Tour Scotland photograph of the Walter Johnston gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Scotland. Surgeon in the service of the East India Company who died July 17th, 1797.
The habitational surname originates in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name John and tone or toun, meaning settlement, in Middle English; tun in Old English, literally meaning " John's town ". There are several similar place names in Scotland, including the city of Perth, which was once known as St. John's Toun.
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