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Can anyone please look up the marriage of Thomas Ferguson born c1850 in Inch,Wigtown, his parents were James and Helen nee McLelland. He married Margaret McMurtrie born c1853. I think they married in Wigtownshire.
I appreciate any info on these two people.

HI Amanda, this is from IGI (familysearch.org)

THOMAS FERGUSON Pedigree
Male Family


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:


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Marriages:
Spouse: MARGARET MCMURKIE Family
Marriage: 17 FEB 1870 Old Luce, Wigtown, Scotland

Steven and Elizabeth,
Thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

They had 8 children which I believe were all born in Wigtown.

Possible:


1891 Scotland Census
about Thomas Ferguson
Name: Thomas Ferguson
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Maggie
Gender: Male
Where born: Inch, Wigtownshire
Registration Number: 899
Registration district: Stranraer
Civil parish: Inch
Town: Stranraer
County: Wigtownshire
Address: 16 Lochryan Pl
Occupation: Steam Crane Driver
ED: 1
Household schedule number: 116
Line: 3
Roll: CSSCT1891_408
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Ferguson 40
Maggie Ferguson 37
Mary Ferguson 18
Maggie Ferguson 15
Thomas Ferguson 12
Sarah L Ferguson 10
Robert Mcm Ferguson 5
Elizabeth Mcg Ferguson 2


1901 Scotland Census
about Thomas Ferguson
Name: Thomas Ferguson
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Margaret
Gender: Male
Where born: Stranraer, Wigtownshire
Registration Number: 644/14
Registration district: Kinning Park Burgh
Civil parish: Glasgow Maxwell
Town: Glasgow
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 26 Watt Street
Occupation: Engineman (stationery)
ED: 8
Household schedule number: 18
Line: 5
Roll: CSSCT1901_320
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Ferguson 50
Margaret Ferguson 47
Mary E Ferguson 28
Thomas Ferguson 27
Sarah Ferguson 20
Robert Ferguson 15
Elizabeth Ferguson 12



1871 Scotland Census
about Thomas Ferguson
Name: Thomas Ferguson
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Margaret
Gender: Male
Where born: Inch, Wigtownshire
Registration Number: 886
Registration district: Inch
Civil parish: Inch
County: Wigtownshire
Address: Aird Cott House
Occupation: Gardener Lab
ED: 11
Household schedule number: 8
Line: 20
Roll: CSSCT1871_189
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Ferguson 21
Margaret Ferguson 18
Helen Ferguson 1 Mo

Margaret born in Ayr, Ayrshire.

That looks a good bet Helen.


MARY FERGUSON Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth:
22 NOV 1872 Stranraer, Wigtown, Scotland
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: THOMAS FERGUSON Family
Mother: MARGARET MCMURTRIE



HELEN FERGUSON Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth:
30 JUN 1870 Inch, Wigtown, Scotland
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: THOMAS FERGUSON Family
Mother: MARGARET MCMURTRIE





ELIZABETH FERGUSON Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth:
03 DEC 1871 Inch, Wigtown, Scotland
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: THOMAS FERGUSON Family
Mother: MARGARET MCMURTRIE

1881 Scotland Census
about Thomas Fergueson
Name: Thomas Fergueson
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Margaret
Gender: Male
Where born: Inch, Wigtownshire
Registration Number: 899
Registration district: Stranraer
Civil parish: Stranraer
County: Wigtownshire
Address: 23 Saint John St
Occupation: Steam Crane Driver
ED: 4
Household schedule number: 144
Line: 8
Roll: cssct1881_335
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Fergueson 31
Margaret Fergueson 28
Helen Fergueson 10
Mary Fergueson 8
Margaret Fergueson 5
Thomas Fergueson 2
Sarah L Fergueson 11 Mo



Liz

Helen and Liz,
Thank you very,very much for all your help, I really appreciate all you have done for me.

This is a bit of a cheek but, can you find Jemima Ferguson born c1884 please? she is another daughter? All of the children you have named on here are the names I had apart from Jemima.

Had a look on the Scotlandspeople index:

Birth
Jemima Ferguson
1884
Stranraer, Wigton

Death
Jemima Ferguson
1885
Stranraer, Wigton

Don't know if this is your Jemima. You would need to check the certificates to verify the parents names.

You can see some old pictures of Watt St, Kinning Park on:

www.mitchelllibrary.org

Helen, thank you again

I have been on SP and I put in all Jemimas details to look up a death but none come up???

Amanda,

I checked again for the death and it's there.

Jemima Ferguson
1885
County: Wigtown
District: Stranraer

Enter the surname first ... followed by the christian name. An easily made mistake.

Could this be the death for Margaret ? Maybe you recognise this area as part of your family research.

Margaret Ferguson / McMurtrie (x-ref names)
1917
County: Dumfries
District: Sanquhar

This person's age ties in with the year Margaret says she was born.

Helen,
Thank you, I've found Jemimas death 18th April 1885, I also found a Roberta Ferguson born 18-12-1903, mother Jemima Ferguson. Roberta was Illigitimate, how can I find this Jemimas birth and parents?

This is only a guess - given that Roberta was born in Wigtown and assuming her mother was living there two years before in 1901. This Jemima was a Nurse Domestic. It may or may not mention this on Roberta's birth certificate. Jemima is a very young mother ... but not that unusual.


1901 Scotland Census
about Jemima Ferguson
Name: Jemima Ferguson
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relationship: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Portpatrick, Wigtownshire
Registration Number: 891
Registration district: Leswalt
Civil parish: Leswalt
County: Wigtownshire
Address: Garchrie Lodge
Occupation: Nurse Domestic
ED: 4
Household schedule number: 14
Line: 6
Roll: CSSCT1901_442
Household Members:
Name Age
Alexr Ferguson 25
Jeanie Ferguson 27
Jessie Ferguson 4
Andrew Ferguson 3
James Ferguson 10 mos
Jemima Ferguson 15

Possible for 1891:


1891 Scotland Census
about Jemima Ferguson
Name: Jemima Ferguson
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Relationship: Grand Daur (Granddaughter)
Gender: Female
Where born: Port Patrick, Wigtownshire
Registration Number: 899
Registration district: Stranraer
Civil parish: Stranraer
Town: Stranraer
County: Wigtownshire
Address: 15 Castle St
ED: 5
Household schedule number: 99
Line: 18
Roll: CSSCT1891_408
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Ferguson 57
Catherine Ferguson 47 (ms Mitchell)
Janet Ferguson 23
Elizabeth Ferguson 18
Andrew Ferguson 16
Charles Ferguson 14
John Ferguson 11
Waller Jacob Ferguson 7
Jemima Ferguson 5
Geprge Ferguson 3

Scotlandspeople:

Birth
Jemima Ferguson
1885
County: Wigtown
District: Port Patrick (according to the census info)

Helen, i have 30 hot matches with someone on here and she has Jemima marrying Andrew Murray but I found her death as a baby on SP and I cannot find a marriage to this man?

Can't find a marriage for Jemima Ferguson and Andrew Murray on Scotlandspeople.

However, it depends on when she married him. Marriages only go up to 1933 on Scotlandspeople.

I couldn't either but everything else she has matches with mine ??????
Weird family I have got.

Found what looks like this same family on a family tree on Ancestry.

It has Roberta Ferguson as a daughter to Jemima Ferguson who was born 7th April 1884 in Stranraer... and Jemima is down as daughter to Thomas Ferguson and Margaret McMurtrie.

Checked again on Scotlandspeople and there was only one record for a birth for Jemima Ferguson 1884 Stranraer Wigton. If you checked the death certificate and matched up the parents names etc. then you must have the correct information and Jemima definitely died.

Can't think where the other person got her birth info from

According to the tree on Ancestry, Roberta Ferguson went on to marry Samuel Dorans.