1,454 documented Johnston ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
Scottish habitational name — 'John's town' (a settlement), distinct in origin from Johnson.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 1,447 Johnston records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Robert, William, Donald, Charles and Mary.
Of the 1,440 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 79 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Thomas Johnston, born 1782 in Ireland.
Documented Johnston families on this page come from Biographical Record of Crawford County, Ohio, History of Stearns County, Minnesota (1915) and Biographical Record of Columbiana County, Ohio.
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Deceased Johnston ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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Scottish habitational name — 'John's town' (a settlement), distinct in origin from Johnson.
The documented line here reaches back to 1782. Most Johnston lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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