John McPherson1

(1858 - )
Father*James McPherson1 b. 1828, d. 1897
Mother*Janet (Jessie) Fergusson1 b. c 1838, d. 1895
John McPherson was born at East Haugh in Moulin, Perthshire, on 7 May 1858.1
The siblings John and Margaret were listed in the 1861 census at Middlebridge in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, with their parents, James McPherson and Janet (Jessie) Fergusson.2
The siblings John, Margaret, Christian, Janet and Mary were listed in the 1871 census at Drumaroy in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, with their parents, James McPherson and Janet (Jessie) Fergusson.3

He was the informant of Janet (Jessie) Fergusson's death at Lower Invervack in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, on 18 February 1895.4

He was the informant of James McPherson's death at Lower Invervack in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, on 20 May 1897.5
ChartsThomas Fergusson (c1758-1844) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S612] GRO Scotland, birth/bapt record, Parish of Moulin, OPR Births/baptisms, GRO 384/00 0013.
  2. [S340] Census - 7 Apr 1861, UK census, Scottish GRO 334/00 010/00 003.
  3. [S367] Census - 2 Apr 1871, UK census, Scottish GRO 334/00 002/00 001.
  4. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, Parish of Blair Atholl, OPR Deaths, GRO 334/00 0004, aged 57.
  5. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, Parish of Blair Athol, Statutory Deaths, GRO 334/00 0010, claimed age 74, which is incorrect, given he was born in 1828.

Margaret McPherson1

(c 1860 - )
Father*James McPherson1 b. 1828, d. 1897
Mother*Janet (Jessie) Fergusson1 b. c 1838, d. 1895
Margaret McPherson was born in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, circa May 1860.1
The siblings John and Margaret were listed in the 1861 census at Middlebridge in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, with their parents, James McPherson and Janet (Jessie) Fergusson.1
The siblings John, Margaret, Christian, Janet and Mary were listed in the 1871 census at Drumaroy in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, with their parents, James McPherson and Janet (Jessie) Fergusson.2
ChartsThomas Fergusson (c1758-1844) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S340] Census - 7 Apr 1861, UK census, Scottish GRO 334/00 010/00 003.
  2. [S367] Census - 2 Apr 1871, UK census, Scottish GRO 334/00 002/00 001.

Mary Ann McPherson1

(c 1870 - )
Father*James McPherson1 b. 1828, d. 1897
Mother*Janet (Jessie) Fergusson1 b. c 1838, d. 1895
Mary Ann McPherson was born in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, circa July 1870.1
The siblings John, Margaret, Christian, Janet and Mary were listed in the 1871 census at Drumaroy in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, with their parents, James McPherson and Janet (Jessie) Fergusson.1
The siblings Christian, Mary, Catherine and Alexander were listed in the 1881 census at Invervack in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, with their parents, James McPherson and Janet (Jessie) Fergusson.2
The siblings Alexander, Jean, William and Mary were listed in the 1891 census at Lower Invervack in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, with their parents, James McPherson and Janet (Jessie) Fergusson. Mary was now married.3
ChartsThomas Fergusson (c1758-1844) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S367] Census - 2 Apr 1871, UK census, Scottish GRO 334/00 002/00 001.
  2. [S116] Census - 3 Apr 1881, UK Census, Scottish GRO 334/00 005/00 004.
  3. [S178] Census - 5 Apr 1891, UK census, Scottish GRO 334/00 005/00 006.

William McPherson1

(c 1886 - )
Father*James McPherson1 b. 1828, d. 1897
Mother*Janet (Jessie) Fergusson1 b. c 1838, d. 1895
William McPherson was born in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, circa 1886.1
The siblings Alexander, Jean, William and Mary were listed in the 1891 census at Lower Invervack in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, with their parents, James McPherson and Janet (Jessie) Fergusson.1
ChartsThomas Fergusson (c1758-1844) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S178] Census - 5 Apr 1891, UK census, Scottish GRO 334/00 005/00 006.

Archibald McQuarrie1

He married Marion McQuarrie in Soriby, Ulva, Argyllshire, on 19 December 1774.1,2

Family

Marion McQuarrie
Child
ChartsFerguson pedigree

Citations

  1. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, Parish of Tobermory, Statutory Deaths, GRO 549/00 0004, aged 78.
  2. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, Parish of Kilninian & Kimore, OPR Marriages, GRO 544/00 010 0038.

Marion McQuarrie1,2

(c 1788 - 1866)
Father*Archibald McQuarrie3
Mother*Marion McQuarrie3
Marion McQuarrie was born in Argyllshire circa 1788. Based on age at death.

She married Charles McFadyen at Scobull in Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, Argyllshire, on 7 March 1804.2

She was widowed on the death of her husband Charles before 1866.

Marion died on 9 January 1866 at Ledaig in Tobermory, Argyllshire, of diarrhoea.3

Family

Charles McFadyen ( - b 1866)
Child
ChartsFerguson pedigree

Citations

  1. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, Parish of Tobermory, Statutory Deaths, GRO 549/00 0001, aged 74, gives her name as Sarah, but this contradicts all other records.
  2. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, Parish of Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, OPR Marriages, GRO 542/00 0010 005.
  3. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, Parish of Tobermory, Statutory Deaths, GRO 549/00 0004, aged 78.
  4. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, Parish of Tobermory, Statutory Deaths, GRO 549/00 0001, aged 74.

Marion McQuarrie1

She married Archibald McQuarrie in Soriby, Ulva, Argyllshire, on 19 December 1774.1,2

Family

Archibald McQuarrie
Child
ChartsFerguson pedigree

Citations

  1. [S918] GRO Scotland, death record, Parish of Tobermory, Statutory Deaths, GRO 549/00 0004, aged 78.
  2. [S917] GRO Scotland, marriage record, Parish of Kilninian & Kimore, OPR Marriages, GRO 544/00 010 0038.

James Meffin1

(c 1864 - 1943)
James Meffin was born circa 1864. (Birth date based on age at death).

He married Caroline Serena Isabella Rose, daughter of William Rose and Bertha Blomfield Matthews, in New Zealand in 1897.1

James died in 1943 in New Zealand.2

Family

Caroline Serena Isabella Rose (1867 - 1952)
ChartsStephen Blomfield (c1750?-1809) descendancy

Citations

  1. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Marriage Reg. No. 1897/1623.
  2. [S542] Index - New Zealand BDMs online, at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, Death Reg. No. 1943/18297, aged 79 is a possible match.

Vida Eileen Melrose1

(1928 - 2019)
Vida E CUMMING (nee MELROSE)(1928- )
Vida Eileen Melrose was born in Australia on 5 December 1928.2

She married Maurice Baruck Lahiff in Tumut, New South Wales, in 1947.1

Vida's second marriage was to Ronald Cumming, son of George Cumming and Ethel Maud Robinson, circa 1969 in Brisbane, Queensland.2

She was widowed at age 54 on the death of her husband Ronald on 20 February 1983.3,2

Vida died on 13 October 2019 in Queensland at age 90.4 She was buried on 23 October 2019 at the Redcliffe Cemetery, 267 Macdonell Rd in Redcliffe.4

Family 1

Maurice Baruck Lahiff (1924 - 2007)

Family 2

Ronald Cumming (1913 - 1983)
ChartsCumming descendant chart
Flood descendant chart
Robinson descendant chart

Citations

  1. [S284] Index - New South Wales BDMs online, at https://www.nsw.gov.au/births-deaths-marriages, Marriage Reg. No. 12549/1947.
  2. [S1115] Personal knowledge of D Ferguson, information gathered at family reunion 12 Mar 2017 - from Donna CUMMING.
  3. [S930] BDM QLD Registry, death record, Reg. No. 1983/1577.
  4. [S1213] Moreton Bay Regional Council cemetery database, at https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Cemeteries, Section 105, row J, plot 6.

Joanna Margaret Mercer1

(1963 - 1978)
Father*Keith Mercer b. 1921, d. 1990
Mother*Georgina (Ena) Grace M Crawley b. 1927, d. 2013
Joanna Margaret Mercer was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, on 4 July 1963.1,2

Joanna's death was registered between January 1978 and March 1978 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.3
ChartsRust descendant chart
Snow descendant chart

Citations

  1. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Birth: District of Watford, Vol 4b, p656, mother's maiden name CRAWLEY.
  2. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Oxford, Vol 20, p2891, 1Q1978 gives this birth date.
  3. [S190] Index - GRO and Office of National Statistics, England & Wales Civil Registration Qtrly Indexes, Death: District of Oxford, Vol 20, p2891, 1Q1978.