Hi Martyn,

I'm afraid the names Ferguson and Morrison are like Smith and Jones around the Bonnybridge area!

I'm in the (slow) process of transcribing and photographing as many MI's as I can in this area including Denny Cemetery which is the main one for the area but there is also Camelon Cemetery a couple of miles along the road and both are HUGE! As well as these two Cemeteries, there are Churchyards here, there and everywhere.

If you contacted the Cemetery Records Office in Camelon, they might be able to tell you where James (who died in 1898) is buried.

Is the James (born 1871, died 1898) the same James Morrison Ferguson, your great grandfather? If so, I make his father (David) aged 43 when he was born - is this correct?

Have you found any of the families on any Cencus? James would have been 10 in 1881

I had a look on the 1881 Cencus and there were only 2 James Fergusons born in Stirlingshire in 1871+/- 1 year and these were:

Dwelling: 12 Albert Place
Census Place: Denny, Stirling, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203537 GRO Ref Volume 476 EnumDist 6 Page 17
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
John FERGUSON M 37 M Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Iron Moulder
Ann FERGUSON M 33 F Bothkennen, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Wife
James FERGUSON U 11 M Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
John FERGUSON U 9 M Denny, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Elizabeth FERGUSON U 8 F Denny, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
John SHUTS 23 M Slam..., Stirling, Scotland


Dwelling: Broad Street
Census Place: Denny, Stirling, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203537 GRO Ref Volume 476 EnumDist 6 Page 13
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
James LYNN W 46 M Denny, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Ironstone Miner
James FERGUSON U 9 M Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Cathering FERGUSON U 4 F Denny, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Daur
Margaret FERGUSON U 7 m F Denny, Stirling, Scotland

These obviously don't tie up with your names???

BUT - I then looked for a David Ferguson born 1828 +/- 3 years and found this family:

Dwelling: No 7 Picardy
Census Place: Denny, Stirling, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203537 GRO Ref Volume 476 EnumDist 6 Page 12
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
David FERGUSON M 56 M Airth, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Iron Moulder
Margaret FERGUSON M 45 F Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Wife
Isabella FERGUSON U 16 F Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Daur
Occ: Millworker
Andrew FERGUSON U 14 M Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Iron Moulder
David FERGUSON U 13 M Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Janet FERGUSON U 11 F Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland

What do you think? Do you think possibly you've missed a generation?

Anne