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Fern Blackett Johnston
Fern Blackett
Jerry's mother. Through her runs the whole Blackett–Averett–Stephens line: from a Mormon Battalion veteran, to a London leap-year baby stranded on the Nebraska frontier, and possibly back to a Revolutionary War general. Her son's middle name, Blackett, honors her family. Buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
At a Glance Documented
- Born
- November 4, 1918, Provo, Utah
- Died
- 2007
- Parents
- Robert Earl Blackett & Edna Mary Knudson
- Spouse
- John Paul Johnston (married June 29, 1940, Salt Lake City)
- Children
- Paul, Karen, Rob, Jerry, and Bryan
- Family line
- Blackett · Averett · Stephens line (Jerry's mother's side)
- Relation to Jerry
- Jerry's mother
How sure are we? Documented.
Read about Fern in…
The Name You Carry · The Family Tree
Sources for this page
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Salt Lake City Cemetery records
200 North Street, Salt Lake City. Resting place of James Johnston, Bianca Jane Gibson, Clarence Earl Johnston, Tessie Sims Smith, John Paul Johnston, and Fern Blackett Johnston.
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Family handwritten notes passed down to Jerry's father
The handwritten notes preserved in the family, including the account of General William Stephens's death aboard the prison ship Forshay and the (likely erroneous) 1880 birth year for Robert Earl Blackett.
Notes from the family
Remember something about Fern? A story, a photo, a correction, a date?
Even a messy note helps. Just open the plain-text file
research-notes/fern-blackett-notes.md and type it in — or tell Scott (or Claude Code)
“add this to Fern’s page,” and it will be woven in properly,
with the source recorded.