Robert Ferguson

1777 - 1856  (78 years)

• Name	Robert Ferguson
  Born	1 Jun 1777	Laggan, Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Mar 1856	Lanark, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I32184	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Duncan Ferguson,   b. 1 Jun 1740, Laggan, Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1784, Laggan, Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen Stewart,   b. Abt 31 May 1754, Cuill, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1820, Lanark, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	18 Jun 1774	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F5611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Buchanan,   b. Abt 1792, Scotland ,   d. 1872, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. James Ferguson,   b. 16 Dec 1809, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 7 Sep 1896, Morris, Huron, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)  [natural]   2. Margaret Ferguson,   b. 4 Oct 1811, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 14 Feb 1906, Lanark, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)  [natural]   3. Duncan Ferguson,   b. Abt 1814, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1882, Lanark, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   4. Helen Ferguson,   b. 1815, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. Betsy Ferguson,   b. 1816, Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1816, Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   6. Agnes Ferguson,   b. 11 Mar 1818, Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   7. Alexander Ferguson,   b. 20 May 1820, Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   8. Elizabeth Ferguson,   b. 22 Sep 1821, Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F5600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  in memory of Robert Ferguson, native of Balquidder, Perthshire Scotland, died Mar. 31. 1856, aged 79 years. - Old Burying Ground, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. Robert is mentioned in the following: Alexander Ferguson, from Carol Bennett's book, The Lanark Society Settlers (Renfrew, Ontario: Juniper Books, 1991, a listing of Scottish settlers in Lanark County, Ontario: "Alexander Ferguson, 1779-1853. Born at Laggan farm, Balquhidder, Perthshire. [Arrived in ship] Commerce, 1820. Came to Canada with his wife, Mary Lloyd and their two elder children, who were born in Glasgow ... Alexander Ferguson already had family in Upper Canada when he travelled here. His brothers were early military settlers. They were Sgt. John Ferguson of Drummond [a township in Lanark] and Robert of Bathurst [another township] who had come in 1816. A half brother, Peter Ferguson, came out on the ship Jane in 1818 and settled in Drummond Township in Prestonvale."