{"id":1077,"date":"2025-04-16T06:33:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/?page_id=1077"},"modified":"2025-04-17T02:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:50:05","slug":"the-clendons-of-otautahi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/index.php\/the-clendons-of-otautahi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clendons of \u014ctautahi &amp; Te Mamaku"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Clendons of  \u014ctautahi (Christchurch) and &nbsp;Te Mamaku \/ Ruby Bay.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Their grandson, William Ross Clendon was born in 1951 and resides in \u014ctautahi (Christchurch) and &nbsp;Te Mamaku \/ Ruby Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He married Carol Mary Dickie born in 1951 in Southland, New Zealand. They had twins in 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/TNG\/tngfiles15\/pedigree.php?personID=I152422047885&amp;tree=tree1\">Carol Dickie<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/TNG\/tngfiles15\/pedigree.php?personID=I152422047852&amp;tree=tree1\">Ross Clendon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Photoline.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Photoline.jpg 500w, https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Photoline-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Photoline-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let Ross, Top right Samuel, bottom left Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Johnson Clendons of \u014ctautahi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This family results from the marriage of Olivia Johnson and Thomas Clendon, son of William Ross Clendon and Carol Mary Dickie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Johnson-Clendons-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1084\" style=\"width:258px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Johnson-Clendons-1.jpg 212w, https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Johnson-Clendons-1-143x300.jpg 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Olivia&#8217;s origins lie in Australia. She was born in Bendigo, Victoria to Lynette Melba Johnson and Robert Tracey Jones (1948-2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Johnson name<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The surname Johnson is of Anglo-Norman origin, meaning&nbsp;\u201cson of John\u201d&nbsp;and is a patronymic name, derived from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name \u201cJohan\u201d or \u201cJo(h)n\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A more detailed breakdown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Origin:<\/strong>&nbsp;Johnson is a patronymic surname, meaning it\u2019s derived from a father\u2019s given name.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong>&nbsp;It signifies \u201cson of John\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name \u201cJohn\u201d Origin:<\/strong>&nbsp;The name John derives from the Latin \u201cJohannes,\u201d which in turn comes from the Greek \u201c\u1f38\u03c9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2\u201d (I\u014dann\u0113s), ultimately originating from the Hebrew \u201c\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05d7\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05df\u201d (Yohanan), meaning \u201cYahweh has favored\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Variations:<\/strong>&nbsp;Due to the widespread use of the name John and the suffix \u201c-son\u201d (meaning \u201cson\u201d), variations of Johnson exist in other languages, such as \u201cJenson\u201d or \u201cJansson\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Popularity:<\/strong>&nbsp;Johnson is the second most common surname in the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other variations:<\/strong>&nbsp;Johnston, Jonson, Jonsen, Johanson, Johnstone, Johnsson, Johannsan, Jensen, MacShane, McShane, McSeain&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being such a widespread Johnsons were among the earliest convict settlers of Australia in the late 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This particular family was comparatively late to Australia, not arriving in Victoria from England until the early 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/clendon.sargisonfamilyhistory.com\/TNG\/tngfiles15\/fan.php?personID=I362649752774&amp;tree=tree2&amp;parentset=0&amp;generations=6\">Olivia Johnson<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clendons of \u014ctautahi (Christchurch) and &nbsp;Te Mamaku \/ Ruby Bay. Their grandson, William Ross Clendon was born in 1951 and resides in \u014ctautahi (Christchurch) and &nbsp;Te Mamaku \/ Ruby Bay. He married Carol Mary Dickie born in 1951 in Southland, New Zealand. They had twins in 1985. 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