Harrower Family Tree » Gilbert Ferguson (1889-????)

Personal data Gilbert Ferguson 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of Gilbert Ferguson

He is married to Chrissie C Harrower.

They got married on November 8, 1915 at 32 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 26 years old.Source 4

Event (Witness at Marriage) on November 8, 1915 in 32 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland : Robert Ferguson and Robert Taylor, both Privates 1st Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders.Source 4


Notes about Gilbert Ferguson

1. Chrissie's spouse named in her brother Georges war service records as Ferguson.

2. The 23rd Infantry Battalion, Second Canadian Expeditionary Force, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Battalion sailed for England on the S.S. Missanabie on February 2, 1915, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Fisher, with a compliment of 35 officers and 942 other ranks.

3. It is not known why Gilbert travels to New York in Oct. 1921. He appears to travel Alone!

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gilbert Ferguson

Agnes Hunter
1860-????

Gilbert Ferguson
1889-????

1915

Chrissie C Harrower
1892-????


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Sources

  1. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Gilbert Ferguson Parish: Tillicoultry; ED: 3; Page: 26; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1901_152 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for Gilbert Ferguson
    Name: Gilbert Ferguson
    Age: 44
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Agnes H Ferguson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Tillicoultry, Clackmananshire
    Registration Number: 468
    Registration district: Tillicoultry
    Civil parish: Tillicoultry
    Town: Tillicoultry
    County: Clackmannanshire
    Address: Hill St
    Occupation: Pit Head Worker
    ED: 3
    Household schedule number: 171
    Line: 8
    Roll: CSSCT1901_152
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Gilbert Ferguson 44 Head
    Agnes H Ferguson 41 Wife
    Agnes M Ferguson 20 Daughter
    Robert Ferguson 16 Son
    Adam Ferguson 15 Son
    Katie H Ferguson 14 Daughter
    Gilbert Ferguson 12 Son
    Willimina H Ferguson 10 Daughter
    James Ferguson 8 Son
    John Ferguson 5 Son
    David Ferguson 3 Son
  2. UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, Ancestry.com, 1913 Record for Gilbert Ferguson Source Information Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists. BT27. Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments. Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. Description This collection comprises lists of passengers leaving the UK and Ireland between 1890-1960.
    Record for Gilbert Ferguson
    Name: Gilbert Ferguson
    Gender: Male
    Age: 24
    Birth Date: abt 1889
    Departure Date: 24 May 1913
    Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
    Destination Port: Quebec, Canada
    Ship Name: Grampian
    Shipping Line: Allan Line
    Official Number: 124220
    Master: John Williams
    / Ancestry.com
  3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Gilbert Ferguson Parish: Tillicoultry; ED: 8; Page: 21; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1891_144 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for Gilbert Ferguson
    Name: Gilbert Ferguson
    Age: 34
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Agnes Ferguson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
    Registration Number: 468
    Registration district: Tillicoultry
    Civil parish: Tillicoultry
    County: Clackmannanshire
    Address: Devonside
    Occupation: Woollen Dyer
    ED: 8
    Household schedule number: 96
    Line: 17
    Roll: CSSCT1891_144
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Gilbert Ferguson 34 Head
    Agnes Ferguson 31 Wife
    Agnes C Ferguson 13 Daughter
    Betsy M Ferguson 11 Daughter
    Robert Ferguson 7 Son
    Adam H Ferguson 5 Son
    Catherine H Ferguson 4 Daughter
    Gilbert Ferguson 2 Son
    Williamina B Ferguson 14days Daughter
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1915 FERGUSON, GILBERT CHRISTINA HARROWER (Statutory registers Marriages 685/4 1464)
    1915 FERGUSON, GILBERT CHRISTINA HARROWER (Statutory registers Marriages 685/4 1464)
    Marriages in the District of Saint Giles in the City of Edinburgh 1915.
    1915 Eighth November
    32 Chambers Street, Edinburgh
    By Declaration in Presence of Robert Ferguson and Robert Taylor, both Privates 1st Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders
    Gilbert Ferguson
    Coal Miner
    Private 23rd (Reservists) British Expeditionary Force. Bachelor Age 27
    North West Mine, Edmonton, Alberta
    ? Station, Standoff
    Parents: Gilbert Ferguson, Coal Miner
    Agnes Ferguson MS Hunter
    Christina Harrower
    Tweed Weaver, Spinster Age 24
    9 Park Street, Tillicoultry
    Parents: Colin Harrower
    Tweed Pattern Weaver
    Amelia Harrower
    MS Henderson (deceased)
    Warrant of Sheriff Substitute of the Lothians and Peebles dated 9th November 1915
    Registered
    1915 November 13th, Edinburgh
    ? Paton
    Registrar
  5. UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, Ancestry.com, 1921 Record for Gilbert Ferguson Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists. BT27. Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments. Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. Description This collection comprises lists of passengers leaving the UK and Ireland between 1890-1960.
    Record for Gilbert Ferguson
    Name: Gilbert Ferguson
    Gender: Male
    Age: 33
    Birth Date: abt 1888
    Departure Date: 22 Oct 1921
    Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
    Destination Port: New York, USA
    Ship Name: Columbia
    Shipping Line: Anchor Line
    Official Number: 115682
    Master: David W Bone
    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

    Original data:

    Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists. BT27. Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments. Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.
    / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Day of marriage November 8, 1915

  • The temperature on November 8, 1915 was between 4.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
    • January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
    • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
    • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
    • February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
    • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.

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