Andrews, Joan Subject: Re: [Ferguson-L] Passengers and Immigration--9840 Do you by any chance have any data concerning Ferguson immigrants in the late 1850's. My grt grt grandfather Richard Ferguson entered America during that period with his wife Jane, daughter Elizabeth and son James. My grt grandfather was born somewhere in America, as stated in the 1881 census for County Durham in England. Up to now I have been unable to trace his birth. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in anticipation Joan Andrews
I don't know if you are interested
in my Fergusons. My great grandfather
Joseph Ferguson was born
in USA circa 1860 according to the 1881 census.
Unfortunately he did not
state which State he was born in which has made it
very difficult to trace
his place of birth. His parents Richard Ferguson born
1834 in Torpenhow
and Jane Gallantry were born in Cumberland and only stayed
in America for a few years
before returning to Cumberland before 1865. If any
one comes across the birth
of Joseph I would be very grateful.
Living in hope
Joan Andrews
Ask and ye shall receive <G> Torpenhow is listed as a city in this county . . .Paul
A maritime and border county
of England, having the counties of Dumfries and
Roxburgh on the north, Northumberland
and Durham on the east,
Westmorland and Lancashire
on the south, the Irish Sea on the west, and the
Solway Firth on the NW.;
length, NE. and SW., 75 miles; extreme
breadth, E. and W., 45 miles;
average breadth, 22 miles; coast line, about 75
miles; area, 970,161 acres,
population 250,647. The coast on the
Solway is low and sandy,
but on the Irish Sea it is lofty and rugged; chief
promontory, St Bees Head.
In the NW. the country is open and flat; it is
watered by the Eden and
other streams, and consists chiefly of verdant meadows
and good arable land. From
this plain the surface rises towards the
east and south into a region
with deep defiles or dales, which form the
mountainous district of
"The Lakes,". Coal and iron are extensively worked
in the west, the coalfield
stretching from the neighbourhood of Whitehaven to
that of Maryport. Numerous
blast furnaces are constantly at work.
Plumbago or black lead is
obtained in considerable quantities near Keswick.
Slate, limestone, and sandstone
are abundant. Copper, cobalt,
antimony, manganese, and
gypsum are also found. Owing to the general elevation
of the land, and the moisture
of the climate, the cultivation of the
soil is less attended to
than the rearing of sheep and cattle. The dairy
produce is very considerable.
Woollen manufactures are carried on to some
extent at Carlisle and some
other places The County comprises 5 wards, 208
parishes, the parliamentary
and municipal borough of Carlisle (1
member), and the parliamentary
borough of Whitehaven (1 member). It is mostly
in the diocese of Carlisle.
For parliamentary purposes it is divided
into 4 divisions, viz.,
Northern or Eskdale, Mid or Penrith, Cockermouth, and
Western or Egremont, 1 member
for each division.
From Bartholemew's Gazetteer
of the British Isles, 1887.