Parked by the Johnsons

Arriving in 1774 in Halifax, Matthew Johnson, along with his wife Anne Ash, settled on this land in Oxford Junction, Nova Scotia. They were from Northumberland, England and part of a movement of new settlers (following the expulsion of French settlers by the new colonial power – England). The Johnsons were 5th great-grandparents of mine.

Solo Scot

My grandmother said her ancestors came from Scotland, but the truth is, most came from England. On the 1870 Canadian Census forms, ones origin (meaning ancestry) was declared, and almost all of my many Nova Scotia families listed themselves as English. One exception was the Ralstons. They were described as Scotch. Perhaps my grandmother was from a matriarchal family, culturally.