Hello to the list, My forebear was a James FERGUS, born 1801 in Westport, Co Mayo Ireland and died 1852 at Torcross, Devon in England. He was a coastguard and went to sea as a boy, according to his coastguard records - he was also 6 feet & 1/2 inch tall - tall for those days. His daughter, Mary, was born c1821 at Belmullet Co. Mayo, presumably when James was stationed there. James' wife was Catherine (surname not given). Mary Fergus married John BROWN, another Irish coastguard (born Castletownshend Co. Cork), in Southampton, Hampshire, England, in 1838 and one of their sons, John, was my g.father. I don't know if James & Catherine Fergus had any other children. I have no other details about this family unfortunately so if anyone comes across any additional info. for them I'd be pleased to hear. Regards, Helen in NSW Australia <http://www.lisp.com.au/~htracy>