Agnes Margaret (Wells) Fergusson (1891 - 1966)

Born 16 Jun 1891 in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Caldwell Fergusson MBE, MC — married 7 Jun 1917 in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland

Died 23 Jan 1966 at age 74 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Agnes Margaret Wells was born on 16 June, 1891, at Kalafat [Lane], Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland.^[1]

Agnes was the daughter of James Wells, of Dalkey, a Pharmaceutical Chemist, and his wife, Mary Caroline Wells formerly Maguire.^[1]

When the 1901 Census of Ireland was taken on 31 March, house 60 in Rathgar Road, Rathmines District Electoral Division, Rathfarnham Parish, Rathdown Barony, County Dublin, had nine residents who were:^[2]

• Mary C Wells, 43 yrs old, widow of the head of the family, born in Dublin City, who could read and write and belonged to the Church of Ireland;
• A Owen Wells, 20 yrs old, unmarried son, born in Dublin City, a Chemist, who could read and write and belonged to the Church of Ireland;
• Annie E Wells, 19 yrs old, unmarried daughter, born in Dublin City, a Pupil Teacher, who could read and write and belonged to the Church of Ireland;
• William F Wells, 17 yrs old, unmarried son, born in Dublin City, a Sorting Clerk & ?ett, for the GPO, Dublin, who could read and write and belonged to the Church of Ireland;
• Violet M Wells, 16 yrs old, unmarried daughter, born in Dublin City, a scholar, who could read and write and belonged to the Church of Ireland;
• Norah B Wells, 14 yrs old, unmarried daughter, born in Dublin City, a scholar, who could read and write and belonged to the Church of Ireland;
• Eileen L Wells, 12 yrs old, unmarried daughter, born in Dublin City, a scholar, who could read and write and belonged to the Church of Ireland;
• Agnes M Wells, 9 yrs old, unmarried daughter, born in Dublin City, a scholar, who could read and write and belonged to the Church of Ireland; and
• Elizabeth Ryan, 20 yrs old, unmarried servant, born in Dublin City, a Cook Domestic Servant, who could read and write and was a Roman Catholic.

When the 1911 Census of Ireland was taken on 2 April, nineteen year-old Agnes Wells, born in Co Dublin and belonging to the Church of Ireland, was an unmarried Teacher residing at house 19.2 (a College and Boarding-School) in Crawford Square, Londonderry Urban (1) District Electoral Division, County Londonderry.^[3]

At Holy Trinity Church, the parish church of Rathmines, Co Dublin, on 7 June, 1917, Agnes Margaret Wells, of full age, a spinster of 4 Castlewood Park, Rathmines, daughter of James Wells, MPSJ, married John Caldwell Ferguson, of full age, a bachelor of Hawthornden, Buncrana, Co Donegal, a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corp (now on active service), son of James Hugh Fergusson, FRCSI, according to the Rites of the Church of Ireland, by licence, in the presence of Francis Joseph Bowen, Isabella Frances Ger??? and Irene Elizabeth Jones.^[4]

Agnes Margaret Fergusson, a widow aged 74 years of Mageenagh House, Cowper Road, died at Gascoigne House, Camden, Co Dublin, on 23 January, 1966, from a urinary infection and Parkinson Disease, and her death was registered two days later by C Beck, occupier of Gascoigne House, in 3 South City District, Dublin Superintendent Registrar's District, County Dublin.^[5]

At Rest
GEORGINA HARRIETT MAGUIRE
died 25th February 1941
AGNES MARGARET (MADGE) FERGUSSON
died 23rd January 1966
widow of
DR. J.C. FERGUSSON, M.B.E., M.C.
Interred at Maidstone, Kent
died 6th March 1931

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} SR District/Reg Area - Rathdown, "Civil Records", IrishGenealogy.ie, Birth Group Registration ID 9440357, Database Record, Digital Image, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1891/02380/1888186.pdf : accessed 17 July 2018). No 203.
2. ↑ National Archives Genealogy, 1901 Census of Ireland: Dublin / Rathmines / Rathgar Road, The National Archives of Ireland, (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Rathmines/Rathgar_Road/1296941/ : accessed 17 July 2018). Digital Images: Census Return Form A
3. ↑ National Archives Genealogy, 1911 Census of Ireland: Londonderry / Londonderry Urban (1) / Crawford Square, The National Archives of Ireland, (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Londonderry_Urban__1_/Crawford_Square/627656/ accessed 17 July 2018). Digital Image: College and Boarding-School return (Form G) Additional Page 3
4. ↑ SR District/Reg Area - Dublin South, "Civil Records", IrishGenealogy.ie, Marriage Group Registration ID 1763598, Database record, Digital Image Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1917/09745/5536369.pdf : accessed 18 July 2018). No 62.
5. ↑ SR District/Reg Area - Dublin, "Civil Records", IrishGenealogy.ie, Death Group Registration ID 598170, Database Record, Digital Image, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1966/04233/4084432.pdf : accessed 18 July 2018). No 449.
6. ↑ Yvonne Russell, contributor, "Headstones: DUBLIN, Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland, Part 1", No 3, Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives, Inscription text: http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/dublin/photos/tombstones/1headstones/mt-jerome16.txt : accessed 18 July 2018. mt-jerome -- 3_fergusson.jpg.