Miss Mary Jane Johnson
Born 26 October 1857 (Circa)
Died 1942 (Presumed)
Active: 1891 - 1939
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Wood carver, teacher of woodcarving, art teacher
Born in Douglas, Isle of Man. She was the daughter of William Coxon Johnson (born c.1823 in England), hotel proprietor. Mary moved to Leeds by 1881 and remained living there until at least 1911. (There seem to have been family connections to Yorkshire via her father but these are unconfirmed.) Sometime over the next twenty years she trained as a wood carver and it is possible she is the Mary J. Johnson who published 'The "Simplex" Series of elementary Wood Carving Lessons' with 6 plates, Philip, Son & Nephew, Liverpool, 1899. Certainly by 1901 she was teaching art and wood carving and continued to do so until her retirement (based on the entry in the 1939 Register). In 1904 Johnson exhibited work at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition at Leeds City Art Gallery. In 1939 she was living with her older sister, Emily Johnson, in Leeds. Her death is presumed to have been 1942 but this is not yet confirmed.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
Panel
1904 (Presumed)
Locations
Address Marina Lawn Hotel Douglas Great Britain | View on map
1871
Address 119 Belle Vue Road Leeds England | View on map
1891
Address 209 Belle Vue Road Leeds England | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1904 (Circa)
Address 27 Kelso Road Leeds England | View on map
1911
Address 21 Cardigan Place Leeds England | View on map
1939
Conducted a business at 47 Park Square Leeds England | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1904
'Panel'
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
None
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art Teacher & Wood Carver' working on own account [art teacher overwritten 'School']
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Private Means & Art Teacher'
Occupation given in 1939 England and Wales Register
'Art Mistress, Retired' also 'Rome?? Du?'
Sources
1939 England and Wales Register
2018
Name: Mary Jane Johnson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1857
Residence Date: 1939
Residence Place: Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Occupation: Art Mistress Retired Rome?? Du??
Line Number: 17
Schedule Number: 121
Sub Schedule Number: 2
Enumeration District: KGLH
Borough: Leeds
Registration district: 500-3
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1904
1904
Cat. No. 1225, pp. 74, 130
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 5775; Folio: 139; Page: 12; GSU roll: 895844
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 3705 folio 111 page 28
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 4238 folio 30 page 7
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN27041 RG78PN1548B RD500 SD3 ED60 SN209
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Possible record, currently unconfirmed:
Name: Mary J Johnson
Birth Date: abt 1859
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1921
Age at Death: 62
Registration district: North Bierley
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 60
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
First name(s) Mary J
District Leeds
Last name Johnson
County Yorkshire
Gender Female
Volume 9B
Birth day -
Page 177
Birth month -
Country England
Birth year 1858
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Age 84
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death quarter 3
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Death year 1942
Collections from Great Britain, England
Kelly's Directory of Leeds, 1911
1911
p. 986
Citing this record
'Miss Mary Jane Johnson', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1209589444, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
