George Maw Johnson

1864 - 1928  (64 years)

• Name	George Maw Johnson
  Birth	30 Jun 1864	Sutton, , Surrey, England   [1]
  	Name:      Mother's Maiden Surname: JOHNSON, GEORGE MAW      ROBERTS GRO Reference: 1864 S Quarter in EPSOM Volume 02A Page 3 First name(s)      George Maw Last name      Johnson Birth quarter      3 Birth year      1864 Mother's maiden name      Roberts District      Epsom County      Surrey Country      England Volume      2A Page      3 Record set      England & Wales Births 1837-2006 Category      Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory      Civil Births Collections from      Great Britain, England
  Christening	27 Jul 1864	St Nicholas, Sutton, , Surrey, England
  	First name(s)      George Maw Last name      Johnson Birth year      - Baptism year      1864 Baptism date      27 Jul 1864 Baptism place      Sutton St Nicholas Relationship      Son Father's first name(s)      George Mother's first name(s)      Mary Ann Parent's occupation      Assayer Residence      Warden Lodge, Benhilton County      Surrey Country      England Record set      Surrey Baptisms Category      Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory      Parish Baptisms Collections from      England, United Kingdom © West Surrey Family History Society
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Albert Place, St Mary Northgate, Canterbury, , Kent, England   [2]
  	First name(s)      Last name      Relationship      Marital status      Sex      Age      Birth year      Birth place      Occupation      George      Johnson      Head      -      Male      33      1838      Middlesex, England      - Mary A      Johnson      Wife      -      Female      25      1846      Middlesex, England      - George M      Johnson      Son      -      Male      6      1865      Surrey, England      - Charles G      Johnson      Son      -      Male      5      1866      Surrey, England      - Helen      Johnson      Daughter      -      Female      4      1867      Kent, England      - Grove      Johnson      Son      -      Male      2      1869      Kent, England      - John F      Johnson      Son      -      Male      0      1871      Kent, England      - Harriet      Buss      Servant      -      Female      18      1853      Kent, England      - Caroline      Cox      Servant      -      Female      15      1856      Kent, England      -
  Biography	Source: https://www.beercity.brussels/home/50-objects-le-petit-journal-du-brasseur Once upon time, a young brewer's son from Canterbury in England became the godfather of modern Belgian beer. It all started on Sunday, 8 January 1893, with the appearance of edition one of Le Petit Journal du Brasseur. Only 10 pages long, its cover featured an advert for patented corn and rice malts, below which someone called George M. Johnson was identified as being available to visit interested breweries for a product demonstration. George M. (for Maw) Johnson also happened to be the paper's Founder-Editor, having arrived in Brussels three years previously with a missionary zeal to bring Belgian brewing into the modern, industrial age. George's family were originally jewellers, until his father (also George) bought the Northgate Brewery in Canterbury in 1866. George Maw - eldest of 17 children - worked with his father for three years before turning up at Brussels' Brasserie Leopold in 1890. It was auspicious timing; Belgian brewers considered England one of the world's most advancing brewing nations, far ahead of their own. As head of Leopold's laboratory, Johnson failed at his first attempt at a brewer's journal. The Petit Journal du Brasseur was his second, a monthly publication released on Sundays that cost six francs annually. In his first editorial, he welcomed readers with the immodest expectation they would "greet with joy the new era of enlightenment and brewing progress which, without a doubt, will be born thanks to the….Petit Journal". The Petit Journal was, Johnson said, "devoted to technical and industrial issues of interest to the brewery", and edition one established the paper's template. Articles on technical matters - edition one covered the aeration of hot and cold malts, chill haze affecting top fermented beers stored in cold cellars, and the issue of applying pitch and varnish internally or externally on wooden barrels - were joined by letters from brewers with technical questions and adverts for yeast suppliers, maltings, and surplus brewery stock. There were also listings of the latest raw materials prices, Moldavian malt costing 21-23 francs/kilo in January 1893. Later editions would cover water's essential role in brewing, the potential impact of Irish Home Rule on British brewing (Johnson was anti-Home Rule), and the impact of changeable weather on Bavarian hop yields. Johnson had found a financially successful formula, and with Belgium's breweries having few formally educated brewing engineers in the 1890s they came to rely on the Petit Journal for in-house technical support. In the next decade the Petit Journal shifted to a weekly schedule, absorbing a Belgian rival and their French counterpart. Then, in 1914, publication stopped. Escaping war, George made it to England. Henri Codville, George's son-in-law and right-hand man ended up working in a munitions factory. Following armistice the pair returned to Brussels and a brewing industry transformed. In the immediate aftermath of WWI, brewers were less focused on expansion than on reconstruction, profitability, and efficiency. And they wanted to brew English beers. Something George Maw, returned to the Petit Journal's editorial chair, knew a thing or two about.
  Death	16 Jul 1928	103 Avenue Eugene Demolder, Schaerbeek, , Brabant, Belgium
  	Name      George Maw Johnson Death Date      16 Jul 1928 Death Place      Belgium Probate Date      25 Mar 1930 Probate Registry      London, England
  Burial	18 Jul 1928	Schaerbeek, , Brabant, Belgium
  Probate	25 Mar 1930	London, , Greater London, England
  	Name      George Maw Johnson Death Date      16 Jul 1928 Death Place      Belgium Probate Date      25 Mar 1930 Probate Registry      London, England
  _UID	02CEA77BE6B4491CAFB94210BB27C9F74D3A
  Person ID	I24659	The Maw Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	George Johnson,   b. Abt 1837, London City, , Greater London, England d. Between 1901 and 1911 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Roberts,   b. Abt 1846, Bethnal Green, London, , England d. Aft 1911 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage Banns	18 Oct 1863	St George, Deal, , Kent, England   [4]
  	First name(s)      George Last name      Johnson Banns year      1863 Banns date      18 Oct 1863 Marriage year      1863 Marriage date      - Place      Deal, St George Spouse's first name(s)      Mary Ann Spouse's last name      Roberts Groom's parish      Dorking Surrey Bride's parish      St George County      Kent Country      England Archive      Canterbury Cathedral Archives Archive reference      U3/67 Register year range      1852-1875 Page      45 Record set      Kent Marriages And Banns Category      Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory      Parish Marriages Collections from      England, Great Britain
  Marriage Banns	25 Oct 1863	St George, Deal, , Kent, England   [4]
  	First name(s)      George Last name      Johnson Banns year      1863 Banns date      18 Oct 1863 Marriage year      1863 Marriage date      - Place      Deal, St George Spouse's first name(s)      Mary Ann Spouse's last name      Roberts Groom's parish      Dorking Surrey Bride's parish      St George County      Kent Country      England Archive      Canterbury Cathedral Archives Archive reference      U3/67 Register year range      1852-1875 Page      45 Record set      Kent Marriages And Banns Category      Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory      Parish Marriages Collections from      England, Great Britain
  Marriage Banns	1 Nov 1863	St George, Deal, , Kent, England   [4]
  	First name(s)      George Last name      Johnson Banns year      1863 Banns date      18 Oct 1863 Marriage year      1863 Marriage date      - Place      Deal, St George Spouse's first name(s)      Mary Ann Spouse's last name      Roberts Groom's parish      Dorking Surrey Bride's parish      St George County      Kent Country      England Archive      Canterbury Cathedral Archives Archive reference      U3/67 Register year range      1852-1875 Page      45 Record set      Kent Marriages And Banns Category      Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory      Parish Marriages Collections from      England, Great Britain
  Marriage	3 Nov 1863	St George, Deal, , Kent, England   [5, 6]
  	First name(s)      George Last name      Johnson Birth year      1837 Age      26 Marriage year      1863 Marriage date      03 Nov 1863 Place      Deal, St George Spouse's first name(s)      Mary Ann Spouse's last name      Roberts Groom's age      26 Groom's father's first name(s)      George Richard Groom's father's last name      Johnson Bride's age      18 Bride's father's first name(s)      John Bride's father's last name      Roberts County      Kent Country      England Archive      Canterbury Cathedral Archives Archive reference      U3/67 Register year range      1852-1896 Page      63 Record set      Kent Marriages And Banns Category      Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory      Parish Marriages Collections from      England, Great Britain
  		M8580 - Marriage George Johnson & Mary Ann Roberts 03111863 M8580 - Marriage George Johnson & Mary Ann Roberts 03111863
  Family ID	F8580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara Beatrice,   b. Est 1865   d. Aft 25 Mar 1930 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F28098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Comments (Johnson, George Maw b. Jul-Sep 1864 Sutton, , Surrey, England d. Yes, date unknown): Dear Lady, dear Sir, George Maw Johnson came in 1890 to Belgium, where in 1893 he started with the 'Brewers Journal' (Le Journal des Brasseurs), became director of the Belgian Brewers Society and died in 1928 in Brussels. Kind regards. Geert Geert Van Lierde geert.van.lierde @ telenet.be

  
  

• Sources

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