Researching Ethel Johns
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7733 people with the Johns surname? In that year Johns was ranked number 529 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ethel means "Noble" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Ethel Johns on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ethel Johns in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ethel Johns and the Johns Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Johns Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Johns family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 9333 people with the Johns surname in the UK? Johns is now ranked number 621 for popularity in the UK. |
Johns Genealogy Databases
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Johns Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 57727 people with the Johns surname in the USA? Johns is ranked number 138 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Johns Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Ethel Johns. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ethel Johns
Ethel Johns
Ethel Johns (1879 – September 2, 1968) was a Canadian nurse, educator and administrator.
The daughter of Welsh parents, she was born in England and came to Ontario, Canada in 1888 with her father, a missionary. She studied nursing at the Winnipeg General Hospital Training School, graduating in 1902. Johns practised as a nurse in Winnipeg. She attended the teachers college at Columbia University and then returned to Winnipeg, where she worked as a superintendent at the Winnipeg Children's Hospital.
In 1919, she moved to British Columbia, where she was director of nursing services and education at the Vancouver General Hospital and coordinator for the newly established nursing program at the University of British Columbia. She established the first university degree program in nursing in Canada. From 1925 to 1929, she worked as an advisor for the creation of nursing schools in eastern Europe. From 1933 to 1944, she was editor for The Canadian Nurse.
While working for the Rockefeller Foundation, in 1925, Johns produced a report that recommended increased opportunities for education and employment for African-American nurses.
Johns retired in 1944. She died in Vancouver in 1968.
In 2009, she was named a Person of National Historic Significance. Johns is credited with advancing the recognition of nursing as a profession and working for equality for women in education and in employment.
The Ethel Johns Award is awarded annually by the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing for distinguished service to nursing education in Canada.
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