NZ Births
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Registration | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Mother's Given Name(s) | Father's Given Name(s) | Still Birth | |
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1878/12825 | Johnston | Charles John | Sarah Ann | Charles Edward | - | Order Product |
1869/34047 | Johnston | Charles John Augustus | Mary Ann | Charles John Augustus | - | Order Product |
NZ Marriages (Bride)
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NZ Marriages (Bride, married surname)
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NZ Marriages (Groom)
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Registration | Bride's Given Name(s) | Bride's Family Name | Groom's Given Name(s) | Groom's Family Name | |
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1917/2241 | Lillian Pauline | Duckworth | Charles John | Johnston | Order Product |
1927/4755 | Agnes Edith | Evans | John Charles | Johnston | Order Product |
1871/4923 | Alice Margaret | Featherston | Charles John | Johnston | Order Product |
1871/8187 | Alice Margaret | Featherston | Charles John | Johnston | Order Product |
1872/7127 | Mary | Houston | John Charles | Johnston | Order Product |
1900/2161 | Mary | McLeod | Charles John | Johnston | Order Product |
1900/957 | Ellen | Ward | John Charles | Johnston | Order Product |
1912/1175 | Sarah Elizabeth | Weakley | John Charles | Johnston | Order Product |
1893/2508 | Florence Victoria | Wood | Charles John Kent | Johnston | Order Product |
NZ Births (Mother)
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NZ Deaths
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Registration | Family Name | Given Name(s) | Born (approx.) | Age at Death (approx.) | |
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1955/31649 | Johnston | John Charles | 1877 | 78Y | Order Product |
1962/25087 | Johnston | Charles John | 1889 | 73Y | Order Product |
1997/38186 | Johnston | John Charles | 27 July 1900 🔍NZ | 96 years | Order Product |
1918/16810 | Johnston | Charles John | 1845 | 73Y | Order Product |
1962/24599 | Johnston | Charles John | 1878 | 84Y | Order Product |
1947/29464 | Johnston | John Charles | 1870 | 77Y | Order Product |
Gisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)
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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)
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Tributes Online (obituaries)
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Whanganui Council Property Rolls
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Te Papa Collections - People
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Otago Nominal Index
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JOHNSTON | Charles John | Hawksbury | Electoral District of Port Chalmers | 1890 |
JOHNSTON | John Charles | Outram | Electoral District of Taieri | 1887 |
JOHNSTON | John Charles | Outram | Electoral District of Taieri | 1890 |
SMITH | Charles | before 30 May 1874 | ||
JOHNSTON | John | |||
NZ Presbyterian Marriages
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Source: Register of New Zealand Presbyterian Marriages 1848 to 1935
North Otago Museum JOHNSTON Charles John 21 McLEOD 04 Jul 1900 2/064 North Otago Museum JOHNSTON Marjorie Emma 21 JOYCE 25 Jun 1919 4/130 North Otago Museum JOHNSTONE Robert 34
https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/marriageregisters/hampdenmarriages.htm
Shadows of Time
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William 1880-1881 HUTCHINSON William 1890 JOHNSTON Charles John 1895 LUKE Charles Manley 1913-1921 LUKE John Pearce 1912 MCLAREN David 1875 MOORHOUSE William Sefton 1909 NEWMAN
shadowsoftime.co.nz/mayors.html
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history site
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)
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NZ Genealogy Research Made Easy
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BROWN 1889 JOHN DUTHIE 1890 CHARLES JOHN JOHNSTON 1892-1893 FRANCIS HENRY DILLON BELL & 1897 1894 ALFRED DE BATHE BRANDON 1895 CHARLES MANLEY LUKE 1898-1899 JOHN RUTHERFORD BLAIR
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~babznz/genealogy/mayorsofwellington.html
Transcriptions NZ
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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John McKelvie Estate - Mortgages, loans and leases - Brown-Burnett | MS-Papers-1347-5/11/66. John McKelvie Estate - Mortgages, loans and leases - Brown-Burnett. 1896-1919. Levin & Company Ltd : Records (MS-Group-1085). [Item] | |
Photographs from the Johnston and Blundell family albums | PAColl-7815. Photographs from the Johnston and Blundell family albums. 1905-1935. Ball, Jennifer, active 2003:Photographs relating to the Johnston and Bell families (PAColl-8038). [Item] | |
Ball, Jennifer, active 2003:Photographs relating to the Johnston and Bell families | PAColl-8038. Ball, Jennifer, active 2003:Photographs relating to the Johnston and Bell families. ca 1905-ca 1943. [Collection] | |
Johnston family : Letters and papers | MS-Group-1834. Johnston family : Letters and papers. 1902-1920. 1941. [Collection] | |
Charles John Johnston | 35mm-00132-C. Charles John Johnston. General Assembly Library :Parliamentary portraits (ATL-Group-00214). [Item] | |
Blomfield, William, 1866-1939 :Coalition. Reform, Liberal and Labour join political ranks against a common enemy. New Zealand Observer and Free Lance [1915?]. | B-055-019. Blomfield, William, 1866-1939 :Coalition. Reform, Liberal and Labour join political ranks against a common enemy. New Zealand Observer and Free Lance [1915?].. [Item] | |
Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers and Archdeacon Arthur Stock | 1/2-044030-F. Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers and Archdeacon Arthur Stock. [1880s]. Pearce, G E : Photographs relating to the military service of E Pearce (PAColl-5148). [Item] | |
Charles John Johnston, his wife Alice, and their nine children | PAColl-5564-003. Charles John Johnston, his wife Alice, and their nine children. [ca 1880]. Johnston, C (Mr): Photographs of the Bell, Featherston, Johnston and Robinson families (PAColl-5564). [Piece] | |
Miscellaneous legal papers | MS-Papers-5210-236. Miscellaneous legal papers. 1875-1905. Bell family: Collection (ATL-Group-00404). [Item] |
DigitalNZ
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Charles John Johnston | Head and shoulders portrait of Charles John Johnston. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
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The Mayor of Wellington | Charles John Johnston, the Mayor of Wellington. | New Zealand Graphic | Kura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries |
Charles John Johnston, his wife Alice, and their nine children | Charles John Johnston, his wife Alice Margaret Johnston, and their nine children, circa 1880. From left to right back: Harold Featherston Johnston, Francis Earl Johnston, Charles John Johnston and Guy Featherston Johnston. Centre: Doris Cecilia Featherston Johnston, Alice Margaret Johnston, Ian Featherston Johnston, Charles Featherston Johnston. Front: Alice Marguerite Featherston Johnston, Zoe Charlotte Johnston and Adam Hatton Johnston. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
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Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers and Archdeacon Arthur Stock | Reverend Arthur Henry Stock and 4 members of the Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers. From left to right: Surgeon G Gore Gillon, Captain Charles John Johnston, Lietenant R Bruce Wallace and Lieutenant Alexander Robert Hislop. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
The Hon. Charles John Johnston - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District] | The Hon. Charles John Johnston represented Te Aro constituency in the House of Representatives from 1882 to 1886. (See Wellington members of the Legislative Council). | Cyclopedia Company Limited | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
The Hon. Charles John Johnston - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District] | The Hon. Charles John Johnston, M.L.C., is Consul for Belgium and the Netherlands. The honourable gentleman's career is given at length on page 253 [sic: 252]. | Cyclopedia Company Limited | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
The Hon. Charles John Johnston - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District] | The Hon. Charles John Johnston, M.L.C., succeeded Mr. J. Duthie as Mayor of the Empire City, and held office during the year 1890–1891. The honourable gentleman is mentioned elsewhere as a member of the Legislative Council. | Cyclopedia Company Limited | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
Inward letters - Surnames, Joh | Correspondents: C J Johnston, Wellington, 1875 (1 letter); John Johnston, Wellington, 1865-1870 (4 letters); Johnston & Co, Wellington, 1865 (1 letter); Sydney Johnston, Parramatta, NSW, 1848 (1 letter); W Johnson, 1874 re goldfield statistics (1 letter); G H Johnstone, Hutt Valley, 1862 & undated (2 letters); H B Johnstone, Christchurch & Wellington, 1858-1868, undated (7 letters). Quantity: 1 folder(s). | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
Directors - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 88 | 56. The number of Directors shall be twelve, of whom four shall form a quorum. The following Directors shall be, and they are hereby constituted the first Directors of the Company:— The Hon. George Randall Johnson, of Wellington, M.L.C.; Charles John Johnston, of Wellington, merchant; John Bateman Harcourt, of Wellington, merchant; Duncan Sincla... | Northern Land, Loan, and Building Company of Wellington | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
Johnston and Co - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District] | Johnston and Co. (the Hons. Walter Woods Johnston and Charles John Johnston, M.L.C.), General Merchant, Shipping and Insurance Agents, office and warehouse, corner of Featherston and Panama Streets, Wellington. Cable address, “Johnston,” Wellington. Codes, Leviathan. Cable Code, A.1. Code and A.B.C. Code, 4th edition. Telephones: Shipping offic... | Cyclopedia Company Limited | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
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Members of the House of Representatives born in New Zealand | From the New Zealand Herald, 13 October 1884, Page 5: Native-Born Legislators. There are ten members of the House of Representatives New Zealand born, not including Māori ... Henry Samuel Fitzherbert, Charles John Johnston, Ebenezer Hamlin, Richmond Hursthouse, A J Cadman, John Channing Buckland, E Mitchelson, W F Buckland, W F Pearson, R Hobbs. | Wrigglesworth and Binns | Kura Heritage Collections Online / Auckland Libraries |
Copies of Papers and Extracts relating to the Appointment of Members to the Upper House of Representatives in New Zealand and the Colonies. — —No. 1.— — The Earl of Onslow to Lord Knutsford. — (Received 2 March 1891.) — [Answered by No. 5] - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 80a | My Lord, 23 January 1891. I have the honour to inform your Lordship that, acting on the advice of my Ministers, I have summoned the following gentlemen to the Legislative Council of New Zealand, viz.: Mr. John Blair Whyte, Auckland; Mr. Francis John Davies Ormond, Hawke's Bay; Mr. Charles John Johnston, Wellington; Mr. Charles Christopher Bowen... | Gt Brit. Colonial Office | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
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"W.M. and Officers Lodge Masterton, no. 19, 1903" | Shows eleven photos mounted on a page, showing members of the Masterton Oddfellows from 1903. The subjects have been named beneath the photos. The page is pinned into a volume held within an enclosed wooden case. | Picture Wairarapa / Wairarapa Archive | |
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At Boar Bush Gully | Shows a large group gathered at the opening of the Featherston water supply. Includes, front from left; 5th Sam Hunter; 7th G W Cobb; 8th William Gilpin; 9th C J Kent-Johnston; 10th J A McCarthy; 11th James Henderson; 12th J W Card; 13th Harry Kendall, 15th A J Toogood, and 16th Allen Donald. | Picture Wairarapa / Wairarapa Archive | |
[Photographer unknown] :Officers of the Wellington Volunteer District | Group photograph of Lieut Col Pearce and officers of the Wellington Volunteer District, 24 May 1883 Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Title and names Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 380 x 490 mm mounted | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
Blomfield, William, 1866-1939 :Coalition. Reform, Liberal and Labour join political ranks against a common enemy. New Zealand Observer and Free Lance [1915?]. | Shows William Massey and Joseph Ward, leaders of the Coalition government formed in 1915, in army uniform and surrounded by members of the Cabinet: from left: Maui Pomare (Executive Council), William Fraser (Public Works), Alexander Lawrence Herdman? (Police), Robert McNab (Marine), George Warren Russell (Health), Charles John Johnston? (Leader, Legislative Council), William Herbert Herries (Railways), William Donald Stuart Macdonald (Mines), James Allen (Defence), Arthur Mielziner Myers (Customs), and Josiah Alfred Hanan (Immigration). Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003. Probably dated 1915, when the Coalition of Liberal and Reform parties was formed. In the end Labour did not join the Coalition. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - BLO Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 379 x 509 mm. | New Zealand observer (Newspaper) Blomfield, William, 1866-1938 Pomare, Louise, active 1971-2016 |
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Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society :Group at triennial meeting of Wellington District, Palmerston North, December, 1903 | Group photograph of officers and delegates of the Ancient Order of Foresters, Wellington District, attending the triennial meeting held in Palmerston North on the 3rd and 4th of December, 1903. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1903. Back row: P R Kent, S Norgrove, W C Perrett, S Gibbons, C H Palmer, A B Stych, R Dixon, A Colquhoun, E Gilbert. Fourth row: E Madden, F Wise, E J Andrews, B R Price, T Wilson, J Robertson, C F lewis, W Jessen, P Molloy, C J Beard. Third row: E Alexander, H Birch, G Renai, G Key, A Whiteford, H Sydow, C J Johnston, C Lusty, A T Hanock. Second row: L Morris, E Bull. Front row: C Hayes, E Pragnell, H G Mills, W Parks, T G kerhsaw, H Baldwin. Names of subjects taken from captions on mount of photograph. Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title; Mount recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 270 x 365 mm Processing information: Record updated with names on 25 October 2023. | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
Members of the House of Representatives, 1882 | Photographic copy of a montage of photographic portraits depicting members of the 1882 House of Representatives. All portraits taken by William Henshaw Clarke of Wellington. Copy of montage made by S P Andrew Ltd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative | Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910 | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library |




Blomfield, William, 1866-1938
Pomare, Louise, active 1971-2016 TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
Legacy.com NZ Obituaries
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Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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Homewood, Karori, Wellington | Homewood, in suburban Karori, Wellington, began as a large cottage for Wellington judge Henry Chapman in 1847. In 1852 the house passed into the hands of businessman John Johnston, whose son Charles extensively extended it in 1903 under architect Joshua Charlesworth. Charles Johnston renovated it... | New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga | Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage |

Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)
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Name | Born | Died | Cemetery | Cemetery location | Region |
Charles John Johnston | 1889 🔍 | 26 Jan 1962 🔍 📰 | Mangere Lawn Cemetery | Māngere, Auckland Council | Auckland |
Charles John Johnston | 11 Oct 1845 🔍 | 13 Jun 1918 🔍 📰 | Karori Cemetery and Crematorium | Wellington, Wellington City | Wellington |
Charles John Johnston | 1876 🔍 | 23 May 1960 🔍 📰 | Waitati Cemetery | Waitati, Dunedin City | Otago |
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)
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Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage Collections
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NZ Electronic Text Centre
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Archives NZ
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Army Department > Inwards letters and registered files
Justice Department > Inwards letters and registered files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
From: Sheriff, Wellington Date: 28 November 1876 Subject: Submits name of Mr Charles John Johnston as surety for suitor's moneys in lieu of Mr Levin | 1876 | Wellington | Open |
From: Town Clerk, Wellington Date: 18 December 1889 Subject: Charles John Johnston, elected Mayor | 1889 | Wellington | Open |
Land Information New Zealand, National Office > North and South Auckland Compulsory Applications
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
John Bycroft, Onehunga, Miller, ... Mangere, Farmer and Goodwin Smith, Wallace and Goodwin Smith, Woodside, ... | 1937 | Auckland | Open |
Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office > Central filing system
Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files (first sequence)
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
JOHNSTON Charles John | 1918 | Wellington | Open |
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Land valuation files
Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Application for consent to sale - Executors in estate of Charles John Huxtable to Jessie Mary Rankin Johnston and John Kenneth Johnston | 1949 | Auckland | Open |
Department of Justice, Head Office > Wellington Land District Deposited Deeds
Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington District Office > Commissioner of Crown Lands registered files
Justice Department > Coroners Inquests, case files
Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
Coroners inquests Unnecessary - ... | 1962 | Wellington | Open | |
[Tangiwai train disaster, 24 ... Papariki, Linda and Pariki, Mate Haere ... | 1954 | Wellington | Open | |
Coroners inquests Unnecessary - ... | 1962 | Wellington | Open |
Tinui History
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Masterton Anglican History
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Tasman Heritage
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West Coast NZ History
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)
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Canterbury Museum Collections - People
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Lower Hutt MyRecollect
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)
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Source: A Dictionary of NZ Biography, by Scholefield (1940), from NZ History / CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ
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Charles John Johnston | JOHNSTON, SIR CHARLES JOHN (1845-1918), the third son of John Johnston (q.v.), was a native of Wellington. He was educated at Toomath's Commercial and Grammar School; at the Catholic College of St Mary in Derbyshire, and at Kensington College, London. He returned to New Zealand in 1864 and entered his father's business. From 1881-87 he was M.H.R. for Te Aro, resigning his seat to visit England. When Wellington celebrated the jubilee of the settlement Johnston, as a native of the town and a son of one of its founders, was elected chief magistrate (1890-91). He was called to the Legislative Council in 1891, being one of the last nominated on the old system of life-membership; and continued in the Council for the rest of his life. In 1915 he was elected speaker, and he held office until his death on 13 Jun 1918. (His knighthood was practically posthumous). Johnston married Alice Margaret (1850-1931), daughter of Dr Featherston. He was a local director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, and was for many years a director and chairman of the Wellington Woollen Co. He served in the Wellington Naval Volunteers, and was eventually commander of the brigade. He took part in the Parihaka expedition (1881). His eldest son, FRANCIS EARL JOHNSTON (1871-1917), was a lieutenant in the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1891. (Captain 1900; major 1911; colonel 1914.) He served in the Sudan (1896), and South Africa (1900-02). In the war of 1914-18, he commanded the first New Zealand infantry brigade in Egypt, Gallipoli and France. (CB. 1915). He was killed in action on 7 Aug 1917. Johnston married a daughter of A. G. Fell (Wellington). N.Z.P.D., 15 Aug 1917, 25 Oct 1918; Cycl. NZ., i (p); Who's Who N.Z., 1908; Studholme; Ward; N.Z. Times, 14 Jun 1918; Evening Post, 10 Oct 1929. Portrait: Parliament House. | Volume 1, page 237 |
JOHNSTON, SIR CHARLES JOHN (1845-1918), the third son of John Johnston (q.v.), was a native of Wellington. He was educated at Toomath's Commercial and Grammar School; at the Catholic College of St Mary in Derbyshire, and at Kensington College, London. He returned to New Zealand in 1864 and entered his father's business.
From 1881-87 he was M.H.R. for Te Aro, resigning his seat to visit England. When Wellington celebrated the jubilee of the settlement Johnston, as a native of the town and a son of one of its founders, was elected chief magistrate (1890-91). He was called to the Legislative Council in 1891, being one of the last nominated on the old system of life-membership; and continued in the Council for the rest of his life. In 1915 he was elected speaker, and he held office until his death on 13 Jun 1918. (His knighthood was practically posthumous).
Johnston married Alice Margaret (1850-1931), daughter of Dr Featherston. He was a local director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, and was for many years a director and chairman of the Wellington Woollen Co. He served in the Wellington Naval Volunteers, and was eventually commander of the brigade. He took part in the Parihaka expedition (1881). His eldest son, FRANCIS EARL JOHNSTON (1871-1917), was a lieutenant in the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1891. (Captain 1900; major 1911; colonel 1914.) He served in the Sudan (1896), and South Africa (1900-02). In the war of 1914-18, he commanded the first New Zealand infantry brigade in Egypt, Gallipoli and France. (CB. 1915). He was killed in action on 7 Aug 1917. Johnston married a daughter of A. G. Fell (Wellington).
N.Z.P.D., 15 Aug 1917, 25 Oct 1918; Cycl. NZ., i (p); Who's Who N.Z., 1908; Studholme; Ward; N.Z. Times, 14 Jun 1918; Evening Post, 10 Oct 1929. Portrait: Parliament House.
Volume 1, page 237NZ War Graves
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Wellington City Council Archives
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Charles John Johnston 🔍 ASHBillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)
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Charles John Johnston | 23 May 1962 🔍 📰 | Waitati (Blueskin) Cemetery | Otago |
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)
Charles John Johnston 🔍 ASHWith the kind permission of the NZSG
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JOHNSTON, Charles John 🔍 | 21 Jun 1918 | NZ Probates |
JOHNSTON, John Charles 🔍 | 1902 | NZ Probates |
JOHNSTON, John Charles 🔍 | 12 Dec 1902 | NZ Probates |
Puke Ariki Collections - People
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Hocken Digital Collections
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)
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Name | Born (approx.) | Died | Age | Type | Buried/Cremated | Plot | Cemetery | Region |
Charles John Johnston | 73 | Burial | 15 Jun 1918 📰 | *ROM CATH/O/431 | Karori Cemetery | Wellington Region | ||
Charles John Johnston | 1889 | 26 Jan 1962 🔍 📰 | 73 | Burial | 30 Jan 1962 📰 | Lawn Tilted Plaque South N-Z/N/26 | Mangere Lawn Cemetery | Auckland Region |
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Charles John Johnston 🔍 ASHEarly European contact with New Zealand, pre-1846
Source: Early NZ History / courtesy of Tony Christiansen
Name | Born | Mother | Father |
Charles John Johnstone | 1830 | Unknown ? | John (Johnny) Johnstone |
NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)
Charles John Johnston 🔍 ASHSource: Intention to Marry Indexes, by Archives NZ / CC BY
Bride | Groom | Marriage District | Year | Volume | Page | Entry |
🌳 Florence Victoria Wood | 🌳 Charles John Kent Johnston | Wellington | 1893 | 38 | 1007 | 307 |