Alfred Frederick JOHNS

1835 - 1905  (70 years)

• Name	Alfred Frederick JOHNS
  Birth	15 Apr 1835	Port Hope, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  _UID	FC6E96E1FEED467BBDF4F1E389FDD147B0A6
  Death	3 Dec 1905	Simcoe ON
  Burial	Little Rapids, Thessalon ON
  Person ID	I390	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert Douglas JOHNS,   b. 1804, Buckland, Brewer, Devon, England d. 25 Mar 1876, Tuckersmith Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary PEAREN,   b. 1809, Merton, Devonshire, England d. 11 Oct 1900, Tuckersmith, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1832	Merton, Devonshire, England
  Family ID	F728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth MODELAND,   b. 15 Sep 1833, Chinguacousy Twp., Peel County, Brampton, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Apr 1902 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1859
  Children	1. Ezra Doddridge JOHNS,   b. 18 Feb 1859, Chinguacousy Township, Peel County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Mar 1944, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)   2. Nina Etta JOHNS,   b. 16 Mar 1861, Brampton ON d. 12 Jul 1941, Boissevain, Manitoba (Age 80 years)   3. Bertha Blanche JOHNS,   b. 10 Nov 1862, Wawanosh, Morris Twp., Huron Co., Ontario d. 19 Dec 1951, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 89 years)   4. Zita JOHNS,   b. 6 Aug 1864, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Nov 1943, Victoria, British Columbia (Age 79 years)   5. Zina JOHNS,   b. 26 Feb 1867, Wingham, Chinguacousy Township, ON Canada d. 18 May 1949, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)   6. Sarah George JOHNS,   b. 5 Oct 1869, Brampton ON d. Yes, date unknown   7. Herbert Isaac JOHNS,   b. 21 Sep 1872, Ontario d. 11 Apr 1902, Ontario (Age 29 years)   8. Winifred JOHNS,   b. 13 Oct 1876, East Wawanosh Township, ON d. 16 Apr 1902, Ontario (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2014

  
  

• Notes

  Birthplace: Port Hope, ON is noted as 'Father's Birthplace" on son Ezra's death record. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Father & mother's birth place = England according to 1891 Canada census 1869 - on birth certificate of Sarah - Father's Occupation-shoemaker 1902 - Excerpt from Shantymen & Sodbusters by J. E. MacDonald - Pg 25 "One of the chief hazards facing settlers during the early years of settlement was the lack of medical aid. For several years the closest doctor to Kirkwood was located at Bruces Mines, a long distance by horse and buggy at the best of times. ... One of the most tragic examples of the settlers' plight when serious illnes struck, befell the Johns family. Within the space of a week, a son, a mother and a daughter were snatched away by pneumonia and "complications". The later may have been diptheria. Following is an excerpt from an obituary in the Algoma Advocate: "It is seldom that we are called upon to chronicle three deaths in a family in one issue, but nevertheless such is the case this week. Within five days, Mr Fred Johns of Thessalon Tp. has been bereaved of a loving wife, a daughter and a son. In another column we recorded the death of Isaac Johns, which sad event took place on Friday morning of last week. On Tuesday, Elizabeth, beloved wife of Fred Johns, in the 69th year of her age passed over to the great majority and on the following morning (Wednesday) Winnifred, aged 25 years and six months, youngest daughter of the aforesaid, departed this life. Deceased were highly esteemed in the community in which they lived and their many friends and acquaintances are almost heart stricken at the sad calamity which has befallen the home of their friend and neighbour." Fred Johns had come to Kirkwood in the early 'eighties', purchasing the homestead that has since been associated with the family name, from Sam Brethour. Mr Johns was a devout, hard-working citizen. By industrousness and perserverance he cleared a large section of his property for cultivation, even to the point of removing the stubborn stumps. The old gentlerman left the homestead after the tragedy which robbed him of his wife, and two of his children."