2A-L: Mary Ann Guthrie
MARY ANN GUTHRIE
Parents: George Guthery 1830IRE – 1872NY and Margaret Walker 1840ENG – 1910NY
Birth: 30 May 1863
Birth Location: Saint Lawrence County, New York, USA
Marriage: presumably about 1885 to Darwin Johnson in New York, USA
Children: Jennie (1888), Blanche (1898)
Death: 17 September 1910
Death Location: Waverly, Franklin County, New York, USA
Burial Location: Unknown
DARWIN JOHNSON
Parents: Norman Johnson 1813VT – 1895NY and Mary ‘Polly’ Peckham 1814VT – 1895NY
Birth: November 1856
Birth Location: Bangor, Franklin County, New York, USA
Occupation: Laborer / Carrier / Fireman at Mill
Death: 3 March 1937
Death Location: Amsterdam, New York, USA
Burial Location: Unknown
NOTES:
Mary Ann Guthrie was the second of five daughters born to George and Margaret (Walker) Guthrie. Her father was a farmer/laborer of Scot-Irish descent who had immigrated during the height of the Potato Famine. Her mother was born in England, the daughter of African and English parents who immigrated to Quebec at a young age under unknown circumstances. George and Margaret presumably met and married in Vermont where the later had moved for work. The couple moved to Saint Lawrence County, New York prior to Mary Ann’s birth in 1863. George died there just 10 years later leaving his widow with 5 daughters and an infant son.
The only census record listing the family during George Guthrie’s lifetime is the 1870 US census”
GUTHERY, George K, 40, Male, White, Laborer, Ireland, Father/Mother of Foreign Birth, Cannot Read/Write
_____, Margaret, 31, Female, Black, Keeping House, England, Father/Mother of Foreign Birth
GUTHERY, Eva, 9, Female, Mulatto, Vermont, Father/Mother of Foreign Birth, Attended School
_____, Mary A, 7, Female, Mulatto, New York, Father/Mother of Foreign Birth, Attended School
_____, Wealtha J, 4, Female, Mulatto, New York, Father/Mother of Foreign Birth, Attended School
_____, Calista, 2, Female, Mulatto, New York, Father/Mother of Foreign Birth
The 1875 New York State Census lists the family with Margaret as the Head of Household:
Dickinson, Franklin County, NY
Log House (versus a Frame House)
Margaret Guthrie, 34, F, Black, England, (Listed as “now married” rather than “now widowed”) Day Laborer, Alien, Over 21 and not able to read/write
Evas C Guthrie, 14, F, Black, Daughter, Vermont, Single
Mary Ann Guthrie, 12, F, Black, Daughter, St Lawrence, Single
Wealthy J Guthrie, 9, F, Black, Daughter, St Lawrence, Single
Calista R Guthrie, 7, F, Black, Daughter, St Lawrence, Single
Martha L Guthrie 4, F, (Blank), Daughter, St Lawrence, Single
John Francis Guthrie, 1-8/12, M, (Blank), Son, Franklin, Single
Not long after this census, Margaret Guthrie remarried to John B Ford, a Canadian born farmer of Irish descent. George and Margaret’s young son, John, took on the name of his stepfather and was raised as a Ford. The sisters all retained the Guthrie name. They were all listed as “boarders” in the Ford household during the 1880 census rather than as stepchildren.
1880 US Census of Dickinson, Franklin County, New York.
FOARD, John B, white, male, 38, married, farmer, Self: Canada, Father: Ireland, Mother: Canada
———Margret, black, female, 39, wife, married, keeping house, Self: England, Father: Africa, Mother: England
———John F, mulatto, male, 6, son, single, Self: New York, (Step)Father: Canada, Mother: England
GUTHRIE, Evas C, mulatto, female, 19, boarder, single, Self: Vermont, Father: Ireland, Mother: England
———-Mary A, mulatto, female, 17, boarder, single, Self: New York, Father: Ireland, Mother: England
———-Wealtha J, mulatto, female, 15, boarder, single, Self: New York, Father: Ireland, Mother: England
———-Clista, mulatto, female, 12, boarder, single, at school, Self: New York, Father: Ireland, Mother: England
———-Lillie, mulatto, female, 9, boarder, single, at school, Self: New York, Father: Ireland, Mother: England
CLARK, Hiram, white, male, 22, single, laborer, Self: New York, Father: Vermont, Mother: Vermont
HANLY, John, white, male, 24, single, laborer, cannot read/write, Self: Ireland, Father: Ireland, Mother: Ireland
Also living in Dickinson, Franklin, New York in 1880 were the Johnsons:
JOHNSON, Norman, white, male, 68, married, farmer, Self: VT, Father: VT, Mother: VT
_____, Polly, white, female, 68, wife, married, keeping house, Self: VT, Father: VT, Mother: VT
_____, Darwin, white, male, 21, son, single, at home, Self: NY, Father: VT, Mother: VT
Darwin Johnson and Mary Ann Guthrie married about 1885. I haven’t found a marriage announcement or certificate. Darwin was a laborer working various jobs as a carrier or a fireman at the mill. They had 2 daughters, Jennie and Blanche. The family lived in Waverly, Franklin County, New York.
1900 US Census
13 Pleasant Street, Waverly, Franklin County, New York, USA
JOHNSON, Darwin, head, white, male, Nov 1856, 32, married x15yrs, Self: NY, Father: VT, Mother: VT, Occupation: Carrier, unemployed x4 months, owns house without mortgage.
_____, Mary Ann, wife, white, female, May 1863, 37, married x15yrs, 2 children born, 2 children living, Self: NY, Father: Ireland, Mother: England
_____, Jennie L, daughter, white, female, Feb 1888, 12, single, Self: NY, Father: NY, Mother: NY, at school 9mos
_____, Blanche D, daughter, white, female, Mar 1898, 2, single, Self: NY, Father: NY, Mother, NY
1910 US CENSUS:
Dickinson Center Road (assessed 19 April 1910)
JOHNSON, Darwin W, head, male, white, 51, married x1 for 25yrs, Self: NY, Father: VT, Mother: VT, Fireman at Rossing Mill, worker, fully employed (no months out of work), owns home without mortgage.
_____, Mary, wife, female, mulatto, 46, married x1 for 25 yrs, 2 children born, 2 children living, Self: NY, Father: Ireland, Mother: England
_____, Jennie, daughter, female, mulatto, 22, single, Self: NY, Father: NY, Mother: NY
_____, Blanche, daughter, female, mulatto, 12, single, Self: NY, Father, NY, Mother: NY
Mary Ann (Guthrie) Johnson died later that year:
St. Lawrence Republican and Ogdensburgh weekly journal., September 21, 1910, Page 8
St. Regis Falls. Sept.10– Mrs Darwin Johnson, who has been quite seriously ill for a number of weeks, is not much improved at this writing.
The Ogdensburg Journal., October 04, 1910, Page 6
St Regis Falls. Oct. 1– Mrs Darwin Johnson and Mrs Charles Barnes, of whom mention was made in this paper as being seriously ill, passed away Saturday, Sept. 17th. Much sympathy is expressed for their sorrowing relatives.
St. Lawrence Republican and Ogdensburgh weekly journal., October 12, 1910, Page 5
St Regis Falls. Oct. 1– Mrs Darwin Johnson and Mrs Charles Barnes, of whom mention was made in this paper as being seriously ill, passed away Saturday, Sept. 17th. Much sympathy is expressed for their sorrowing relatives.
Darwin Johnson retired during the 1920s and moved to Amsterdam, New York where his daughter Jennie was living with her family. His house and lot, which had been advertised for sale for nearly a decade, were still unsold at the time of his death. in 1937.
Chateaugay record and Franklin County Democrat., November 19, 1937, Page 8
Lot No. 10–Johnson, Darwin Estate, Santa Clara Road, Res. and 1-3A. of Land, Bounded N. and W. by Road; E. by Caturia; S. by County Lot…… $ 72.98
CHILDREN: 2
JENNIE L JOHNSON
1888NY – 1952NY
Jennie was born in February 1888 in Waverly, Franklin, New York. The family was living on Pleasant Street during the 1900 census, but moved to Dickinson Center Road where they remained while she was growing up. On 23 Nov 1914, Jennie married Louis Harry LaRose, who was a stone mill laborer. By 1825, they had moved to Potsdam in St. Lawrence County where Louis was employed as a paper mill worker. Jennie’s widowed father, Darwin Johnson, had retired and was living with them at the time. By 1830, they all moved to Amsterdam in Montgomery County, NY where Louis worked at the Mohawk Carpet Mill. He also served in the Army. Jennie had two children at home, a daughter Dorothy, and a son Nelson. Louis died on 7 Sep 1951 and Jennie the following year on 31 Jan 1952, both in Amsterdam, NY. He was 61 and she was 63.
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No
BLANCHE JOHNSON
1898NY – 1982VA
Ten years younger than her sister, Blanche arrived in the world on 16 March 1898 in St Regis Falls, Franklin, New York. She grew up in the house on Dickinson Center Road, and married when she was 22 to Samuel Earl Scott. He worked as an Auto Mechanic, an Attendant at the State Hospital, and later as a Policeman. He signed up for both the WWI and WWII drafts. Blanche also worked as a bookkeeper, attendant, stenographer, and retail store saleslady. They had one daughter, Shirley. Sometime after the 1950 census they moved to Virginia. Blanche died on 9 June 1982 in Richmond, Henrico, VA. Samuel died the following year on 29 April 1983. They were both 84 at their deaths.
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No