The Family of: Benjamin Ferguson
Mr Samual Furgison [5376]
Miss Mary Russel [5377]
Mr Benjamin Ferguson [537]
(1766-1853)

 

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Spouses/Children:

Miss Jane Craiston [4317]

Mr Benjamin Ferguson [537] 2 3
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  • Born: 2 Jul 1766, Pardshaw, Cumberland, England 3 4 5
  • Marriage: Miss Jane Craiston [4317] on 7 Mar 1786 in Holy Trinity, Kendal, Westmorland, England 1
  • Died: 26 May 1853, Undermilbeck, Westmorland, England aged 86 6 7

bullet   Other names for Benjamin were Mr Ben Ferguson and Mr Benjamin Furgison.

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bullet  Research Notes:

At the 1851 census he was staying with his married daughter, Mary Airey, and her family (Surname recorded as Ferginson).

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: marriage, 1785, Kirkland, England. 1 The register says: Abode "of Kirkland", It is not clear whether this is Kirkland Cumberland or the road of this name in Kendal.

• Occupation: Weaver, 1788, Kendal, Westmorland, England. 8

• Occupation: Weaver, 1 Jun 1841, Kendal, Westmorland, England. 9

• Residence: census, 6 Jun 1841, Caroline Street, Kendal, Westmorland, England. 3

• Census, 6 Jun 1841, Caroline Street, Kendal, Westmorland, England. 3
William Ferguson age 20, Shoe Maker, b. out of County
Ann Ferguson age 20 b. Westmorland
Benjamin Ferguson age 6 mths b. Westmorland
(William, son of Benjamin Ferguson b. 1796, with his wife and family)

• Residence: census, 1851, Bessey, Undermilbeck, Windermere, Westmorland, England. 4

• Occupation: Retired Weaver, 1851, Bessey, Undermilbeck, Windermere, Westmorland, England. 4


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Benjamin married Miss Jane Craiston [4317] [MRIN: 157] on 7 Mar 1786 in Holy Trinity, Kendal, Westmorland, England.1 (Miss Jane Craiston [4317] was born about 1766,10 died about May 1841 11 and was buried on 1 Jun 1841 in Holy Trinity, Kendal, Westmorland, England 10.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Residence: Court Case, 1788, Capper Lane, Kendal, Westmorland, England. 8

• Residence: Jane's death, 1841, Caroline Street, Kendal, Westmorland, England. 10


bullet  Marriage Notes:

At their wedding a Samuel Ferguson was a witness
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Sources

  1. Holy Trinity (Kendal, Westmorland, England), "Parish Registers," Marriage Register; Cumbria County Archives, Kendal. Cit. Date: 18 Jul 2008.
  2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, Son's 2nd marriage (William) citing film: batch: M396494. Cit. Date: 14 May 2007.
  3. Census Returns, BMD Indexes and other Databases (H.M.G. and other sources), 1841 census. Repository: Ancestry, Ancestry.co.uk. Cit. Date: 14 May 2007.
  4. 1851 census of England, Westmorland, Kendal, folio 180, page 24; digital images, Find My Past; citing PRO HO 107/2441. Repository: findmypast, 24 Britton Street, London EC1M 5UA, England, info@findmypast.co.uk, FindMyPast. Cit. Date: 20 Oct 2010.
  5. "Family Search Record Search," database, Family Search , birth record. Repository: Pilot Family Search, http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.php#p=home. Cit. Date: 29 Jun 2010.
  6. Findmypast.co.uk database and images; Death Database. Repository: findmypast, 24 Britton Street, London EC1M 5UA, England, info@findmypast.co.uk, FindMyPast. Cit. Date: 3 Oct 2010; Index: June quarter 1853, Kendal Vol 11b Page 355
  7. England and Wales, death certificate; General Register Office, Southport. Repository: General Register Office, Government Offices, Convent Road, Roscommon, Ireland, . Cit. Date: 25 Oct 2010.
  8. WQ/SR/480/10 28 [ 1788]; database, The National Archives . Cit. Date: 19 Sep 2009; NB. The month is missing from the file reference
  9. Holy Trinity (Kendal, Westmorland, England), "Parish Registers," Burial Register (wife's burial); Cumbria County Archives, Kendal. Cit. Date: 18 Jul 2008.
  10. Holy Trinity (Kendal, Westmorland, England), "Parish Registers," Burial Register; Cumbria County Archives, Kendal. Cit. Date: 18 Jul 2008.
  11. Holy Trinity (Kendal, Westmorland, England), "Burial Registers"; Cumbria County Archives, Kendal. Cit. Date: 20 Jul 2008.