Lilian "Lily" Johnston[1]
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Name Lilian "Lily" Johnston Nickname Lily Birth Abt 1885 Prescott,Lancashire,England.,
Gender Female Death Abt 1940 England,,,,
Person ID I412 My Genealogy Last Modified 16 Feb 2026 | Edit
Father Rev James Johnston, b. Abt 1854, Wigan,Lancashire,England.,
d. Abt 1921, Chorlton,,,Lancashire,England
(Age 67 years) Mother Mary Forsaith "Polly" Best, b. 1854, Bolton,Lancashire,England.,
d. Abt Jul 1932, Bolton,Lancashire,England.,
(Age 78 years) Marriage 1883 Bolton,Lancashire,England.,
[2] - England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about James Johston
Name: James Johston
Year of Registration: 1883
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
DISTRICT: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 490
Family ID F133 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joseph B. Latham, b. Abt 1857, Bolton,Lancashire,England.,
bur. 11 Mar 1929, Lancashire,,,,England
(Age ~ 72 years) Marriage 8 Sep 1927 Bolton,Lancashire,England.,
[3] - Name:«tab»Lilian Johnston
Gender:«tab»Female
Birth Year:«tab»abt 1884
Marriage Age:«b»«tab»43«/b»
Marriage Date:«tab»8 Sep 1927
Marriage Place:«tab»Bolton, Lancashire, England
Church:«tab»Mawdesley Street Congregational Church
Father Name:«tab»James Johnston
Spouse Name:«tab»Joseph Bryce Latham
Spouse Marriage Age:«tab»«b»70«/b»
Spouse Father Name:«tab»Bryce Latham
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Source Information
Ancestry.com. Manchester, England, Non-Conformist Marriages, 1758-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
image in Johnston File
Original data:
Manchester Nonconformist Records [various]. Images may be used only for the purposes of the family history research in accordance with Ancestry's website terms of use. These records are from:
Greater Manchester County Record Office / Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Tameside Local Studies and Archives
Oldham Archives and Local Studies
Wigan Archives Services
Bury Archives Service
Stockport Archive Service - _HTITL: Husband
- _WTITL: Wife
Family ID F135 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Dec 2021 | Edit
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
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1891 England Census «/b»
about Lilian Johnston
Name: Lilian Johnston
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1885
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: James
Mother's name: Mary F
Gender: Female
Where born: Prescott, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Halliwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
Town: Halliwell
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Education:
Employment status: View image
Registration district: Bolton
Sub-registration district: Halliwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James Johnston 37
Lilian Johnston 6
Mary F Johnston 37
Cecelia Rogers 27 Servant born Ireland.
Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 3101; Folio 43; Page 47; GSU roll: 6098211.
«b»1901 England Census«/b»
about Lilian Johnstone
Name: Lilian Johnstone
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: James Johnstone
Mother's name: Mary Forsaith Johnstone
Gender: Female
Where born: Prescott, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Darwen
Ecclesiastical parish: Over Darwen St Cuthbert
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Education:
Employment status:
Registration district: Blackburn
Sub-registration district: Darwen
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Household schedule number: 27
Piece: 3921
Folio: 162
Page Number: 6
Household Members: Name Age
James Johnstone 47
Mary Forsaith Johnstone 47
Lilian Johnstone 16
«b»John Lunder 51 [should be Lundie]
Rebecca P Lunder 48 [should be Lundie]«/b»
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3921; Folio: 162; Page: 6.
Neither Lilian nor her parents are found in 1911 Census - perhpas they were traveling abroad?
Name:«tab»Lilian Johnston
Gender:«tab»Female
Birth Year:«tab»abt 1884
Marriage Age:«tab»43
Marriage Date:«tab»8 Sep 1927
Marriage Place:«tab»Bolton, Lancashire, England
Church:«tab»«b»Mawdesley Street Congregational Church«/b»
Father Name:«tab»James Johnston
Spouse Name:«tab»Joseph Bryce Latham
Spouse Marriage Age:«tab»70
Spouse Father Name:«tab»Bryce Latham
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Source Information
Ancestry.com. Manchester, England, Non-Conformist Marriages, 1758-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
On the back a a photogaph Nora Stone [or Mary Crowther] wrote: "Aunt Pollie, mother's sister, had twins girls. I was named after the one who died when young. The other lived to be married. Husband died. Then during World War 2 all trace of her was lost." [img_4503.jpg]
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Sources - [S297] 1891 England Census, (online database ancestry.com), Class: RG12; Piece: 3101; Folio 43; Page 47; GSU roll: 6098211. (Reliability: 3).
- [S22] England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983, Greater Manchester, Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 490 (Reliability: 3).
- [S25] England & Wales Marriage Index 1916-2005, Bolton, Lancashire. Vol 8c, p. 974. (Reliability: 3).
- [S297] 1891 England Census, (online database ancestry.com), Class: RG12; Piece: 3101; Folio 43; Page 47; GSU roll: 6098211. (Reliability: 3).


