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There are two main groups of historical families of that name
(Ferguson). Those in Lewis are generally reckoned to have come from the Brahan
area of Easter Ross along with the MacKenzies in the early 1600s. Those in
Harris and the Uists claim a much earlier origin, from a henchman of Robert
Bruce who was in the islands in the period between being on Rathlin and the
Battle of Bannockburn, linking this tradition with the fact that the name
Robert was to be found in these Fergusons in much greater number than in any
other family in the area.
[Bill
Lawson, 2008]
Barra
Berneray, North Uist
Harris
Isle of Skye
- Crolivick, Uig -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Angus M 65 Blacksmith Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Margaret F 65 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Ann F 25 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Murdo M 20 Unknown
- FERGUSON George M 15 Unknown
- FERGUSON Mary F 13 Ross and Cromarty
1881 Census - male heads of house or family born Ross &
Cromarty
- 12 Carrishader Priv. Ho., Uig, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- John FERGUESON M 63 M Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Head
Occ: Farmer Of 10 Acres
- Mary FERGUESON M 63 F Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Wife
Occ: Farmers Wife
- Christina FERGUESON U 39 F Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Daur Occ: Farmers Daur
- Ann FERGUESON U 22 F Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Daur
Occ: Farmers Daur
- Jane MACAULAY U 9 F Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Gr Daur
Occ: Scholar
- John FERGUESON U 4 M Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
- Crofters House, Uig, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- George FERGUSON M 56 M Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Head
Occ: Crofter
- Margret FERGUSON M 43 F Lochs, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Wife
- Margret FERGUSON U 16 F Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Daur
- Angus FERGUSON 13 M Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
- Catherine FERGUSON 11 F Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Daur Occ: Scholar
- Mary FERGUSON 9 F Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ:
Scholar
- Donald FERGUSON 4 M Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Son
- Mary FERGUSON U 53 F Uig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Lewis
- Mill Street, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Margaret F 60 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Ann F 70 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Donald M 40 Small Tenant Ross and Cromarty
- Portnaguiran, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON William M 45 Small Tenant And Farmer Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Janet F 45 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON John M 20 Farmer Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Peter M 15 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Alexander M 9 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Christian F 5 Ross and Cromarty
- Gress, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Evander M 35 Small Tenant Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Ann F 35 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Angus M 8 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Murdo M 7 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Donald M 4 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Ann F 2 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Neil M 6m Ross and Cromarty
- Back, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON John M 40 Black Smith Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Isabella F 40 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Henrietta F 15 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Catherine F 11 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Angus M 10 Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Neil M 5 Ross and Cromarty
- Cailltinish, South Uist
This family emigrated to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1842
[Arlene Ragan, 2010]
- FERGUSSON (Widow) F 42 Grasskeeper Outside Census County
(1841)
- FERGUSSON Donald M 20 Inverness-shire
- FERGUSSON Fergus M 18 Inverness-shire
- FERGUSSON Flora F 16 Inverness-shire
- FERGUSSON Niel M 14 Inverness-shire
- FERGUSSON Marrion F 12 Inverness-shire
- FERGUSSON Isabel F 10 Inverness-shire
- MCDONALD Marrion F 15 Lodging Inverness-shire lodging
- Farm Of Gress, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Evander Head M M 44 Sub Tenant Ross and Cromarty -
Parish Of Stornoway
- FERGUSON Ann Wife M F 47 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Stornoway
- FERGUSON Angus Son U M 18 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of
Stornoway
- FERGUSON Murdo Son U M 16 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of
Stornoway
- FERGUSON Donald Son U M 14 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of
Stornoway
- FERGUSON Neil Son - M 12 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Stornoway
- FERGUSON John Son - M 8 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Stornoway
- FERGUSON Evander Son - M 5 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of
Stornoway
- FERGUSON Ann Dau - F 10 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Stornoway
- FERGUSON Janet Dau - F 6 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Stornoway
- FERGUSON Catherine Dau - F 3 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of
Stornoway
- Europie, Barvas -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Fergus Head M M 36 Small Tenant & Fisher Ross and
Cromarty - Parish Of Stornoway
- FERGUSON Ann Wife M F 39 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Barvas
- FERGUSON Margaret Dau U F 14 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Barvas
- FERGUSON Angus Son - M 10 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Barvas
- FERGUSON John Son - M 7 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Barvas
- FERGUSON Donald Son - M 2 Ross and Cromarty - Parish Of Barvas
- MCDONALD Mary Servnt U F 24 General Servant Ross and Cromarty -
Parish Of Barvas
- South Tolsta, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON John Lodger M M 34 Ordinance Survey Labourer Ross and
Cromarty - Uig
- Back Road, Back, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON John Head M M 58 Blacksmith Ross and Cromarty - Back
- FERGUSON Isabella Wife M F 59 Ross and Cromarty - Back
- FERGUSON Catharine Dau - F 19 Ross and Cromarty - Back
- FERGUSON Angus Son - M 17 Ross and Cromarty - Back
- FERGUSON Neil Son - M 14 Ross and Cromarty - Back
- Portnaguran, Uye, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON John Head M M 29 Small Tenant & Fisherman Ross and
Cromarty - Stornoway
- FERGUSON Margret Wife M F 29 Ross and Cromarty - Stornoway
- FERGUSON Mary Dau - F 5 Ross and Cromarty - Stornoway
- GRAHAM Isabella Servnt U F 15 General Servant Ross and Cromarty -
Stornoway
- Sheshader, Uye, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON Peter Head M M 26 Fisherman Ross and Cromarty -
Stornoway
- FERGUSON Christian Wife M F 20 Ross and Cromarty - Stornoway
- Portnaguran, Uye, Stornoway -Ross and Cromarty
- FERGUSON William Head M M 56 Small Tenant Ross and Cromarty -
Stornoway
- FERGUSON Maron Wife M F 38 Ross and Cromarty - Uig
1881 Census - male heads of house or family born Ross &
Cromarty
- 18 Portnagiuran Road, Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- Peter FERGUSON M 59 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Head Occ: Tenant
- Christiana FERGUSON M 53 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Wife
- Margaret FERGUSON U 18 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Daur Occ: Ag Lab
- Mary FERGUSON U 16 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Daur
- Anabella FERGUSON 12 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty,
Scotland
- 34 Back, Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- Angus FERGUSON M 51 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Head Occ: Crofter
- Ann FERGUSON M 40 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Wife
- Henrietta FERGUSON 11 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
- Margaret FERGUSON 9 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Daur Occ: Scholar
- Isabella FERGUSON 5 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Daur
- Marrion FERGUSON 6 m F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty,
Scotland
- No 29 Bayhead St, Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- Murdo FERGUSON M 51 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Head Occ: Joiner
- Margaret FERGUSON M 45 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Wife
- D.M. FERGUSON 15 M Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Rel: Son Occ:
Scholar
- Jessie M. FERGUSON 11 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty,
Scotland
- 11 Portvoller Road, Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- Alexander FERGUSON M 50 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Head Occ: Fisherman
- Isabella FERGUSON M 40 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Wife
- Malcolm FERGUSON U 18 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Son Occ: Fisherman
- Jessie FERGUSON U 16 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Daur Occ: Fisherman Daur
- John FERGUSON 13 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Son Occ: Scholar
- Catherine FERGUSON 9 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
- Donald FERGUSON 7 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Son Occ: Scholar
- Chirsty FERGUSON 5 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Daur Occ: Scholar
- Hector FERGUSON 3 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Son
- John FERGUSON 6 m M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Son
- 17 Back, Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- Donald FERGUSON M 43 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Head Occ: Crofter
- Mary FERGUSON M 40 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Wife
- Catherine (a) FERGUSON 14 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty,
Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
- Ann FERGUSON 11 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Daur Occ: Scholar
- Christina FERGUSON 9 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
- Donald FERGUSON 5 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Son Occ: Scholar
- Catherine (b) FERGUSON 2 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty,
Scotland
- 78 Back, Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- Neil FERGUSON M 38 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Head Occ: Crofter
- Mary FERGUSON M 38 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Wife Evander
- FERGUSON 8 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Son Occ:
Scholar
- Alexander FERGUSON 6 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Son Occ: Scholar
- Henrietta FERGUSON 3 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Daur
- Kenneth FERGUSON 1 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
- 77 Back, Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- John FERGUSON M 35 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Head Occ: Fisherman
- Catherine FERGUSON M 29 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Wife
- Ann FERGUSON 4 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel: Daur
- Evander FERGUSON 3 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Son
- Christina FERGUSON 6 m F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty,
Scotland
- 4 Vatisker, Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
- Neil MC LEOD M 63 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Head Occ: Crofter
- Christina MC LEOD M 58 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Wife
- Angus MC LEOD U 27 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Son Occ: Fisherman
- Evander FERGUSON M 34 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Son In Law Occ: Fisherman
- Jessie FERGUSON M 29 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Rel: Daur
- Angus FERGUSON 3 M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Grandson
- Anne FERGUSON 2 F Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Rel:
Grand Daur
- Alexander FERGUSON 6 m M Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty,
Scotland
Civil Death Records
- 21 Jan 1855 - Donald Ferguson, age 76, died: Stornoway, born: Skye,
father: Donald Ferguson, mother: Catherine Campbell; wife: Catherine MacKennon,
children:
- John 48
- Mary 1 dec
- Angus 45
- Phebe 1 dec
- William 42
- Flora 30
- Alexander 38
- (illegilble) 27
Habost
- 1841
Census
- 265 FERGUSON Fergus 35 Blacksmith Habost Yes
- 265 FERGUSON Flory 20 Habost Yes
- 265 FERGUSON Donald 4 Habost Yes
- 265 FERGUSON Ranald 9mths Habost Yes
- 265 FERGUSON Donald 10 Male Servant Habost Yes
- Ann
FERGUSON b. 1847
- Seaman
JOHN FERGUSON
Donald M. Ferguson 1922-
"The Fergusons first came from the mainland to the village of
Ceòs in Lochs, Lewis. that's where they first got houses. They came here
from the Black Isle in Inverness-shire. I believe that they were blacksmiths to
trade and were brought to Lewis by MacKenzie of Seaforth when he took the
island from the MacLeods"
[Lewis In The Passing by Calum Ferguson, p
222]
- Grandfather - served as Cuairtiche for the village of Laxay
- Father (6 sons all of whom served in the Seaforth Highlanders in
WWII, 4 daughters) of Dail Beag near Carloway and later No. 30 in Laxay, a
shepherd
- Donald b. 1922; m. Seònaid; one son and four
daughters
- Donald Finlay
- Iain killed in action shortly after D-Day
Murdo Ferguson
- Lewis family lose everything in house blaze, The Press and Journal, 22/02/2008
- Murdo Ferguson, 43, and his wife Màiri, 39
- Catrìona, 9
- Mairi, 6,
- Ewan, 5
- Ruaraidh, 3
Dolina Ferguson
born about 1880, Laxay, Isle of Lewis, Scotland;
m. Angus MacKenzie
North Uist
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
- Name: James Ferguson
- Birth Date: 15 Sep 1872
- Birth Place: North Uist, Scotland
- Residence: Glenshaw, Pennsylvania
- Passport Issue Date: 7 Jun 1923
- Father Name: Murdoch Ferguson
- Father's Birth Location: North Uist, Scotland
- Father's Residence: Dead
- Passport Includes a Photo: Y
- Source: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925
(M1490)
Querries
South Uist
- Angus
Ferguson, born 1825 Balemore, N. Uist , son of Roderick Ferguson and
Catherine McVicar.
St Kilda
- Inhabitants
of St Kilda, 1841
- John FERGUSON family of 4
- Neil FERGUSON family of 4
- Catherine FERGUSON, old maid of 83, family of 1
- Finlay FERGUSON family of 2
- List Of Emigrants Assisted By The Highland And Island Emigration
Society, And Embarked On Board The Ship Priscilla Which Sailed From
Liverpool For Victoria On The 13th October 1852. Arrived Melbourne 24th
February 1853 And Placed In Quarantine
- FERGUSON Malcolm 31 St. Kilda J.M.MacLeod Esq. 244
- Catherine 23 Died 9-2-53
- * Mr MacLeod the proprietor of St.Kilda has paid for the
outfit and has undertaken to pay the deposit. Catherine daughter of Roderick
McDonald No 277
- FERGUSON Mary 3 Died 6-12-52
- MORRISON Mary 57 Died 9-11-52
- FERGUSON Hector 35 Died Quarantine Station
- FERGUSON Mary 22 (Nee Morrison)
- 1930 -
Evacuation of St Kilda
- The island postmaster, Mr Neil Ferguson....
- Neil
Ferguson died 1838
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
- Ball's
Creek, Cape Breton in 1881
- Alex Ferguson, Married, Male, Scottish Origin, 64 yrs, b.
Scotland, Farmer
- Flora Ferguson, Married, Female, Scottish Origin, 66 yrs, b.
Scotland
(to save my typing, all children below are b. Nova Scotia and
classed as Scottish origin)
- Mary Ferguson, female, 35 yrs
- Donala Ferguson, female, 29 yrs
- Alex Ferguson, male, 27 yrs
- Sarah Ferguson, female, 25 yrs
- Millie Ferguson, female, 40 yrs (could be a daughter in law, and
the following two children could be hers - grandchildren - all conjecture at
this point)
- John Ferguson, male, 12 yrs
- Willie Ferguson, male 5 yrs
- Neil
Ronald Ferguson was born in North Uist in 1827
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