{"id":2454,"date":"2023-09-10T12:57:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T12:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2025-07-15T15:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:22:35","slug":"joseph-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/10\/joseph-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In chapter 6 of my book, Port Carlisle, a history built on hope<\/a>, I tried to disentangle the various Carlisle manufacturers who backed the canal. Including Joseph Ferguson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I pondered that he might have been the son of William Ferguson and Fanny (n\u00e9e Grave). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I have now discovered he was the son of John Ferguson and Elizabeth, n\u00e9e Beck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They both died in 1802, leaving ten young children. Joseph, born in 1795, would only have been seven years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His siblings were Richard, John, George, Robert, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Anne, and Alice Jane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I pondered in the book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If Elizabeth Ferguson who married William Nanson was Joseph\u2019s sister, then Ann Page was Joseph\u2019s niece. And John Nanson likely his nephew.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Well yes. In that yes, the Elizabeth Ferguson who married William Nanson WAS Joseph Ferguson\u2019s sister. And yes, I did use the word \u2018disentangle\u2019 for a reason!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That part of chapter 6 is only a page or so, and the rest of my book is a lot easier to digest! Meanwhile, until such time as I get round to revisions\/additions of new information to the book, this post untangles things a bit and restores Joseph Ferguson to his actual parents, from the \u2018possibles\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The memorial stone can be found in St Cuthbert\u2019s Church, Carlisle. A place I shall come back to in detail in a future post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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