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FERGUSON, John
(1749-1819)
FERGUSON, John
(1783-1859)
WEIR, Anne
(1788-1847)
FERGUSON, William
(1823-1868)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. COOPER, Janet

FERGUSON, William 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 4 September 1823, Muirkirk parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): COOPER, Janet on 7 August 1855 in Larkhall parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 19 November 1868, Holme Cottage, Dundonald Road, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

   User ID: SP27.

  Death Notes:

Event Description: Engineermarried to Janet Cooper; 45 yrs old; parents deceased; congestion of the brain 14 days

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Baptism, 18 September 1823, Muirkirk parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 3 4

2. Residence: Relation to Head of House: Head, 1861, Craignethan Cottage, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 5 6


William married Janet COOPER, daughter of James COOPER Coal Merchant and Hannah RICHARD, on 7 August 1855 in Larkhall parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.1 2 (Janet COOPER was born about 1821 in Dalserf Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland 7 8 and died on 2 January 1869 in Holme Cottage, Dundonald Road, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

2 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

3 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

4 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

5 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Lesmahagow; ED: 1; Page: 6; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1861_116.

6 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Lesmahagow; ED: 1; Page: 6; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1861_116.

7 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Lesmahagow; ED: 1; Page: 6; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1861_116.

8 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Lesmahagow; ED: 1; Page: 6; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1861_116.

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