Died
at about age 79
in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Biography
William Ferguson was born in Scotland.
William Ferguson was baptised on 11 March 1835 and was the eldest son of William Ferguson and Isabella Whitehead.[1]
William was raised in Dunfermline where his father was a blacksmith and William would follow in his footsteps.[2][3] He married Edmond Reid on 19 December 1867 and they had three sons.[4] William and Edmond spent some time in Valparaiso, Chile, as their eldest son, William, was born there in 1869, however they had returned to Scotland by the time their second son was born in 1872.
William Ferguson (1869–?)
James Reid Ferguson (1872–?)
John Ferguson (1877–?)
After Edmond's death in 1877, William married his second wife, Elizabeth Ferguson Cupples on 29 September 1882 and had two more children.[5].
George Ferguson (1885–?)
Jessie Simpson Ferguson (1892–?)
William and Elizabeth lived in Edinburgh where both their children were born and William continued to work as a blacksmith.[6][7]
William Ferguson died, aged 79 years, on 31 August 1913.[8]
Sources
↑ FERGUSON, WILLIAM (Old Parish Registers Births 140 244 Dunfermline) Scotlands People