A son to Mr & Mrs William Johnston, jnr, born at Greenock on 6th April 1836. (Greenock Advertiser 7.4.1836).

Poss marriage: William Johnston, stationer, to Mary Hill, eldest daughter of late Archibald Cook, at 35 Crawford Street, Greenock on 23rd April 1863. (Greenock Advertiser 25.4.1863).

Possible death: Rev William Thomson Johnson, formerly of Greenock, Bowden, & Worchester, died at 48 Murrayfield Avenue, Edinburgh on 7th Aug 1907 – p2 (Greenock Telegraph 9.8.1907)