Arthur Samuel JOHNSON

1914 - 1951  (37 years)

• Name	Arthur Samuel JOHNSON  [1]
  Birth	14 Oct 1914	Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  	Poultry Farmer
  Religion	Roman Catholic  [1]
  Death	25 Nov 1951	Royal Park, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Burial	Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Person ID	I952	Hunt/Johnson
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2006

  
  

  Family	Margaret Annetta RYAN,   b. 22 Oct 1915, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia d. 28 Aug 1994, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	26 Feb 1938	Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia   [2]
  	Address: Sacred Heart R.C. Church
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Oct 1914 - Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia Occupation - Poultry Farmer - - Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia Marriage - Address: Sacred Heart R.C. Church - 26 Feb 1938 - Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia Death - 25 Nov 1951 - Royal Park, Victoria, Australia Burial - - Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia

  
  

• Notes

  See attached sources. [1] (Research):Arthur attended the state school in Ferntree Gully until the age of 14 or 15 and played cricket with his Father and older Brothers with the Scoresby Cricket Club. He continued to work on the family farm for a few more years after leaving school, then started a poultry operation on part of the original farm. Arthur was considered, by many, to be a very innovative poultry farmer, being interviewed several times by various poultry trade magazines and gave talks to groups of agricultural students on several occasions. At its peak the Johnson Poultry Farm was a very large operation having several employees. The farm had 5 big sheds, each of which was 300' long, 30' wide and 8' high plus other outbuildings. The brooder house alone could handle 5000 chicks at one time. He not only sold to the Australian market but also sold extensively throughout the Middle East and Ceylon. Arthur and his wife met at a local weekly dance at Scoresby and both were considered excellent dancers. All of his life Arthur was considered an artistic and cultured person and was respected as a true gentleman. He was very different from his brothers and more like his father, Samuel Arthur. Arthur is buried with his wife at Rc a, Row 7 #13, Ferntree Gully,Victoria, Australia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] M Johnson, M Johnson. [S10] M Johnson, M Johnson, Martin Johnson's source: Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, 1536x. (Reliability: 3).