Isabella Johnston (1804 - 1806)

Born 1804 in Annandale, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 1806 at about age 2 in Annandale, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Isabella Johnston was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Isabella Johnston died young.

Isabella was born in 1804. She was the daughter of George Johnston and Esther Abrahams. She passed away in 1806. The inscription on the Johnston family vault in Waverley Cemetery has the inscription: Also Isabella daughter of the above died 1806, aged 2 years.^[1]

Research Notes

The book Marine Officer, Convict Wife : The Johnstons of Annandale has two different dates of birth for Isabella: 25 March 1804 and 25 April 1804. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199858104/isabella-johnston: accessed 19 October 2023), memorial page for Isabella Johnston (1804–1806), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199858104, citing Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by sunset (contributor 48209753).
2. ↑ Sources for Isabella's birthdate: 25 March 1804 in Johnston to Waterhouse 12 Aug 1804, JL 1803-7, ML MSS 7199 p.24; and 25 April 1804 from Bible owned by Barbara Allen, both cited in Roberts, Alan. Marine Officer, Convict Wife : The Johnstons of Annandale. Paddington, N.S.W., Barbara Beckett Publishing, 2008, p.41, 199.