I looked in the U.S. census and found them in Cannaan, Litchfield, CT in 1850: p. 56 824-890 John Road 81 b. CT Jacob 51 CT Delia 46 CT Elisha M. 22 CT Lury A. 18 CT Alvira K. 18 CT Lyman 46 PA WILLIAM FERGUSON 37 b. MASS JANE M. 23 b. VA WILLIAM E. 5 b. VA RHODA E. 1 b. VA ----- Original Message ----- From: <jeanbout@juno.com> To: <VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] James Ferguson & Helen Matilda Edmonds > Hello, I wonder if two siblings' names ring a bell: > > Rhoda C. Ferguson, born August 1849 > William E. Ferguson, born 1845. > > According to the 1870 and 1860 census returns, they were > born in Virginia to the father born in Massachusetts and > to the mother born in Virginia. Rhoda C. Ferguson married > to Richard Edward Brydon in about 1860. They lived in > Allegheny Co (now Garrett Co., Maryland. Before 1870, > they moved to Baltimore City, Balto Co., Maryland and > had three sons and three daughters. Living with them was > Rhoda's bachelor brother William E. Ferguson, a commissioner > in Baltimore. Richard E. Brydon and his brother William Alfred > Brydon were born in Rome, New York, and lived in New Orleans, > Louisiana, before settling in Maryland in or before 1860. > > The name "Rhoda" Ferguson was not common in Virginia in 1800s, > but it is still hard for me to find her in VA's 1850 census. Maybe she > was born in VA and moved to another state. Meaning I have to > search for her in each state. Maybe in Massachusetts for a while > where her father's parents lived. > > Jean > > > > On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 11:00:39 -0500 "sstarks" <sstarks@tampabay.rr.com> > writes: >> James Ferguson m'd Helen Matilda Edmonds, dau of John Edmonds and >> Naomi Hicks. >> I have their children: >> Betty Ferguson >> Abner Ferguson >> Alfred Ferguson >> Sydnor Gilbert Ferguson (Dec 11, 1846) >> Roberta V Ferguson >> >> Are probably not in birth order. >> >> Question: >> Did Sydnor and wife, Catherine H Finnell have more children than >> Mary, who was born Feb 1880? >> Did Mary marry? >> If so, does anyone know who? >> >> If there are any descendants of James and Helen Matilda Ferguson, >> please contact me. >> >> Many thinks.. Shirley Starks >> sstarks@tampabay.rr.com >> >> >> ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> >> > > ________________________________________________________________ > Juno Platinum $9.95. Juno SpeedBand $14.95. > Sign up for Juno Today at http://www.juno.com! > Look for special offers at Best Buy stores. > > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > 2,500 Discussion Lists!!! USGenWeb and The USGenWeb Archives! > Special thanks to go to RootsWeb,your generous donations to > RootsWeb makes this all possible. Find out more! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > >

I accidently left out one other Ferguson on the CT 1850 census. See corrected census below: . ----- Original Message ----- From: "NancyL" <geniebug@prodigy.net> >I looked in the U.S. census and found them in Cannaan, Litchfield, CT in > 1850: > p. 56 > 824-890 > John Road 81 b. CT > Jacob 51 CT > Delia 46 CT > Elisha M. 22 CT > Lury A. 18 CT > Alvira K. 18 CT > Lyman 46 PA WILLIAM G. FERGUSON 25 b. MASS clerk > WILLIAM FERGUSON 37 b. MASS merchant > JANE M. 23 b. VA > WILLIAM E. 5 b. VA > RHODA E. 1 b. VA