NameWilliam James Johnston
Birth21 Aug 1824, Greenfield, Fairfield Co., Ohio
Death26 Sep 1912, Ramah, McKinley Co., New Mexico
Marriage26 Jan 1864, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
SpouseEllen Jane Perks
Birth12 Jul 1844, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Death30 Aug 1937, Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona
Children
Birth15 Jul 1865, St. Thomas, Lincoln Co., Nevada
Death7 Jul 1913, Kirtland, San Juan Co., New Mexico
Birth25 Aug 1867, Kaysville, Davis Co., Utah
Death17 Dec 1916, Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona
Birth17 Oct 1869, St. Thomas, Lincoln Co., Nevada
Death10 Jun 1908, Kirtland, San Juan Co., New Mexico
Birthabt 1878, Apache Co., Arizona
BirthFeb 1881, Apache Co., Arizona
BirthJun 1883, New Mexico
BirthSep 1886, New Mexico
Census Notes for William James & Ellen Jane (Family)
1880 census of Apache Co., Arizona territory, Sunset precinct, enumerated 2 June, lists on p. 6 as family #51/52:
Johnston, Wm Jas, 57, b. U.S. U.S. U.S., shepherd; Ellen, wife, 30, b. England England England; Margaret E., dau, 14, b. Utah U.S. England; Samuel, son, 12, b. ditto, shepherd; Elizabeth, dau, 10, b. ditto; Clara, dau, 2, b. Arizona U.S. England.

1900 census of Valencia Co., New Mexico territory, Wingate precinct, enumerated 7 June, lists on p. 4A as family #54:
Johnston, William J., 75, b. Aug 1824, Ohio Ohio Ohio, farmer; Allan J., wife, 55, b. July 1844, England England England, married 32 years, mother of 9 children, 6 living; Margaret, dau, 34, b. July 1865, Nevada married 0 years, mother of 0 children, Nevada Ohio England; Samuel, son, 32, b. Aug 1867, Utah Ohio England, married 1 year; Elizabeth, dau, 30, b. Oct 1869, married 1 year, mother of 0 children; George, son, 19, b. Feb 1881, Arizona Ohio England; Rebeccca, dau, 16, b. June 1883, NM Ohio England; Jessie, son, 12, b. Sep 1886, NM Ohio England.

Margaret is also listed in Fruitland, San Juan Co., New Mexico with her husband James Barton Ashcroft, but I cannot find another listing for Elizabeth, nor can I find her children in 1900. They had really been married respectively 18 and 14 years, with several children each. It is unclear whether the three older married children were visiting their parents, or whether William and Ellen misunderstood the census instructions and reported all their living children, whether in the household or not.
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