Margaret Ferguson

1798 - 1868  (70 years)

• Name	Margaret Ferguson
  Birth	1798	Callander Parish, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  alt Death	29 Jul 1861	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  FamilySearch ID	K827-8XQ
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K827-8XQ
  _UID	EB068214C68F4678A0886E2C17B9469D0F63
  Death	27 May 1868	Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	" Morrison - Died, on the 27th of May at the residence of her son, James Morrison, North Elmsley. Margaret Morrison, relict of the late Archibald Morrison, aged 71. Mrs Morrison was the wife of Archibald, who died 33 years ago. She was a native of Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. They (her and her family, and he and his family) came to Canada in 1815, purchased the lot upon which the family (Lord Bathurst Settlement) having chiefly resided for the past 51 years and which is now occupied by her son James, with whom the deceased has resided in a house of her own, which was erected for her accomodation. After the death of her husband, she must have encountered many hardships and endured much of the hard toil of the early settlers and many changes have taken place in the country during more than half a century. Her last illness lasted about 2 months during which period she was almost powerless and yet retained all of her mental facilities until the last. Her mortal remains were conveyed to their last resting place in Perth, attended by a large concourse of friends on Saturday last. John Ferguson her father came out at the same time. (1815, Margaret was age 17, when she and her family sailed to Canada on the Ship Dorothy from Greenoch, Scotland ). The Perth Courier June 4 1868
  Person ID	I27475	Lanark County Origins | My Paternal Grandmother's Branch, This is my paternal Lineage, My Great Grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	John Ferguson,   b. 25 Nov 1767, Callander, Perth and Kinross (Perth), Scotland d. Abt 1826, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Catherine McIntyre,   b. 1774, Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1815, Brockville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1799	Killin Parish, Perth and Kinross (Perth), Scotland
  Family ID	F9447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Archibald Morrison,   b. 1779, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Abt 1836, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	9 Feb 1821	First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Ferguson, Margaret, Bathurst, 9 Feb 1821 to Morrison, Archibald, Elmsley Con 6 Lot 23
  Children	+ 1. Catherine Morrison,   b. 1 Dec 1821, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Feb 1905, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) + 2. James Morrison,   b. 3 Jun 1823, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Jan 1907, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) + 3. Helen M. Morrison,   b. 7 Jan 1825, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Mar 1911, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States (Age 86 years) + 4. John Morrison,   b. 26 Jan 1827, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Jun 1906, Cornwall, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years) + 5. Ann Morrison,   b. 18 May 1829, Rideau Ferry/ Olivers Ferry, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Sep 1914 (Age 85 years)   6. Sarah Morrison,   b. 1 Jun 1831, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   7. David Morrison,   b. 16 Jun 1833, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Oct 1883, Ontario, Canada (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F9451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 9 Feb 1821 - First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada alt Death - 29 Jul 1861 - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 27 May 1868 - Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S62] First Presbyterian Church (Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Index, Marriages First Presbyterian Church, Rev. William Bell, Perth, 1817-1857, Margaret Ferguson & Archibald Morrison (Reliability: 3).