Paul LeGrand Johnstone

b. 7 September 1918, d. 3 November 1974
  • Paul LeGrand Johnstone was born on 7 September 1918 in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey.
  • Robert LeGrand Johnstone and Caroline Ann Maclaren appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New York, at 100 Ridgewood Avenue and three domestic servants, living next to Robert's mother.. Other members of the household included Paul LeGrand Johnstone, Helen Irene Johnstone, Robert LeGrand Johnstone Jr. and David Maclaren Johnstone.
  • Caroline Ann Maclaren appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey, at 100 Ridgewood Avenue. Other members of the household included Paul LeGrand Johnstone, Helen Irene Johnstone, Robert LeGrand Johnstone Jr. and David Maclaren Johnstone. Also in the household were two female domestic servants.
  • Caroline Ann Maclaren and Rodney Brown Stuart appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey, at 100 Ridgewood Avenue enumerated next to Catherine's son Robert. Other members of the household included Paul LeGrand Johnstone, David Maclaren Johnstone. Also in the household were three female domestic servants.
  • He married Virginia Hemingway on 14 June 1940 in New York City at St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church.
  • The following appeared on 15 June 1940 in The New York Times: The marriage of Miss Virginia Hemingway of 48 East Sixty-eighth Street, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Christian Hemingway of Bound Brook, N. J., and London, England, to Paul Le Grand Johnstone, son of Mrs. Rodney Stuart of Glen Ridge, N. J., and Stonington, Conn., and of the late Robert Le Grand Johnstone, took place here yesterday afternoon in St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Robert W. Woodroofe Jr.
         Miss Mary Bullard of Fairfield, Conn., was maid of honor. The other bridal attendants were Mrs. Richard Hemingway, sister-in-law of the bride; the Misses Eilleen O'Malley of New York, Mimi Boal of Mexico City, Gertrude Skelly of Wilmington, Del; Joan Kinney of Morristown, N. J., and Barbara Frost of Southport, Conn. David Johnstone was best man for his brother.
         A large reception was given at Sherry's.
  • Paul LeGrand Johnstone died on 3 November 1974 at age 56 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
  • He was interred at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian church Cemetery, Owls Nest, New Castle County, Delaware.
  • Last Edited: 20 Jul 2014

Family: Virginia Hemingway b. 1919, d. 1974