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From: "Cliff. Johnston" <>
Subject: Re: [JOHNSTON-DNA] Johnston family - the Wee Three
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:16:02 -0500
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Terry,

Yes, I saved our previous emails - about the Metis and one Archibald
Johnston. You had some terrific information for me - very interesting.

Yeah, I know how it goes being layed off. I went through that and waited
for some 5 or 6 years before submitting my test sample. It'll happen.

What can you tell me about where your Johnston family came to in Canada?
And when? Perhaps we can attack it from another angle...

Cliff.
"May the best you've ever seen,
Be the worst you'll ever see;"
from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry M. Johnston" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [JOHNSTON-DNA] Johnston family - the Wee Three


> Hello,
>
> Have we exchanged emails before? I am not sure if it is Ireland or
> Scotland
> although my pops want to firmly believe Scotland around the Dumfries area.
> I
> was laid off 2 months ago and stuggling to find another job, so at the
> moment the 189$ is a bit out of my budget. Once I am working again I will
> do
> it though. I would really like to bust through my wall of John Johnston
> and
> find my family further back...
>
> thanks
> Terry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cliff. Johnston" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [JOHNSTON-DNA] Johnston family - the Wee Three
>
>
>> Terry,
>>
>> I see that we exchanged emails before.
>>
>> Do you know if your Johnston family came over from Ireland or Scotland?
>>
>> Do you have an approximate year as to when they arrived in Canada?
>>
>> "Clifford" is not a widely used name among Johnston families. I would be
>> very surprized if we were not connected somewhere in the past
>>
>> Cliff.
>> "May the best you've ever seen,
>> Be the worst you'll ever see;"
>> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Terry M. Johnston" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [JOHNSTON-DNA] Johnston family - the Wee Three
>>
>>
>>> Hello Cliff
>>>
>>> Just wanted to add my two cents, allthough I have no idea if we are
>>> related.
>>> My name is Terry Johnston, I am also tall with red hair. 6'7 to be
>>> exact..
>>> My father who shares a name with you is 6'5 he is David Clifford
>>> Johnston,
>>> and my brother David also with red hair is 6'6. Our grandfather was also
>>> tall at 6'7 and had red hair, he was George Virgil Johnston and his
>>> father
>>> was Floyd Clifford Johnston and his father was George Vinson Johnston
>>> and
>>> his father was John Johnston, if you have any info on this line or if it
>>> is
>>> connected with your line please let me know, thanks...
>>>
>>>
>>> Terry M Johnston
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Cliff. Johnston" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:13 PM
>>> Subject: [JOHNSTON-DNA] Johnston family - the Wee Three
>>>
>>>
>>>> Greetings from Sunny Texas,
>>>>
>>>> Y-DNA test results have come back confirming the suspected relationship
>>>> of
>>>> 3 Johnston brothers: Francis "Frank" (b. 1805), Robert "Red Robin" (b.
>>>> 1808) and Archibald "Archie" (b. 1815), all born in Ireland. I call
>>>> them
>>>> the "Wee Three" with affection as all were taller than average with my
>>>> gggrandfather, Red Robin, coming in at 6'-5" (and red hair).
>>>>
>>>> According to oral family history their father may have been born in
>>>> Scotland. We do not know his name. According to old and ancient
>>>> Johnston/e family genealogy provided by a newfound cousin to whom we
>>>> were
>>>> linked by the Y-DNA tests we belong to the Johnstons in Poldean and
>>>> some
>>>> of our ancestors were members of the Old Gang of Wamphray (Danish
>>>> Viking
>>>> ancestry - Poldean is a 2,000 acre holding which left the family in
>>>> 1742.
>>>> It is some 4-5 miles south of Moffatt, Scotland). Our Johnston/e
>>>> family
>>>> left Ireland in the mid-1820's. One or more died on the crossing to
>>>> Upper
>>>> Canada, possibly including their father. A married sister stayed
>>>> behind
>>>> in Ireland with her husband. The 3 surviving brothers settled near
>>>> what
>>>> is now Pendleton, Ontario, Canada. They were very close to other
>>>> families
>>>> in the Pendleton area, such as Anderson, Wylie and Derby who came from
>>>> the
>>>> Magherafeldt area in Co. Derry, and it is suspected that they too may
>>>> have
>>>> come from the same locale.
>>>>
>>>> 2 of my Dad's aunts visited Ireland to find kin in the 1920's. None
>>>> were
>>>> found living. One aunt kept a detailed journal which included the
>>>> tombstone inscriptions of our kin - they did find where they were
>>>> buried
>>>> and visited their graves. Unfortunately today no one knows where the
>>>> journal is or where in Ireland the sisters visited.
>>>>
>>>> I have been told that in Ireland the given name "Francis" was
>>>> considered
>>>> to be a Roman Catholic name and as such not in common use among
>>>> Protestant
>>>> Johnston/e families. Our ancestors were Presbyterian/Methodist. It is
>>>> possible that the father of the Wee Three married a Roman Catholic
>>>> woman.
>>>> We do not know, but interestingly a couple of other Y-DNA cousins in
>>>> the
>>>> States with whom we have not been able to make a paper connection yet
>>>> also
>>>> have the name "Francis" used by their Protestant Irish ancestors.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has any information on our Wee Three or recognizes something
>>>> about them from their research I'd appreciate hearing from you. I've
>>>> been
>>>> beating my head against those old Irish bricks for too long (since
>>>> 1979) -
>>>> something has to give, and I hope that it isn't me... ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Here is a link to some photographs of our ancestors, including my
>>>> gggrandfather & gggrandmother:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pbase.com/cjmax/johnston_family_album&page=all
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Cliff. Johnston
>>>> "May the best you've ever seen,
>>>> Be the worst you'll ever see;"
>>>> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
>>>>
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