Johnson, George (1835-1917)

Family

George was born abt1835 at Langwith, Nottinghamshire, to parents John Johnson, who worked the land, and Maria Ward.

He married Fanny Charlesworth (b1835) in the summer of 1860 at Mansfield Independent Chapel, Nottinghamshire. Records identify nine children.

John Charlesworth (1861-1934) – a general ironmonger (1901)
George William (1863-1946) – a wheelwright (1901); emigrated to New Zealand
Joseph Ward (b1864) – an accountant (1900); emigrated to USA in 1889
Elizabeth Mary (b1865) – married Dawson Parsons, a Church of England minister to the navvies (1891), in 1891
Fanny Georgina (abt1866-1962) – married Joseph Atkin, a cafe manager (1901), in 1899; died in New Zealand
Jarvis Bunting (1867-1913) – a clergyman (1910); died in Denver, USA
Anne Maria (b abt1873) – married James Bliss in 1912
Alfred (b abt1874) – born in Ireland
Robert (b abt1875) – a timber merchant (1901)

Birth records for his children suggest George spent time in Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff and Ireland after leaving the PM ministry. The 1911 census records him as a widower living with his son John at Eckington, Derbyshire, with his occupation listed as retired timber merchant.

George died in the summer of 1917 in the Chesterfield Registration District, Derbyshire..