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Fredrick Flower Godsshall JOHNSON (1846 - 1915)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
William Charles GODSCHALL-JOHNSON Margaret Ellen GODSCHALL-JOHNSON (1879 - 1959) Bertha May GODSCHALL-JOHNSON (1881 - 1921) May GODSCHALL-JOHNSON (1882 - 1963) Violet GODSCHALL-JOHNSON (1882 - 1962) Connie GODSCHALL-JOHNSON (1885 - 1938) Jessie Sarah GODSCHALL-JOHNSON (1886 - ) Mabel Cecelia GODSCHALL-JOHNSON (1888 - 1979) Frederick William GODSCHALL-JOHNSON (1891 - 1965) Robert GODSCHALL-JOHNSON (1894 - 1961)	Fredrick Flower Godsshall JOHNSON (1846 - 1915) + Margaret Isabella MACDONALD (1851 - 1944)	Ralph Edward Godschall JOHNSON (1812 - 1876)
		Sarah Eleanor BUTLER ( - 1853)	Unknown BUTLER
			Anne (BUTLER) (1774 - )

b. 1846 at St Omer, France

m. 1879 Margaret Isabella MACDONALD (1851 - 1944) at Springsure, Queensland, Australia

d. 1915 at Bunbury, WA, Australia aged 69

Near Relatives of Fredrick Flower Godsshall JOHNSON (1846 - 1915)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Unknown BUTLER
Grandmother	Anne (BUTLER)	abt 1774	Alresford,(?) Hants
Father in Law	George MACDONALD	03 Jan 1824	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	25 Mar 1924	'Glendarrwill', Maude, Victoria, Australia	100
Mother in Law	Elizabeth Henrietta (DOW DOUSE DOUX) DOWSE	abt 1822	New South Wales, Australia	27 Dec 1910	'Glendarrwill', Maude, Victoria, Australia	88
Father	Ralph Edward Godschall JOHNSON	abt 1812		1876	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Mother	Sarah Eleanor BUTLER			1853
Self	Fredrick Flower Godsshall JOHNSON	1846	St Omer, France	1915	Bunbury, WA, Australia	69
Wife	Margaret Isabella MACDONALD	10 Dec 1851	Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia	08 Nov 1944	West Australia, Australia	92
Son	William Charles GODSCHALL-JOHNSON
Daughter	Margaret Ellen GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	1879	Queensland, Australia	1959	Perth, WA, Australia	80
Daughter	Bertha May GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	1881	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1921	Wellington, West Australia, Australia	40
Daughter	May GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	1882	Queensland, Australia	1963	Perth, WA, Australia	81
Daughter	Violet GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	1882	Possibly Emerald, Qld	1962	Perth, WA, Australia	80
Son	Connie GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	1885	Bu Ni, Victoria, Australia	1938	Bridgetown, WA, Australia	53
Daughter	Jessie Sarah GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	1886	Bright, Victoria, Australia
Daughter	Mabel Cecelia GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	1888	Victoria, Australia	1979	Canning, Western Australia, Australia	91
Son	Frederick William GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	1891	Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1965	Plantagenet, West Australia, Australia	74
Son	Robert GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	1894	Gisborne, Victoria, Australia	1961	Victoria, Australia	67
Brother	Charles Godschall JOHNSON
Brother	Ralph Cholmondeley Godsall JOHNSON	1834	London, Middlesex, England	1884	Goodna, Ipswich, Queenland, Australia	50
Sister	Ellen Elizabeth Ann Godschall JOHNSON	1841	London, Middlesex, England
Sister	Frances Lucy (Fanny) JOHNSON	1842	France
Brother	Frank O’Neil Godschall JOHNSON	1845	France
Brother	William Butler Godschall JOHNSON	1849	Worthing, Sussex, England
Son in Law	Clarence Theodore ELPHICK	1885	Maitland, South Australia, Australia	1918	Egypt	33
Son in Law	Charles Victor DRAPER
Son in Law	R. A. WILLIAMS			1948	Fremantle, WA, Australia
Son in Law	Arthur Vincent ELPHICK	1882	Moonta, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	1964	Perth, WA, Australia	82
Son in Law	Donovan Russell ELPHICK	1890	Prospect North, South Australia, Australia	1935	Perth, WA, Australia	45
Daughter in Law	Mabel (unknown)
Daughter in Law	Agnes Caldwell McDermott (JOHNSON)
Nephew	Ralph James Cholmondeley JOHNSON	1871	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1871	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Ralph Godschall JOHNSON	1872	Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia	1944	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	72
Nephew	Frank Godschall JOHNSON	1878	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1950	Ingham, Queensland, Australia	72
Niece	Mary Eleanor Godschall JOHNSON	1877		1921	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	44
Niece	Adelaide Victoria Georgina MACDONALD	1884	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Alexander Gordon MACDONALD	1887	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Edward James MACDONALD	1889	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Alice Isabell MACDONALD	1891	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Olive Mary Jane MACDONALD	1894	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Arthur FERGUSON			bef 1940
Niece	Mary Agnes FERGUSON
Nephew	William Hunter FERGUSON
Niece	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS	12 Mar 1873	Queensland, Australia	24 Oct 1956	Queensland, Australia	83
Niece	Edith Spencer WILLS	10 Jun 1874	Queensland, Australia	15 Sep 1956	Queensland, Australia	82
Niece	Emily (Emilyne) Spencer WILLS	16 Aug 1875	Kew, Victoria, Australia	05 Feb 1960	Queensland, Australia	84
Nephew	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS	28 Aug 1876	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	30 Aug 1960	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	84
Nephew	Cedric Spencer WILLS	29 Nov 1877	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	25 Sep 1957	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	George WILLS	abt 1879
Niece	Minnie Spencer WILLS	27 Apr 1880	Queensland, Australia	23 Sep 1962	Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	Egbert Spencer WILLS	23 Jul 1881	Queensland, Australia	04 Aug 1888	Queensland, Australia	7
Niece	Rose Spencer WILLS	16 Sep 1882	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	21 Feb 1969	Queensland, Australia	86
Niece	Ruby Spencer WILLS	23 Nov 1883	Queensland, Australia	1978	Queensland, Australia	95
Niece	Ivy Spencer WILLS	30 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	09 Feb 1968	Casino, NSW, Australia	82
Nephew	Thomas Wentworth Spencer WILLS	25 Jul 1886	Queensland, Australia	22 May 1963	Queensland, Australia	76
Nephew	Colden Spencer WILLS	15 Oct 1888	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	20 May 1972	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	83
Niece	Agnes Victoria RYDER	1886		1898	Wattleside, near Cindee, Queensland	12
Niece	Beatrice Victoria Seymour BRETT
Nephew	Frank BRETT
Niece	Lily BRETT
Nephew	Reginald BRETT
Nephew	Alex MACDONALD
Niece	Annie MACDONALD
Nephew	Cedric MACDONALD
Nephew	Claude MACDONALD
Nephew	Clyde MACDONALD
Nephew	Dudley MACDONALD
Niece	Elsie MACDONALD
Nephew	Graham MACDONALD
Nephew	Leslie MACDONALD
Nephew	Raymond MACDONALD
Nephew	Rupert MACDONALD
Niece	Winifred Stuart MACDONALD	1904	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	1979	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	75
Nephew	Charles Stuart MACDONALD	1905
Nephew	George MACDONALD	1907		1988		81
Nephew	Allen Cameron MACDONALD	1910		1987		77
Brother in Law	Alexander Cameron MACDONALD	09 Dec 1845	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	08 May 1897	Woodstock, Queensland, Australia	51
Sister in Law	Mary Ann Sophia MACDONALD	1847	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	1940	Penrith, NSW, Australia	93
Sister in Law	Sarah Jane MACDONALD	1848	Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia	20 May 1899	Lethbridge, Victoria, Australia	51
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Henrietta (Berry) MACDONALD	26 Dec 1850	Brewarrina, NSW, Australia	25 Jan 1944	Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia	93
Sister in Law	Adelaide Victoria MACDONALD	1852	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	1947	Queensland, Australia	95
Sister in Law	Christine Eliza MACDONALD	1853		04 Jul 1948	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	95
Sister in Law	Ellen Augusta MACDONALD	abt 1858		1923	Northcote, Victoria, Australia	65
Brother in Law	John George MACDONALD	1859		17 Aug 1921		62
Brother in Law	Charles Hugh William MACDONALD	19 Apr 1861	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	10 Jan 1946	Glen Darriwell, Maude, Victoria, Australia	84
Sister in Law	Margery Dill REID	1849	Donegal, Co. Donegal, Ireland	1921	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	72
Sister in Law	Jessie Emma COLLINS	1858	New South Wales, Australia	1923	Atherton, Queensland, Australia	65

Events in Fredrick Flower Godsshall JOHNSON (1846 - 1915)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1846		Fredrick Flower Godsshall JOHNSON was born	St Omer, France	Note 1
1853	7	Death of mother Sarah Eleanor BUTLER		See notes for son Frederick
1876	30	Death of father Ralph Edward Godschall JOHNSON (aged 64)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	18, 60
1879	33	Birth of daughter Margaret Ellen GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1879	33	Married Margaret Isabella MACDONALD (aged 28)	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1881	35	Birth of daughter Bertha May GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	52
1882	36	Birth of daughter May GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
1882	36	Birth of daughter Violet GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	Possibly Emerald, Qld	Note 7	52
1885	39	Birth of son Connie GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	Bu Ni, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52
1886	40	Birth of daughter Jessie Sarah GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	Bright, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	52
1888	42	Birth of daughter Mabel Cecelia GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	Victoria, Australia	Note 10	52
1891	45	Birth of son Frederick William GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 11	52
1894	48	Birth of son Robert GODSCHALL-JOHNSON	Gisborne, Victoria, Australia	Note 12	52
1915	69	Fredrick Flower Godsshall JOHNSON died	Bunbury, WA, Australia	Note 13	52, 60

Note 1: Ancestry trees 1851 census - age 5 - born France

Note 2: Ralph Edward Godschall Johnson Event date: 08/07/1876 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1876/B/10800 Mother: - Father/parent: Godschall Johnson Telegraph (Brisbane) 8 July 1876 Death of Mr. Ralph E. G. Johnson. — Mr. Ralph Edward Goodchall Johnson, for the last twelve years clerk-assistant in the Legis lative Council, died this morning at his resi dence, Tank-Street, at the age of 64 years. The deceased had been suffering for some time from dropsy, and had lately undergone an operation, but never rallied from its effects. He was a widower, but leaves two daughters and four sons. The funeral takes place this afternoon.

Note 3: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 View Record Name Margaret Ellen Johnson Birth Date 30 Oct 1879 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1879 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father Frederick Godschall Johnson Mother Margaret Isabella Macdonald Page number 7497 Registration Number 005306 Household Members Name Age Margaret Ellen Johnson Margaret Isabella Macdonald Frederick Godschall Johnson

Note 4: Fardig Family Tree - direct descendant The Queenslander 15 Feb 1879 Johnson—MacDonald.— On the 1st February, at Cullinlaringo, Springsure, by the Rev. W. Meiklejohn, Frederick Godschall, third surviving son of the late R. E. G. Johnson, Esq., to Margaret Isabella, seventh daughter of George Mac Donald, Esq., of Glendarriwill, Victoria.. Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Margaret Isabella Macdonald Name: Margaret Isabella Macdonald Spouse Name: Frederick Godschall Johnson Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1879 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1879 Registration number: 000973 Page Number: 8972

Note 5: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Bertha May Johnson Birth Date: 27 May 1881 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1881 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Frederick Godschall Johnson Mother: Margaret Isabella Macdonald Page Number: 7474 Registration Number: 005853

Note 6: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: May Johnson Birth Date: 4 Sep 1882 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1882 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Frederick Johnson Mother: Margaret Isabella Macdonald Page Number: 7501 Registration Number: 001126

Note 7: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Violet Johnson Birth Date: 4 Sep 1882 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1882 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Frederick Johnson Mother: Margaret Isabella Macdonald Page Number: 7507 Registration Number: 001125

Note 8: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Constance Johnson Birth Date: Abt 1885 Birth Place: Bu Ni, Victoria Registration Year: 1885 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Frederick Gods Johnson Mother: Margaret Isabella Macdonald Registration Number: 15804

Note 9: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Jessie Sarah Johnson Birth Date: Abt 1886 Birth Place: Bright, Victoria Registration Year: 1886 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Frederick Gous Johnson Mother: Margaret Isabella Macdonald Registration Number: 24107

Note 10: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Mabel Johnson Birth Date: Abt 1888 Birth Place: Cranbourne, Victoria Registration Year: 1888 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Frederick Godsc Johnson Mother: Margaret Isabel Macdonald Registration Number: 10572

Note 11: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Fred Wm Johnson Birth Date: Abt 1891 Birth Place: Brunswick, Victoria Registration Year: 1891 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Fred Flower God Johnson Mother: Margt Isabella Macdonald Registration Number: 30646

Note 12: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Robt Godschall Johnson Birth Date Abt 1894 Birth Place Gisborne, Victoria Registration Year 1894 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Father Fredk Flower G Johnson Mother Margt Isbla Mcdonald Registration Number 12298 Household Members Name Age Robt Godschall Johnson Margt Isbla Mcdonald Fredk Flower G Johnson

Note 13: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Frederick C Johnson Death Place: Western Australia Registration Year: 1915 Registration Place: Wellington, Western Australia Registration Number: 183 The West Australian (Perth) 21 Dec 1915 JOHNSON.—On December 17, 1915 (suddenly), in his 70th year, Frederick Flower Godschall, dearly beloved husband of Margaret I. Johnson, of Sunnymead, Bunbury, and loved father of Mrs. C. T. Elphick, Mrs. J. Blechyndeb, Mrs. R. A. Williams, Mrs. C. V. Draper, Mrs. G. Chidgzey, Mrs. A. V. Elphick, Mrs. D. R. Elphick, Charlie G. Johnson, Private Fred. W. Johnson, and Q.M.S. Robert G. Johnson.

Personal Notes:

Ancestry tree Frederick Godsall Lohnson born on 5 May 1846, in St Omer, France was the fourth son of Ralph Edward Godschall Johnson and Sarah Eleanor Butler. In 1852, his mother died leaving seven children ranging in ages from 5 to 20. In 1854, Ralph sailed to Australia with his two eldest sons, Ralph and Charles. Daughters Ellen and Fanny lived with the Thornton family at the rectory at Bathingstoke while Frank, aged 10, and William, aged 5, boarded at a schoo; at Chilton, Andover, four miles away, and spent the holidays at the Rectory at Basingstoke with the Thornton household. Frederick, aged 8, was billites in Ireland with other family memners, Uncle Fred and Aunt Fanny, where he was to receive further education. Theeducation he received was Catholic, and he was expected to enter the Church, but he refused to take the vows. Ellen, Fanny, William and Frank arrived in Brisbane in August 1860 to join their father “Assistant Clerk in the Department of the Legislative Assembly”. Their father Ralph was widely known as “Gentle Johnson”, and would have retained his dignity, breeding, and good manners of a true English gentleman until the day he died, 7 July 1876. Frederick was the last of the family to come to Australia and is believed to have arrived in Brisbane about 1865. He married Margaret Isabella MacDonald, daughter of George and Elizabeth nee Dowse (of Maude, Victoria) at Cullin-la-ringo station near Springsure, the home of her sister Elizabeth (Berry) Wills. ome time after the birth of their third daughter May in 1882, the family moved to Victoria where they remained until 1904 when they moved to Western Australia. The family settled in the Bunbury district where Frederick was employed by the Governmant to inspect the timber used in Government buildings, railways, bridges etc. Frederick died at Bunbury on 17 December 1915 leaving a widow and ten children.

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Frederick C Johnson Death Place: Western Australia Registration Year: 1915 Registration Place: Wellington, Western Australia Registration Number: 183

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Margaret Isabella Macdonald Name: Margaret Isabella Macdonald Spouse Name: Frederick Godschall Johnson Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1879 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1879 Registration number: 000973 Page Number: 8972

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: The West Australian (Perth) 21 Dec 1915 JOHNSON.—On December 17, 1915 (suddenly), in his 70th year, Frederick Flower Godschall, dearly beloved husband of Margaret I. Johnson, of Sunnymead, Bunbury, and loved father of Mrs. C. T. Elphick, Mrs. J. Blechyndeb, Mrs. R. A. Williams, Mrs. C. V. Draper, Mrs. G. Chidgzey, Mrs. A. V. Elphick, Mrs. D. R. Elphick, Charlie G. Johnson, Private Fred. W. Johnson, and Q.M.S. Robert G. Johnson.

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Johnson—MacDonald.— On the 1st February, at Cullinlaringo, Springsure, by the Rev. W. Meiklejohn, Frederick Godschall, third surviving son of the late R. E. G. Johnson, Esq., to Margaret Isabella, seventh daughter of George Mac Donald, Esq., of Glendarriwill, Victoria..

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