The Descendants of John "Hillside" Ferguson


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Submitted 1998 - Jane Sherris - [email protected] ,
and Julie Rowe - [email protected] .

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Descendants of John (Hillside) Fergusson

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN (HILLSIDE)1 FERGUSSON was born Abt. 1808 in Scotland, and died 1879 in Marshfield, Lot 34, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married (1) WIFE? JEWERY. He married (2) SUSAN HEARTZ. He married (3) BARBARA PROUDFOOT 24 July 1828 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Children of JOHN FERGUSSON and BARBARA PROUDFOOT are:

i. DAVID2 FERGUSSON.

ii. ELIZABETH F FERGUSSON, d. USA; m. (1) MALE? BOYCE; m. (2) HUSBAND? MCDONALD.

iii. ELLEN FERGUSSON, m. THOMAS HARDY.

2. iv. JANE FERGUSSON, b. 1830, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. 22 December 1908, Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

3. v. BARBARA FERGUSSON, b. 22 March 1832; d. 17 March 1881, Marshfield, Lot 34, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

4. vi. JOHN (LONG JOHNIE) FERGUSSON, b. 23 September 1833, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. 28 July 1897, Marshfield, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Generation No. 2

2. JANE2 FERGUSSON (JOHN (HILLSIDE)1) was born 1830 in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and died 22 December 1908 in Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married JOHN GIBSON 8 May 1860 in Prince Edward Island, Canada, son of ROBERT GIBSON and JANE MCKRACKEN.

Children of JANE FERGUSSON and JOHN GIBSON are:

i. BARBARA ANN3 GIBSON, b. 3 January 1861, Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

ii. BENJAMIN GIBSON, b. 2 September 1863, Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

iii. ROBERT GIBSON, b. 30 October 1865, Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

iv. SARAH JANE GIBSON, b. 2 December 1866, Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

v. MARY C GIBSON, b. 1868, Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

vi. JOHN JAMES GIBSON, b. 22 November 1869, Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

vii. SISTER? GIBSON, b. Abt. 1872; d. Abt. 1936, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; m. HUSBAND? COFFIN.

5. viii. IDA ISABELLA GIBSON, b. 25 February 1872, Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. 10 May 1907, Somerset, Manitoba, Canada.

3. BARBARA2 FERGUSSON (JOHN (HILLSIDE)1) was born 22 March 1832, and died 17 March 1881 in Marshfield, Lot 34, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married ALEXANDER MCLAUGHLIN, son of DONALD MCLAUGHLIN and JANET FERGUSSON.

Children of BARBARA FERGUSSON and ALEXANDER MCLAUGHLIN are:

i. HENRIETTA3 MCLAUGHLIN, b. 1861, Prince Edward Island, Canada; m. JOHN A STEWART.

ii. ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN, b. 1866, Prince Edward Island, Canada; m. HUSBAND? BOYCE.

iii. JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, b. 1871, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

iv. ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN, b. 5 February 1871, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

4. JOHN (LONG JOHNIE)2 FERGUSSON (JOHN (HILLSIDE)1) was born 23 September 1833 in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and died 28 July 1897 in Marshfield, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married SARAH HARDY, daughter of HARDY and WIFE? HARDY?.

Children of JOHN FERGUSSON and SARAH HARDY are:

i. JOHN T3 FERGUSSON, b. 21 January 1859, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. 1942; m. (1) CATHERINE A MCDONALD; m. (2) MARY ISABELLA (BELL) THOMPSON.

ii. ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) FERGUSSON, b. 1861; m. JOHN STETSON.

iii. GEORGE A FERGUSSON, b. 1862.

iv. BARBARA FERGUSSON, b. 1864; m. ROBERT MUNN.

v. SARAH FERGUSSON, b. 1866; m. (1) SAMUEL PROWSE; m. (2) ALBERT NORMAN.

6. vi. DAVID FERGUSSON, b. 1867, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. 1933, Marshfield, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

vii. ALBERT FERGUSSON, b. 1869.

viii. AMBROSE FERGUSSON, b. 1872, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. 1935, Marshfield, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada; m. LENA JANE FERGUSON?, Aft. 1891.

Generation No. 3

5. IDA ISABELLA3 GIBSON (JANE2 FERGUSSON, JOHN (HILLSIDE)1) was born 25 February 1872 in Marshfield, Lot 34, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and died 10 May 1907 in Somerset, Manitoba, Canada. She married MATHEW JOHN SHEWFELT 1892 in Kingsley, Manitoba, Canada, son of JOHN SHEWFELT and ELIZABETH ROBINSON.

Children of IDA GIBSON and MATHEW SHEWFELT are:

7. i. JOHN MILTON4 SHEWFELT, b. 11 December 1894, Somerset, Manitoba, Canada; d. 5 June 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

ii. LORNE GIBSON SHEWFELT, b. 15 February 1896, Somerset, Manitoba, Canada; d. 9 April 1917, Vimy Ridge WW1.

iii. JANE ELIZABETH SHEWFELT, b. 7 July 1904, Somerset, Manitoba, Canada; d. 7 August 1907, Somerset, Manitoba, Canada.

6. DAVID3 FERGUSSON (JOHN (LONG JOHNIE)2, JOHN (HILLSIDE)1) was born 1867 in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and died 1933 in Marshfield, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married ESTHER G BRYETON Aft. 1891.

Child of DAVID FERGUSSON and ESTHER BRYETON is:

i. GLADYS4 FERGUSSON, m. HARRY MUTTART.

Generation No. 4

7. JOHN MILTON4 SHEWFELT (IDA ISABELLA3 GIBSON, JANE2 FERGUSSON, JOHN (HILLSIDE)1) was born 11 December 1894 in Somerset, Manitoba, Canada, and died 5 June 1969 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He married MARY AGNES (MINNIE) HORN 30 June 1924, daughter of ALEXANDER HORN and SARAH SHEWFELT.

Children of JOHN SHEWFELT and MARY HORN are still living so aren't listed.


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