Oswald
James
Ferguson
Born in Graytown, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
and Brother of
William Adolphus Ferguson, Rosaline (Ferguson) Woodlock, Leonard Alton Ferguson, Ethel Lillian (Ferguson) O'Loughlin, Charles Edward Ferguson and Ernest George Ferguson
Husband of
Catherine Emily Josephine (Reed) Ferguson
— married
1917 in Victoria, Australia
Father of
John Morris Ferguson
Died
at about age 73
in Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2018
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Biography
Oswald James Ferguson was born in 1890, his birth registered Graytown, Victoria. He is the son of William Ferguson and Ethel Dellar(Dallar). [1]
Marriage. In 1917, he married Catherine Emily Josephine Reed, in Victoria. [2]
Death. Oswald died in 1963, aged 72. His death was registered in Yarrawonga, Victoria, confirming his birthplace as Graytown and naming his parents as William Ferguson and Ethel Della. [3]
Burial. Oswald is interred in the Yarrawonga Cemetery, with his wife Catherine joining him there in 1977. Their headstone reads...[4]
- In Loving Memory Of
- OSWALD JAMES FERGUSON
- Died 2.1.63 Aged 72 Yrs.
- CATHERINE EMILY JOSEPHINE
- FERGUSON
- Died 31.1.77 Aged 84 Yrs.
- Rest In Peace
Sources
- Victoria (Australia) Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages.
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- ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search : 1890 BIRTH REG, Oswald James FERGUSON, reg 23646
- ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search : 1917 MARRIAGE, Oswald FERGUSON and Cath Emily REED (also indexed as REID), reg 3020
- ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search : 1963 DEATH REG, Oswald James FERGUSON, reg 682
- ↑ HEADSTONE transcribed from photograph at BillionGraves Oswalk (sic - Oswald) James Ferguson (Died: 2 Jan 1963), Yarrawonga Cemetery
DNA
Paternal DNA, Ancestry.com Christine Randall's paternal aunt Beryl, the daughter of Maisie Crute, is DNA-matched with Oswald's grandson, B. J. Ferguson (John Morris Ferguson's son) and has < 1% shared DNA: 22 cM across 2 segments, the longest segment being 16 cM — their earliest ancestors in common being William Ferguson and Ellen Tompkins. (Beryl and B.J. Ferguson are 3rd cousins)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Oswald by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Oswald:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Oswald by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Oswald:
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Shaylene McBain 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A672855 [compare], Ancestry member shaymcb
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A672855 [compare], FTDNA kit #586740
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~1.56%
Christine (Parish) Randall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A708096 [compare], yourDNAportal CHRa53bec71, Ancestry member Christine_R_338
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Rejected matches › James Ferguson (1889-)
Oswald is 22 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 31 degrees from Carl Sagan, 25 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 35 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 29 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 22 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 23 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 21 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 23 degrees from Isaac Newton, 29 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 21 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 22 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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