Board: Message Boards > Localities > North America > Canada > Ontario > Prince Edward URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.northam.canada.ontario.princeedward/2692.1/mb.ashx Subject: Re: Henry Ferguson and Charity Gerow Marriage Author: satch42179 Date: 30 June 2009 Classification: Query Surnames:
They would have been married before government registration began. Church records are a possible source. Unfortunately his death registration doesn't list his parents. Henry Ferguson, died 9 Jun 1891, 84 yrs, farmer, b Prince Edward, died of dyspepsia/3 wks, Methodist, Chatham Tsp, Kent County, Registration # 007452. This is a bit of a long shot as Ferguson is a fairly common name. This is from Athol Prince Edward County 1851 Agricultural Census. Henry Ferguson, Concenssion 1, Part lot of 19 Roger/Rogell Ferguson, Concesstion, Part lot of 19 Israel Ferguson, Concession 1, part lot 26 This seems to be the only part of the 1851 census that survived for that area. roger Found this but there really isn't much information on it. Same area of Ontario as Prince Edward County. Both were hives of UEL. Could be father? Lt. Israel Ferguson Event: Living Year: 1786 Province: Ontario Place: Fredericksburgh Township Comments: Attached to late Kings Rangers Regt. Source: Norman K. Crowder, Early Ontario Settlers, A Source Book, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1993. Volume_Page: 169 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 occured. Israel Ferguson Event: Living Year: 1786 Province: Ontario Comments: United Empire Loyalist. Source: The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada by the United Empire Loyalists 1784-1884. (The Celebrations at Adolphustown, Toronto and Niagara, with an Appendix containing a copy of the United Empire List, preserved in the Crown Lands Department at Tor Volume_Page: 173
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