John Ferguson b. Abt 1 Apr 1815 Wester Auchtow, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland d. 2 Nov 1908 McDonald Corners, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada: Ryk Brown - Genealogist

Abt 1815 - 1908 (93 years)

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Name	John Ferguson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Born	Abt 1 Apr 1815	Wester Auchtow, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10]
Gender	Male
Baptism	1 Apr 1815	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland [7, 13]
Residence	1851	Lanark, Canada West (Ontario), Canada [5]
	Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Presbyterian
Immigration	Bef 1855	Scotland to Canada
Residence	1861	North Sherbrooke, Lanark, Canada West, Canada [4]
	Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Presbyterian; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Naturalization	1868 [10]
Residence	Abt 1871	Dalhousie, Lanark North, Ontario [6]
	Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Church of Scotland
Residence	1881	Dalhousie and Sherbrooke and Lavant North, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada [2]
	Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Canada Presbyterian Church; Marital Status: Married
Residence	1891	Sherbrooke North, Lanark North, Ontario, Canada [9]
	Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head; Religion: Free Church
Residence	1901	Ontario, Canada [10]
	Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head; Religion: Presbyterian
Died	2 Nov 1908	McDonald Corners, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [3, 8]
Buried	McDonald Corners, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [3]
Person ID	I6013	Brown Genealogy
Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

Father	Patrick Peter Ferguson, b. 1766, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 5 Aug 1849, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Margaret Stewart, b. Abt 3 Jan 1772, Auchtow, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN
Relationship	natural
Married	19 Jan 1793	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
Family ID	F1698	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Catherine Stewart, b. 1 Apr 1817, Lianach of Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 23 Jan 1883, North Sherbrooke, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)

Married 17 Apr 1841 Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland [1, 11, 14]

Children

	1. Peter Ferguson, b. 4 Feb 1842, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada , d. 2 Jan 1912, Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) [natural]
	2. Daniel Ferguson, b. Oct 1843, Drummond, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Apr 1916, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years) [natural]
	3. Alexander Ferguson, b. 5 Feb 1845, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada , d. 27 Oct 1916, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years) [natural]
	4. Christina Ferguson, b. Oct 1848, Lanark, Ontario, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]
	5. Duncan Ferguson, b. 12 Oct 1848, Elphin, Lanark, Ontario, Canada , d. 11 Nov 1924, Elphin, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years) [natural]
	6. Jessie Ferguson, b. 1853, Sherbrooke, Lanark, Ontario, Canada , d. 7 Oct 1928, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years) [natural]
	7. John Ferguson, b. 1855, Lanark, Ontario, Canada , d. 30 Mar 1948, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 93 years) [natural]
	8. Robert Ferguson, b. 4 Feb 1862, Elphin, Lanark, Ontario, Canada , d. 11 Jul 1933, Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years) [natural]

Last Modified 26 Sep 2026

Family ID F1707 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Obituary The Lanark Era Newspaper (Issue of Wednesday, Nov 18, 1908) At McDonald's Corners, Nov. 2nd, John Ferguson, aged 93 years & 7 months. He was born at Balquidder, Scotland April 1815. In 1841, he and his young wife, Catherine Stewart, came to Canada, settling in North Sherbrooke. They had eleven Children, six sons and five daughters, all living; Peter, Alex., Duncan and Christina, all on the homestead; Dan & John in Palmerston; Mrs. Wm. Millar, Dalhousie; Mrs. Robert Dixon, Fallbrook; Mrs. George Avery, Bathurst; Mrs. Thomas Lyle, Durrwood, Manitoba; and Robert, in Sherbrooke. Burial in the Highland Line Cemetery.

Sources

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