined this list and it's getting late in the evening so I will have to postpone until a later date a full ancestor list. In short, I am the G'Grandson of Robert William Johnston, who emigrated from Galashiels, Scotland to Philadelphia, PA, USA ca. 1880. My group of Johnstons have not been very prolific and my three sons and I represent the only "known-for-sure" Johnstons from this line. I say "known-for-sure" since George W. Johnston, Jr., a first cousin of my father, came home from WWII in 1945 and elected to move "out west" (Chicago area?) and was never seen or heard from again by my Philadelphia-based clan. I have two interests: 1. Tracking down descendants of George W. Johnston, Jr. if any exist. 2. Determining how to trace Scottish birth/marriage/death records back beyond the UK census of 1851, which records my G'Grandfather's family living in Galashiels, Scotland. The entire family evidently emigrated to the US for reasons unknown. My G'Grandfather's only brother died without issue and there are probably some living descendants in one of the the two female lines from his sisters (there were female line descendants alive in Paterson NJ in 1951), the other sister's line having died out in the 1930's.

Hi, You might find something on Scotsorigion.com This is a free site. Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Johnston" <robert.johnston.wg74@wharton.upenn.edu> To: <JOHNSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:49 PM Subject: [JOHNSTON] Greetings >I just joined this list and it's getting late in the evening so I will have > to postpone until a later date a full ancestor list. > > In short, I am the G'Grandson of Robert William Johnston, who emigrated > from > Galashiels, Scotland to Philadelphia, PA, USA ca. 1880. My group of > Johnstons have not been very prolific and my three sons and I represent > the > only "known-for-sure" Johnstons from this line. I say "known-for-sure" > since > George W. Johnston, Jr., a first cousin of my father, came home from WWII > in > 1945 and elected to move "out west" (Chicago area?) and was never seen or > heard from again by my Philadelphia-based clan. > > I have two interests: > > 1. Tracking down descendants of George W. Johnston, Jr. if any exist. > > 2. Determining how to trace Scottish birth/marriage/death records back > beyond the UK census of 1851, which records my G'Grandfather's family > living > in Galashiels, Scotland. The entire family evidently emigrated to the US > for > reasons unknown. My G'Grandfather's only brother died without issue and > there are probably some living descendants in one of the the two female > lines from his sisters (there were female line descendants alive in > Paterson > NJ in 1951), the other sister's line having died out in the 1930's. > > > > > ==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check alternative spellings like Johnson and Johnstone. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.809 / Virus Database: 551 - Release Date: 12/9/2004

Bob, Am interested in your letter as I have been trying to trace my Dad's Family for quite awhile. I was told that a member of our Johnston Family went to America but do not know when and I do not know what relationship they had to my GGrandfather. However my names of interest are; Parents William Johnston and Mary Gilmore , nothing else know children Mary nothing else known Charles Alexander Johnston, he was my grandfather and came out to Australia in 1876. He was born in Coatbridge in 1855 according to his death cer. Worth asking the question, any names in your research??? regards Desley