by Bruce Ferguson One of the things I remember about Inverness was the times we spent on vacation there. Mom and Dad would farm out the five kids to various relatives so that we wouldn’t be such a burden to one family. John would stay with uncle Danny, Art would stay with uncle Roddie, Dave [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Anne Marie • Ferguson, Art • Ferguson, Bruce • Ferguson, Danny (Skel) • Ferguson, David • Ferguson, Hughie • Ferguson, John • Ferguson, Mattie • Ferguson, Roddie • Ferguson, Sadie • Macdonald, Billie • Macdonald, Greet • Stories • Storytellers • told by Bruce Ferguson | Dave Ferguson August 21, 2006 | 
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by David Ferguson I think it was the summer of 1966. I was sixteen, and as usual I was visiting Inverness with my family. “With my family” isn’t exactly right. Once we grew out of toddlerhood, when we went down home my parents would farm us out to different relatives. My brother John usually stayed [...]
Characters • Duffitt, Olive • Dunn, Patricia • Ferguson, Art • Ferguson, Danny (Skel) • Ferguson, David • Ferguson, John • Ferguson, Roddie • Kennedy, Dan • Macdonald, Billie • Stories • Storytellers • told by David Ferguson | Dave Ferguson May 2, 2006 | Comments (3)
by David Ferguson When my family first moved to Detroit in 1952, we lived in the lower half of a brick duplex at 13101 Cherrylawn, in northwest Detroit. Some time around fifth grade, I was learning the “proper format” for writing letters. My teacher insisted that we include “street” or “road” or “avenue” after the [...]
by John Ferguson Very young in life, I unfortunately contracted polio. As a result I was required to be tied down in bed or sitting in a chair so as not to put any strain on my leg. My grandfather, Mattie Ferguson, and my uncle, Danny Ferguson, would come from the store frequently and bring [...]
by Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson [I talked to my mother tonight and told her about Rose getting her own room when she was a baby. Mom pointed out that I did once have a room of my own. -- Dave] [It was] at Bertie’s house [on MacIsaac Street in Inverness], the one [...]
by Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson [Hughie Ferguson's brother Johnny] died before John [Ferguson] was born [April, 1948]. I went home from Halifax because we didn’t have any money to have a baby in Halifax, and it would be cheaper at home. So I went home to Inverness in March, and Johnny Ferguson [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Hughie • Ferguson, John • Ferguson, Johnny • Ferguson, Mattie • Ferguson, Sadie • Macdonald, Freddie • Macdonald, Greet • Macdonald, Jack D • Rankin, Annie Belle • Stories • Storytellers • told by Greet Macdonald | Dave Ferguson February 20, 2006 | Comments (3)
by John Ferguson A couple of years ago [in 2004], Inverness celebrated its Centennial. Eric Ferguson was amongst those “from away” who joined a family group for that pilgrimage, his first trip to Cape Breton. Other than his grandparents, his father’s siblings, and some of their families, he had not met many of the Fergusons. [...]
by John Ferguson When my grandfather, “Jack D”, was visiting our home in Detroit, Michigan one particular time, he was sitting in a chair reading the newspaper. He wore a hearing aid, which in those days entailed a little box that men put in their shirt pockets. This particular day, my brothers David and Art [...]
