Margaret (Ralston) Ferguson (1852 - 1937)

Born 4 Nov 1852 in Chatham, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Ferguson — married 30 Aug 1877 in Boone, Illinois United States

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1937 at age 84 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Margaret (Ralston) Ferguson is buried in Scottish Cemetery, Caledonia, Illinois.

Margaret was born in 1852 in Canada. She was the daughter of Alexander Ralston and Margaret McKerral. She came with her family to Illinois where they became part of the Scotch Settlement in Argyle. ^[1]

She married Alexander Ferguson in 1877. ^[2]

She passed away in 1937.

Obituary

MRS. FERGUSON DIES AT HOME Resident Of County For More Than 80 Years Mrs. Margaret Ferguson, 84, 915 North Court Street, died of infirmities of old age at her home at 10:30 o'clock last night. Born at Chatham, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 4, 1852, Mrs. Ferguson had lived in Winnebago County since she was 3 years old.

Prior to her residence in Rockford, Mrs. Ferguson resided on a farm in Harlem township with her husband, the late Alexander Ferguson, who died June 3, 1919. The Fergusons retired from farming and moved to Rockford in 1904.

Mrs. Ferguson was an honorary deaconess of the First Presbyterian church here. Survivors are a son William J. Ferguson, a daughter, Miss Cora Ferguson, four grandchildren, Howard, Raymond, Dorothy and Robert, and one great-grandchild, Betty Ferguson, all of Rockford. A sister, Mrs. C. H. Blass, Sturgis, Mich., and a brother, John D. Ralston, Rockford, also survive.^[3]

Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night.

1930 US Census

Rockford, Illinois ^[4]

• Margaret Ferguson Head F 77 Canada
• Cora Ferguson Daughter F 45 Illinois

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64C-G8F : 12 April 2016), Margaret Ralston in household of Alex J Ralston, Illinois, United States; citing p. 25, family 191, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,688.
2. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X254-N52 : 5 November 2017), Alexander Ferguson and Margaret Ralston, 1877; citing Boone, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,102.
3. ↑ Rockford Morning Star, Thursday, February 11, 1937
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39Z-3X1 : accessed 15 August 2018), Margaret Ferguson, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 12A, line 15, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 572; FHL microfilm 2,340,307.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #53390192 : accessed 15 August 2018), memorial page for Margaret Ralston Ferguson (4 Nov 1852–10 Feb 1937), citing Scottish Cemetery, Caledonia, Boone County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Amelia Crombie-Christy (contributor 46861625)