Sri Lanka British Family Genealogy

FERGUSON - Family #1264

Tradition records that a family of of the name Mackerras were originally Fergusons and owed their origin to a Ferguson who was prescribed for participation in 'the Forty-Five.' These Mackerrases simply adopted an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Fhearghuis and one of them is understood to have become a Professor in Canada.
[John Ferguson, Records, 1895, p.488]

John Ferguson and Ann McKerras, Ross-Shire

1. Anne FERGUSON c. 6 Sep 1809, Urquhart and Logie Weste
2. Donald FERGUSON c. 10 Oct 1811, Urray; m. Jane WRIGHT 15 Feb 1842, Tain; d. Apr 21 1880; Iron Founder;
   • John FERGUSON b. 1 Dec 1842, Tain
   • James W. FERGUSON b.~1845, Tain; m. Julia Ann SHIACH, Elgin, Moray,19 Dec1873; 1881,1891 Census: Tain, Iron Founder
     • Eliza FERGUSON b.~1874, Moray, Elgin
     • James Wright FERGUSON b. 1876, Moray, Elgin; m. Ellen Beatrice GURNEY-SMITH, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Colombo, Ceylon
     • Donald S. FERGUSON b.~1878, Moray, Elgin; d. 23 Jul 1911, Elgin
     • Julia Shiach FERGUSON b. 1880, Tain
     • Jesse FERGUSON b.~1884, Tain
     • John FERGUSON b.~1885, Tain
     • Anabella FERGUSON b.~1887, Tain
     • David Shiach FERGUSON b. 1890, Tain
   • William McKerras FERGUSON b.~1849; d. 1857, Tain
   • Margaret FERGUSON b.~1860, Tain
3. Ann FERGUSON c. 30 Apr 1814, Urray
4. Alexander (Alastair Mackenzie) FERGUSON c. 29 Jan 1816, Urquhart and Logie Weste; m. 1844 Miss MACKERRA (from Glasgow who was his first cousin) in Ceylon; d. 26 Dec 1892; arrived Ceylon at Colombo 1837
   • Eldest son; d. ~1861 England
   • Alastair (Alick) Mackenzie FERGUSON b. 6 Mar 1849 Colombo, Ceylon; m. 1875 Gertrude Caroline ANGUS, Marylebone; d. 1914, Hampstead; 1871 Census: St Marylebone; 1901 Census: Hampstead, London; Frognal House
     • Edith M FERGUSON b. ~ 1882, Ceylon
     • Maurice G FERGUSON b. ~ 1887, St John Wood, London
     • Norman Douglas FERGUSON b. ~ 1888, Ceylon; d. 1 Jul 1919, France
     • Donald F FERGUSON b. ~ 1890, Ceylon
     • Hugh Mortimer FERGUSON b. ~ 1892, Ceylon; KIA 11 Jun 1917
     • Gertrude D FERGUSON b. ~ 1894, Hampstead, London
     • Clara L FERGUSON b. ~ 1895, Hampstead, London
     • Austin FERGUSON b. ~ 1897, Hampstead, London
     • Katheleen I FERGUSON b. ~ 1898 Hampstead, London
     • Oswald Kenneth FERGUSON b. ~ 1900, Hampstead, London; m. 1925 Leslie Margaret GODDARD, Cheltenham; d. 2 Feb 1944, Middle East
       • Pauline FERGUSON
       • Janet FERGUSON
   • Donald William FERGUSON b. 8 Oct 1853, Colombo, Ceylon; m. Winefred (Winnie) M. WALDOCK ; d. 29 Jun 1910, Croydon, Surrey; 1871 Census: St Marylebone; 1901 Census: Croydon
     • Margorie FERGUSON b. 29 May 1885, Colombo, Ceylon; d. 29 May 1924
     • Erica FERGUSON b. 8 Feb 1889 Kandy, Ceylon; m. Sydney C. WOODHOUSE 24 Jul 1919, Cranleigh Gardens Parish Church, London; d. 17 May 1970, Carshalton Beeches, Surrey
   • Anna FERGUSON b.~1855; d. 2 Dec 1863, Grovehill Glebe, Camberwell; 1881 Census: Camberwell, Surrey
5. John Mackenzie FERGUSON c. 22 Apr 1818, Urquhart and Logie Weste; d.~1892
6. William FERGUSON c. 28 Jul 1820, Urquhart and Logie Weste; d. 1887; Photograph
   • John FERGUSON b. Dec 1 1842, Tain, Easter Ross, Scotland; d. 17 Oct 1913, Westermain, Chilworth, Surrey
     m. 1st Charlotte HADDON 1871; d. 13 Feb 1903
     • Alan Cort Wright FERGUSON b. Aug 16 1868, Kings Street, Tain
     • Ronald Haddon FERGUSON b.~1877 Ceylon m. Ruby b.~1875; d. 6 Mar 1910; d. Apr 3 1940, Wandsworth,
       • John Edward Haddon "Jack" FERGUSON, b. 22 Mar 1908; d. 3 Dec 1908
       • Derrick Ronald Haddon FERGUSON, b. 6 Feb 1910, Calton Lodge, Ceylon; d. 1992, Scotland; m. Betsy Annis EUSTACE b. 1911 England; d. 2001; of Cheltenham, engagement The Times, Dec 23, 1933; A photograph of their memorial on a stone on the hill near Melldalloch, between Kames and Kilfinnan, in Cowal, Argyllshire appears on the Clan Fergus(s)on Society Website; of Westminster 1960
         • Rosamond Annis FERGUSON b. 1937 Apr-May-Jun Surrey SW 2a 651; m. Charles Henry BROWN, Jun 18 1960, Westminster
     • Two daughters (probably Eleanor H. b.~1873 and Annie M. B~1874 as in 1881 census, Kent)

m. 2d Ella Marianne SMITH Mar 1905

• Isabella Wright FERGUSON m. Samuel HILL; d. 21 Feb 1929, St. Leonards on the Sea

Army Roll of Honour 1939-45

• Oswald K. FERGUSON, Captain, Royal Army Chaplains’, b. London NW, residence: Yorkshire, d. 02/02/44, Theatre of War: Middle East

Miscellaneous

• Captain Wm. FERGUSON, son of the late William FERGUSON F.L.S. of Colomobo, KIA Nov 1 1916, age 49
• Daughter to Dorothy and G.H. FERGUSON, Nov 4 1933, Colombo
• Memorial to Donald S. Ferguson at the Scots Church in Colombo, Sri Lanka, photograph courtesy John Ferguson

1901 Census of England

• Godalming St Paul and St Peter, Surrey
  • Angus FERGUSON, Boarder, 18, Student, Ceylon
• Rotherfield, Sussex
  • J.C. FERGUSON, Head, 39, Market Gardener, Ceylon
• Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  • John A FERGUSSON, Head, 55, Colonel in H.M.S. Army Edinburgh
  • Sarah F FERGUSSON, Wife, 48, South Australia
  • Anna M FERGUSSON, Dau, 25, Studying in School of Cooking Gloucester, Kent, Chatham
  • Edith N FERGUSSON, Dau, 22, Teacher in Ladies College, Aldershot, Hants
  • Jean D FERGUSSON, Dau, 19, Studying music in Ladies College, South Australia
  • Olive FERGUSSON, Dau, 16, Ceylon
  • Margaret A FERGUSSON, Dau, 14, Ceylon
  • Sarah F FERGUSSON, Dau, 12, Bournemouth, Hants

References

• The Times (London): The Times Digital Archive 1785 - 1985, Thomson Gale
• Ceylon in 1903: Describing the Progress of the Island Since 1803, Its ... By John Ferguson