James Ferguson

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James Ferguson March 12th, 1907.

The news of the death of Mr. James Ferguson at Montreal on Sunday was heard with very great regret by a large circle of relatives friends and acquaintance It is true that he had been in extremely poor health of late it is also true that he had passed the allotted time of main, three score years and ten, but it was thought on to the day before his death that he was recovering and none were prepared for the announcement of his demise He had been at a sanitarium in Montreal since the beginning of January for treatment and it was hoped he would be benefited but on Saturday pneumonia developed and on Sunday morning he passed away. He was 71 years old and was born in Montague on the farm where he lived all his life until he moved to Smith Falls about ten years ago He had a good farm, he managed it well and was eminently successful being counted among the wealthiest farmers of the township. He was a man of scrupulous honesty and the together with his thrift and his intelligence gained for him the confidence of the community in which he lived, and made him a leader. For twenty-two years he served in the township, Council and for eighteen of those years he was Reeve and thus a member of the County Council. Twice he stood for Parliamentary honors as an independent Conservative but was defeated both times. In Smiths Falls, he lived a quiet retired life enjoying the fruits of his earlier years of toil and effort. He was elected to the Council here for one term did not relish the work and was not a candidate for re-election He was a man of blameless life, a kind neighbor and a good friend Those who knew him best liked his most. In religion he was a Presbyterian, a life long member of St. Andrew's church, and in Politics a Conservative. From the time he was 18 years old he was a member of Numogate Orange Lodge. He is survived by his wife and seven children, two sons, J. Davison and J. Stewart on the farm in Montague, Mrs. T. Irvine, Montague, Mrs. J. Blackburn, North Elmsley, Misses Jennie Maggie and May at home. The funeral will take place tomorrow at 2 o'clock pm from his late home on Water Street east to McVean's cemetery

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth "Eliza" Jones. Elizabeth (daughter of Peter Jones and Sarah Davis) was born in 1839 in Montague Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Mar 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census-Household Member: 1921; Canada

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Brussels, Huron County, Ontario, Canada

Margaret married George Alfred Best on 20 Feb 1901. George (son of John Best and Matilda Poole) was born in 1869 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about Sep 1944; was buried in Rideau Ferry, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence-Occupant: 1935, Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

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Former Montague Township Reeve Dies Soon After Wife (Special to The Gazette.)
Smiths Falls, April. 4. Funeral of J. Davis Ferguson, resident of Smiths Falls and former Reeve of Montague Township and Warden of Lanark County, was held this afternoon to Hillcrest Cemetery. Mr. Ferguson, who had resided in Smiths Falls for more than 20 years, died less than a week after the passing of his wife, the former Blanche M. Stanley. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Allan MacFarlane, Lanark, and Miss Beryl and Mrs. John Ferrier, both of Toronto. Lanark County and Montague officials were among the many present to pay final tribute.

The Gazette
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
05 Apr 1939, Wed ? Page 14

Family/Spouse: Blanche Marrietta Stanley. Blanche was born in 1870 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in Mar 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: J. Blackburn, of North Elmsley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: T. Irvine, of Montague. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census-Household Member: 1921; Canada

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Brussels, Huron County, Ontario, Canada

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Brussels, Huron County, Ontario, Canada

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Family/Spouse: Devlin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: John Ferrier. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 230319554
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• Residence-Occupant: 1935, Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

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The family, friends and former students of Lila Geraldine (Ferguson) McFarlane were saddened by her sudden passing in the GWM Hospital, Perth on Wednesday March 8th, 1995. She was born in Montague Twp. on Apr 17th 1904, to the late John D. and Blanche Ferguson.

A graduate of the Ottawa Normal School, Lila spent over 30 years teaching in one room school houses at Scotch Corners, 9th line of Bathursts, Burritts Rapids, Prestonvale, and one year at Drummond Central School. The one room school house had as many as 31 students in grades one to eight, a challenge that Lila handled admirable. She was a member of St. Andrew's United Church in Lanark and also a member of Presstonvale, Ferguson's Falls WI, Rebekaahs and the Ontario Genealogy Society. Lila had many interest, one of them being the research of the Ferguson and McFarlane family tree, at which she was very successful and of great assistance to others and sharing the information that she had gathered.

On September 1936 she was married to Allen McFarlane of Lanark. She is survived by her husband Allan; two sons Grant (Gail) of RR 1 Lanark, Gordon (Ann) of Barrie; three grandchildren, Heather of Alburquerque, New Mexico, Kevin of Oshawa, Michael of Barrie, and one sister, Doris Ferrier of Toronto. She was predeceased by a sister G. Beryl Devlin.

Funeral Services were conducted by Rev. Eileen Hepplewhite and Bob Devinney on Friday, March 10th from St Andrews United Church, Lanark. Pall bearers were Dawson Horricks, Thorpe Moulton, Elmer Couch and Gordon McEwen. Interment was in Prestonvale Cemetery.

Lila married William Allan "Allan" McFarlane on 24 Sep 1936 in Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. William (son of Henry "Harry" McFarlane and Hanna Balderson Tullis) was born on 17 Feb 1913 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Jan 2008 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Prestonvale Cemetery, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; RR#1
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Family/Spouse: Gail. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Ann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Myna Bhajan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]