Johnstone J. Jeffs

   Cause of his death was Chronic Nephritis.

  General Notes:

The 1880 Federal Census for Bermuda District, Village of Chester, Chesterfield Co., VA, District 64, page 24A, dated June 23, 1880 records Johnston (36 - England/England/England) and Elizabeth (35 - England/England/England) Jeffs with their children A. L. S. Jeffs (14 - England), S. L. V. Jeffs (10 - England), and E. S. Jeffs (3 - VA). Johnston is a Mechanic.

The 1900 Federal Census for Bermuda District, Chesterfield Co., VA, District 1, page 20A, dated July 2, 1900 records Johnston (Feb 1843 - England/England/England) and Sarah L. (July 1843 - VA/VA/VA) Jeffs with their children Jennie S. Jeffs (April 1870 - England), Edgar S. Jeffs (Aug 1877 - VA), Annie D. Jeffs (April 1881 - VA), and May E. Jeffs (March 1884 - VA). Johnston is a Carpenter and has been married to Sarah for 6 years. Sarah has had no children. Johnstone indicates he immigrated in 1870.

The 1910 Federal Census for Bermuda District, Chesterfield Co., VA, District 1, page 9A, dated April 29, 1910 records Johnstone (66 - England/England/England) and Sarah F. (65 - VA/VA/VA) Jeff with their children Sarah J. Jeff (39 - England) and Edgar S. Jeff (34 - VA). Johnston is a Carpenter and has been married to Sarah for 17 years, a second marriage for Johnstone and first for Sarah. Sarah has had no children. Johnstone indicates he immigrated in 1880.

  Research Notes:

The following is a death certificate of a daughter who sometimes appears as "Jennie"
Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Miss Sarah Jane Virginia Jeffs (single)
Residence: 2713 Watkins Avenue, Richmond, VA [living with her sister, Mae Jeffs Palmore]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 86
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1870 in Burkhampstead, England
Death Date: 29 Sep 1956
Death Place: Richmond, Chesterfield, Virginia
Burial: Oct 1, 1956 at Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, VA
Registration Date: 30 Sep 1956
Father: Johnstone Jeffs
Mother: Elizabeth Waller
Certificate Number: 1956022045
Informant: Mrs. M. A. Palmore (sister - Mae)

Note: England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
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Name: Sarah Jane Jeffs
Registration Year: 1870
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Berkhamstead
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 402

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Johnstone Jeffs
Occupation: Carpenter
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 73
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1843
Death Date: 28 Jul 1916
Death Place: Chesterfield, Virginia
Burial: July 30, 1916 at Maury Cemetery
Registration Date: 29 Jul 1916
Father: Sam Jeffs
Certificate Number: 1916016848
Informant: Miss Jennie Jeffs [daughter]

Johnstone married Elizabeth Waller. (Elizabeth Waller was born circa 1844 in England and died circa 1890 in Chesterfield Co., VA.)

Johnstone next married Sarah Toone circa 1894 in Chesterfield Co., VA. (Sarah Toone was born on 4 Jul 1843 in Mecklenburg Co., VA, died on 15 Aug 1927 in Richmond, Henrico Co., VA and was buried on 17 Aug 1927 in Riverview Cemetery (Adjacent To Hollywood Cem), Richmond, VA.) The cause of her death was Hypostatic Pneumonia.