Edward Milo Johnson
Recording Secretary

                              Edward Milo Johnson
                                 Author​, Educator 

​  Born in Harrow, Ontario, Milo attended Harrow Public Elementary School and Harrow District High School. He attained a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo (1972) and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Windsor (1973). Milo taught for the Greater Essex County District School Board for 32 years. During his teaching career, he specialized in Physical Education attaining a Physical and Health Education Specialist qualifications from the Ministry of Education. Milo retired in 2004 and is currently enjoying his retirement while playing Senior (Masters) sports. He presently resides in Windsor, Ontario and is involved in researching and writing genealogy, local Black History, and historical fiction.
Family genealogy research and the story of Milo’s GGG Grandfather, Gabriel Clingman, led to the writing of three books: “Grayer Family Genealogy”, “Johnson Grayer Genealogy” and “New Canaan: Freedom-Land.” 

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New Canaan
​Freedom-Land


In his new book,
“New Canaan: Freedom-Land, The Blacks of Colchester Township,” Milo shares stories of Freedom Seekers reaching their New Canaan. The new Black Canadians came at different times from a variety of circumstances seeking independence, and most of all freedom.

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​“New Canaan: Freedom-Land, The Blacks of Colchester Township”

Can be purchased at the following locations .
Cost $30.00 

Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society
www.heirs.ca

Harrow Country Depot
44 Sinasac St W, Harrow, ON N0R 1G0

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Also available by contacting Milo Johnson.
Contact: [email protected]

Johnson Grayer
​Genealogy
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Edward became interested in the family genealogy topic after discussing genealogy with his cousin, Floyd Walls. Dr. Bryan Walls (current proprietor of the John Freeman Walls Underground Railroad Museum in Maidstone, Ontario) and Floyd Walls conducted some research on their family tree in the early 1980s. Johnson said he took their findings and expanded upon them to include his mother’s side of his family tree. As a result, in 2011 he wrote a book titled, “Grayer Family Genealogy.”

Grayer Family
​Genealogy
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The “Johnson Grayer Genealogy” book was written in 2013 to explain the Johnson of the family. It includes the Johnson, Carter, Harrison family connections of Milo’s father, David Daniel Carter-Johnson.
Website edwardmilojohnson.com