Jan 11, 2005 - 21:08 -
Email:John Fergus
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How I found your page: Cynthia, thanks for your contact.
Comments about the web site: Looks very interesting, keen to 'meet' other Fergus folk.

Feb 11, 2005 - 11:59 -
Email:Graham Fergus
Web Page:None
How I found your page: from my son
Comments about the web site: I recently wrote a piece for family members on their ancestry. May be of interest to some. FAMILY HISTORY The Fergus line The earliest Fergus that we currently have record of are Thomas & Sabina. We have a copy of the birth certificate of William, their son. He was born on 14/9/1863 (same birthday as me!), at 32, Cross Street in Stockport (home).Mother is described as Sabina (sab-eye-na) Fergus, nee Quinn and the father, Thomas Fergus is a provisions dealer (later described on William’s wedding certificate as a milkman!). By the 1871 census, Thomas had disappeared and Sabina was labelled the “head” of the household. She had been born in Ireland in about 1834. She had 2 daughters and 2 sons at this stage-William was 7years old. Sabina was described as a “hawker”. The dictionary says this is someone who carries goods around for sale, so a street trader in modern parlance. By the time of the 1881 census, the family had moved to 21, Garnett Street, Stockport, where Sabina was recorded as Robina. Perhaps her Irish accent was misunderstood and as she could not read, she would be unaware of the error. By this time, William and his siblings were all working and all in the local cotton mills. We can all relate that we are descended from a “Cotton Throstle Doffer”, but don’t try it if you’re drunk! His job was to remove the full bobbins from a Throstle (spinning machine) and put them into storage. It was a fairly junior job in the mill. He was now 16years old. The family was all Catholic and William was married in 1886 to Hannah Galbraith at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Stockport. William was now described as a “Mill operative”. Hannah was the daughter of Robert Galbraith and Catherine (Kate –nee Daly). Hannah was born in Ireland, as were her parents but her siblings were all born in Stockport. On William and Annie’s wedding certificate, Robert is described as a deceased labourer (in a ropery). Hannah (Annie) was a “Throstle Spinner” so we can presume the young newly-weds had met at work. By the time of the 1881 census, Robert Galbraith had died (1875) and Catherine now had the name “Hughes” but the new husband was not recorded, so he had either died or left before the census. She is the head of the household and a laundress. They lived at “Baker’s Yard”, Churchgate in Stockport. We have an old map of the area and know where this was but the whole area has been re-developed. By the time of the 1891 census, William & Annie (described as a “fiery redhead” by Nana. That gene must have been pretty strong as there seems to be a few in later generations who could have carried that description!) were living at No. 3 Brownills, Duke St. Stockport. They already had their first son, Robert, who was 4yrs old. Shortly after though, came major changes in their lives, because when their next son, William, was born in 1895, they had moved to Chester (to 32, Christleton Rd. Boughton) and William (snr) was now described as a railway labourer, on William (jnr)’s birth certificate. By the time of the 1901 census, they had moved to No. 48, Christleton Rd. Their son, William was my grandfather, known variously as Bill or “Nip” in later life but as Willie in his childhood. In the 1st World War, he served with the Royal Artillery, from 1914-18. He served in France, Palestine and Egypt and won the Mons Cross. When he got married to Edith Jenkins in 1919 we can gather that he followed his father into the railways as he was already a locomotive fireman with the London &North-West Railway Company. He went on to serve 49years on the railway, latterly as a Driver. Both he and his wife-to-be gave the same address on their wedding certificate, 11 Tollemache Terrace, Hoole, Chester. By the time their first son was born, they were living at 5, Queen St. Chester. They moved to Westward Road (No. 29) in 1926. On retirement from the railways, he worked as a stoker at the Grosvenor Hotel in Chester, and as a car-park attendant until his eyes totally failed. He loved a pint and could be regularly found in the Peacock pub. Nip died in 1972. The Jenkins line The earliest record we have is the 1881 census from 14 Ashfield Rd. in Stansty, Denbighshire. The head of the household was Isaac Jenkins, born in 1826 in Hanley, Staffordshire. He heads a dynasty of mineworkers. His wife, Eleanor (Ellen), nee Jones, also hailed from Staffordshire, from Bilston. As these were mining areas, it is fairly safe to presume that the family had moved from one mining job to another. The census indicates that their first 3 children were born in Bilston and the rest in North Wales. This would allow us to estimate that they moved to Wales about 1864. But, there is conflict as their first child’s birth certificate is registered in Ponkey, Ruabon in 1863! Ellen registered him, signing with a “X”-she could not write. This eldest child was Isaac Thomas Jenkins and we are descended from him. He was the eldest of 7 living children included in the 1881 census. He was 17years old and had followed his father into the pits. On 11th. May 1885, young Isaac married Anne Williams, aged 19. She was born in Rhos in Denbighshire. Her father was a David Williams, a Labourer. (We may have found more information on him but we still need to confirm we have the right Anne and David). Both bride and groom gave their address as “The Moss”, Broughton Wrexham. Isaac signed his name but Anne could only make her mark. They were married at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Brymbo, so they were Anglican. In 1891, they were still at the Moss with 1 child, Abel, Ann had now lost the “e” off her name on all official documents. This was where Edith was born on 25th November 1893. Edith became my Grandmother but she was, and always will be, Nana. She was the middle of five living children at the 1901 census and the address was now Cerney Moss. We don’t know how Edith met Nip Fergus, or even how she came to Chester but they were married, we understand, twice! Initially, they married at the Registry Office (we have that Marriage Certificate), but under protest from the Fergus Catholics (fiery redhead!) they were “officially” married at St. Werburgh’s Catholic Church (probably just a blessing of the marriage). They had 8 children. Robert, Joseph, Nancy (died in childhood), William, Mary, Edward, Dorothy and Shiela. Our generation is descended from one of these. Edith was quite a character. She gave false information to Littlewoods store and got a job in the works canteen as a staff cook very late in life. She worked on until well in her 70’s. This lovely lady gradually got more and more hard-of-hearing, until she needed a hearing aid full time. She died in July 1980 of Brono-pneumonia.

Feb 14, 2005 - 08:31 -
Email:Jim Fergus
Web Page:NA
How I found your page: You suggested it to me.
Comments about the web site: Hi, Cynthia. Your phone call on Sunday was very helpful. I sent you an Email about the Fergus/Ferguson family line of mine. If there is any info I can send you, let me know. Jim Fergus

Feb 19, 2005 - 20:57 -
Email:Richard Fergus
Web Page:None
How I found your page: your card
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Mar 01, 2005 - 05:01 -
Email:John Fergus
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Mar 04, 2005 - 21:19 -
Email:Carolyn Sue Fergus
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How I found your page: By using Google to search "fergus and Ireland"
Comments about the web site: Cynthia, I am a great, great, great-granddaughter of Francis Fergus who emigrated from Ireland to the British Colonies in North America in the 1700's, and fought on the American side in the Revolutionary War. You probably know a lot about him because of all the research you have done on his branch of the Fergus family, and (I believe) you are one of his descendants, too. Like my three brothers, David John Fergus, Martin Carl Fergus, and James Markworth Fergus, I am the direct offspring of Carl Franklin Fergus (1905-1993) of Columbus, Ohio, and Hilda Markworth Fergus (1909-1993), originally from Cleveland, Ohio. My father was one of six children of John Franklin Fergus (1863-1948[?]) of Columbus, Ohio, and Ella Mae(Sp.?) Addison (born[?]- died 1915). I really enjoyed your web site. I read most of the messages. It's interesting that there are or have been Ferguses (and maybe our relatives) in Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Russia, Canada, the United States, Australia, Central America (Spanish-speaking), and maybe the Caribbean. Keep up the good work, Cynthia. Carolyn Fergus

Mar 08, 2005 - 22:15 -
Email:Jane Nunes
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How I found your page: For intuitions. I want to know what the name of Fergus means.
Comments about the web site: I would like to know, if Fergus Family has something with Welsh Country??? Thanks. Jane Nunes - Brazil

Mar 13, 2005 - 16:42 -
Email:Ann Shaw
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How I found your page: Searching Cockrell - Sproull genealogy
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Mar 17, 2005 - 08:41 -
Email:William Alexander Fergus
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How I found your page: web browser
Comments about the web site: Most interested to find this site! I am originally from Zimbabwe now living in the United Kingdom.

Apr 11, 2005 - 03:13 -
Email:JOHN FERGUS
Web Page:NONE
How I found your page: JUST BROWSING ON THE INTERNET
Comments about the web site: I was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland - the son of James Findlay and Jean Fergus (nee Parker). I have a brother James who lives in Cape Town, South Africa. My father was also born in Kilmarnock in 1926. Unfortunately both my parents are deceased and it is proving difficult to get any information about my grandparents.

May 06, 2005 - 06:54 -
Email:MARTIN FERGUS
Web Page:?
How I found your page: LUCK OF THE IRISH
Comments about the web site: I NEED TO FIND OUT ABOUT MY NAME FERGUS I LIVE IN LOUGHREA CO,GALWAY MY FATHER CAME FROM KILTULLA ABOUT ELEVEN MILES AWAY AND THATS AS FARE AS I GO MY FATHER'S NAME WAS MARTIN.

May 22, 2005 - 10:38 -
Email:JOHN FERGUS
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How I found your page: google
Comments about the web site: LOTS OF FAMILY DEBATE ON THE ORIGIN OF OUR NAME,BOTH LOCALLY(CO.GALWAY,IRELAND) AND INTERNATIONALLY,SO I WAS GLAD OF SOME EXTRA INFORMATION

May 23, 2005 - 12:39 -
Email:BILL FERGUS
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How I found your page: SEARCH
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May 26, 2005 - 22:01 -
Email:Lynda
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How I found your page: Genuki
Comments about the web site: Samuel Fergus married Jane Cameron 1st wife Married Mary Jane Davidson in 1850 Have only these details at present

May 30, 2005 - 17:04 -
Email:Joseph Lester Fergus, Jr.
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How I found your page: From Cynthia
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