Johnston, Elizabeth

1825 - 1917  (91 years)

• Name	Johnston, Elizabeth  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	15 Jul 1825	Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Race	White  [2]
  Reference Number	1937
  Residence	1850	Cranberry, Butler, Pennsylvania   [3]
  	Age: 25
  		1850 United States Federal Census - Benjamin Johnston and Wilson Johnston (Pg 1 of 2) Families 1850 United States Federal Census record for Benjamin and Elizabeth Johnston;Wilson and Martha Jane (Boggs) Johnston
  Death	29 Jan 1917	Richland, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	Age: 91
  		Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 - Elizabeth (Johnston) Young Death Certificate for Elizabeth (Johnston) Young
  Person ID	I3163	Miles and Hood Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Johnston, Benjamin,   b. 1777, Down, Northern Ireland d. Abt 1858, Cranberry, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Kennedy, Martha,   b. South Carolina, USA d. Between 1840 and 1850, Cranberry, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
  Reference Number	12743
  Family ID	F1027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Young, Edward A,   b. 17 Sep 1861, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Jan 1923, Richland, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Jul 1825 - Pennsylvania, USA Residence - Age: 25 - 1850 - Cranberry, Butler, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  In the book History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (1895) under the biography of Benjamin Johnston it mentions that he has a daughter, Eliza, that married a Mr. Young. In the 1850 Census a Eliza Johnston, age 25, is living with Benjamin Johnston along with a Rosetta (4) and Jane (1) Johnston. In the 1860 Census one can find a Caleb, Elizabeth, and Rozilla (Rosetta?) Young living in Adams Township in Butler County. The record is illegible making it impossible to decipher the names. Continuing through the Census years one finds Caleb and Elizabeth still living in Butler County through 1900 Children - Rozilla (Rosetta?), Susan J, Isaiah, Mary A, Herman, Irvin, Arminta and Lesley. In the PA death certificates one can find a Caleb Young that died 9 Nov 1908 and is buried in the Brownsdale Methodist Cemetery in Butler County. In several of the census records one finds a daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth named Arminta. Based on the PA death certificates a Arminta Lytle died in 1939, spouse Thomas Lytle. The certificate states her father was James Young and that the mother is unknown. In the 1910 Census one can find Thomas and Armetta Lytle (Arminta?) living in Lawrence County along with her mother Elizabeth Young (Note: 1900 Census states she had 8 children, 7 living but 1910 states 3 and 2 living). Looking through PA death certificates one can find a Elizabeth Young that died 29 Jan 1917 in Allegheny County, buried in Brownsdale. This certificates states that her father was Frad/Frank (?) Johnston and mother was Martha Kennedy and that she was widowed. The informant was an Edward Young. If you search for Edward Young in PA death certificates you find an Edward that died in Allegheny County (b. 1861 in PA) in 1923 and had father named Charley Young and mother Elizabeth Johnston. I cannot find in any census a Charles or Charley Young along with a wife Eliza/Elizabeth and son Edward. I’m almost certain the death record is correct as far as last news for Elizabeth Young, I don’t know what the odds are that there is another Elizabeth Young born in 1825 that would have parents names Johnston and Martha Kennedy. The questions are where does Rozilla/Rosetta Johnston/Young come in? She was born before Eliza got married to Caleb based on Census records and in 1850 Caleb is showing as single, living with a John and Nancy Park in the census with no children. If Caleb is truly Eliza Johnston’s husband then where does Edward, the informant on her death certificate and mother on his certificate fit in as none of the Census records of Caleb and Eliza list an Edward? Also, if this is the Eliza Johnston Young, mother of Arminta then why the number difference on children between the 2 censuses. Also, Brownsdale Cemetery is mentioned in Eliza’s death certificate as there are only 2 Brownsdale cemeteries in PA, both in Butler County, www.findagrave.com does not have a record of her in either cemetery and only list 4 Youngs total between them with Caleb being one. Butler Citizen, 12 Nov 1908 has obit for Caleb Young, not currently online that might lead to more clues. Searching PA death certificates for the other children turns up the following, Herman Young (b. 1861, d. 29 Dec 1931) lists Caleb Young as Father, unknown as Mother.

  
  

• Sources

  [S515] History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, 1895, Biographies of Benjamin, Jesse and Thornley C Johnston, Pgs 1077 and 1078. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=24856 [S916] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Cerrtificate Number :50. Record for Elizabeth (Johnston) Young https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5164&h=1867971&indiv=try [S470] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Cranberry, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_760; Page: 140A; Image: 281. Record for Benjamin and Elizabeth Johnston http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=534490