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Tuesday 16th July 2024  

William Rodger Johnstone 1902-1990, 15 Chaveney Road

William Johnstone, his wife Mary Ellen and their children lived in Quorn for a short time from 1913 to 1915. They had three children and their middle child, William Rodger Johnstone (known as Rodger), born in 1902, went to Rawlins Grammar School.

Rodger’s father was an electrical engineer and the family lived at Charnwood Cottage, now 15 Chaveney Road.

The photographs below show:
• Rodger’s Rawlins Grammar School Admission Register entry (see Artefact 1900 for transcription)
• Mary Ellen Johnstone, Rodger’s mother
• [William] Rodger Johnstone
• Charnwood Cottage, 15 Chaveney Road (2021)
• A plan showing the position of Charnwood Cottage.


   
 Submitted on: 2021-06-20
 Submitted by: Shena Lewington
 Artefact ID: 2452
 Artefact URL: www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=2452

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