John Ferguson

I'm very interested in the family of this John Ferguson as the naming patterns used are in a couple of cases very close to my FERGUSON family. Specifically:  5. William Robert Heaton Ferguson, #9868 b. Aug 27 1903  I have a Robert Heaton FERGUSON b. 20/01.1884 in Calcutta, India  5 John ARNOLD Russell Ferguson #9869 b. May  15 1905 d. 1959  I have a John Archibald Russell FERGUSON, b. 11/06/1856, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He went on to live and work in India, before returning to Greenock before his death in WW1.

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There may be a connection to your Ferguson's as this group left the Parish of Comrie for Canada in 1818, embarking from Greenock on July 21,1818.  The full history of Beckwith Township is on-line.  This linked page gives the list of those who emigrated from Comrie  http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=1058202 . 

The Town of Carleton Place, which is carved out of the township of Beckwith is twinned with Comrie and there are ongoing exchanges between them.

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