Adams Family - Ourfolk

Stella's middle name, Matidla, appears on her daughter Dorothy's Birth Certificate.

Dorothy Johnston Birth Certifiace

Name: Stella Johnston
Birth Year: abt 1880
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Indiana
Marital status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
Street address: 2127 North Delware
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 15000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: District of Columbia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Stella Johnston 50
Henry A Johnston 23
Dorothy A Johnston 18

Name:; Stella Johnston
Respondent:; Yes
Gender:; Female
Race:; White
Birthplace:; Indiana
Marital status:; Widowed
Relation to Head of House:; Head
Home in 1940:; Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Street:; North Delaware Street
House Number:; 2127
Inferred Residence in 1935:; Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
Residence in 1935:; Same Place
House Owned or Rented:; Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented:; 5400
Attended School or College:; No
Highest Grade Completed:; College, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939:; 0
Income:; 0
Household Members:;
Name; Age
Stella Johnston; 60
Dorothy Johnston; 28

Lived at 2127 N. Delaware in Indianapolis (1915)

2127 2129 North Delaware Street

Buult 1914

This house was constructed in 1914 by Estelle Johnston. By 1939, the house was divided into two apartments. The Johnstons were occupants until 1950.

This 1 1/2-story frame bungalow features a narrow band shingle siding with a low gable roof and twin gabled dormers facing north and south. There is a small porch on the south facade and a projecting window bay with transom windows on the west front facade. Other details include a bank of multi-lighted casement windows with transoms on the west facade balancing the bay.

Johnston Double Residence

2123-2125 North Delaware Street

Built 1912

This frame, 2-story, Craftsman, double residence was constructed in 1912 by Estelle Johnston. She lived here from 1912 until 1930. It features a massive hipped roof with a centered, hipped dormer; paired, brick-piered porches; and second story bays. THe north facade has a brick-piered porte cochere with a sun room above. The south facade has a cantilevered sun room supported by large brackets. The double has clapboard siding and French doors.

PRC was formed in 1916 for an initial capital of $225,000 (which today would be about $6,000,000). Estelle Pullis Johnston, Samual A Johnston and Russell W. Johnston were the original owners.

APOPLEXY ATTACK FATAL TO DR. SAMUEL A. JOHNSTON

Arrangements for the funeral of Dr. Samuel A. Johnston,
2127 North Delaware street, who died at his home yesterday
following an attack of apoplexy Thursday evening, had not been completed last night.

Dr. Johnston had left his office and was returning to his home
on a street car when stricken.
He did not retain consciousness.
He was 45 years old and had practiced medicine
in Indianapolis for the last eighteen years, specializing in
ear, nose and throat diseases.
He was a member of the Country Club,
the University Club and
the Dramatic Club.

Born in Inidianapollis, June 18, 1876,
Dr. Johnston attended the public schools here,
later being graduated from Shortridge high school
and attending a preparatory school in the East.
He studied medicine at Harvard,the Indiana University Medical School,
and Columbia University.

Survivng are the widow, who was Miss Stella M. Adams;
Dr. Johnston's mother, Mrs. Estelle P. Johnston;
a son Henry P. Johnston and a daughter Miss Dorothy Johnston