Tradition records that a family 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 Wester
- 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 Dec 1873; 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
ref
- 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
[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~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 ref
- 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];
- John FERGUSON b. Dec 1 1842, Tain, Easter Ross, Scotland; d.
17 Oct 1913, Westermain, Chilworth, Surrey [ http://www.aim25.ac.uk/]
m. 1st
Charlotte HADDON 1871; m. 2d Ella Marianne SMITH 1905
- 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)
- 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
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