Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Johnstone, Ralph S. August 26, 1882 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

RALPH S. JOHNSTONE, Tax Expert and Accountant. Connected with the United 
States Internal Revenue Service in Honolulu for fourteen years, Ralph S. 
Johnstone received invaluable training for his chosen profession of tax 
accountancy.
  In 1917 in co-partnership with Ernest R. Cameron, he opened the first tax 
accountancy office in the Territory under the name of Cameron & Johnstone. At 
first the firm merely handled income tax accounts, but later added public 
accounting, auditing and various branches.
  Mr. Johnstone entered government service at the conclusion of his course at 
Oahu College in 1903, when he was made a deputy collector of internal revenue. 
Four years later he became chief deputy collector, remaining in this position 
until his retirement in 1917 to establish his own office.
  Mr. Johnstone is a member of the Rotary, Pacific, Oahu Country and 
Commercial clubs, and is a Mason and Elk.
  He is the son of Wilson F. Johnstone, an old-time resident of Honolulu, who 
came here in 1872 to build the first steamship constructed in the islands. The 
elder Johnstone had an interesting career, being associated with public 
affairs during the reign of King Kalakaua, for whom he built the first sliding 
seat spoon-oared racing shell in Hawaii, and in which the king’s crew won a 
regatta race. During Kalakaua’s reign, Mr. Johnstone was appointed 
superintendent of public works. He constructed the first cable landing for 
handling freight and sugar on the Hamakua coast, thus greatly facilitating the 
shipment of sugar. The elder Johnstone also was chief engineer for the Wilder 
Steamship Co., which later became the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.
  Ralph S. Johnstone’s maternal grandfather, Captain Loiver Swain, was also 
well known in the pioneer life of Honolulu. He was a veteran sea captain.
  Born in Honolulu, Aug. 26, 1882, the son of Wilson F. and Caroline P. 
(Swain) Johnstone, Mr. Johnstone was educated in the public schools of 
California, the California School of Mechanical Arts and Oahu College.
  In 1907 he married Belle Ashley of Honolulu and they had two children, 
Wilson R. and Ernest A. Johnstone. Mrs. Johnstone died in 1918, and in 1920 
Mr. Johnstone married Sue Ross of Santa Rosa.


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