My Family History

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Books

• Book: Johnston(e) Family

Family Photos

• Ann (Moncrieff) Johnston 1834-1911 (62 KB)
  Ann was born at sea enroute to Canada. She married George Johnston April 1, 1851 at Rupert, Que. Ann is my great grandmother
• Uncle Willy's house - son of Matthew Sterns Brooks (15 KB)
  William James and his family lived in this house nearby the "red house" at Low, Quebec that was occupied by my Great Grandfather Matthew Sterns Brooks' family. Both these homes and the farms are now owned by the Connolly Family.
• Jane (Jarvis) Siggs 1819-1905 (58 KB)
  Jane (Jarvis) Siggs is my third great grandmother and she is shown here with my grandmother, who is her great grandaughter, Lula May (Thompson) DeBoice. The Baby is Jarvis Thompson DeBoice who was the the first child of Albert & Lula May (Thompson) DeBoice.
• Aunt Annie in front of Red house (50 KB)
  Aunt Annie is on the left side and I have not yet identified the woman on the right yet. This house no longer is red and no longer has the porch but is still standing in Low and is well looked after by the Connolly family.
• Archibald & Catharine Flanagan Thompson (19 KB)
  Archibald 1829-1924 Catharine 1821-1927 Arch and Catharine are my second great grandparents. They were married October 8, 1855
• Sarah Gregory (wife of Silas Orvis) 1800 - 1866 (22 KB)
  This Photo was provided by Roy L. Orvis from the collection of his Uncle Will Orvis.
• The Red house at Low, PQ (40 KB)
  Home of Matthew Sterns Brooks & Family in Low PQ. This shot shows Uncle Willy's Barn in the foreground.
• Silas Orvis 1793-1880 (27 KB)
  This photo is unique in that it was taken of Silas after he was deceased. This was a fairly common practice at that time. Silas is my second great grandfather. He was born a Quaker born in Vermont and raised his family with his wife Sarah Gregory near Pickering, Ont
• Selah Orvis & Elizabeth Proctor (28 KB)
  Selah (1826-1911) Orvis & Elizabeth Proctor (1835-1876) This Photo was provided by Roy L. Orvis from the collection of his Uncle Will Orvis.
• William James Brooks family & Aunt Annie on left (62 KB)
  Taken at Low, PQ in front of Uncle Willy's house.
• William and Martha Jarvis of Sussex, England (35 KB)
  William and Martha are my fourth great grandparents. They are the parents of Jane Jarvis Siggs whose photo is also on this page. I do not have their birth dates but they would have been born in the late 1700's. Many Thanks to my cousin Rod who shared this and other family photos with me.
• James Orvis (son of Silas &Sarah Orvis) 1828-1882 (32 KB)
  This Photo was provided by Roy L. Orvis from the collection of his Uncle Will Orvis.
• Home of Matthew Sterns Brooks in Low, PQ 1895 (79 KB)
  L to r Great Grandpa Brooks (Matthew Sterns 1839-1914) is on the Hay Rack 2 Great Uncle Willie (Matthew's son and Lorna's Dad - 1867-1956) is on the Hay Rack 3 Great Grandma Brooks (Charlotte Orr 1840-1905/6) is in the white apron 4 Grandmother Johnston (Emily Mary Brooks 1877-1949) 5 Great Aunt Maggie Horton (Margaret Edith Brooks 1878-1916) 6 Great Aunt Lizzie Moorhead (Lydia Elizabeth Brooks 1874-1964) OR Aunt Annie Wilson (Annie Amelia Brooks 1860-1938) 7 Aunt Lavina Orr (Lavina Brooks 1870/1 -1926) 8 Aunt Abby (Charlotte Abigail Brooks 1864- ?)
• Edward Milton & Emily Mary (Brooks) Johnston 1903 (32 KB)
  Edward 1871-1932 Emily 1877-1949 Edward and Emily are my maternal grandparents. This is their wedding photo taken June 10, 1903
• Selah Orvis and Mary Rankin (45 KB)
  Selah Orvis (1826-1911) and Mary Rankin (1843-1930)This Photo was provided by Roy L. Orvis from the collection of his Uncle Will Orvis.
• Sarah Gregory (married to Silas Orvis) Headstone (193 KB)
  1800 - 1866 Taken at Friends cemetery near Pickering at Ajax
• Matthew Sterns Brooks-Anne Amelia -Charlotte Orr (124 KB)
  Matthew Sterns Brooks 1839-1914 - Daughter Anne Amelia 1869-1938 - Charlotte Orr 1840-1905/6
• Silas Orvis 1793-1880 (21 KB)
  This Photo was provided by Roy L. Orvis from the collection of his Uncle Will Orvis.
• Harriet Orvis nee DeBoice married to Gregory Orvis (27 KB)
  Harriet was born abt 1843. This Photo was provided by Roy L. Orvis from the collection of his Uncle Will Orvis.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• Annette E Anderson - InterneTree


• User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Nicholas Orvis


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Thomas Brooks


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Unknown Thompson


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Nicholas Orvis


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of George Johnstone

Related Files

• Descendants of John and Mary (Tone) McGarry. (109 KB)
  A genealogy of John and Mary (Tone) McGarry of Ireland and giving their descendants with some notes included. Their children in Canada