Jenn, Thank you for your interest. Yes. Of course there is no 1890 census, but I followed her until, I think, 1900. She was living with someone by that time as domestic help. No record after that. She would have been almost 80 in 1910. She was born c. 1924. Benjamin is my great grandfather on my maternal grandmother's side. He and his wife, Catharine Iola Crook Johnston had seven or eight children. Their only girl, Mary, was my grandmother. She carried the Johnston name, but a couple of her brothers changed to Johnson. When Benjamin's son, Howard, was in early teens, they moved to Belmont Co., OH. I am going to guess that they might have had relatives there. The city is unknown. Then later they moved to Woodsfield in Monroe Co. Great Uncle Howard said that he never knew any of his grandparents. He was the baby and they were all deceased by the time he was born. All he knew is that he had a half-brother named Solomon that he knew and Catharine Iola had a half-sister, name unknown. The whole family beyond Airy Johnston is a brick wall. Since she did not appear in the 1870 census, I am going to suppose that she moved to Monroe Co. from somewhere else. I tried to use the 1870 whole state census, but could not read it. It was too light. Since Howard had a half-brother, the libarian ventured the thought that she had never been married and moved where no one would know her and she just said that she was a widow. Then again there was the Civil War and perhaps he died just after from war wounds. Benjamin was born c. 1862. I appreciate your work and your thoughts. Sandy

Hi Sandy, Thanks for the additional information. Found Benj and Iola/Kathryn/// in the 1900-1920 and noticed a son Solomon, and there was an older Solomon Johnston in Monroe from 1870-1900... as children were sometimes named after relatives, I thought perhaps Benj might be with him in the 1870, but no. Perhaps another lister will have better luck with the additional information.. Jennifer ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [OH-CENSUS] CENSUS LOOKUP - 1870-Monroe Co.-JOHNSTON > Jenn, > > Thank you for your interest. Yes. Of course there is no 1890 census, > but I > followed her until, I think, 1900. She was living with someone by that > time > as domestic help. No record after that. She would have been almost 80 in > 1910. She was born c. 1924. Benjamin is my great grandfather on my > maternal > grandmother's side. He and his wife, Catharine Iola Crook Johnston had > seven > or eight children. Their only girl, Mary, was my grandmother. She > carried > the Johnston name, but a couple of her brothers changed to Johnson. > > When Benjamin's son, Howard, was in early teens, they moved to Belmont > Co., > OH. I am going to guess that they might have had relatives there. The > city > is unknown. Then later they moved to Woodsfield in Monroe Co. > > Great Uncle Howard said that he never knew any of his grandparents. He > was > the baby and they were all deceased by the time he was born. All he knew > is > that he had a half-brother named Solomon that he knew and Catharine Iola > had > a half-sister, name unknown. > > The whole family beyond Airy Johnston is a brick wall. Since she did not > appear in the 1870 census, I am going to suppose that she moved to Monroe > Co. > from somewhere else. I tried to use the 1870 whole state census, but > could > not read it. It was too light. Since Howard had a half-brother, the > libarian > ventured the thought that she had never been married and moved where no > one > would know her and she just said that she was a widow. Then again there > was > the Civil War and perhaps he died just after from war wounds. Benjamin > was > born c. 1862. > > I appreciate your work and your thoughts. > > > Sandy > > > > > > > ==== OH-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > HELP PREVENT VIRUSES FROM BEING PASSED AROUND!!! > DO NOT download e-mail attachments from anyone, unless you are sure that > the sender is legitimate. E-mail them back and ask them if they sent you > something before you download. > BE SURE YOUR ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM IS ALWAYS UPDATED > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 305 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

Hi Sandy, I can certainly sympathize with you not finding what you are looking for on your Airy Johnston. I've been trying to dig one of mine out of the Allen County, Ohio information for about a year now and it has constantly eluded me. What I'm thinking is, Johnston very likely was not Airy's maiden name and there were many Johnson and Johnston families in Allen County so it's sort of like hunting a needle in a haystack.-NOT impossible but you surely can use all the help you can get. I've been watching your messages as they came up in the e-mail and will be glad to keep an eye out for any names you can come up with which are connected to her. Welthy