Horatio Edward Johnson(1861...1941)

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  • Born : 19-1-1861
  • Where Born : Narrowgut N.S.W
  • Died :7-8-1941
  • Parents Names :Charles Johnson # (b.1799..d..1875) & Alice Waddington # (b.1815....d.1872)
  • Spouses Name : Sarah Jane Williams (.b....d.1908)
  • Date Married : 10-2-1885
  • Where Married : New Camden
  • Spouses Parents : ?
  • Second Marriage : Barbara Corbin m?/2/1910
  • Children

    (1) George Osterley Johnson (b.31-10-1885...d.1969) Born at Osterley Station , Raymond Terrace N.S.W
    (2) Edward Johnson (b.4-12-1886...d.1966) Born at Morpeth N.S.W
    (3) Arthur James Johnson (b.13-7-1888...d..) Born at Morpeth N.S.W
    (4) Alfred "paddy" Johnson (b.1889..d.1972) Born at Bangalow N.S.W
    (5) James Harmon HenryJohnson (b.1-10-1891..d.1917) ANZAC #
    (6) Gertrude Johnson (b.21-5-1893.....d.) Born at Bangalow N.S.W
    (7) Isabella (b.1-7-1895..d.1954) Born Born at Bangalow N.S.W
    (8) Charles Robert Johnson at Bangalow N.S.W (b.11-3-1898..d.1954) Born at Bangalow
    (9) Frederick Walter Johnson N.S.W Born at Bangalow N.S.W
    (10) Lionel Richard Johnson (b.11-3-1898...d.1951)
    (11)Marmaduke Waddington "snow" Johnson (b.7-6-1900...d.)at Bangalow N.S.W
    (12) Rueben Stanley Johnson (b.18-2-1902....d.)
    (13) Ivo Uric Johnson Born at Bangalow N.S.W (b.9-12-1903....d.)
    (14) Keith Allen Johnson (b.18-10-1906..d.)Tyagrah
    *** one still born child & mother died during child birth 3/8/1908

    History & Achievements :

    Of the fourteen children born to Charles & Aaalice Johnson , Horatio Edward (Ned) Johnson was the Youngest. He grew up on the family farm at Narrowgut . On the 10th of February 1885 he married Sarah Jane Williams of New Camden in the Hunter Valley.

    In late 1888 with his wife and 3 sons George , Arthur & Alfred via ship travelled to Ballina N.S.W ,then onto Bangalow via Dray. Three of his brothers were cedar cutters in the area , the most famous being Cudgerjack (John Thomas Johnson)

    Horatio Johnson farmed at Possum Creek (Tyagarah) , Byron Bay area & Talofa

    Eleven more children were born at their farm "Hillsborough"with the last in 1908 taking the lives of both mother & child, his Wife Sarah Jane, was only 44 years .

    Horatio again married Mrs Corbin . She had one son via a previous marriage,Ernest. No more children were born of this marriage . Hillsborough was eventually sold , a property on the Tweed River became home . Later homes were at Coopers Plains & Red Hill (Brisbane) & Eumundi . Horatio passed away on 7-7-1841, aged 80 years

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