John Ferguson

1842 - 1920  (78 years)

• Name	John Ferguson
  Birth	1842	Milesmark, Fife, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Hobby	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  	Poultry breeding
  Military	'younger years'	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  	Sargeant in Fife Militia
  Occupation	1883-1913	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  Manager of Dunfermline Co-operative Society Coal Dept
  Death	1920	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  Person ID	I1773	wilkie
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	Christina Hooper,   b. 1841, Limekilns, Scotland d. 1920, , , , Scotland (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	15 Jan 1866
  Children	1. Catherine Kate Ferguson,   b. 1866, , , , Scotland d. 1950, , Orkney Isles, Scotland (Age 84 years) + 2. William Ferguson,   b. 14 May 1868, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 5 Apr 1954, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 85 years)   3. Alexander Ferguson,   b. Abt 1872, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 1950, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland (Age ~ 78 years) + 4. Agnes "Nan" Ferguson,   b. 30 Jun 1874, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 2 Apr 1978, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 103 years)   5. Christina Ferguson,   b. Abt 1876, , , , Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   6. John Ferguson,   b. Abt 1878, , , , Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   7. Marion Ferguson,   b. 1880, , , , Scotland d. 1971, , , , Scotland (Age 91 years) + 8. Alison Hooper Ferguson,   b. 9 Feb 1888, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 29 Jun 1982, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2011

  
  

• Notes

  Newspaper Announcement 1916 - Dunfermline Golden Wedding at Dunfermline Mr. & Mrs. John Ferguson, 63 North Inglis Street, Dunfermline, have just celebrated their Golden Wedding, and the occasion was taken by the family and freinds to present the couple with a purse of sovereigns and other gifts. The couple were married on 15th January 1866, and have had three sons and five daughters. There have been twenty-one grandchildren and one great-grandson. Three grandsons and one son-in-law are serving in His Majesty's forces. Mr. Ferguson is a native of Milesmark, where he was born in 1842, and his Wife, whose maiden name was Christina Hooper, was born at Limekilns in 1841. Both are hale and hearty. As ayoung man, Mr. Ferguson was a sergeant in the Fife Militia, and about three years ago he retired from the position of manager of the Dunfermline Co-operative Society's Coal Department in North Inglis Street. A position which he had held for thirty years. As a hobby, Mr Ferguson went in for poultry breeding, and in this connection, was well known throughout the district. *Milesmark - a village at boundary between Dunfermline and Inverkeithing parishes, Fife. Population with Parknook 439 1871 Scotland Census, Dunfermline, ED:11, Pg 25, Line 6, Roll CSSCT1871_72 John Ferguson, Age 28, Head, Married, Male Christina Ferguson, Age 29, Wife Catherine Ferguson, Dtr, Age 4 William Ferguson, Son, Age 2 Address: 15 South Row, Dunfermline, Fife 1881 Scotland Census, Dunfermline, ED:27, Pg 9, Line 14, Roll CSSCT1881_118 John Ferguson, Age 38, Married, Male, Occ - Colliery Roadsman Christina Ferguson, Wife, Age 39 Catherine Ferguson, Dtr, Age 14, Damask Factory weaver William Ferguson, Son, Age 12, Scholar Alexander Ferguson, Son, Age 9 Agnes Ferguson, Dtr, Age 6 Christina Ferguson, Dtr, Age 4 John Ferguson, Son, Age 2 Marion Ferguson, Dtr, Age 11 mos Addess: 16 South Sq, Dunfermline, Fife