Genealogy
Johnson of Aughton
Joseph Johnson m. Betty Taylor 23 APR 1782 Aston. (Betty possibly daughter of John Taylor who m. Henrietta Kay 25 NOV 1760 Aston). Children included:
- Joseph c. 21 OCT 1798 Aston m. Mary Boaler 24 NOV 1819 Aston
Children of Joseph Johnson and Mary (Nee Boaler):
- Elizabeth c. 24 SEP 1820 Aston
- George c. 05 JAN 1823 Aston
- John c. 27 FEB 1825 Aston
- Henry c. 06 JUL 1828 Aston. blacksmith and local preacher, who m. 12 Feb 1862 Hannah Robinson (daughter of Henry Robinson of Loversall, Doncaster)
- Joseph c. 22 MAY 1831 Aston
- Sarah c. 21 SEP 1834 Aston
- Marianne c. 02 JUL 1837 Aston
Im 1881 Henry and Hannah Johnson were living at Mortons Yard, Aston Cum Aughton with children:
- Alice b.1859 age 22 Aughton, Dressmaker
- Hannah b.1863 age 18
- Arthur b.1866 age 15 Coal Pit Laborer
- George CLOKE Grandson b.1875 age 6
Henry Johnson and Hannah also had a son William (b.1862) who in 1881 was lodging with George Stone at Millstone Hill Aston Cum Aughton.
The book 'Some Aspects of the History of Aston-cum-Aughton', shows details of a letter written by Henry Johnson(b.1828) in which he recalls his great grandmother was called 'Hallam'. He tells of the death of his wife Hannah, 16 April, 1900. They had been married 48 years and 9 weeks.
William Johnson married Mary Gregory in 1912, 2 years after the death of her first husband, Walter Gagen, who died in 1910. Children:
- Mary married Walter, son of Walter Gagen and Mary Gregory
- Edith m. Horace Gagen