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Benjamin FERGUSON 1854 – 1901 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1854

Birth Location: Canada

Death Date: 15 Apr 1901

Death Location: Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USA

Father: JAMES FERGUSON

Mother: ANN JESSOP

Spouse(s): Marceley Grant

Children(s):

It was in 1854 that Benjamin FERGUSON was born in Canada, a child of JAMES FERGUSON and ANN JESSOP. Benjamin FERGUSON went on to marry Marceley Grant. Benjamin FERGUSON was deceased by 1901 in Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USA.

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Parents

JAMES FERGUSON
1827 – 1895
Birth Location: Bonfils, Perce, Québec, Canada
JF
ANN JESSOP
1825 – 1898
Birth Location: Red Head, Perce, Québec, Canada
AJ

Spouses(s)

Marceley Grant
1792 – 1881
Birth Location: Cromdale and Inverallan and Advie,Inverness,Scotland
MG

Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 04 Nov 1853
    Event Place: Perce, Gaspe, Québec
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1853
    Event Place: Perce, Gaspe, Québec

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1854
    Event Place: Canada
    Record Source: Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1897-1929

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 11 Janv 1854
    Event Place: Perce, Québec, Canada
    Record Source: Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records, 1621-1968, Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 21 Aug 1823
    Event Place: Quebec City, Québec, Canada
    Record Source: Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records, 1621-1968, Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1825
    Event Place: Anse a Beaufils, Cap d'Espoir, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
    Record Source: 1825 Census of Lower Canada

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1881
    Event Place: Pointe aux Esquimaux, Chicoutimi and Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Pointe aux Esquimaux, Chicoutimi and Saguenay, Quebec; Roll: C_13208; Page: 17; Family No: 85

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1887
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Elm River, Houghton, Michigan; Roll: 714; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0182; FHL microfilm: 1240714

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Elm River, Houghton, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Elm River, Houghton, Michigan; Roll: 714; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0182; FHL microfilm: 1240714

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: L'Anse
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The L'Anse Sentinel; Publication Date: 20 Apr 1901; Publication Place: L'Anse, Michigan, USA; ,0.71424824,0.48532775,0.86271167&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Michigan, United States
    Record Source: Michigan, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 15 Apr 1901
    Event Place: Hancock Twp., Houghton, Michigan
    Record Source: Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, Michigan, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 15 Apr 1901
    Event Place: Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1897-1929

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