Archibald Ferguson (abt. 1812 - 1878)

Born about 1812 in Glasgow City, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (McAllister) Ferguson — married 14 Apr 1833 (to about 1848) in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Elisabeth (McLean) Ferguson — married 27 Feb 1849 in Galt, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Margaret (McIlwraith) Ferguson — married 12 Mar 1868 (to 9 Nov 1878) in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1878 at about age 66 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Archibald Ferguson was born about 1812 in Scotland.^[1] He was the son of saddler Archibald Ferguson and Jean Brown.

He married Isabella McAllister in Glasgow on the 14th of April, 1833.^[2][3] Archibald's occupation was given as a saddler, like his father.

Archibald Ferguson migrated from Scotland to Canada.

The family migrated to Canada via New York via the ship Sarah in 1848. On board were Archibald (37) and Isabella (37), and children Agnes (13), Jane (9), James (6), and John (3).^[4] It has been suggested that Isabella died in New York.^[5]

Archibald married his second wife, Elisabeth McLean, on the 27 Feb 1849 in Galt, Waterloo region, Ontario, Canada.^[6]

At the time of the 1851 Census, Archibald was again working as a saddler and living with Elisabeth. Two of his children: John (aged 7) and Catherine (2) were also present.^[7]

Elisabeth died sometime between 1858 and 1861.

In 1861 Archibald (48) was farming and living in a single storey log cabin. Present were James (21) and John (14), both working as labourers, "Cateren" (11), Lawrence (9), Hector (7), and Archibald (3).^[8]

Archibald married Margaret Logan, formerly McIlwraith, 12 Mar 1868 in Galt.^[9]

Archibald died at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 9 Nov 1878.^[10]

Research Notes

• Birth record has not been found.

His son Hector's biography contained the following information (note that some is obviously incorrect):^[11]

Mr. Ferguson was born on a farm near New Aberdeen, a village which once existed five miles from Berlin, in Waterloo county, Ontario, on the nth of November, 1854, and is a son of Archibald and Elizabeth (McLean) Ferguson, both of Scotch ancestry. The father was the youngest of seventeen children born to Archibald Ferguson, a successful builder in Glasgow, Scotland, who went to that city from Perthshire in the Highlands. Three of his brothers served in the Thirteenth Hussars, the Seventeenth Lancers and the Forty-second Highlanders during the East India wars, and all made creditable military records. On the maternal side Mr. Ferguson is a grandson of Captain McLean, of the Forty-second or Forty-sixth Highlanders, who fought under Abercrombie on the Nile and under Moore and Wellington in Spain. Archibald Ferguson, father of the subject of this review, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1812, of Highland Scotch ancestry, and for many years conducted a large mercantile establishment in his native city. He moved to Canada in the year 1848 and there resided until his death. His wife was born at Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland, and was the eldest daughter of Captain Hector McLean, of the Forty-second Highlanders.

Sources

1. ↑ An Alexander Ferguson was born on the 8th of November, 1812, son of Archibald Ferguson, Sadler, and Jean "Broom". Witnesses: James Broom Senior & Junior. (ScotlandsPeople 08/11/1812 FERGUSON, ALEXANDER (Old Parish Registers Births 644/1 210 74 Glasgow) Page 74 of 524) This was about the year that Archibald was born - could have been a horrible transcription of the parish record?
2. ↑ ScotlandsPeople. 14/04/1833 FERGUSON, ARCHIBALD (Old Parish Registers Marriages 644/1 410 397 Glasgow) Page 397 of 733
   Transcription of image: 1833. 14th April. Archibald Ferguson, Saddler in Glasgow, & Isabella McAllister residing there.
3. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYWC-ZXW : 8 December 2014), Archibald Ferguson and Isabella Mcallister, 14 Apr 1833; citing Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 102,928, 1,042,986, 1,042,942, 102,927, 1,042,987, 1,042,988, 1,042,989.
4. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27GB-4NB : 11 March 2018), Agnes Ferguson, 1848; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 2,320.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com stories.
6. ↑ Citation needed.
7. ↑ Canada. Department of Agriculture, 1851 Census of Waterloo Township, Waterloo, Ontario (1851, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.) Div 5 Pg 5. Retrieved from http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e095/e002370869.jpg
   Archibald FERGUSON sadler Birthplace: Scotland Age 37 Church of Scotland
   Elisabeth FERGUSON Birthplace: Scotland Age 31 Church of Scotland
   John FERGUSON Birthplace: Scotland Age 7 Church of Scotland
   Cathrine FERGUSON Birthplace: Canada Age 2 Church of Scotland
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1861 Census of Canada. Township of Waterloo.
   Archibald Ferguson, Farmer, born: Scotland, religion: C. of S., age: 48, male, Widower, family members: 5 male 1 female, attending school: 2 male 1 female, log house, one storey, one family living in house.
   James Ferguson, Labourer, born: Scotland, religion: C. of S., age: 21, male, single.
   John Ferguson, Labourer, born: Scotland, religion: C. of S., age: 14, male, single.
   Cateren Ferguson, born: Canada, religion: C. of S., age: 11, female, single.
   Lawrance Ferguson, born: Canada, religion: C. of S., age: 9, male, single.
   Hector Ferguson, born: Canada, religion: C. of S., age: 7, male, single.
   Archibald Ferguson, born: Canada, religion: C. of S., age: 3, male, single.
9. ↑ Archives of Ontario, Waterloo County, Ontario Marriage Register 1858-1869
   Archibald Ferguson, b. Scotland, res: Waterloo Age: 51, born abt 1817, father: Archibald, mother: Jean Brown; married Margaret Logan, Age: 43, born abt 1825, b. Scotland, Spouse res: Galt, father: Thomas, mother: Jane, married 12 Mar 1868, Marriage Place: Galt.
10. ↑ Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDVN-X49 : 11 December 2014), Archibald Ferguson, 09 Nov 1878; citing Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, yr 1878 cn 14769, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,225.
    Name: Archibald Ferguson, Died: 9 November 1878, Gender: Male, Age: 66, Rank or Profession: Farmer, Where born: Perthshire, Scotland, Cause: Disease of The Heart, three years, Physician: Dr. Philips, Registered: 2 December 1878, Religious denomination: Presbyterian.
11. ↑ Hector Ross McLean Ferguson. In: British Columbia from the Earliest Times to the Present. Volume III Biographies. p. 942-945. Retrieved 20 Mar 2020 from https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiaf00schouoft/page/940/mode/2up

• Archibald Ferguson. Waterloo Region Generations website. http://generations.regionofwaterloo.ca/getperson.php?personID=I91947&tree=generations#cite2
• Parental relationships supported by an AncestryDNA match between Nerida Ryan and a 4th cousin, not on Wikitree, descendant of Archibald Ferguson and Elizabeth McLean. Predicted relationship: 5th - 8th cousins. 17.4 centimorgans shared across 1 DNA segment.