FIRST GENERATION

Joyce F of Louisiana, Great Great Granddaughter of Henry and Lydia, I got your e-mail but when I replied to the address at mstar.net they replied saying you were not an address on their system. Please try again to contact me as I am definitely interested in connecting with you and collecting more information on the  Fergusons and Unites. Use the e-mail link on the left.

1. Henry J Ferguson.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #118, Ed. 1, Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s - 1900s, Date of Import: May 1, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.118.1.26889.22]

Individual: Ferguson, H.
Event: Living
Year: 1901
Place: Winnipeg

Province of record source: Manitoba
County of record source: Selkirk

Comments: Night editor.

Source: Lovell's Directory of Manitoba and Northwest Territories for 1900-1901: Winnipeg Alphabetical Directory. Including A Complete Classified Business Directory and Farmers Directory of Manitoba.
Publisher: John Lovell & Son
Publication place: Winnipeg, MB
Publication year: 1900

Volume/Page(s): 190
 

Notes from Garth Hamilton, Great Great Grandson of Henry J Ferguson

I found the family in the British Census of 1881
Family History Library Film 1341197, Public Records Office Reference RG11, Piece 0834, Folio 73, page 18.
They are resident on Elm Road, Kingston on Thames, Surrey, England

Household
Name                        Relation     Marital  Gender    Age    Birthplace                                                    Occupation                 Disability
                                                   status
Henry                        Head           M        Male       48      City of London, Middlesex, UK                   Builder 4 men
Lydia M                    Wife            M         Female   41      St Martins in Filed, Middlesex, UK         
Harry                        Son              U         Male       17      Marylebone in Field, Middlesex, UK           Comil Clerk Boat Maker
Daniel J                     Son              U         Male       14      Willesdon, Middlesex, UK                          Builder's Son
Beatrice L                 Daur            U         Female     12     Willesdon, Middlesex, UK                           Scho
Arthur J                    Son              U         Male         9       Hampstead, Middlesex, UK                        Scho
Charlotte M              Daur            U         Female      6       Jersey City, NJ, USA                                  Scho
Eliza Williams            Serv             U         Female    16      Richmond, Surrey, England                          General Servant Domestic

I wonder what took the family to the USA and back around 1875 and then on to Winnipeg, Canada in 1883 or 1885. 

Please note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occurred.

Henry J Ferguson and Lydia Martha Unite had the following children:

2 i. Harry Ferguson born 1864 in Marylebone, Middlesex, UK, He immigrated to Canada 1885 with his family age 21, He later was the editor of the Winnipeg Tribune.
+3 ii. Daniel J Ferguson.
+4 iii. Beatrice L Ferguson. born in 1869 in Willesdon, Middlesex, UK Immigrated to Canada in 1885 with her family at age 16
+5 iv. Arthur J Ferguson.
+6 v. Charlotte M Ferguson.  born in 1875 in Jersey City, NJ USA immigrated to Canada from England with her family in 1885 at age 10

Note from Joyce F of Louisiana says there is another daughter in this line Charlotte Matilda Ferguson. She said she had pictures of Henry and Lydia but alas the e-mail address she gave me on mstar.net failed on my reply so I have not been able to make contact, since receiving her e-mail in Feb 2006, with Joyce and get further detail. Joyce says she is the Great Great Granddaughter of Henry and Lydia through their daughter Charlotte Matilda Ferguson, Daisy's sister (Daisy is my Grandmother)

+7 vi. Ida Ferguson.
+8 vii. Lavinia Ferguson. A pair of twins that did not survive for which Daisy was named. Not sure when they were born but it would have been in the UK prior to Daisy's birth
+9 viii. Daisy Lavinia Ida Ferguson.