George Jameson Johnston

  Research Notes:

Vicki Callanan notes:
My grandfather (William) Percy Ralph worked for General George Jamison Johnston at their furniture shop in Gertrude Street, a Fitzroy, from his early teens, initially as a jockey on their delivery days, then as the company mechanic. He worked with Alfred (Freddie) and Roy, with whom he was particularly friendly with. when G. J. Johnston retired from the military my grandfather often worked as his driver, locally and interstate, for holidays. He also drove the General's hearse at his large military funeral.

It was not until after the General's death that my grandfather looked for alternative employment due to tension with one son Freddie. There was also a daughter to George Johnson and Margaret Hobson; Gwen born c1904(married Kenneth Moore).


I would like to find out if there are any relatives of the children of George and Margaret Johnston that are interested in their history as it is so entangled with my Grandfather's. I have not been able to establish if there are any current living relatives.

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. ³²⁵ Vicki Callanan's connections to me are as follows:
Vicki Callanan . . .
Her Grandfather longtime employers were . . .
Roy Luttrell Johnston & Alfred Gresham Johnson
Their father was George Johnston (1868) who married Margaret Hobson (1875)
Her father was Charles Hobson (1847)
His father was Edmund Hobson (1814)
His father was Edward Hobson (1788) who married Malvina Luttrell (1799)
Her father was Edward Luttrell (1756) & he also had Alfred Luttrell (1792)
He had Edward Luttrell (1816)
He had Augusta Luttrell (1849) who married Walter Lovell (1842)
They had Ernest Lovell (1878)
He had Evie Lovell (1927) who married Albert Machin (1921)
His father was Albert Machin (1885)
His father was Levi Machin (1863)
His father was Thomas Machin (1836)
His father was Levi Machin (1796) who married Hannah Lydall (1798)
Her father was Joseph Lydall (1770) & he also had Joseph Lydall (1801) who married Ann Wilkins (1801)
They had James Lydall (1839)
He had Joseph Lydall (1861)
He had Gladys Lydall (1896) who married George Meacham (1894)
They had George Meacham (1920)
He had Gladys Meacham (1943) who married Alan Croft (1943)
His father was Albert Croft (1900)
His father was Albert Croft (1874)
His father was Albert Croft (1845)
His father was James Croft (1801)
His father was Matthew Croft (1741)
His father was John Croft (1706) & he also had Thomas Croft (1736)
He had Matthew Croft (1793)
He had Ann Croft (1834) who married Thomas Bell (1833)
They had Elizabeth Bell (1860) who married Thomas Atkinson (1859)
They had Martha Atkinson (1891) who married Septimus Hunter (1888)
They had Elizabeth Hunter (1916) who married George Heptinstall (1911)
His father was Alan Heptinstall (1877) who married Harriet Evans (1881)
Her father was William Evans (1845)
His father was John Evans (1825) & he also had Josiah Evans (1851) who married Mary Davies (1848)
Her father was Thomas Davis (c1805) & he also had Joseph Davies (1852)
He had G. A. Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

George married Margaret Hobson, daughter of Charles Perry Hobson and Miriam Kate Delves. (Margaret Hobson was born in 1875 and died in 1910.)