Abraham Ferrier, II b. 1807 Waterside, Kirkintilloch Parish, East Dunbartonshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland d. 11 Sep 1879 Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada: Lanark County Origins

Abraham Ferrier, II

1807 - 1879 (72 years)

Name	Abraham Ferrier
Suffix	II
Birth	1807	Waterside, Kirkintilloch Parish, East Dunbartonshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland [1, 2, 3]
	Name Abraham Ferrier Sex Male Birth Date 3 Feb 1807 Birthplace Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Birthplace (Original) Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton, Scotland Father's Name Abraham Ferrier Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Christian Rowat Mother's Sex Female Mother's Sex Female
Christening	3 Feb 1807	Kirkintilloch, East Dunbarton, Scotland [4]
	FERRIER ABRAHAM ABRAHAM FERRIER/CHRISTIAN ROWAT M 03/02/1807 498/ 30 79 Kirkintilloch
Gender	Male
Location	1815	Scotch Line, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
	Concession 10 Lot 8 E
Residence-Occupant	1816	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
	C10 Lot 8 Burgess on the Scotch Line
	Role: Occupant
Residence	1826-1830	Carleton County, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada
	Abraham may have worked on the canal at this time
Census	1851	Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [5]
	Canada
Census	1851	Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [6]
	Canada - Agricultural
		1851 Agricultural Census Burgess North Abraham Ferrier C10 L8E
Occupation	1851	Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [5]
	Farmer
Census	1861	Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [7]
	Canada
Census	1871	Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [8, 9]
	Canada
FamilySearch ID	996P-BHK
Death	11 Sep 1879	Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [10]
	Cause: Diarrhea, with Lung Complications
	Name: Abraham Ferner [Abraham Ferrier] Gender: Male Age: 72 Birth Date: abt 1807 Birth Place: Scotland Death Date: 11 Sep 1879 Death Place: Lanark, Ontario, Canada Religion: Presbyterian Cause of Death: Diarrhoe With Lungs Complicaten ----------------------------------- Series: MS935; Reel: 21 County: Lanark; Division: North Burgess Pg.: 517; No." 1 (007092) Name: Abraham Ferrier Died: 11th September 1879 Sex: M; Age: 72 years Occupation: Farmer Born: Scotland Cause: Diarrhea, with Lung Complication, six weeks Physician: J. D. Kellock, M.D. Informant: J. D. Kellock, M.D., Perth Registered: 17th December 1879 Denomination: Presbyterian Registrar: Thos. Brooke [Ontario Death Registration]
Residence	1830-abt 1880	Scotch Line, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
	raised a family of ten children in a log house about 16 by 22 feet in size
	Agnes, Abraham's unmarried sister, and Rebecca, Abraham's mother, during her declining years lived with them.
_UID	8A74253B1CBC4B1D93AE44EF2941E4D23266
Burial	Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Person ID	I3194	Lanark County Origins \| My Paternal Grandmother's Branch, This is my paternal Lineage
Last Modified	2 Aug 2024

Father	Abraham "Abram" Ferrier, I, b. 1782, Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland d. 5 Dec 1833, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 51 years)
Mother	Christian Rowat, b. 6 Oct 1782, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbarton, Scotland d. 27 Jul 1846, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years)
Marriage	29 Apr 1803	Cumbernauld, North Lanark Council Area (Dunbarton), Scotland
Family ID	F946	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sarah Wrathall, b. 1807, England d. 15 Jun 1886, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)

Marriage 2 Aug 1826 Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

Children

+	1. Isaac Francis Ferrier, b. Abt 1828, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Dec 1886, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 58 years)
	2. Rebecca Ferrier, b. 16 Aug 1830, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 23 May 1907, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)
+	3. Abraham Ferrier, III, b. 1831, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Aug 1899, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)
+	4. Sarah Ferrier, b. Abt 1834, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Oct 1917, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 83 years)
+	5. Christine "Christa" Ferrier, b. Abt 1836, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
+	6. Mary Ferrier, b. 16 Aug 1838, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 4 May 1908, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)
+	7. Susan Ferrier, b. Abt 1840, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1877, Beachburg, Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 37 years)
+	8. Martha Ferrier, b. 12 Feb 1841, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Nov 1922, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan, United States (Age 81 years)
+	9. John Ferrier, b. 18 Feb 1844, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Jan 1920, Drummond-North Elmsley Twp (Drummond), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
+	10. James Lupton Ferrier, b. 6 Aug 1846, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Mar 1916, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 69 years)
	11. Alexander Ferrier, of Michigan, b. 27 Nov 1849 d. 23 Nov 1924 (Age 74 years)
+	12. Elizabeth Ann Ferrier, b. 16 Jan 1853, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Feb 1929, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)

Family ID F945 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 4 Mar 2024

Sources

[S60] Family History Library, Family History Library: IGI, 1988 Edition - version 2.15 British Isles, Batch C114986, #1041997, Oct 1991 (Reliability: 3).
[S72] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org, ((https://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 27 Nov 2021). (Reliability: 3).
[S72] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org, ((https://www.familysearch.org)), ). (Reliability: 3).
[S49] National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms, ((https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)), accessed 12 Dec 2021), Abraham Ferrier; Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. (Reliability: 4).
[S128] Canada, 1851 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 26 Nov 2021), Abraham Ferrier II household; Year: 1851; Census Place: Lanark, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11732; Page: 17; Line: 1. (Reliability: 3).
[S128] Canada, 1851 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 26 Jul 2018), Abraham Ferrier; Year: 1851; Census Place: Burgess North, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11731; Page: 27; Line: 13. (Reliability: 3).
[S58] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1861 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 26 Nov 2021), Abraham Ferrier II household; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1042-1043. (Reliability: 3).
[S120] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1871 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 26 Nov 2021), Abraham Ferrier household; Year: 1871; Census Place: Burgess North, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: C-10017; Page: 44; Family No: 127. (Reliability: 3).
[S72] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org, ((https://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Dec 2022), entry for Sarah Wrathall, person ID LZZ4-7R6. (Reliability: 3).
[S249] Ontario, Canada. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948 (1949) (1950), (ancestry.com :2010.), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 21." Lanark, 1879, 517, 007002, Abraham Ferrier, accessed 29 Nov 2021. (Reliability: 3).

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