Fergus(s)on DNA Project

Fergusons of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Ancestral: Urray, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

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

Anne FERGUSON c. 6 Sep 1809, Urquhart and Logie Weste
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
Ann FERGUSON c. 30 Apr 1814, Urray
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; 1911 census: Aberystwyth Cardiganshire
  - 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
John Mackenzie FERGUSON c. 22 Apr 1818, Urquhart and Logie Weste; d.~1892
William FERGUSON b. 18 Jul 1820, Urquhart and Logie Weste; d. 31 Jul 1887, Colombo; m. Robina INNES, 10 Jan 1852; Urquhart And Logie Wester also 20 Feb 1852 Inverness [IGI]; 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
- Robina Margaret FERGUSON b.18 Dec 1856, Inverness; m. Charles Thomas Doyne VIGORS, 22 Apr 1882; d. 1931 [IGI]
- Williamina FERGUSON b. 13 Jun 1858, Inverness
- 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
  [Angus Alistair FERGUSON b. 12 Jun 1882, Lindura, 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
Kraig Adler, Private Commuication

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