Last updated: 23 August 2026
Isabelle Dinsmore Johnson
1892-1984
Isabelle, aged 30
Much more information about Isabelle will be added in time. This website is a work-in-progress.
Father: Ernest Edgar Johnson (1863-1962)
Mother: Elizabeth "Bessie" Johnson Stewart (nee Ells) (1870-1901)
Step Mother: Edyth Alexandra Bowler Harris (1876-1956)
Spouse: Arthur Tillinghast Huston (1894-1964)
- Edyth Alexandra "Alex" Huston (1924-2019)
- Judith Tillinghast Huston (1926-2021)
Timeline
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1892
November 13 - Born in Coshocton, Ohio. The 1st and only child of Ernest and Bessie Johnson.[1]
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1901
February 10 - Mother dies, aged 31, at their home in Philadelphia PA, after a long illness.[2]
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1905
August 22 - Father marries Edyth Harris in New York City.[3]
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1923
June 6 - Marries Arthur Tillinghast Huston in Philadelphia PA.[4]
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1924
August 4 - Daughter Alex born.
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1926
July 16 - Daughter Judy born.
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1927
Family moves from New York City to Georgia. They temporarily live on Champney Island while their house on Sea Island is built.
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1956
July 17 - Step-mother Edyth dies.[5]
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1962
March 8 - Father dies in Brunswick, Georgia, aged 98 years.[6]
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1964
December 9 - Husband Arthur dies in Brunswick Georgia.[7]
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1984
October 14 - Dies in Flemington, New Jersey, aged 91 years.

Isabelle, aged 2

Baby Issy

Isabelle as a young girl

Isabelle and her husband Arthur, ca 1935
Footnotes and Sources
- [1] Probate Court, Coshocton County Courthouse, Coshocton OH, "Birth Records, vols. 1-3, 1867-1908," Isabell Johnson, 1892; FHL microfilm, 0895283, item Vol. 2, p204, entry #424.
- [2] Pennsylvania, Dept. of Records, City of Philadelphia, Certificate of Death no. 18225 (1901), Philiadelphia County, Elizabeth S. Johnson, died 10 February 1901; issued 4 November 1996 to Hope Stewart, Melbourne, Australia.
- [3] FamilySearch, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6Q9-42K : accessed 8 April 2012), entry for Ernest Johnson and Edith Harris, 22 August 1905. This record is a typed transcript; original record not sighted.
- [4] Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Philadelphia, Marriage License and Application #1923-479033, 4 Jun 1923, plus Duplicate (Marriage) Certificate, 6 Jun 1923, for Arthur Tillinghast Huston and Isabelle D. Johnson, Orphan's Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia Co, PA. True copy issued 13 May 1993 to Hope Stewart.
- [5] Georgia, Dept. of Human Resources, Vital Records Service, Atlanta GA, Certificate of Death no. 16616 (1956), Edith Alexander (sic) B. Johnson, died 17 July 1956; certified copy issued 2 July 1993 to Hope Stewart, Melbourne, Australia. Informant was her husband, EE Johnson.
- [6] Georgia, Dept. of Human Resources, Vital Records Service, Atlanta GA, Certificate of Death no. 8011 (1962), Ernest Edgar Johnson, died 8 March 1962; certified copy issued 2 July 1993 to Hope Stewart, Melbourne, Australia. Informant was his daughter, Isabelle Huston.
- [7] Georgia, Dept. of Human Resources, Vital Records Service, Atlanta GA, Certificate of Death no. 36128 (1964), Arthur T. Huston, died 9 December 1964; certified copy issued 2 July 1993 to Hope Stewart, Melbourne, Australia. Informant was his widow, Isabelle Huston.