James Cardwell Ferguson (1887 - 1952)

Born 17 May 1887 in Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

Ancestors

Biography

James was born in 1887, the son of Isaac Ferguson and Sarah Wilson.

James Cardwell was born on May 17, 1887, the son of Isaac Ferguson, farmer, and Sarah Wilson, of Wolford Township, Grenville County, Ontario^[1]

He married Elsie Cowan in 1911. Their marriage record reads:

James Cardwell Ferguson, farmer, bachelor, 24, residing in Maitland, son of Isaac Ferguson, farmer, and Sarah Wilson,

Elsbith "Elsie" Cowan, spinster, 22, residing in Pleasant Valley, daughter of James Cowan, farmer, and Martha J. Wright,

On the 19th of December, 1911, in the Village of South Mountain, Dundas County, Ontario.

Together they had the following children:

1. John, born about 1912
2. Martha Verl, born November 27, 1914, died on May 2, 1916^[2], from hydrocephalus
3. Isaac, born about 1917
4. Kathleen, born about 1921

James died in 1952.

He was buried at Maynard Cemetery, in Augusta, Ontario.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DH9Q-PF?cc=1784212&wc=QZ3B-LG7%3A1584203503%2C1584212007%2C1584219001 : 15 January 2016), Births > 1888 > no 14554-22293 > image 521 of 816; citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
2. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6FM7-WZ9?cc=1307826&wc=3LKQ-N38%3A1584243504%2C1584250504%2C1584260601 : 27 April 2019), Deaths > 1916 > no 17081-20334 > image 1367 of 1613; citing Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Profile created by Christine Daniels through the import of Wm & Thomasine Private_2015-05-05.ged on May 5, 2015.

"Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3SS-342?cc=1784216&wc=3NWQ-PTL%3A1584308903%2C1584326901%2C1584336601 : 28 May 2015), Marriage licenses and affidavits > 1911 > no 13792-14399 > image 141 of 1281; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

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Census Records

1891 Census, Wolford, Grenville, Ontario

• Ferguson, Isaac
• Ferguson, Sarah
• Ferguson, Mary L.
• Ferguson, Eliza J.
• Ferguson, George S.
• Ferguson, Isaac E.
• Ferguson, Hattie
• Ferguson, Cardwell

1901 Census, Augusta, Grenville, Ontario

• Ferguson, Isaac
• Ferguson, Sarah
• Ferguson, George
• Ferguson, Edward
• Ferguson, Sarah
• Ferguson, Cardwell
• Ferguson, Florence, lodger, 25 Oct 1885

1921 Census, Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario

• Ferguson, James C.
• Ferguson, Elizabeth
• Ferguson, John, 9
• Ferguson, Isaac, 4
• Ferguson, Kathleen, 5 months
• Cardiff, Robert, lodger, 16

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