Arthur Eugene Johnstone

                                                        ┌── (unknown) Johnstone
                                                        │              
                           ┌── Noah Webster Johnstone ──┤
                           │    1822-1897 
                           │
                           │
Arthur Eugene Johnstone ───┤
B: 1874                    │                            ┌── Robert Hall
D: 1945                    │                            │
                           └── Mary Jane Hall ──────────┤
                                1834-1919               │
                                                        └── Nancy Bowen
M: Louise Taylor Matkin

Arthur Eugene Johnstone     [ID 00604] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Arthur Eugene Johnstone1,2,3 [Eugene Johnstone4].

Born Sep 15 1874, Illinois.4,5,6,7  

He married Louise Taylor Matkin, Sep 12 1899, Montgomery County, Illinois.1  Louise, daughter of John Hammond Matkin & Cornelia Taylor, was born Apr 14 1879, Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois.2,3,5,7  

Children:3

Marian Deforest Johnstone, born Oct 12 1902, Nokomis, Illinois; died Aug 19 1983, Portland, Oregon; married Earl Allen Keeney, May 18 1928, King County, Washington. 8
Arthur Eugene Johnstone, born Jul 19 1905, Raymond, Illinois; died Feb 6 1972, Salem, Oregon; married Enid Irene Beal, Jan 10 1927, Corvallis, Oregon.
Helen Hall Johnstone, born Oct 15 1917, Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas; died Dec 27 2010, Olympia, Washington; married John Martin "Jack" Burnett, Sep 13 1938, Vancouver, Washington. 7,8

Eugene and Louise were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 2 1900), Nokomis Township, Montgomery County, Illinois:5

Johnston, Arthur, head-of-household, age 25, born Sept 1874 in Illinois; father born in Virginia; mother born in Ohio; married 0 years; occupation: farmer, rented farm.
Johnston, Louise, wife, age 21, born Apr 1879 in Illinois; [..father's birthplace blank..]; mother born in New York; married 0 years; no children.
Matkin, Cornelia, mother-in-law; [..age blank..]; born in New York; [..parents' birthplaces blank..]; widow; 1 child, 1 living.

On Sep 12 1918 Arthur Eugene Johnston, age 43, registered for the World War I draft in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.  He declared he was born Sept 15 1874, and was then residing in Camas, Clark County, Washington, occupied as a bag pressman employed by Craven Welammette Paper Co. of Camas.  He declared his nearest relative was his wife, Louise Johnston of Camas.  He was recorded as medium height, slender, blue eyes, dark hair.6  

Eugene and Louise were shown in the 1921 city directory of Vancouver, Washington:9

Johnstone A E (Louise) bagmkr C W P Co h 816 Jefferson

Eugene and family were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 16 1930), 115 East Irving Street, Camas, Clark County, Washington:7

Johnstone, Arthur E., head-of-household, age 54, born in Illinois; father born in Ohio; mother born in Illinois; first married at age 24; owned home ($4,500 value); radio in home; occupation: printer, paper bag factory; not a war veteran.
Johnstone, Louise M., wife, age 51, born in Illinois; father born in Kentucky; mother born in New Jersey; first married at age 20.
Johnstone, Helen H., daughter, age 12, born in Texas; parents born in Illinois; attended school.

At the time of brother Edward's death in 1934, Eugene was still living in Camas, Clark County, Washington.10  

Eugene and Louise were shown in the 1940 census, 105 17th Ave., Camas, Clark County, Washington:11

Johnstone, Eugene, head-of-household, age 65, born in Illinois; completed 1 year of high school; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same house; owned home ($4250 value); occupation: pressman, paper mill; worked 52 weeks in 1939; $2000 wages in 1939.
Johnstone, Louise, wife, age 50, born in Illinois; completed 2 years of high school; on Apr 1 1935 was living in the same house.

Arthur Eugene Johnstone died Jan 19 1945, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington; age 70.2  

Louise died Feb 24 1963, Multnomah County, Oregon; age 83.12

(photo)Photo: Eugene Johnstone 10

(photo)Photo: Eugene Johnstone with Martha Glendora Johnstone and May Johnstone 10

(photo)Photo: Arthur Eugene Johnstone 3


Sources

  1. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900
    http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html.
  2. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960; http://www.ancestry.com.
  3. Ancestry Family Tree data "BJohnstone2" posted by "bebjay1".
  4. 1880 census, Carrigan Township, Marion County, Illinois; roll T9-0234, ED 121, page 149D, line #34, dwelling #93, family #96.
  5. 1900 census, Nokomis Township, Montgomery County, Illinois; roll T623-331, ED 85, page 2A, line #6, dwelling #23, family #24.
  6. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; http://www.ancestry.com.
  7. 1930 census, Camas, Clark County, Washington; roll T626-2485, ED 6, page 7A, line #30, dwelling #153, family #154.
  8. Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004; http://www.ancestry.com.
  9. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; http://www.ancestry.com.
  10. "My Memory Book", a handwritten memoir by Mary Beatrix Doty Davison.
  11. 1940 census, Camas, Clark County, Washington; roll T627-4334, ED 6-50, page 1B, line #79, household #21.
  12. Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008; http://www.ancestry.com.


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