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Can anyone help? George and Christina Ferguson are on the 1871 Scottish Census they had 3 children John, James, and Jane. They show up on the 1880 US census on Rhode Island with another 2 children Christina C. Ferguson born Rhode Island 1873 and George Ferguson born Rhode Island 1876.

It would appear they left Scotland between the 1871 Scottish Census and Christina being born in 1873 in the US.

I don't know where to look for information on where and when they sailed from I would think Glasgow to New York. they show up in 1900 records for the US I do pay a subscription to another site but it doesn't include passenger lists to the US or actual images residents in the US at that time.

Can anyone help me trace this family please? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Have you looked on the Ellis Island website?


http://www.ellisisland.org/

Maybe not Ellis Island - it may be too early for there.

Hi Rootsgather,

Tried Ellis Island, can't see them on there. I know the children were in Rhode Island in 1900 but I don't have access to them on ancestry will need to upgrade to see the records. Time to ask for my early Xmas present :)

This site has records on immigrants to the US from 1820 to 1892


www.castlegarden.org/


it does take some searching through though, and you may still not find anyhting



sylvia

You could ask if anyone has access to Worldwide Ancestry, as easier to search.

Catherine

For reference only.

1871 Scotland Census
about Christina Ferguson
Name: Christina Ferguson
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : George Ferguson
Gender: Female
Where born: Glasgow, Lanark
Registration Number: 644/10
Registration district: Hutchesontown
Civil Parish: Glasgow Govan
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 234 S Wellington St No 2 Dwelling
ED: 43
Household schedule number: 62
Line: 2
Roll: CSSCT1871_141
Household Members:
Name Age
George Ferguson 35
Christina Ferguson 30
John Ferguson 7
James Ferguson 2
Jane Ferguson 7 MO
John McKenacher 13

Family in 1900.

1900 United States Federal Census
about John Ferguson
Name: John Ferguson
Home in 1900: Providence Ward 3, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 35
Birth Date: May 1865
Birthplace: Scotland
Race: White
Gender: Male
>>>Immigration Year: 1872
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Ferguson 35
Jane M Ferguson 29
Christina C Ferguson 27
George Ferguson 24


I wonder if this is them. She is travelling with 7 year old John?, 3 year old Is ?, 11 year old Ina? McKerracher (male) is next and then 11 month old James? (female) is last. Can't see George though.
Wonder if Ina is really John McKenacher in 1871.

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Christine Ferguson
Name: Christine Ferguson
Arrival Date: 2 May 1872
Birth Year: abt 1841
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Scottish (Scotish)
Place of Origin: Scotland
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Anglia

Liz

1880 with John, who is George's brother in law.

1880 United States Federal Census
about George Ferguson
Name: George Ferguson
Home in 1880: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Scotland
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Christina Ferguson
Father's birthplace: Scotland
Mother's birthplace: Scotland
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Iron Moulder
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:

View image
Household Members:
Name Age
George Ferguson 42
Christina Ferguson 40
John Ferguson 16
Jane Ferguson 10
Christina Ferguson 7
George Ferguson 4
John Terracher 22

Christina's death?

Rhode Island Deaths, 1630-1930
about Christina Ferguson
Name: Christina Ferguson
Relation: wf
Kin 1: George C Ferguson
Kin 2: Mary E Ferguson
Death Date: 29 Nov 1891
Age: 51 yrs

1910 United States Federal Census
about John Ferguson
Name: John Ferguson
Age in 1910: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Scotland
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Scotland
Mother's Birth Place: Scotland
Home in 1910: Providence Ward 4, Providence, Rhode Island
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of immigration: 1872
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Ferguson 45 bartender in hotel
Jane W Ferguson 38
Christena C Ferguson 37
Edwin J Simpson 25 boarder



1920 United States Federal Census
about John Ferguson
Name: John Ferguson
[John Fergerson]
[John Fergeson]
Home in 1920: Providence Ward 4, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Scotland
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
[Head]
Father's Birth Place: Scotland
Mother's Birth Place: Scotland
Marital Status: Single
[Married]
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Year of immigration: 1873
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Ferguson 55 real estate agent
Jane M Ferguson 48
Christina C Ferguson 46
George Ferguson 44 bartender at hotel


1930 United States Federal Census
about Jane M Ferguson
Name: Jane M Ferguson
Home in 1930: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
View Map
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1872
Relation to Head of House: Sister
Race: White
Occupation:

Education:

Military Service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace:

View image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Christina C Ferguson 57
Jane M Ferguson 58
George Ferguson 54

None of them have jobs.

Here they are on the castlegarden site. Still can't find George though.

FERGUSON JAMES 3 M 2 May 1872
FERGUSON JANE 11 m F 2 May 1872
FERGUSON JOHN 7 M 2 May 1872
FERGUSON MRS. CHRISTINA 31 F 2 May 1872

Hi Isobel I'm reponding, I can't exactly help with your question, but Christina Ferguson was, if I have it right, (my Grt. Aunt), Jane McKerracher was my Gt Grandmother. Jane married Thomas Aitken, 2 of their children also went to Rhode Island New York. There may of being a catch up between the 2 Aitken boys and Christina Ferguson as Christina was their Auntie. I don't know anything of later Rhode Island events, just that my grandfather told my mother about his older brothers going to Rhode Island. I hope you can understand this. I can open up my tree.

I know John McKerracher was I Christina's younger brother who lived wih them at Rhode Island.

Allan Lynch
New Zealand

Just in case Isobel isn't checking back -- she certainly didn't respond to anything alviegal posted, after all that work -- you may want to click on her name and send her a private message. If her email address here is current, she'll get notice of it. No notice is sent of posts in threads.

Hi Janey

I'm so sorry I didn't answer alviegal's posts due to family illness . I see the amount of work that was put into finding all this information I really do appreciate everyone's help.

I am so ashamed to admit that due to wrong information given to me by someone on another site that he swore was accurate. I found out that my Ferguson's although they did go to Ireland they never went near Rhode Island. This idiot just took the first match he found and didn't check it out. I have contacted him to tell how angry I am and about all the hard work people on this site did for me to find this family. I have also told him to take off all the wrong information and left a comment for any others to see who use this site.
I want to apologise for not answering the posts and also for wasting everyone's time. I'm so sorry. I will definitely be more careful in the future and not be fooled again.

Allan

I have sent you a PM

That's a lesson everybody needs to learn -- those of us who have try to pass on the wisdom but sometimes we're too late. ;)

Several morons had trees at Ancestry showing my grx4 grfather the parish clerk in a small parish in Cornwall in the 1700s having a son who was born, married and died in Tennessee.

Yes, Ancestry great big tree of the universe: "Sibley" can be a variant of Shipley. That doesn't mean it is remotely reasonable to offer a Sibley in 18th century Cornwall as the father of a Shipley in Tennessee -- or that it's remotely reasonable for anybody to click and add such nonsense to their family tree!

But that's pretty likely what your someone did.

That's a big reason why many of us here try to remember to request the *source* of the information we're chasing, too. ;)

Off you go down the right track, now!

thanks Janey

Great advice, I'll not be caught out again. From now on I will be asking for sources before adding anything. In my own GR tree I don't add a thing that isn't checked and rechecked. Although as I have found to my cost not everyone does the same. I have now found the correct marriage and I'm now thankfully right on track.