George Johnson (b. abt 1823 – 9 Jun1891) was the General Manager, and Colliery Agent at Brayton Domain No’s 1, 2, 3 and 4 Collieries.
George was born in Brigham, Cumberland in about 1823. By the time of the 1851 census, he was recorded as a Colliery Agent, and a landowner of 321 acres, with 12 employees. He married Esther Holliday in 1852 and they went on to have seven children:
1851 Colliery Agent, High Close Plumbland
1861
1871 Colliery Agent, High Close Plumbland married to Esther. Children: John H (1855), ; George (1857), Accountant; Mary J (1859); William (1861), Colliery Surveyor; Anne (1863);Lily Esther (1865); Joseph (1871), Solicitors Clerk.
1881 Aspatria
1891 Colliery Agent, Croft House, Aspatria.
Obituary – West Cumberland Times, 22 April 1891
Death of Mr George Johnston, Aspatria.
Another well-known Aspatria gentleman crossed the bourne whence no traveller returns. This is Mr George Johnston of Croft House, who from boyhood has been connected with No’s. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Brayton Domain Collieries, and for several years has filled the post of manager, under the late Mr Joseph Harris and the present proprietor of the collieries, Mr Joseph Harris, Calthwaite Hall. Mrs Johnston pre-deceased her husband about two ago, and the family, of three daughters and four sons, have the heartfelt sympathy of the whole neighbourhood in their heavy bereavement. Mr Johnston has passed the allotted three-score years.