My James Fergus came from
Scotland
then pioneered in Montana.
There is a lot published on James Fergus. The most exhaustive work is a
thesis by Dr. Robert M. Horne,
which I have transcribed. Also, an invaluable book based on his wife
Pamelia Dillin and their correspondence, which they managed to save,
The Gold Rush Widows of Little Falls: A story drawn from the letters of Pamelia and James Fergus.
Here are some pictures I took on a visit to Scotland
in November of 2000. The first is the area of the
farm on Shawton Hill, Glassford
Parish south of Glasgow, where James Fergus grew up. The stone
buildings are old enough but I do not know which one was theirs. The
other pictures are from the area of
Kirkintilloch on the hills north of
Glasgow where Andrew Fergus came from.
I have worked on other
Fergus
families from the same area around Glasgow — now expanded to the area
around Edinburgh with the addition of other name variations and
Killpatrick
from the same areas and source.
My Fergus started on the north side and ended up on
the south side. I have compiled data from the LDS Scottish Church
Records CD-ROM into families as best I can. Please have a look and let
me know how to add your Fergus or Killpatrick family or correct
what
I have.
You may look here and download the gedcom file for these 4,938 Fergus
& Killpatrick persons--none of them living now.
I had a bit of trouble making it usable. Labeling it a .ged file seems
not to preserve the line returns to keep stuff neat and orderly. When I
save it as a text file when it already was then I can not open it in
Netscape. So I saved it as html and it looks great on the web. I
renamed it .ged instead of .html so I think it might display for
you and give the correct file type. If not rename it to .ged and it
should
work with your genealogy program.
My Fergus and Gilpatrick (Killpatrick) families may have a common
connection.
Christian Pollock is in both groups by marriage. It was easiest do do
all
the searching and updating of the first file as one group in the same file.
Fergus Name Variations
from Scottish Church Records CD-ROM (LDS)
the names were used interchangeably.
My family uses Fergus.
FARGIE
FERGHUSE
FERGIE
FERGINS
FERGIS
FERGOUS
FERGOUSE
FERGRIE
FERGUIE
FERGUS — the vast majority
FERGUSE
FERGUSS
FERGY
FORGUS
Some Miscellaneous Fergus
Links--some mine, some others.
James Fergus:
The Grand Old Man of Montana
from the Lewistown News Argus newspaper.
Draft
text James Fergus biography by his grandson
(as published)
James Fergus & Hamiltons in this
photograph--can anyone verify please?
Draft
text Andrew Fergus biography by his son
(as published)
Fergus County
Table of Contents
from RootsWeb
Fergus Falls,
Minnesota, named for James.
The official Fergus
County, Montana, web site.
James Fergus mentioned concerning the vigilantes
in
History of Southern Montana--Chapter XXI
History of Southern Montana--Chapter XXIX
More
Vigilantes of Montana by Prof. Thomas J. Dimsdale
PBS
has my James Fergus!
Chronology on Fort Benton web site
Lewis
and Clark and Fort Benton history
A neat
little site to see about place names as Fergus.
Fergus Family Genealogy
Forum
Wills & Settlements Section
This is a great place to do research for Scotland if you can not find what you need on FamilySearch.org web site.
http://www.ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk/
I have used this site for vital records data on cousins, census data,
and the wills, inventories, and settlements. I have also used microfilms for some of the same data.
The copies of the original pages are on my web site at
http://www.Dangel.net/WillImages/.
I have transcribed versions here (Please do tell me if I have words or names
wrong, but not if I did transcribe the exact spelling used!! There is
little punctuation in the original.)
Andrew Fergus who died in 1831
his son Andrew Fergus who died in 1862
Uncle Robert who died 1841, brother of Andrew,
who died 1831 without children
James Fergus who came to America and died 1902,
son of Andrew died 1862 as well as the next 3 uncles
Robert who died 1897
Andrew who died 1898
Charles who died 1879
and then the will of Andrew Fergus who died 1928,
son of James and father of Andrew James Fergus, who is the last of our Fergus
name living in America. If you know anyone with the Fergus name to compare
DNA please let me know and Cynthia Russell below.
And an
Uncle of Andrew who died in 1831:
William Fergus' Will - 1797 text
page 1 image
page 2 image
page 3 image
page 4 image
Most of the above in this section besides the original pages have document files of the text you may download in this directory.
James Fergus and other close family members
in Books Section
400 Years of Freethought
A Leaf from the Diary of James Fergus
Images of the original pages are usually in the same directory.
Another Fergus family web site
by Cynthia Russell,
FERGUS Research Worldwide
A gathering of FERGUS Families for all to enjoy.
FERGUS, Francis Descendants beginning in 1752, Co Tyrone, Ireland.
FERGUS Family Worldwide, many Fergus lineages - and Guest Book for all
FERGUS folk.
Thank you Cynthia.
James R. Dangel
P. O. Box 219
Sitka, Alaska 99835 USA
Phone: 907-747-3348
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