1822 - Yes, date unknown
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Name |
George Douglass Fergusson |
Birth |
1822 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I95883 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- George Douglass Fergusson, the sixth son of the Hon. Adam Fergusson and Jemima Johnston, became the representative of the family. He was born in 1S22. He joined his brother James in his business, at Port Dover, in 1846 ; but for three years previously sailed on the St. Lawrence and lakes, finding the mode of life congenial. In 1852 he took up his abode in Fergus, where he has since resided, attending at first to his father's interests there, and afterwards engaging in business of his own-being a partner in several joint stock companies (manufacturing, etc.) and acting as Manager of the Montreal Bank in Fergus while an agenc}' was kept up there.
He was married in 1852 to Charlotte Legge, daughter ofJoshua Legge, of Gananoque, in the County of Leeds and Grenville ; sister of Charles Legge, who attained considerable eminence as a civil engineer, and had charge of the east half of the Victoria Bridge in its construction ; and niece of the Hon.John McDonald, of Gananoque, a member of the Legislative Council, previously referred to. They had ten children, three of whom (two sons and a daughter) died in infancy ; both of the former named Neil Legge, the latter Rebecca Hariot.
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