1901 Census By 1901 George Johnson and family were obviously going up in the world as they had moved to a more salubrious part of the town. George Johnson, 62, 1839, Head, Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire, Grocer's Shop Keeper Jane E Johnson, 51, 1850, Wife, Osmotherly, Yorkshire John T Johnson, 27, 1874, Son, Stockton, Durham, Grocer's Assistant Arthur Johnson, 17, 1884, Son, Stockton, Durham, Clerk Chemical (Maxwell) Robert Johnson, 14, 1887, Son, Stockton, Durham, Apprentice Plumbering George E Johnson, 12, 1889, Son, Stockton, Durham In the 1911 Census 1 Ropner Terrace is occupied by John Thomas Johnson, grocer. George Johnson has moved to the outskirts of Stockton-on-Tees and opened a shop on a new housing estate, Grange Estate. John T Johnson went on to be a Stockton-on-Tees Councillor. He was married to Emma Jane Layton and they had two children. At the time of the 1939 Registration he was living at Aulbro House, The Avenue and was described as a Grocer and Sub- postmaster and a Special Constable. He died in 1961 in Cleveland, aged 87.
1901 Census : George Johnson - 1 Ropner Terrace (Shop)
A Google map image from 2017 shows that 1 Ropner Terrance is now a Chinese takeaway. The general store on the right is owned by A & A Johnson. Is there any connection?
This postcard was published by J T Johnson of the Newtown Post Office. Ropner Terrace still stands along Bishopton Road, just beyond the station and the overhead bridge. The car is emerging from Bedford Street. [from Stockton-on-Tees in old picture postcards by Robin Cook (first published 1985)]
John Thomas Johnson