8th July 1600. Confirmation of a charter by which Thomas Mezies de
Durne sold to David Fergussoun, burgess of Aberdeen, and Marjorie Buchan, his
spouse, in liferent, and George Fergussoun, son of the said David, in fee, the
lands of Kirkhill, in the parish of Nigg, Kincardineshire. - {Reg. Mag. Sig.)
Records of the Clan, p. 308 ]
Colonel James Ferguson of Kirkmichael or Kirktonhill (i.e.
Balmakelly), as a Commissioner for Kincardineshire in 1696 and 1698, his son
returning to Aberdeenshire about 1723. [Records of the Clan, p. 22]
Mr James Ferguson, proprietor of Altens, (which property he
purchased only two years ago,) has improved sixty acres of waste lands, and
built new dwelling-houses, covered with slate, and new steadings to his
tenants. [ The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Vol XI Forfar, Kincardine,
Parish of Nigg, W. Blackwood and Sons, 1845 p. 205 ]
Kincardineshire - Mrs. Jane Ferguson of Altens. [Owners of Land and
Heritages (Scotland), published in 1873]
1850 MARRIAGES March 11. - At Leighton Lodge, John Ferguson, Esq.,
surgeon, Nigg, to Anne, only daughter of William Lundie, Esq. of Paradise
Cottage, Keith Hall, Inverury. 21 [Forfar and Kincardineshire advertiser 29
March 1850]
1853 FERGUSON, John, Cove, Nigg, Kincardineshire - M.R.C.S. Eng.
1840; ' Med. Off. to Paroch. Boards of Nigg and Banchory-Devk; Mem. Med. Chir.
Soo. Aberd [Medical Directory for Scotland 1853 - Page 27 - Google Books
Result]
1879 FERGUSON, John M.D., Cove, County of Kincardine, d. 13/03/1879
at Perth Railway Station, testate [statutory record: father: Peter FERGUSON,
school master, dec'd; mother: Jane SMITH ]
1889 FERGUSON-HUNTER On July 6th at St. Andrews Church, Cutch Bhoj.
by the Rev. W. Scott, B.A Surgeon-Major J. E. Ferguson, M.B., Bombay Medical
Service, eldest son of the late John Ferguson, M.D., of Nigg, Kincardineshire,
to Grace Alexa, eldest or of Lieut.-Col. F. M. Hunter, C.B., C.S.I., Political
Agent, Cutch.[ The Lancet, - Page 200 - Google Books Result ]
1899 FERGUSON, Alexander Frederick, M.B., CM. 1877. S. of John F.
[M.D. St. And. 1862] ; b. Nigg, 17th Nov. 1855. Joined the Indian Medical
Service (Bombay), 2nd Oct. 1880, and retired as a Major, 8th Sep. 1898. Died,
7th June 1899. [Aberdeen University Studies
https://books.google.com/books?id=cqwcAAAAMAAJ 1906 ]
1905 ROBERTSON. - At 337, Brixton Road, London, on November 21st,
Eleanor Ann Ferguson, wife of John Robertson, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.Edin., and
daughter of the late John Ferguson, M.D., of Nigg, Kincardineshire. [ British
Medical Journal - Page 299 - Google Books Result ]
1927 northern "officer for SHANGHAI. Captain J. F. Ferguson. One of
the General Staff Officers appointed by the War Office to the Shanghai Defence
Force is Captain J. F. Ferguson, son of the late Surgeon-Major J. E. Ferguson,
who resided at 21 Desswoou Place, Aberdeen. Captain Ferguson, whose regiment is
the Durham Light Infantry, was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School from
1904-1909. He became second lieutenant in the Dur 1912, being promoted
lieutenant on mobilisation. He served on the Indian frontier until the autumn
of 1917, and fought in Mesopotamia from September, 1917, to January, 1918.
Proceeding to Palestine in April, 1918, he was wounded and taken prisoner
during operations there.- He became captain and adjutant in November, 1919.
During last year Captain Ferguson passed with distinction his Staff College
examination. Captain Ferguson's father was the son of the late Dr John
Ferguson, M.D., Nigg, Kincardineshire. also was educated at Aberdeen Grammar
School. Graduating M.8., C.M., 1873, he joined the Indian Medical Service two
years later, retired surgeon-major in 1593, and died at Aberdeen in October,
1904. Captain Ferguson 's grandfather was the late Colonel Hunter, C.8.,
C.5.1., of St Andrews. [Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 29 January
1927]
