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Descendants of Johann Georg Jost, Riverside Co., CA
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This file contains a ecord of the JOST Family as of 1998
Polli Jost Turner, Editor
We owe a debt of gratitude to Winthrop P. Bell, the author of the book, The Foreign Protestants and the Settlement of Nova Scotia [1961]. It is often difficult to learn about immigrant ancestors, trying to discover when they came to America, what boat they travelled on, and (most important to further research) where they came from in the Old World. In the 1700s, the French presence in Canada was already strong. But the British desired a strategic port on the eastern seaboard, in competition with the French presence, as well as the rich potential of the codfishing industry there, and began settlement of Halifax and Nova Scotia. England was unwilling to lose more citizens to the westward migration. So the plan was formed to recruit Foreign Protestants, largely German-speaking Lutherans, to help settle the new land. Between 1751 and 1753, about 1500 immigrants were brought to Halifax, most of them being taken to build the new settlement of Lunenburg in 1754. Bell developed an interest in this group of Foreign Protestants, and began to compile research for a book on the subject, to clarify
misconceptions that had arisen over the intervening years. That research makes available to us detailed information on all the immigrants, gleaned from the records of the day which would be unavailable to the general public. Thanks to Bells work, we have been able to locate the birth record of our immigrant ancestor, George Jost, in Strasbourg, making possible further research on our Jost ancestors in Europe. I am also beginning research on the Morash and Hirtle families, who were also among the Foreign Protestants who settled in Nova Scotia.
FIRST GENERATION--
Johann Georg Jost, George born May 30, 1727, in Strasbourg; died June 7, 1775, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 48 years old. The Bettys passenger list states that he was an unmarried locksmith from Strasbourg. Married (Dec. 17, 1754, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia) Susanna Catherine Morasch, born 1735, in Kleinheubach; died April 3, 1811, in Hailfax; 76 years old. Kleinheubach is a small village in Germany, on the Main river in Bavaria, just southeast of Frankfurt. George and Susanna were buried together in the cemetery of the Little Dutch Church in Halifax.
Notice that they named three of their sons John! It was a custom among Germans that the first name given a child was a baptismal or christening name, often a Biblical name, and the child would use the second name. Thats why, although George gave his name (you might say his legal name) as Johann Georg (the German equivalent of John George) when he boarded the ship in Europe, he went by the name George in all the records of Nova Scotia. On the ships passenger list, the man who wrote the names of the passengers wrote the name as Jean Georges Jost, using the French translation, but when George signed the indebtedness list, his signature read, Johann Georg Jost. George was naturalized Sept. 12, 1758, using his full name, John George Jost. Winthrop Bell comments in his notes, How he managed this is not determinable. By Sept. 1758, only the arrivals of 1751 had sufficient length of residence to be legally entitled to naturalization. I wonder if he was allowed this privilege because his wife was among the 1751 arrivals.
After Georges death, Susanna remarried (Sept. 8, 1776) Johann Caspar Drilliot, Caspar, born ca. 1726, in Switzerland, according to the Speedwells passenger list. He arrived in Halifax in 1851. He married first (April 9, 1752) Mary Schuffelburger. They had three children before her death, sometime after 1762. Caspar and Susanna had a daughterof their own, Catherine. Catherine married Nicholas LeCane. The family name has been seen as Drillis, Drillio, Drilliot, and even Trillian and Trilliot! His signature was awkward and uneducated, and looks to be Drilliot. According to Bell, there were Drillis families in the Halifax phone book as late as 1963. It is unusual that Susanna was buried with her first husband George, particularly since he died almost 30 years before her. Presumably Casper preceeded her in death, and was buried with his first wife, leaving Susanna to be buried with George.
1. Rachel [or Regina] Elizabeth Jost, Elizabeth, born 1755, in Lunenburg, died Feb. 3, 1840, in Halifax; 84 years old. She was buried near her parents in the Little Dutch Church cemetery. Married (July 31, 1776, in St. Pauls Church in Halifax) John David Longard, David, born March 18, 1755 in Lunenburg. He was a blacksmith, his parents were Ulrich and
Marianna Anna Longard (probably originally Lankert). Ulrich Lankert was a farmer from Switzerland, and arrived in Halifax on board the Betty (with George Jost) in 1752. He was apparently single at the time. In 1955, Bell corresponded with a John R. Longard of Halifax.
1. Sophia Elizabeth Longard, born 1777.
2. Edward James Longard, born May 28, 1785. Married (1816) Zelpha Charlotte MacFarlane.
3. John B. Longard, born Dec. 12, 1787, in Lunenburg; died 1865; 78 years old. Married (1814) Catherine Hgad, born 1790; died 1866; 76 years old.
4. Jeremiah Longard, born 1790; died 1869; 79 years old. Married (1819) Mary, born 1792; died 1867.
1. George Jeremiah Longard, born 1819, died 1897. Married Amelia Murphy.
5. George Longard, born 1793; died 1844. Married (1828)Elizabeth Boutilier.
1. John William Thomas Longard, born March 1830, at the head of St. Margarets Bay; died 1905. He was baptised in the Anglican church Feb. 5, 1835. Married Julia Ann Dauphinee.
1. Stephen Longard, born 1852; died 1932. Married Margaret Covey, born 1857. They had five children.
2. John Caleb Longard, born 1854; died 1855.
3. Edmund Uriah Longard, born 1856; died 1931. Married Clara Snider. They had six children.
4. Levi David Longard, born 1858; died 1932. Married Hannah Smith. They had three children, one of whom was Eldred Longard, who married Marjorie Drysdale.
5. Eliza Longard, born 1860. Married John Gillis. They had two children, and lived in Prince Edward Island.
6. George Robert Longard, born 1861; died 1950. Married Ida Hubley. They had three children. Second marriage, Ida Turner.
7. Frederick Charles Longard, born 1865; died 1948. Married (Jan. 10, 1888) Susan Boutilier.
1. Harvey E. Longard, born Sept. 2, 1888; died Dec. 1953; 65 years old. Married Minnie Levy. They had two daughters.
2. Reuel W. Longard, born July 26, 1889; died April 5, 1982; 92 years old. Married Angela Mason.
1. Ray Longard,
2. Carl Longard,
3. Jean Longard,
4. May Longard,
5. Roy Longard, married Doris Hamilton. They had two children, Jean and Stephen.
6. Ivan Longard,3. Edmund R. Longard, born Jan. 2, 1891; died April 1, 1955; 63 years old. Married Edith Mason. They had two children.
4. Minnie E. Longard, born April 22, 1892. Married Harry Beazley. They had five children.
5. Fannie M. Longard, born Nov. 15, 1893; died July 23, 1985; 91 years old.
6. Nettie G. Longard, born Feb. 8, 1896; died Feb. 1974; 50 years old. Married Charles Kidston. They had two children.
7. Eva B. Longard, born April 8, 1902; died Feb. 2, 1978; 75 years old. Married Salem Coolen. They had nine children.
8. Robie C. Longard, born March 22, 1904; died 1910; about six years old.
9. Melda P. Longard, born April 4. Married Russell Coolen. They had one child.
10. Evelyne Longard, born May 12. Married Murray Coolen. They had seven children.
8. Charles Longard, born 1866.
2. George Robert Longard. In 1843, he moved to Prince Edward Island. He had a son, Roy, and daughter, Bertha West.
2. John Michael Jost, baptized Sept. 18, 1757, in Lunenburg, NS. Died young. Buried in the Little Dutch Church cemetery.
3. George Frederick Jost, bapt. April 23, 1760, in Halifax (St. Pauls Church). Married (Aug. 14, 1785, in Lunenburg) Maria Elizabeth Reichardt (Anna Elizabeth?). Lived in Herring Cove, an area of Halifax, in 1792-3 as a labourer.
1. Caspar Jost, born Dec. 22, 1787. Born in Lunenburg.
2. Philip Jost, born Feb. 18, 1789. Born in Lunenburg.
4. Andrew Jost, a twin, bapt. July 3, 1761, in Halifax (St. Pauls). Probably died young.
5. William Jost, a twin, bapt. July 3, 1761, in Halifax (St. Pauls). Probably died young.
6. John Casper Jost, born Sept. 11, 1763, in Halifax; died June 13, 1850, in Guysboro, NS; 86 years old. Bapt. Sept. 17, 1763, at St. Pauls. Married (March 29, 1791, in Halifax) Mary Catherina Hirtle, born Aug. 5, 1770, in Halifax (bapt. Aug. 26, 1770); died March 14, 1846, in Guysboro; 75 years old.
7. Jacob Jost, bapt. Jan. 10, 1765, in Halifax (St. Pauls). He possibly died young.
8. Catherine Barbara Jost, Barbara, bapt. Oct. 1, 1766, in Halifax (St. Pauls); died Nov. 9, 1864; about 98 years old. Married (April 3, 1787) Alexander Moir, who was probably born in Scotland. Both were buried in the Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax. He was a blacksmith. Their sons started the Moirs chocolate factory in the early 1800s. The company was
purchased by the Hersheys company during the 1970s. ?. Robert Moir, born 1787(?); died June 18, 1819; 32 years old. He was a confectioner in Halifax.
1. Ann Moir, born Jan. 7, 1788.
2. John Moir, born Oct. 4, 1789.
1. William Moir,
2. Margaret Moir,
3. John Alexander Moir,
1. Delinar Moir, married J. B. Thompson.
4. Isabel Moir, married John Archibald.
5. Emma Moir, married Mr. Huntington.
3. Benjamin Moir, born April 24, 1792; died June 1, 1845; 58 years old. Married (April 19, 1815) Mary Isabella Church, born ca. 1794, from Falmouth, NS. In 1815, he opened a Bread and Cake Bakery at the corner of Duke and Brunswick Streets in Halifax. The business gradually changed to manufacturing of chocolate and other candies, and was later bought out and now a part of the Hershey corporation. In 1975, they employed over 1000 people in Halifax. The plant is now in Dartmouth, NS.
1. William C. Moir, took over the bakery after his fathers death.
1. James Moir, in 1873, James began manufacturing candy in a corner of the bakery.
4. Catherine Moir, born May 20, 1795.
5. William Moir, born June 30, 1797. Married (Jan. 1, 1826) Mary Eleanor McKeough.
1. William Moir, died 1896.
2. James Moir,
3. Benjamin Moir,
4. daughter Moir, married Boggs.
5. Mary Ann Moir, born Jan. 17, 1800.
6. Mary Elizabeth Moir, born Feb. 6, 1803; died Jan. 9, 1893; 90 years old. Married (Sept. 9, 1830, in Halifax) Samuel Cook, born 1800; died 1852.
1. John Alexander Cook, born April 18, 1833; died 1854; 21 years old.
2. Barbara Ann Cook, born Jan. 9, 1835; died 1874; 39 years old.
3. Samuel George Cook, born March 17, 1837; died Nov. 17, 1922; 85 years old. Married (Oc. 19, 1861) Martha Woodling.
4. Mary Elizabeth Cook, born Aug. 25, 1839; died 1848; nine years old.
5. Catherine Sarah Cook, born Feb. 27, 1843; died 1843; less than one year old.
6. Catherine Sarah Cook, born March 19, 1845; died 1925; 80 years old. Married (Nov. 17, 1864, in Halifax) Joseph Muirhead, born 1839; died April 7, 1916; 57 years old. Joseph did the sanitary engineering for the old Halifax City Hall. When the 100 year-old cornerstone was removed on TV a few years ago, his business card was the first thing to come out of the box.
1. Joseph Melrose Muirhead, born July 3, 1872; died 1880; eight years old.
2. Nettie Maxwell Muirhead, born July 5, 1874; died 1880; six years old.
3. Alexander Moir Muirhead, born Sept. 29, 1876; died 1941; 65 years old. Married (Oct. 7, 1903, in St. John, NB) Elizabeth Rebecca Busby, born 1884; died 1966; 82 years old.
1. Gavin Stuart Muirhead, born July 5, 1905; died 1985; 80 years old.
2. Grace Elizabeth Muirhead, born May 20, 1907; died 1950; 43 years old.
3. Jean Gertrude Muirhead, born Aug. 1, 1909; died 1993; 84 years old.
4. Gordon Maxwell Muirhead, born May 8, 1912, in Montreal. Married (1938) Marjorie Evelyn Ludlam, who died in 1990; 77 years old. In 1975, he retired as business administrator for a prestigious day school in Chicago. He is my correspondent on the Moir family, still living in Halifax.
1. Roderick Gordon Muirhead, born 1942. Adopted. Married, with three children.
2. Arlene Moira Muirhead, born Dec. 1945. Adopted. Married, and adopted a son.
5. Dorothy Anne Muirhead, born Nov. 20, 1913; died 1992; 79 years old.
6. Clyde Douglas Muirhead, born July 13, 1920.
4. Margaret Catherine Muirhead, Kate, born Nov. 21, 1878. Married (Aug. 10, 1904, in Halifax) Henry David MacRitchie, born 1875. They lived in Dorchester, MA, for many years.
1. Robert Muirhead MacRitchie, born May 29, 1905.
2. Katherine Jean MacRitchie, Kitty, born Dec. 8, 1906. Married (ca. 1930) Mr. Tanner. At the time of Douglas Muirheads visit to Dorchester in 1931, she was pregnant. Shortly afterward, her husband, who was in a naval training program, was killed in some kind of accident.
3. Henry David MacRitchie, born Feb. 15, 1908.
5. Elizabeth Annie Muirhead, born March 18, 1881; died 1881; less than one year old.
6. Joseph David Muirhead, born Aug. 24, 1883; died 1884; one year old.
7. Robert William Muirhead, born Oct. 18, 1885. Married (Oct. 29, 1907, in Minneapolis, MN) Marion Hensler. Last heard from in the 1930s, they were living in Vallejo, CA.
1. Marion Kate Muirhead, born Aug. 18, 1908.
8. Aubrey Douglas Muirhead, born Jan. 25, 1888; died 1895; three years old.
9. Margaret (or Mary) Sophia Jost, bapt. Feb. 16, 1768, in Halifax (St. Pauls). She died young.
10. Mary Philipina Jost, Philipina, born 1769, in Halifax; died May 18, 1832, in Halifax; 63 years old. Married (Jan. 21, 1789, in the Little Dutch Church in Halifax) William Jeremiah Vickers, Jeremiah, born ca. 1762, in Halifax; died June 13, 1826, in Halifax; 64 years old. A tinsmith. They had at least 8 children.
1. William Vickers,
2. James Vickers,
3. daughter Vickers, married Wallace.
1. William James Vickers, born 1850.
11. John Philip Jost, born 1771, in Halifax; died Feb. 7, 1854, in Lunenburg; 83 years old (82 years old, acc. to the Stayner Collection). Married (Oct. 25, 1796, in Lunenburg, NS) Anna Gertrude Pentz (or Penn), born 1775, in Lunenburg, died Oct. 10, 1858; 83 years old (85, according to Stayner). Her father was John Martin Penn. All their children were born in Lunenburg, where Philip farmed.
1. John George Jost, born Nov. 14, 1798; died March 6, 1801; two years old.
2. Marie Anna Jost, born Sept. 14, 1801; died Jan. 13, 1872; 70 years old. Married (Jan. 3, 1823, in Lunenburg) John Casper Silber. May have married secondly (bef. 1837) Caspar Conrad.
3. George Henry Jost, born Sept. 14, 1803.
4. Susanna Catherine Jost, born Feb. 5, 1805. Married (bef. 1827)
John George Silber. She may have married secondly (bef. 1835) Peter Moser.
5. William Henry Jost, born Dec. 26, 1806. Married Charlotte Louisa Mason. Their children were born in Lunenburg.
1. George Henry Jost, born March 2, 1837.
2. William Jost, born Oct. 13, 1838.
3. James Alexander Jost, born Jan. 29, 1840.
4. William Nathaniel Jost, born Nov. 29, 1841.
5. Anna Sarah Louisa, born Sept. 22, 1843.
6. Simon Peter Jost, born June 6, 1845.
7. Catherine Louisa Jost, born Feb. 10, 1850.
8. Mary Emilie Jost, born Dec. 6, 1850.
6. Sophia Charlotte Jost, born Sept. 14, 1808; died May 1, 1890; 81 years old. Married (bef. 1837) William George Seelig.
7. Elizabeth Jost, born Aug. 9, 1810. Married (1833, at St. Johns Church, Lunenburg) George Schmeizer.
8. Marie (or Susanna) Sophia Jost, born Dec. 15, 1812; died Aug. 18, 1865; 52 years old. Married (Aug. 2, 1832) Joseph Seelig.
9. Marie Louise Jost, born July 22, 1814. Married (bef. 1841) Benjamin Seelig.
10. John Benjamin Jost, born Oct. 14, 1816; died Nov. 14, 1818; two years old.
11. Johann Philip [Samuel] Jost, born April 23, 1818; died March 29, 1885; 67 years old. May have married Sarah Weist. If so:
1. Mary Ann Jost, born May 4, 1866.
12. George Henry Jost, born or bapt. March 28, 1773, in Halifax; died Feb. 1, 1849; 75 years old. He was a carpenter. Married (Sept. 29, 1801, in Halifax) Margery Smith, born 1777; died Dec. 5, 1851, in Halifax; 74 years old. They were buried in the Little Dutch church cemetery, near his parents. Their children were all born in Halifax.
1. Henry Smith Jost, born May 28, 1804; died April 1, 1889; 85 years old. A tinplate worker. According to the Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Des Brisays History of Lunenburg County, he was quite a prominent politician and represented Lunenburg County in the Local House for a number of years. He defeated Joseph Howe in that constituency in the year 1863. He was Lieutenant-Col. in the local militia, for many years magistrate and a prominent Mason. Married (June 7, 1829, in Lunenburg Co.) Caroline Matilda Rudolph, born ca. 1834; died March 10, 1837, of consumption; 33 years old. Their two young children, Lucy and Henry died within a short time of their mother.
1. Charles George Jost, born March 24, 1830.
2. Caroline Matilda Jost, born May 7, 1832.
3. Lucy Catherine Jost, born May 18, 1833; died Feb. 15, 1837; three years old.
4. Isabella Josephine Jost, born Dec. 24, 1835.
5. Henry Samuel Jost, born Dec. 29, 1836; died May 3, 1837; four months old. Second marriage (Feb. 24, 1846, in Lunenburg, L. Co.) Catherine Mary
Ernst, Mary.
1. Henry Matthew Jost, born May 16, 1847; died May 28, 1891; 44 years old. He was a postmaster.
2. Emily Sophia Jost, born Aug. 21, 1850.
3. Annie Bird Jost, born Oct. 21, 1856.
2. George Jost, born May 28, 1804; died Oct. 20, 1817; 15 years , 6 months, and 2 days old (acc. to Allan Jost, who checked the cemetery). Buried in the cemetery of the Little Dutch Church.
3. William Jost, born ca. 1807; died after 1872. Married (July 10, 1833) Mary Josephine McFadden, born 1811; died Nov. 15, 1872, in New York; 61 years old.
4. John Alexander Jost, born Dec. 17, 1811; died March 25, 1905; 94 years old. Married (May 4, 1834) Mary Ann Zwicker, born July 9, 1811; died May 10, 1888; 77 years old. Her parents were John Daniel Zwicker and Mary Elizabeth Rodenheizer. Left for Utah in May 1855. They were married again (Oct. 29, 1859) in Salt Lake City, perhaps in the Temple. Both were buried in Ogden City Cemetery. John was a candy maker. At one time, he was excommunicated from the church over a property dispute with another member of the church, and later reinstated.
1. George Haliburton Jost, born March 2, 1835, in Lunenburg. Was last known to be living in Pacific Grove, CA, at the time of his fathers death in 1905.
2. Eliza Ann Jost, born July 29, 1837, in Lunenburg; died June 1855. She died of cholera as their wagon train passed through Nebraska on the way to Utah.
3. Alice Louisa Jost, born July 7, 1839, in Lunenburg; died June 8, 1901. Married (Aug. 28, 1856) John Moroni Foy.
4. Catherine Mary Ann Jost, born March 20, 1841, in Lunenburg; died Dec. 18, 1916; 77 years old. Married (March 14, 1860, in Salt Lake City, Utah) David Candland. They later divorced. Second marriage (June 11, 1913) Peter Rasmussen.
5. John Daniel Jost, born Nov. 20, 1843, in Halifax. Married (March 8, 1866, in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah) Rachel McCowan. Their children were all born in Sacramento, CA.
6. Samuel Edward Jost, born Dec. 1, 1844, in Lunenburg. Christened Feb. 17, 1845, in St. James Church. Married (April 2, 1872) Elizabeth Ann Baker.
1. Samuel Edward Jost, born April 2, 1879, in Brigham City, Box Elder Co., Utah. Married Anna Josephine Christensen.
1. Cecil Christian Jost, born April 12, 1913, in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
7. Thomas William Jost, born Dec. 24, 1846, in Lunenburg; died Feb. 19, 1917; 72 years old. Christened Feb. 17, 1847, in St. James Church. Married Annie Elizabeth Pugh.
1. Laura Isabell Jost, born Dec. 8, 1870, in Ogden, UT; died June 25, 1947; 76 years old. Married Alfred T. Hestmark.
2. Alice May Jost, born May 29, 1872, in Ogden, UT; died Nov. 15, 1950; 78 years old.
3. William Shenden Jost, born ca. 1877, in Ogden, UT; died March 3, 1880; 6 years old. Buried in Spanish Fork.
4. Annie Pearl Jost, born Aug. 13, 1878, in Ogden, UT; died Dec. 21, 1953; 75 years old. Married (May 10, 1918) Fred Wright. Second marriage Arthur Eglhof.
5. Mary Elizabeth Jost, Aug. 31, 1880, in Spanish Fork, UT; died April 20, 1892; 11 years old.
6. Thomas Andrew Jost, born April 14, 1883, in Spanish Fork, UT. Married Tillie Keller.
7. John Alexander Jost, born Nov. 16, 1886, in Spanish Fork, UT; died May 9, 1887; six months old.
8. George Delbert Jost, born Sept. 18, 1890. Married Virginia Baker. Their family moved to San Jose, CA, where he died.
9. Alfred Leland Jost, born Sept. 8, 1893, in Ogden, UT; died Nov. 26, 1966, in Chula Vista, CA; 73 years old. Married (June 16, 1914, in Ogden, UT) Beatrice Barlow Tillotson, born Oct. 2, 1893, in Ogden, UT; died June 27, 1957, in Ogden. Both were buried in Ogden City Cemetery.
1. Lavon Ellen Jost, born May 10. 1916, in Ogden, UT. Married (June 14, 1937) Alexander C. Barclay, died.
2. Eleanor Darlene Jost, born July 8, 1919, in Ogden, UT. Married (Nov. 26, 1941) Arthur W. Isakson, died. Second marriage, Lloyd Barlow.
3. Dale Leland Jost, born July 22, 1921, in Kaysville, UT; died Dec. 5, 1994, of bone cancer; 73 years old. Married (Aug. 21, 1946) Margaret D. MacDonald.
1. Margaret Ann Jost, married Joseph Horton. She has MS.
2. Jacquelynn Marie Jost, lives in Phoenix, AZ.
4. Marjorie Ann Jost, born July 9, 1927, in Ogden, UT. Married (June 28, 1946) James Coroles.
5. Charlene Joan Jost, Cherrie, born Feb. 26, 1933, in Kaysville, UT. Married (Aug. 6. 1954) Welch Gregerson, died Aug. 2, 1968. Second marriage, (April 5, 1974) Thomas Feldhaus. Some family friends had a newspaper, and the Josts lived in an area called Fruit Heights, because of the fruit grown there. When she was born, a headline in the paper read, New Cherry Picker born in Fruit Heights--and they called her Cherrie from that time!
8. Mary Ann Jost, born Dec. 29, 1847, in Halifax; died April 4, 1925, in Ogden, UT; 77 years old. Married (April 25 or Oct. 18, 1869, in Salt Lake City, Utah) Mark Alfred Elmer, born Dec. 16, 1848, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA; died May 31, 1895, in Ogden, UT; 47 years old.
1. Mark Abner Elmer, born Aug. 5, 1870, in Marriot, Weber Co., UT; died Sept. 19, 1870; one month old.
2. Minnie May Elmer, born July 29, 1871, in Ogden, UT; died Dec. 6, 1940; 69 years old.
3. Ella Maud Elmer, born July 23, 1873, in Ogden, UT; died Dec. 1, 1950; 77 years old. Married (Nov. 27, 1891, in Riverdale, UT) Edwin Bebington Parker. One of their descendants is Lila Jean Harris, who married Alonzo E. King, and now lives in Kingwood, TX.
4. John Alfred Elmer, born June 20, 1875, in Ogden, UT; died Sept. 5. 1939; 64 years old.
5. Ida Alice Elmer, born Oct. 28, 1877, in Kaysville, UT.
6. Rosabelle Hannah Elmer, born Jan. 1, 1880, in Clinton, UT;
9. Alexander Henry Jost, born ca. 1849; died Jan. 16, 1855; five years old. His burial was recorded in the records of Christ Church, of Dartmouth, NS, an Anglican church.
10. Andrew Jost, born Nov. 26, 1852; died April 25, 1921; 70 years old. Married Mary Ann Taylor, Polly. Moved to Denver, CO.
1. Theron Jost,
5. Thomas Phillip Jost, born 1814; died Jan. 22, 1897; 83 years old. Married Mary Ann Artz, born Nov. 21, 1826; died Jan. 28, 1918; 92 years old. Thomas was a sea captain. Both were buried in the Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax.
1. George Henry Jost, born May 16, 1852; died 1922; 70 years old. Married (Jan. 14, 1875) Annie Merritt Foster; died March 27, 1912, 58 years old. (acc. to Stayner). Second marriage (Sept. 29, 1915) Jessie Forsey. He was an architect. In 1895, he was living at 170 South Street in Halifax, with sons John and Frederick, and an Alfred S. Jost.
1. John Henry Jost, born 1874; died 1940. An accountant. Married (Feb. 28, 1898, in Halifax Methodist Church) Winnifred May Bowser. They lived in Boston.
1. Winnifred Jost, married (in Boston) Bob Ried. They had one son, who died at birth.
2. Doris Jost, lived in Honolulu, married, and had a son Peter.
2. Frederick Jost, born 1876. Lived in Ottowa, in government services. No children.
3. Frances Margery Alice Jost, Fannie, born March 6, 1878; died Feb. 15, 1944; 65 years old. Married Marcisse Gastonguay.
1. Francis Gastonguay, Frankie, married (1937) James David Sadler.
1. David Sadler, born March 12, 1938. Married Evangeline Tingley. They had a daughter, Charlene, born Aug. 1964.
2. Robert Sadler, born March 16, 1940.
3. Lorne Sadler, born May 17, 1941
4. John Sadler, born March 14, 1954.
5. Peter Sadler, born Sept. 12, 1956.
4. Annie Brookfield Jost, born Nov. 29, 1889. Married (in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Halifax) Leo A. Dolan. He worked for the phone company in Halifax, before they moved to Mont Clair, NJ.
1. Margorie Dolan, born 1910. Married William Archibald.
2. Leo Dolan, was overseas during WWII.
2. Omar Isabel Jost, born Sept. 8, 1857; died Dec. 5, 1923; 66 years old. He was born at sea, and named after the ship. He was buried in Camp Hill Cemetery. Married (1882) Adelyn May McCulloch; died Jan. 31, 1897; 35 years old. They had three children. Second marriage (1898) Mary L. Stevens, Min, born 1875; died 1954.
1. Irene May McCulloch Jost, born May 26, 1885; died Oct. 9, 1918, in New Mexico; 33 years old. Married Archibald Borden Ryan. Second marriage, Mr. Paulsen.
1. Elsie May, died 2 years old.
2. Leslie,
3. Beulah, died 3 months old.
2. Edna Jost, born March 25, 1887. Married Edward Norton, of Toronto.
1. Phyllis Norton, born June 22, 1912. Not married. She was an RN in the Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto.
3. Mary Hildred Jost, born Jan. 27, 1890; died Feb. 5, 1917; 27 years old. Married Bjarne Thornsen. Buried in Camp Hill Cemetery, near her father.
4. Howard Omar Jost, born Oct. 22, 1901; died 1944. Married Marion. He was killed in an elevator shaft.
3. Alice Louisa Jost, died in infancy.
4. Walter Thomas Jost, born May 22, 1862; died 1940; 78 years old. Married Lydia Ann Crosby, of Yarmouth, born 1871; died 1944. Both were buried in Camp Hill Cemetery.
1. Georgiana Jost, born Sept. 7, 1898. Married Daniel Doughterty. No children.
2. Dorothy Jost, born Nov. 5, 1903. Not married.
5. Mary Emma Jost, Mem, born July 9, 1863. Married (June 23, 1893) William Azor Major, born 1860; died 1926; 66 years old.
1. Reginald Major, married Mitchell McQuarrie, Mittie, from BC.
1. Beverly Major, married Mr. Fitzpatrick.
2. Pamela Major,
2. Charles Major, married Gladys Coates.
1. Pauline Major, married Kingsley Churchill.
1. Lee Churchill,
2. Susan Churchill,
6. Emily Catherine Jost, born May 10, 1865. Married (Oct. 18, 1893) Frederick G. Major, born 1861; died 1928; 67 years old.
1. Albert Major, died in WWI.
2. Lillian Major, married Gorden H. Lordly, of St. John, NB. He was a schoolteacher.
1. Donald Lordly,
2. Barbara Lordly, a Home Economics teacher in St. John, NB.
3. Winnifred Major, married John Kuhl, of Kitchener, Ont. They had two children, one of whom was named Carol.
4. Philip Major, married Marjorie Freeman. They divorced. Second marriage, Doris Medlin. There were no children from the second marriage.
1. Ruth Major, married Crawford Jones, of Orillia, Ont. Their children were David, Bruce, Nancy and Barbara Jones.
2. David Major, married Karen McNeil from Halifax. They lived in Whitby, Ont.
7. Ella Elizabeth Jost, born Sept. 3, 1855. Married William Vincent Murray, born April 9, 1852; died 1937; 85 years old.
1. Alice Murray, married George Goodwin. They died and were buried on Turks Island, in the West Indies.
1. Arthur Goodwin, married Evelyn Coughlin. They lived in Columbus, Ohio. They had a son, Murray.
2. Maurice Goodwin, born May 16, 1903. Married Charlotte. They had no children. He was an insurance auditor, living in Memphis, NY.
2. Arthur Vincent Murray, Chummie, born Aug. 17, 1880, died Feb. 14, 1959; 78 years old. Married (Nov. 10, 1914) Mary Elizabeth McQuarrie, born May 15, 1894; died Jan. 31, 1959; 64 years old. They were bureid in the Gate of Heaven cemetery in Halifax Co. He had an electrical business, and was one of Nova Scotias most famous bicycle racers and hockey players--he played professional hockey for the Crescents of Halifax. They were Catholic.
1. Evelyn Mae Murray, born Dec. 4, 1915. Married (July 18, 1942) John Charles Mullane. He was a lawyer in Willowdale, Ont. Evelyn joined with her Jost cousin Eva Ellison Rasmussen to put together information about the Jost family.
1. Joan Evelyn Mullane, born Nov. 29, 1943. She is now living in Halifax.
2. Maureen Elizabeth Mullane, born Nov. 12, 1946.
3. Catherine Murray Mullane, born Dec. 28, 1951.
4. John Michael Mullane, born April 2, 1960.
2. Helen Marion Murray, born Dec. 29, 1918. Married (March 21, 1940) Otto John Petersen, died Sept. 21, 1940, in the RCAF, in the Battle of Britain. Buried in Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England. Second marriage, Mr. Garrison.
3. Florence Murray, born March 7, 1887; died Aug. 1916, in a car accident in Montreal; 29 years old. Married (Feb. 1912) Frank Smith, born in Wexford, Ireland.
1. Evelyn Smith, born Oct. 15, 1912. Married Howard McClintock. They lived in St. Lambert, Quebec.
1. Beverly McClintock, born Aug. 1, 1940. Married David L. Tune, and lived in Rousses Point, NY.
1. Michael McClintock, born 1963.
2. Lezlie McClintock, born 1964.
2. Linda McClintock, born April 12, 1942. Married Jean Guy Gagnon, and lived in Fort Pure, FL.
1. Joanne McClintock, born 1964.
4. Edith Marion Murray, born Aug. 7, 1895; died four months old. Buried in Halifax.
8. Catherine Jost, not married.
9. Susannah M. Jost, not married.
10. Sarah Jane Jost, married (Dec. 21, 1839, in Halifax) James Gossip (?).
11. Samuel Vickers Jost, died 1834; 17 years old. Not married.
6. Catherine Jost, Kate, born 1818; died Jan. 6, 1873, in Halifax; 66 years old. Not married. buried in Camp Hill Cemetery.
7. George Shaffer Jost, a twin, born Dec. 31, 1819; died Sept. 12, 1855, in Havana, Cuba; 36 years old. Not married? Buried in Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax. I got his and his brother Edwards birthdates from separate sources.
8. Edward Ramsay Jost, a twin, born Dec. 31, 1819; died Aug. 21, 1899; 79 years old. Married Catharine Barbara Artz, born Feb. 17, 1830; died Sept. 20, 1910; 80 years old. Buried in Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax.
1. John Edward Jost,
2. Annie Jost,
3. Florence Jost,
9. Sarah Ann Jost, Sally, born 1822; died July 13, 1854; 32 years old. Married (Dec. 31, 1839) James William Gossip.
10. Susannah Margery Jost, a twin, born May 21, 1823; died Aug. 8, 1910; 90 years old. Not married.
11. Samuel Vickers Jost, a twin, born May 21, 1823; died Jan. 12, 1834; 10 years old.
SECOND GENERATION--
John Caspar Jost, born Sept. 11, 1763, in Halifax; died June 12, 1850, in Guysboro, NS; 87 years old. Married (March 29, 1791, in St. Georges Church, in Halifax) Mary Cartherina Hirtle (or Hartell), Catherine, born Aug. 5, 1770, in Halifax; died March 14, 1846, in Guysboro, NS; 75 years old. Both were buried in the Old Methodist cemetery in Guysborough.
[For information about Catherines family, see The Hirtle Family]
1. George Martin Jost, born July 16, 1792; died Oct. 5, 1882; 90 years old. Buried in Guysborough. Married (Jan. 24, 1824) Sarah Austen, born March 6, 1798; died April 15, 1828; 30 years old. Second marriage (Nov. 18, 1830, in Halifax, by brother-in-law Rev. J. G. Hennegar), Eleanor L. Sellon. They had no children.
1. Sarah Jost, born March 6, 1825; died June 24 (or 2), 1826; 15 months old.
2. John Jost, born Dec. 5, 1826; died Sept. 19, 1827; 9 months old.
2. Mary Jost, born Oct. 1, 1794; died Sept. 17, 1866; 72 years old. Not married.
3. John Jost, born Feb. 14, 1797; died July 12, 1883; 86 years old. Married (Dec. 5, 1829, in Guysborough) Sarah Amelia Cook, Amelia, born March 10, 1804; died April 18, 1870; 66 years old. Established J&C Jost store in Guysborough with brother Christopher, later started a business of his own.
1. Mary Elizabeth Jost, born Nov. 28, 1830; died 1899; 69 years old. Not married. In later years she kept house for her younger brother Marsh.
2. John Francis Jost, born Aug. 20, 1833 (or Aug. 20, 1833); died Feb. 18, 1858; 25 years old. Not married.
3. Catherine Maria Jost, Kate, born Aug. 10, 1835; died Feb. 9, 1919; 83 years old. Married (July 9, 1857) Rev. Thomas Gaetz, who died Oct. 24, 1860, in Newfoundland. He was an ordained Methodist minister, and was sent as a missionary to Newfoundland, where he died of typhoid just a short time after the birth of their son John. After his death, Catherine and son John went to live in Red Deer, a town in Alberta founded by her brother-in-law, Rev. Leonard Gaetz.
1. John Jost Gaetz, born ca.1860; died Dec. 24, 1937; about 67 years old. Married Grace Elder, who died 1953. They farmed in Red Deer, Alberta. Before her death, Grace had a Gaetz memorial gate erected over the entrance to the cemetery there. One one post is a tablet in memory of Catherine Jost Gaetz, and on the other post a tablet in memory of her husband John.
4. Lavinia Davis Jost, born Feb. 28, 1838; died Sept. 10, 1872; 44 years old. Married (Dec. 11, 1861) Jonathon Hartley .
1. Lavinia Tyson Hartley, born Nov. 15, 1862.
2. Henry Frederick Hartley, born Nov. 8, 1865.
3. Kate Amelia Hartley, born May 27, 1870.
4. Lily Hartley, born May 27, 1870.
5. James (or Joseph) Randall Jost, born July 29, 1840; died Oct. 23, 1857; age 17. Not married.
6. Henry Marshall Jost, Marsh, born April 20, 1843; died Aug. 1929; 86 years old. Not married. His older sister Mary, also unmarried, lived with him & kept house for him in the old Guysboro home until her death in 1899. He was a merchant in Guysboro for some years. Later he became interested in stocks and bonds. He died worth about $900,000 , but his fortune was wiped out by the stock market crash in 1929, and his will was settled for a fraction. He was very generous, leaving money to several institutions, including the Guysboro church, the Bible Society, as well as to friends and relatives. The family still in Guysboro have a copy of his will, but it is long and dull. An item of interest to us is bequeath #5: I give and bequeath to Marshall Jost, the son of Christopher Jost formerly of Guysborough now of California, named after me, the sum of six thousand dollars. That would have been quite a lot of money in those days!
4. Thomas Jost,
born June 12, 1799; died Aug. 16, 1853, in Halifax ; 54 years old. Buried in Sydney, Cape Breton Co. Married (Sept. 3, 1829, in St. Georges Church, Sydney, Cape Breton Co., NS) Eliza Susannah Sellon, born Oct. 6, 1807; died April 27, 1895; 88 years old. Thomas was a dry goods merchant in Halifax and Sydney. His home in Sydney, which was in the Jost family from 1836 to 1971, has now been made into a museum, The Jost House, by the Old Sydney Society. It has been restored to retain its historic architecture. Its on 54 Charlotte Street.
1. Elizabeth Catherine Jost, born Aug. 17, 1830; died Sept. 2, 1891; 61 years old. Not married.
2. John Sellon Jost, born Nov. 19, 1831; died Sept. 19, 1874; 43 years old. Not married.
3. Emily Jost, born April 23, 1833; died Dec. 15, 1903; 70 years old. Married Frederick Allison.
4. Thomas James Jost, born Feb. 3, 1835; died Oct. 11, 1914; 79 years old. Married (Sept. 17, 1857) Jane Venning, born 1841; died April 30, 1923; 82 years old.
1. Frederick Jost,
2. Maud Jost,
3. Stanley Jost,
4. Mabel Jost,
5. Joseph Hennigar Jost, born March 21, 1840; died March 5, 1895; 55 years old. Married Amelia Davison; died Oct. 13, 1885. Second marriage, Emma S. Bentley. They had no children.
1. Allan Davison Jost, born Aug. 3, 1871; died Jan. 7, 1933, in Sydney; 61 years old. Married (June 26, 1907) Mary Grace Harris. They adopted nephew Allen after his parents separated.
1. Kathleen Jost, married Burgess Malcolm Blackadar.
1. Sally Blackadar,
2. Mary Lou Blackadar,
3. Burgess Malcolm Blackadar, married Debbie.
2. Everett Allan Gibbs Jost, (adopted--see below). Married (Marjorie Stewart Campbell. Second marriage (Sept. 4, 1987) Constance North.
2. Edith Louisa Jost, born Dec. 30, 1872. Married (Dec. 21, 1907) Edward F. Roach.
3. Frank Hartz Jost, born Jan. 14, 1875. Married Aggie Lawson.
4. Laura Henrietta Frances Jost, born March 25, 1877; died 1936, in CA; 59 years old. Married (July 29, 1915) Everett A. Gibbs. They separated before the birth of their son.
1. Everett Allan Gibbs Jost, Allan, born July 12, 1917, in the Dalles, OR. He was adopted by his uncle Allan Jost after his parents separated. Married Marjorie Stewart Campbell. Second marriage (Sept. 4, 1987) Constance North.
1. Allan George Davison Jost, born Sept. 4, 1944. Married (May 16, 1980) Rosemary Thomas.
1. Bethany Kathleen Jost, born Sept. 13, 1982.
2. Allison Katrina Jost, born June 24, 1985.
2. Robin David Jost, born Aug. 18, 1946. Married Gabriella (Nov. 1985) Schmidt.
1. Nicole Robin Jost, born July 20, 1984.
2. Darcy Stewart Jost, born June 8, 1988.
3. Jennifer Grace Jost, born Nov. 18, 1992.
3. Philip Arnold Jost, born Nov. 21, 1951. Married (Aug. 1975) Sandra Lefort.
[BTW I lived in 54 Charlotte St. Until the age of 6 years.]
1. Allanna Jean Jost, born Feb. 13, 1979.
2. Lauren Marjorie Jost, born Sept. 8, 1985.
3. James Harris Jost, born Aug. 28, 1987.
6. Henrietta May Augusta Jost, born July 3, 1842; died Dec. 26, 1926; 82 years old. Married (Sept. 15, 1869) John E. Burchell.
1. Arthur Sidney Burchell,
2. Florence May Burchell, married Dr. H. W. Black.
3. Ella Mary Burchell,
4. Charles Jost Burchell,
1. Charles Burchell,
5. Antoinette Blethen Burchell,
7. Matilda Susannah Jost, born June 20, 1845; died May 22, 1899; 53 years old. Not married.
8. Lewis Edward Jost, born April 4, 1849; died March 1933, in Sydney; 85 years old. Married (Sept. 11, 1875) Lizzie Hooper, born July 13, 1849.
1. Harry Hooper Jost, born Nov. 24, 1876, in Halifax. Married (July 15, 1898) Mary Fanjoy. A merchant, had one son. His descendants are still living in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
1. William Harry Jost, born Feb. 26, 1911. He was a lawyer.
2. Percy Matheson Jost, born Aug. 30, 1878; died Dec. 24, 1908; 30 years old. Married Alexina Norman.
1. Lewis Jost,
3. Bertha Sellon Jost, born Nov. 1, 1884; died June 18, 1894; 10 years old.
4. Florence Allison Jost, born Aug. 20, 1888; died July 1980; 92 years old. Married Jack Calver.
9. Charles Sydney Jost, born Dec. 3, 1850, married Minnie MacDonald; died Feb. 4, 1921; 70 years old. She separated from
husband. They had no children.
5. Elizabeth Jost, born Dec. 12, 1801; died Dec. 5, 1882; 81 years old. Married (May 27, 1830, in Halifax) Rev. James Gilbert Hennegar, born June 10, 1805; died Aug. 24, 1885; 80 years old.
1. Wesley John Hennegar, born Dec. 22, 1832; died Jan. 1877; 42 years old. Married Isabel Creol; died Nov. 1906.
2. Annie Hennegar, born March 22, 1834; died Aug. 1857; 23 years old. Married Rev. Mr. Taylor. No children.
3. Fletcher A. Hennegar, born Feb. 29, 1836; died June 6, 1895; 59 years old. Married Sarah Harris, and later Abbie Cain. No children by either marriage.
4. Mary Hennegar, born Aug. 22, 1837; died July 17, 1860; 23 years old. Married Robie G. Dimock. They had one child.
5. Henry Hennegar, born April 9, 1839. Not married.
6. Jessie Wheelock Hennegar, born Nov. 1841; died Dec. 14, 1843; two years old.
7. Bessie Hennegar, born Dec. 18, 1845. Married (Oct. 3, 1868) D. H. Eaton; died Jan. 25, 1906.
1. Robie Dimock Hennegar, born July 28, 1869.
2. Nellie Hennegar, born Oct. 1871.
8. Edward James Hennegar, born April 1, 1848. Married (July 12, 1870) Mary Woodworth, born Nov. 18, 1849; died March 19, 1911; 62 years old.
1. Edith Prue Hennegar, born April 22, 1871.
2. Bessie May Hennegar, born Jan 26, 1873.
3. Winifred Woodworth Hennegar, born March 21, 1874.
4. Edward Jost Hennegar, born Sept. 7, 1877.
5. Kenneth Gilbert Hennegar, born Oct. 28, 1887.
6. Christopher Jost, born July 22, 1805; died March 28, 1884; 79 years old. Established J&C Jost store in Guysborough with brother John. Eventually bought John's share of the store. Married Harriet Hart.
7. James William Jost, born June 10, 1807; died July 1, 1880, in Sydney, Cape Breton Co., NS; 73 years old. Married (Sept. 7, 1846, in Sydney) Annie Mary Burke, born Sept. 4, 1817; died April 17, 1892; 75 years old. A merchant in Sydney.
1. Richard Burke Jost, born July 8, 1847; died July 8, 1847; not even a day old.
2. Emma Catherine Jost, born July 22, 1848; died Aug. 13, 1861; 13 years old.
3. Richard John Jost, born April 10, 1850; died Feb. 10, 1851; 10 months old.
4. James Richard Jost, born April 23, 1851, died May 5, 1851; 12 months old.
5. Annie Cornelia Jost, born June 22, 1853; died Oct. 1, 19??. Not married.
6. Henrietta Mary Jost, born Oct. 22, 1854; died 1936; 82 years old, married Dr. Fletcher Burns.
7. Bessie Hennegar Jost, born Dec. 15, 1856. Married (Aug. 26, 1875) Charles Lorway, born Nov. 1840; died Feb. 19, 1889; 59 years old.
8. Maria Burke Jost, born Dec. 14, 1858; died Feb. 22, 1875; 23 years old. Not married.
9. Emma Hartell Jost, born Nov. 7, 1862. Married Roderick Morrison.
8. Edward N. Jost, born Feb. 27, 1811; died Oct. 19, 1877; 66 years old. Established Jost Mission in Halifax in 1866, and had a prosperous bakery business. Married (July 7, 1836, in Lunenburg) Lydia Tupper, born April 3, 1809; died Dec. 23, 1877; 68 years old.
1. Edward Jost, born March 21, 1838; died April 4, 1839; one year old.
9. Jeremiah Vickers Jost, born Jan. 5, 1813; died Nov. 25, 1890, in Charlottetown, PEI; 77 years old. Married (Aug. 30, 1843, in Horton, NS) Mary Jane Knight, Polly, [another Polly Jost--I love it!] born April 30, 1825, in Newfoundland; died Dec. 24, 1910; 85 years old. (Her parents were Richard Knight, a minister, born 1789 in Kentford, Devonshire, England; and Mary D. Hosier, born in Newfoundland.) Jeremiah was a Wesleyan Methodist minister in the Nova Scotia Conference. Later he retired and lived in Charlottetown, on Prince Edward Island.
1. Israel Jost, died in infancy.
2. Richard Knight Jost, born Nov. 23, 1846, in Nova Scotia; died Oct. 2, 1930, in Jamaica Plain, MA; 83 years old. Married (Aug. 8, 1876, in Charlottetown, PEI) Dora Stanley, born ca. 1850; died Jan. 27, 1898. Both were buried in Charlottetown, PEI. Established a shoe store in Charlottetown, PEI. Second marriage(May 17, 1899), Emma Louise Mills, died March 3,
1938, in Newport, RI. No children from second marriage.
1. Mary Allison Jost, born Sept. 6, 1878. Married (Oct. 3, 1900) Frederich Peter Newson.
1. Dora Allison Newson, born Sept. 8, 1902.
2. Frank Jost Newson, born July 18, 1904. Married (June 29, 1931) Affy Dorothea Fosbery.
1. Affy Joan Newson, born July 23, 1932.
2. Ernest Francis Peter Newson, born Oct. 19, 1938.
2. Edward Vickers Jost, born 1879. Married Helen Carroll.
1. Edward Carroll Jost,
3. James Stanley Jost, born 1882. Married Florence Jackson.
1. Dorothy Jost, married A. E. Frisby.
1. David Frisby,
2. Laurie Frisby,
2. Audrey Jost,
4. George William Jost, born 1884. Married Evelyn Reed, of Newfoundland. Worked for the Boston Herald Traveler newspaper, and as an electrical engineer.
1. George Richard Jost, born July 22, 1917, in Boston, MA, but was raised in Roxbury. Married (Oct. 1, 1943, in Durham, Durham Co., NC) Evelyn Jane Whitfield, born July 24, 1922, in Stem, NC. Her parents were George Washington Whitfield and Allie Stem. George was a Lieutenant Colonel in the army, and fought both in WWII and the Korean conflict. Some of the medals he was awarded: Silver Star, Bronze Star with cluster, Combat Infantry Badge, and a Purple Heart. He retired from the army after 26 years of service. His most recent
occupation was as a private investigator for MJM Investigations, in Raleigh, NC, helping Mike Malone when he began his business. Mr. Malone annually awards the Jost Award to any investigator who has gone above and beyond the call of duty. Evelyn is a homemaker, singer (weddings and special events) and oil painter, with her work in display in an art gallery in Atlanta. She is a descendant of the Duke University Dukes.
1. Evelyn Diane Jost, Jo, born Sept. 29, 1946. Married (in Raleigh, NC) Clarence Reginald Johnson, Reg. Jo was an elementary school teacher until she was made liaison/coordinator between the state and the teachers. She was recently nominated as teacher of the year and chosen to be video-taped for a TV segment on the educational channel. Reg was Head of Supervised Ministries at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY, but is now dean in charge of the chapel. He has written a book, Your Personality and Spiritual Life, and numerous articles, does Christian retreats and seminars, and had traveled extensively in his ministry.
1. Wesley Reginald Johnson, graduated from college with a teaching degree.
2. Johshua Amon Johnson,
3. Kathryn Diane Johnson, Katie,
4. Nathan Richard Johnson,
2. Deborah Whitfield Jost, Debi, born Dec. 30, 1958. Married (1989) Barry Gray Brotherton, born Nov. 8, 1962, in Gastonia, NC. Debi is an LPN, but now a full-time homemaker and mother. She studied voice at the NC School of the Arts, after which she toured the US and made two contemporary Christian albums. Barry is also a musician (bass, keyboard, sound, etc.). They met while playing in a band together and touring the country. He is now a network engineer.
1. Allyson Faith Brotherton, Ally, born May 1, 1997, in Durham, NC.
2. Miriam Louise Jost, married Tommy Cain. Living in Boston, MA.
1. Ellen Louise Cain,
2. Stephen Cain,
5. Isabell Alice Jost, born 1886.
6. Dora Katharine Jost, born 1889.
7. Bessie Lavinia Jost,
3. Mary Jane (or Ann) Catherine Jost, born Feb. 27, 1849; died July 8, 1918; 69 years old. Married (Sept. 18, 1873) Alexander Hardy MacPherson, died May 2, 1891. Both were buried in Charlottetown, PEI.
1. William MacPherson,
2. Daisy MacPherson,
3. Edna McPherson, died Dec. 17, 1876.
4. Martha Lavinia Jost, born Feb. 17, 1853; died 1931; 78 years old. Joined the Salvation Army in Charlottetown, PEI, a successful leader for years. Later Supt. of the Bloor St. Depot of the S.A. in Toronto.
5. Bessie Salter Jost, born May 31, 1858, in New Brunswick. Married (Sept. 21, 1881, by Jeremiah V. Jost) John Morris Wright, born ca. 1856. He was a farmer.
1. Mabel Wright, born ca. 1883.
2. & Alice Wright, born ca. 1885.
3. Roy Wright, born ca. 1886.
4. Steven Vickers Wright, born ca. 1890.
5. Dora Wright, born after 1891.
6. Giles Edward Allison Jost, died 13 months old.
GENEALOGICAL NOTES