Category: Ferguson, Johnny

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At home in the Red Rows

by Hughie Ferguson (recorded in Dearborn, Michigan, February 2007) Hughie, talking about his parents’ home in Inverness: The only job that I ever did, and it would be kind of a crazy job [today] — see, there were sixty-five windows in the house. And there was I forget how many storm windows. Dave: Sixty-five storm [...]

Janice Ferguson’s Spoon Collection

by Frank Macdonald Janice Ferguson, daughter of Johnny and Mina (MacFarlane) Ferguson, has been collecting souvenir spoons for more than 30 years and her collection now stands at 1050. The collecting began, Janice explains, in 1975 when her grandmother, Mrs. Mattie Ferguson, gave her a collection of spoons depicting the 12 apostles. One of the [...]

The First Plane in Inverness

by Janice Ferguson as told to Frank Macdonald The first airplane to land in Inverness was not for a joyous occasion. On March 13, 1948, Johnny Ferguson, age 33, died suddenly of diphtheria. There was a terrible snow storm raging and no cars were getting through to Inverness. Johnny’s brother, Roddie, was attending St. Francis [...]

When Johnny Ferguson Died (1948)

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 [...]

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