Posted on: Alpena County, Mi Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/Alpena?read=414 Surname: Johnston, Dunn, Pollard, Kilburn, Tate ------------------------- I am looking for any information on three Johnston brothers that came to Alpena. James M. Johnston, born 10? March 1844 in Canada, died 17 June 1904 in Alpena. James married Sarah Elizabeth Pollard in Maine and with Isaak Brebner he purchased "Doan, Bingham and Hitchcock Co." in about 1870(?). I would like to find out where James is buried and what his middle name was. Secondly, I have some information on Thomas B. Johnston, born 16 June 1846, who worked at his brother's mill before settling in Hillman, Michigan. Thomas married Lucy Jane Kilborn and had four children. I would like to find out when Thomas passed away and where he is buried and what his middle name was. Finally, John L. Johnston, 6? april 1857-14 June 1897. John was born in Canada and married Mary Ann Dunn on 6 July 1882 in Uxbridge, Ontario. John passed away in Alpena County. I would like to find out where John was buried and what his middle name was. These middle names might preserve the maiden name of a grandmother and so they could be a clue to my family research. These brothers were sons of John Johnston and Margaret Tate who had come from County Derry in about 1836/37. John and Margaret had two children in Philadelphia and then in about 1840 they went north and settled in East Gwillimbury Township, York County, which was the part of Upper Canada/Canada West and is now of course Ontario. I would appreciate any help in finding anything about these fellows. I am descended from their older brother Benjamin Johnston. If you are interested in the research I have done on John and Margaret's family you can find my webpage at www.johnstongenealogy.com Thanks for now, Joe Johnston.