1905-1906 Valuation Roll,Torthorwald.House and Shop,Collin.Tenant William Currie Ferguson,Grocer.He was not the tenant in the 1906/7 Valuation Roll for the same shop.
Willie was named after his uncle Willie Currie who was the husband of his mother's sister Jane Wright.Willie Currie was the grocer at Springholm,Kirkcudbrightshire.
Occupation 1908:Gardener.
From M/C 1907:Gardener living at Marchbank Cottage about one mile south of
Beattock.
The Service Record reads as follows:1918 - 114/AF - Entry 139 Service Returns S/16319 William Currie Ferguson
27/7/1918 - Died of Wounds - France 1/7th.Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.Age 37 year.He had registered at Alloa,Clackmannanshire.
Private in the 1st/7th.Batt.,Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.Service No.S/16319.Died 27/7/1918.Age 37.Buried Sezanne Communal Cemetery,Haute-Marne,France.Grave C.17.
He is commemorated at Sezanne Communal Cemetery,Marne,France.
His name is on the Tillicoultry War Memorial.
From mothers Application for Relief,Glasgow No.19271.October 1908.
Elizabeth 33 born Snizort married no children to William Ferguson,assistant
gardener with Mr.Cross M.P. Beattock near Dumfries.Earns 18/- per week.
From M/C 1907:A domestic servant living at Rock Hall,Mousewold which is about
seven miles east of Dumfries on the Annan road.She was married at
83 Yorkhill Street,Glasgow probably her mothers home.Her sister Dolina was a
witness.
Rockhall House is just along from Mousewall village on the high road to Annan.It still stands and is now Rockhall House Hotel(2001}
Have photograph taken in Alloa during World War One showing William in uniform with Betsy and five children.
After death of first husband in 1917 did not remarry until 1926 when she was living at 3 Park Lane,Tillicoultry.
The witnesses at her second marriage were her sons Donald and Thomas both in their late teens and also living at 3 Park Lane.
When Betsy died in 1961 she was once again a widow.Her son James signed her D/C.
Anne remembers visiting her and her daughter Margaret in Alva.
Debt of Honour Register In Memory of WILLIAM CURRIE FERGUSSON Sergeant 973780 W.Op./Air Gnr. 11 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on Friday 13 June 1941 . Age 29 . Additional Information: Son of W. C. Fergusson, and of Betty Fergusson, of Alva, Clackmannanshire; Dux Medallist of Tillicoultry Public School.
Cemetery: BEIRUT WAR CEMETERYLebanese Republic
Grave or Reference Panel Number: 1. I. 8.
Location: Beirut War Cemetery is located approximately 2-3 kilometres from the centre of Beirut in the El Horj district on Rue Jalloul, which runs west of Avenue de Novembre which is next to a park known as the Forest of Pines. The cemetery is in two sections, bisected by Rue Jalloul. In one section, formerly known as Beirut British War Cemetery, are graves of the First World War. It was begun in October 1918 and was enlarged by the concentration of graves from other burial grounds. The other section of the cemetery contains burials and memorials in what were formerly known as Beirut 1939-1945 War Cemetery and Beirut (Saida Road) Indian and Egyptian War Cemetery. In this section stands the Beirut Cremation Memorial commemorating soldiers of undivided India and an East African soldier, whose remains were accorded the last rites required by their religion - committal to fire. In addition, there are three memorials to Indian and Egyptian casualties of the First World War. Visiting Information: The cemetery is open Monday to Friday and Saturday morning. Closed all day Sunday.
Historical Information: Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Lebanon was taken from the Turks in 1918 by British forces with small French and Arab detachments. It was occupied by the 7th (Meerut) Division on the 8th October 1918, when French warships were already in the harbour, and the 32nd and 15th Combined Clearing Hospitals were sent to the town. In 1922 it became, with Syria, French mandated territory and after the fall of France in 1940 the two countries, under the control of the Vichy French, were a potential base for the Axis powers. German infiltration into Syria in May 1941 constituted a threat to the Suez Canal and the British positions in the Middle East and was the signal for the occupation of both these countries by the Allies. The campaign lasted from the 8th June until the 11th July 1941, when the French asked for an armistice. Subsequently the French Mandate was superseded by an agreement which made Lebanon an independent state from the 1st January 1944. In one section, formerly known as Beirut British War Cemetery, are graves of the First World War. It was begun in October 1918 and was enlarged by the concentration of graves from other burial grounds. This section of the cemetery is enclosed by a wall on three sides and on the fourth by the French Cemetery. The other section of the cemetery contains burials and memorials in what were formerly known as Beirut 1939-1945 War Cemetery and Beirut (Saida Road) Indian and Egyptian War Cemetery. In this section stand the Beirut Cremation Memorial, commemorating soldiers of undivided India (many of whom were killed in the fighting of June and July 1941) and an East African soldier, whose remains were accorded the last rites required by their religion - committal to fire. There are now over 650, 1914-18 and over 550, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number from both Wars are unidentified. In addition, there are three memorials to Indian and Egyptian casualties of the First World War. There are also graves of Turkish prisoners in the cemetery.
1950 registered stepfathers death Alva.
!1961 signed mothers D/C.He was living at 51 The Wynd,Alva.
Occupation:Grocer.
Address Harvieston,Lockerbie Road
Occupation - Restauranteur.
Signed his mothers D/C.
Applied for relief 3Nov1866 on death of Margaret Black.Coffin and ground
granted for her burial.He lived with Margt.Black after his wifes death.
Extract from Relief Application-
He has been in ill health and only partially employed for the last twelve
months.
They were never married but have cohabited together for the last six years,
living as man and wife and understood by the neighbours to be so.
Applied again for relief 18Mar1871.
Inspectors report. Charles Yeaman reapplies from 106 Havannah,back land,first
low left,being unfit for work from sprain of ankles from injury to back.
Margaret Black his paramour is now dead and he has now taken up with another
named Elizabeth Sweenie and they live together as man and wife.He denies that
he ever applied before.His wife Sarah Boyle the only one to whom he was married died 13 years ago.
He had a daughter Margaret born 1863 by his liason with Margaret Black.This
daughter applied for relief 17April1868 when she was five years old.Her mother
had died in 1866 and her father Charles was in North Prison waiting trial for
assault.
She also applied for relief 5Oct1883.She was found to be unfit from venereal
and was sent to Lock Hospital.
1872 from M/C - Ship builders labourer.Address 195 High Street,Glasgow.
From M/C -Cotton spinner.Address 195 High Street,Glasgow.