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Name: JOHNSTON, Charles Frederick 'Uncle Charles'

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Birth Date: 7 Sep 1871 Karlstad, Sweden

Death Date: 23 July 1935 Wheaton, Dupage, Illinois

Nationality: American

First Date: 1899

Profession: Opened a station of the Africa Inland Mission. Watt mentions a Johnston and Evans from America in 1898?

Area: Machakos, Nzawi Ukamba 1899

Married: In Philadelphia County, USA, 4 Aug 1905 Katharine Porter Brown b. 25 Aug 1876 New York, d. 10 Dec 1955 Farmington, New Mexico, USA

Children: Willard Brown (26 Apr 1908 Machakos-1 May 1908); Anna Elizabeth (25 Sep 1909 Mombasa-2007); Dorothy Louise (7 Apr 1912 Mombasa-1982)

Book Reference: Hut, North, Gillett, Watt, Tignor, EAHB 1905, KAD, Drumkey, Land, Advertiser, North, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Red Book 1912, Red 25, Hut, Red 22, EAHB 1906

General Information:

North - Charles F. Johnson - American - arr. AIM Mission at Nzawi Ukamba 1899; Machakos Mission dep. on leave to America May 1903; returned to mission with new wife, Katherine née Brown Dec 1905
Watt mentions a Johnston and Evans
from America in 1898?
Drumkey 1909 - African Inland Mission, 1906 - Mr & Mrs Charles F. Johnston at Machakos
Land - 1908 - C.F. Johnston - Agricultural, 51.6 acres, Machakos, 14-4-06, Registered 12-3-08
Advertiser - 1/10/1909 - Birth - Mr & Mrs C.F. Johnstone [sic], Machakos, 25th inst. a daughter
North - On list of 'Non-Native Residents in Ulu District (Machakos) …. African Inland Mission, Kangundo' (EAM) 20-9-1903 EAHB 1904 - Ulu District Residents - Johnston, C.F. - A.I. Mission, Machakos
Red Book 1912 - C.F. Johnston - Machakos
Tignor - AIM Missionary 1919.
EAHB 1905 - at Machakos
Machakos arr. AIM Mission at Nzawi Ukamba 1899; Machakos Mission dep. on leave to America May 1903; returned to mission with new wife, Katherine née Brown Dec 1905. Machakos - The afternoon services at the Africa Inland Mission, Machakos, held by Mr Charles Johnson were greatly appreciated, as were the teas Mrs Johnson provided. The American cakes were wonderful and she was generous with her recipes. Machakos - I can only vaguely remember Granny Johnson, from the African Inland Mission, with her soft American accent. I think there was a story, told by J.F. Manley, that during WW1 my mother, Vivien Percival, who was living alone at Potha and expecting her second child there, had a false alarm and she sent to the mission for help. Granny Johnson arrived, being led sitting on a mule and reading a book on midwifery as she came. …. Machakos - "I think I can remember Mr Johnson, "Uncle Charles", pulling teeth more than I can remember his preaching.
Gazette 6 Oct 1936 probate

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