Thomas FERGUSON [4248]
(Abt 1854-Aft 1911)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Ann "Marion" MACKAY [4247]

  • Hectorina FERGUSON [4249]
  • Robert FERGUSON [4250]
  • Thomas Mackay FERGUSON [11959]
  • William FERGUSON [11960]
  • Grace FERGUSON [12592]
  • Margaret FERGUSON [11961]
2. Margaret SINCLAIR [11958]
  • Robert Sinclair FERGUSON [11962]
  • Mary FERGUSON [11963]
  • Agnes FERGUSON [15744]
  • Hugh FERGUSON [15631]
  • John FERGUSON [15743]

Thomas FERGUSON [4248]

  • Born: Abt 1854, East Kilbride, LKS
  • Marriage (1): Mary Ann "Marion" MACKAY [4247] on 14 Nov 1877 in East Kilbride, LKS 1
  • Marriage (2): Margaret SINCLAIR [11958] on 8 Feb 1895 in 8, Citadel, North Leith, MLN 2
  • Died: Aft 2 Apr 1911

  Noted events:

He worked as a (1878) carter, (1891) boatyard labourer, (1901) debt collector in Edinburgh, MLN, Scotland.

3 Apr 1881 census: age 28, married lodger, general labourer at Partick, LKS. (Thomas' wife and children were with her parents in Tongue.)

5 Apr 1891 census: age 27, boatyard labourer, head of household at 8, Wilkie Place, Edinburgh, MLN. 3

31 Mar 1901 census: age 37, debt collector, head of household at 5, Johnston Street, Leith, MLN. 4

2 Apr 1911 census: age 56, head of household at Leith, Edinburgh, MLN. 5


Thomas married Mary Ann "Marion" MACKAY [4247] [MRIN: 1240], daughter of Robert MACKAY [2666] and Hectorina MACKAY [2667], on 14 Nov 1877 in East Kilbride, LKS.1 (Mary Ann "Marion" MACKAY [4247] was born in 1853 in Skerray, Tongue, SUT 6 and died on 21 Dec 1892 in 8, Wilkie Place, Edinburgh, MLN 7.)


Thomas next married Margaret SINCLAIR [11958] [MRIN: 3468], daughter of Thomas "George" SINCLAIR [15497] and Mary BELL [15498], on 8 Feb 1895 in 8, Citadel, North Leith, MLN.2 (Margaret SINCLAIR [11958] was born on 24 Mar 1864 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland and died on 29 Apr 1936 in Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, MLN 8.)


Sources


1 East Kilbride Marriages 1878 643/09 (Thomas Ferguson, Marion Mackay).
14 November 1878 at Lodge?, East Kilbride; C. of S. rites
THOMAS FERGUSON 25 bachelor, carter
East Kilbride
Thomas Ferguson farm servant
Margaret Stevenson, dairymaid [not married?]
MARION MACKAY 24 spinster, domestic servant
East Kilbride
Robert Mackay fisherman
Hectorina Mackay ms Mackay
witnesses Robert Mackay, Catherine Brown.

2 Leith North Marriages 1895 692-01/19 (Thomas Ferguson, Margaret Nicol).
married 8 February 1895 at 8, Citadel, North Leith
after F.C. banns
THOMAS FERGUSON, commission agent, widower age 41
8 Waddell Place, South Leith
father Thomas Ferguson, carrier, deceased
mother Margaret Ferguson ms Stevenson
MARGARET SINCLAIR or Nicol, sick nurse, age 31
widow of William Nicol, tailor
Thomas Sinclair, carter
mother Mary Sinclair ms Bell, deceased
witnesses Mrs E. Edwardson, Susan McPherson.

3 1891 census of Scotland, Midlothian, Volume 692/1 Leith North, enumeration district (ED) 26, page 35, schedule no. 192, household of Robert Ferguson (8 Wilkie Place, Leith);
Thomas Ferguson 37 M head, boatyard labourer, East Kilbride
Marion Ferguson 36 M wife, Tongue Sutherland [1st wife Marion Mackay]
Hectorina Ferguson 11 daughter, East Kilbride
Thomas Ferguson 6 son, Wick Caithness
William Ferguson 4 son, Wick
Margaret Ferguson 1 daughter, North Leith

4 1901 census of Scotland, Midlothian, Volume 692/1 Leith North, enumeration district (ED) 5, page 3, schedule no. 10, household of Thomas Ferguson (5 Johnston Street, Leith);
Thomas Ferguson 47 M head, debt collector, East Kilbride
Margaret Ferguson 56 M wife, North Leith (2nd wife Margaret Sinclair)
William Ferguson 14 son, apprentice painter, Wick Caithness
Grace Ferguson 12 daughter, Edinburgh [step-daughter?]
Margaret Ferguson 11 daughter, North Leith
Robert Ferguson 3 son, North Leith
Mary Ferguson 5months daughter, North Leith

5 1911 census of Scotland, Midlothian, Somewhere in Leith?;
Thomas Ferguson 56 M head, East Kilbride
Margaret Ferguson 47 M wife, Tongue Sutherland
Agnes Ferguson 9 daughter, Leith
Hugh Ferguson 7 son, Leith
John Ferguson 5 son, Leith

6 Tongue Deaths 1855 056/30 (Robert Mackay, Skerray).
ROBERT MACKAY, fisherman, age 37, born Scrabster, Tongue; 18 months resident of Parish of Tongue; parents Angus MacKay, tenant and Mary Ann MacKay [maiden name MacKay]; wife Hectorina MacKay; children Donald 4; Mary Ann 2 and Robertina 5 weeks; died Sept 30 1855 at Skerray of measles; buried Torrisdale Burial Ground; informant Hector MacKay, cousin.

7 Leith North Deaths 1892 692-01/457 (Mary Ann Ferguson).
MARY ANN FERGUSON 38
married to Thomas Ferguson shipyard labourer
died 21 December 1892 at 8 Wilkie Place
Robert McKay general merchant deceased
Hectorina McKay ms McKay
phthisis pulmonalis
informant Donald Munro, distantly related [sic], 8 Annfield, Leith.

8 Edinburgh George Square Deaths 1936 685-05/646 (Margaret Ferguson).
MARGARET FERGUSON age 72, widow of
(1) David Sturrock Nicol, ---
(2) Thomas Stevenson Ferguson, jeweller's agent
died 29 April 1936 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
usual residence 25 Sloan Street, Leith
father Thomas Sinclair, carter, deceased
mother Mary Sinclair ms Bell, deceased
informant Hugh E. (or C.) Ferguson, son, 13 Dalmeny Street, Leith.

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