Robert Ferguson

Male 1777 - 1856  (78 years)


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  1. 1.  Robert Ferguson was born on 1 Jun 1777 (son of Duncan Ferguson and Margaret McGregor); died on 31 Mar 1856 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 169732880
    • _UID: E183B00E267D47D3870CF402420CD3FD8688

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169732880

    Died:
    Robert Ferguson was the son of Duncan Ferguson and his second wife Helen Stewart (1754-?). He was at born at Laggan in Strathyre, Balquhidder, (Perthshire) Sterlingshire, Scotland and baptized June 1st, 1777 at Balquhidder.
    Robert and his brother, John Ferguson, came to Canada in 1816 with their families.
    Robert married Margaret Buchanan in Scotland. Unknown marriage date.
    Courtesy of Anna Strutt


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Duncan Ferguson was born in 1740; died in 1784; was buried in Balquhidder Church Cemetery, Balquhidder, Sterling, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 214991617
    • _UID: 3F785A7FE715455C9253051231336EF8F37E

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214991617

    Died:
    (Source: Ferguson, James and Robert Menzies Ferguson. Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson, and Fergus. Edinburgh, 1895. 214.)

    Inscription
    Here lies in hope of a blessed
    resurrection the remains of Duncan Fergusson in Laggan of
    Strathire, who died in the year 1784, aged 44 years. Being
    of the anchant family of Artandamh. This stone was erected
    by Peter Fergusson his son.
    "How loved, how valued Once, avails thee not.
    By whom remembered, Or by whom forgot,
    A heap of dust alone remains of thee.
    It is that thou art, It is all the proud shall be."

    Duncan married Margaret McGregor on 14 Nov 1761 in Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret McGregor

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 6AC257C96254489DA03D67D397E0F64EB9E8

    Children:
    1. Peter Ferguson was born in 1766 in Balquhidder Parish, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 5 Aug 1849 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Prestonvale Cemetery, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. Robert Ferguson was born on 1 Jun 1777; died on 31 Mar 1856 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Alexander Ferguson was born on 20 Jun 1779 in Balquhidder Church Cemetery, Balquhidder, Sterling, Scotland; died on 5 Nov 1853 in Drummond Centre, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John "Craig Darroch" Ferguson was born in 1781 in Balquhidder Parish, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 22 Dec 1857 in Cromarty, Perth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.




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