William McFerran was born in Ireland, probably in Larne, Co. Antrim, in 1801. About 1828 he emigrated to Canada and settled just west of Milton, Ontario. In 1831 he purchased the northeast half of Lot 13, Concession 6, Nelson Township; this property remained in his family for almost a hundred years.
William's descendants now live in many parts of Canada and the United States. Below are listed all the descendants whom I have been able to trace (birth and marriage dates are not included for those people who are living).
William MCFERRAN b: Oct 12, 1801 in Larne (?), Co. Antrim, Ireland d: Dec 30, 1867 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. m. Ellen ________ b: May 1, 1801 in Co. Antrim, Ireland d: Mar 10, 1875 in Halton Co., Ont. m: Bef. 1826 in Ireland .. A. Jane MCFERRAN b: Dec 25, 1826 in Ireland d: Apr 10, 1907 in Milton, Ont. ..... m. Henry MCMASTER b: Dec 23, 1823 in Ireland d: Jun 2, 1906 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. m: 1849 ........ 1. Elizabeth MCMASTER b: Abt. 1850 d: Dec 26, 1925 ........... m. James CARTWRIGHT b: Abt. 1847 d: Feb 6, 1932 .............. a. William Frederick CARTWRIGHT b: 1873 d: Jan 1899 .............. b. Henry Alphred CARTWRIGHT b: Oct 1, 1875 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. d: Mar 1956 ................. m. Jennie B. ANDERSON d: Nov 1951 m: Apr 19, 1905 in Trafalgar Tp., Halton Co., Ont. .................... A. George CARTWRIGHT b: Feb 1906 .................... B. Muriel Jean CARTWRIGHT b: Jun 1907 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. ....................... m. Clarence Delmer GALBRAITH b: Abt. 1909 in Trafalgar Tp., Halton Co., Ont. m: Feb 19, 1930 in Milton, Ont. .................... C. Frederick CARTWRIGHT b: Apr 1909 .................... D. Edith CARTWRIGHT b: May 1911 .................... E. daughter CARTWRIGHT b: Sep 1913 .............. c. Margaret Jane CARTWRIGHT b: May 14, 1877 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. d: Apr 23, 1952 .............. d. Mabel Susanna CARTWRIGHT b: Abt. 1880 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. d: Aug 1955 ................. m. Robert Ruxton ANDERSON b: Abt. 1880 in Trafalgar Tp., Halton Co., Ont. d: Dec 1955 m: Feb 26, 1908 in Trafalgar Tp., Halton Co., Ont. .................... A. Edna Roberta ANDERSON b: Abt. 1911 in Trafalgar Tp., Halton Co., Ont. ....................... m. Henry GORTER b: Abt. 1913 in Holland m: Oct 24, 1947 in Milton, Ont. .................... B. Helen Georgina ANDERSON b: Abt. 1913 in Trafalgar Tp., Halton Co., Ont. ....................... m. James McGlashan GRANT b: Abt. 1903 in Glasgow, Scotland m: Aug 3, 1946 in Milton, Ont. .............. e. Bertha Beatrice CARTWRIGHT b: Dec 21, 1883 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. d: Dec 1965 ................. m. Robert BUSH b: Abt. 1885 m: Dec 9, 1908 in Toronto, Ont. .................... A. Gertrude Irene BUSH b: Abt. 1910 in Milton, Ont. ....................... m. Leonard MOORE b: Abt. 1895 in Leeds, England .............. f. Kenneth Roy CARTWRIGHT b: Oct 8, 1885 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. ................. m. Lottie ________ .................... A. Keith Roy CARTWRIGHT b: Abt. 1937 in Erin, Ont. ....................... m. Florence Irene CLUBINE b: Abt. 1941 in Toronto, Ont. m: Nov 24, 1956 in Milton, Ont. .............. g. Roy CARTWRIGHT d: 1927 ........ 2. Ellen MCMASTER b: Mar 12, 1851 in Ontario d: Sep 3, 1916 ........... m. James HENDERSON b: Feb 7, 1839 in Ontario d: Jan 10, 1904 in Milton, Ont. m: Aft. 1884 .............. a. Ella May HENDERSON b: May 31, 1890 .............. b. Jessie HENDERSON b: Feb 1, 1892 d: Feb 6, 1892 ........ 3. Mary-Ann MCMASTER b: Sep 22, 1852 in Ontario d: Aft. 1927 ........... m. Andrew HENDERSON b: Jan 22, 1835 in Scotland d: Dec 6, 1913 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. m: Bef. 1881 .............. a. Annie Myrtle HENDERSON b: Jun 26, 1884 d: Aft. 1938 ................. m. George AGNEW d: Aft. 1938 .............. b. Maggie HENDERSON b: Abt. 1888 in Ontario ........ 4. Jane MCMASTER b: Abt. 1854 in Ontario d: Jan 1, 1944 ........... m. Frederick C. SIMPSON d: Aft. 1906 m: Aft. 1881 ........ 5. Henry MCMASTER b: Nov 9, 1855 in Ontario d: Aft. 1911 ........... m. Flora CURRIE b: Jul 21, 1864 in Ontario d: Aft. 1911 .............. a. George Henry Roy MCMASTER b: Sep 26, 1885 in Ontario d: Aft. 1911 ................. m. Dorcas CRAKE b: Jan 1887 in Manitoba d: Aft. 1911 .............. b. James Wesley MCMASTER b: Jun 12, 1887 in Ontario d: Aft. 1911 ................. m. Etta MCCRALEN .................... A. James Leester MCMASTER .................... B. John Henry MCMASTER .................... C. Nirma MCMASTER .............. c. Alice Christina MCMASTER b: Jun 24, 1890 in Ontario d: Aft. 1911 ................. m. W.J. MCCRACKEN .............. d. Robert Russel MCMASTER b: Nov 23, 1891 in Ontario d: Aft. 1911 ................. m. Myrtle HUGHES .................... A. George Raymond MCMASTER .................... B. Hlen Mae MCMASTER .................... C. John Edmund MCMASTER .............. e. John Gordon MCMASTER b: Mar 30, 1893 in Manitoba d: Aft. 1911 .............. f. Jennie MCMASTER b. Oct 23, 1895 in Manitoba d: Aft. 1911 ................. m. Jack SWANSON .............. g. Kathleen MCMASTER b. Mar 2, 1899 in Manitoba d: Aft. 1911 ................. m. Charles FRASER .................... A. Flora Doreen FRASER .................... B. Jean Elizabeth FRASER .................... C. Charles Donavan FRASER .............. h. Leslie Currie MCMASTER b. Aug 28, 1900 in Manitoba d: Aft. 1911 ................. m. Mabel LOVE .................... A. William MCMASTER .................... B. Gordon MCMASTER .................... C. Margaret MCMASTER .............. i. Florence Ann Mary MCMASTER b. Apr 1902 in Manitoba d: Aft. 1911 ................. m. Donale D. ELGERT .................... A. Donna Pearl McMaster ELGERT ........ 6. Nancy MCMASTER b: Dec 26, 1857 d: Oct 31, 1943 ........ 7. William MCMASTER b: Dec 17, 1859 d: Oct 30, 1924 ........... m. Mary Margaret MCDOWELL b: Apr 22, 1883 in Ontario d: Aft. 1952 ........ 8. James Caswell MCMASTER b: Jan 3, 1862 d: May 10, 1927 ........ 9. Thomas Brown MCMASTER b: Abt. 1864 ....... 10. John Kay MCMASTER b: Oct 1, 1866 d: Oct 5, 1958 ....... 11. Albert F. MCMASTER b: May 28, 1868 d: Jul 24, 1924 ....... 12. Margaret Emma MCMASTER b: Dec 20, 1870 ........... m. Robert WILSON .............. a. Gordon WILSON .. B. Ellen MCFERRAN b: Abt. Oct 21, 1830 in Trafalgar, Ont. d: Jun 26, 1875 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. .. C. Mary Ann MCFERRAN b: May 2, 1833 in Ont. d: Aug 17, 1864 in Ont. .. D. William MCFERRAN b: Abt. 1836 in Ont. d: Aft. 1875 ..... m. Charlotte MCFERRAN b: Bet. 1831 - 1832 in Ont. d: 1899 m: 1862 ........ 1. Marion MCFERRAN b: Abt. 1868 .. E. Elizabeth MCFERRAN b: Sep 9, 1839 in Ont. d: Sep 3, 1848 in Ont. .. F. James MCFERRAN b: Jan 1840 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. d: Oct 26, 1875 in Halton Co., Ont. ..... m. Barbara Ann GARBUTT b: Jul 1, 1841 in Ontario d: Dec 25, 1922 in Milton, Ont. m: Nov 28, 1860 in Milton, Ont. ........ 1. William David MCFERRAN b: Oct 19, 1861 in Halton Co., Ont. d: Jan 3, 1942 ........... m. Hannah M. LAMB b: May 7, 1859 in Ireland d: Jan 13, 1940 m: Abt. 1900 ........ 2. James Abner MCFERRAN b: Sep 6, 1863 in Ontario d: Aft. 1913 ........ 3. Sarah Ella MCFERRAN b: Jun 1, 1866 in Halton Co., Ont. d: Aft. 1938 ........... m. George HADFIELD m: Oct 11, 1888 in North Toronto, Ont. .............. a. Melvin Edgar HADFIELD b: Aug 17, 1889 in Halton Co., Ont. d: Jun 7, 1960 ................. m. Mary Ethel DRAPER b: Jun 9, 1885 d: Apr 30, 1949 .................... A. Lillian Barbara HADFIELD b: 1910 in Ontario ....................... m. Nelson TURNER b: Abt. 1900 in England m: Sep 5, 1931 in Milton, Ont. .................... B. son HADFIELD .................... C. daughter HADFIELD ........... 2nd husband of Sarah Ella McFerran: ........... m. Nicholas J. BISHOP b: 1868 in Lisbon, Michigan m: Mar 30, 1898 in Grand Rapids, Michigan ........ 4. John Freeman MCFERRAN b: May 11, 1867 in Ontario d: Aft. 1913 ........ 5. Oliver Goldsmith W. MCFERRAN b: Mar 26, 1869 in Halton Co., Ont. d: Jul 2, 1923 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. ........... m. Ruth Ann CRANSTON b: 1881 in Scotland d: 1962 in California .............. a. Barbara MCFERRAN b: Jul 1, 1911 in Toronto, Ont. ................. m. Benjamin Franklin PAPE b: Aug 7, 1905 in Texas d: Apr 5, 1979 in Los Angeles, California .................... A. Margaret PAPE b: 1929 ....................... m. ________ PERRY .......................... 1. Barbara PERRY ............................. m. ________ ISENHART .......................... 2. Ruth Ann PERRY ............................. m. ________ NIESON .................... B. Ruth PAPE b: 1931 ....................... m. ________ STERNER .................... C. Kathryn PAPE b: 1944 ....................... m. ________ SCRUGGS .............. b. David MCFERRAN b: 1914 in Toronto, Ont. ................. m. Sylvia ________ .............. c. Elizabeth MCFERRAN b: 1916 in Milton, Ont. d: 1975 in Texas .................. m. ________ BRISTOW d: Bef. 1996 .............. d. Anne MCFERRAN b: 1919 in Milton, Ont. ................. m. ________ SUTPHEN .............. e. George MCFERRAN b: 1922 in Milton, Ont. ................. m. Katherine ________ .................... A. Michael MCFERRAN ....................... m. Cindy ________ .......................... 1. Megan Anne MCFERRAN .......................... 2. Katie Jo MCFERRAN ........ 6. Barbara Ann (Amy) MCFERRAN b: Jul 29, 1871 in Halton Co., Ont. d: Jul 15, 1930 in Murrayville, B.C. ........... m. William Emerson LAKING b: Aug 1, 1862 in Ontario d: Jan 31, 1953 in Langley Prairie, B.C. m: Jun 16, 1897 .............. a. John Emerson Milton LAKING b: May 12, 1898 d: Jan 9, 1959 in Port Coquitlam, B.C. ................. m. Ida Isabel NELSON b: Aug 28, 1903 d: Sep 28, 1986 m: Feb 7, 1922 in Milner, B.C. .................... A. Phyllis Isabelle LAKING b: Nov 6, 1922 .................... B. Vernon Emerson LAKING b: Mar 25, 1924 d: May 30, 1976 in Sechelt, B.C. .................... C. Leila Evelyn LAKING b: 1925 d: Aug 9, 1925 .................... D. William Wilfred LAKING b: Sep 25, 1926 .................... E. George Robert LAKING b: Jan 8, 1928 in B.C. ....................... m. Jocelyn ________ .................... F. Betty Jean LAKING b: Nov 13, 1933 ....................... m. ________ CROWE .................... G. Barbara Noreen LAKING b: May 29, 1937 ....................... m. Ron COVILLE ....................... 2nd husband of Barbara Noreen Laking: ....................... m. ________ ________ .................... H. John Allen LAKING b: 1948 d: Jan 12, 1949 in Port Coquitlam, B.C. .............. b. Vera Evelyn LAKING b: Feb 24, 1902 in B.C. d: Aug 11, 1979 in Langley, B.C. ................. m. Harold Sterne BERRY b: Aug 17, 1901 in Langley, B.C. d: Dec 4, 1980 in Langley, B.C. m: Oct 17, 1922 .................... A. Helen Evelyn BERRY b: Apr 14, 1923 in B.C. d: Mar 4, 1953 in Fort Nelson, B.C. ....................... m. Willis Leonard RUFFO m: Jun 18, 1948 in Langley, B.C. .......................... 1. John Willis RUFFO d: Mar 4, 1953 in Fort Nelson, B.C. .......................... 2. Kathleen Elizabeth RUFFO d: Mar 4, 1953 in Fort Nelson, B.C. .................... B. William John BERRY b: Nov 15, 1924 in Fort Langley, B.C. ....................... m. Edith Mildred REID m: Nov 5, 1947 in Langley, B.C. .......................... 1. Douglas BERRY ............................. m. Lillian GASPARINI d: Aug 18, 1975 ................................ a. David Peter BERRY b: Aug 10, 1975 in Prince Rupert, B.C. ............................. 2nd wife of Douglas Berry: ............................. m. Teri Robin MARCEAU ................................ b. Curtis James BERRY b: Dec 17, 1987 in Victoria, B.C. .......................... 2. Robert BERRY ............................. m. Lisa Marie BLUNDELL ................................ a. Steven Robert BERRY b: Aug 6, 1978 in Chilliwack, B.C. ................................ b. Karyn Marie BERRY b: Mar 6, 1981 in Chilliwack, B.C. ................................ c. Kevin Curtis BERRY b: Mar 1, 1983 in Markdale, Ont. .......................... 3. Donna BERRY ............................. m. Bryan CRUICKSHANK ................................ a. Alyson Kathleen CRUICKSHANK b: Jun 7, 1980 in Dawson Creek, B.C. ................................ b. Barry Sean CRUICKSHANK b: Apr 29, 1982 in Dawson Creek, B.C. .................... C. Richard Sterne BERRY b: Jul 11, 1926 in B.D. ....................... m. Patricia Anne BROWN m: Jul 7, 1951 .......................... 1. Michael Richard BERRY b: Oct 21, 1952 .......................... 2. Pamela Jane BERRY b: Jul 23, 1954 in Langley, B.C. ............................. m. Paul Joseph BERTHELET m: Jun 28, 1980 in Langley, B.C. .......................... 3. Patricia Susan BERRY b: Feb 25, 1958 in Chilliwack, B.C. ............................. m. Bruce Tonner JACKSON m: Aug 29, 1980 in Vancouver, B.C. .......................... 4. Joanne Elizabeth BERRY b: Oct 30, 1960 in Langley, B.C. ............................. m. Andrew Algis GAILIUS m: Apr 9, 1988 in Comox, B.C. .................... D. Gordon Harry BERRY b: Jun 21, 1928 in B.C. ....................... m. Frances Margaret RUTHERFORD m: Sep 21, 1951 in Milner, B.C. .......................... 1. Leanne Helen BERRY b: Nov 24, 1953 .......................... 2. Sharon Elaine BERRY b: Feb 4, 1956 .................... E. Jean Anne BERRY b: Apr 11, 1930 in B.C. ....................... m. Philip Campbell HOPE m: Mary 23, 1958 in Langley, B.C. .......................... 1. Alexander Harry HOPE b: Dec 31, 1959 in Langley, B.C. ............................. m. Mary Jane KITSUL m: Aug 23, 1986 .......................... 2. Margaret Anne HOPE b: May 6, 1961 in Langley, B.C. .......................... 3. John Campbell HOPE b: Feb 23, 1963 in Langley, B.C. .................... F. Edward Laking BERRY b: Sep 19, 1938 in B.C. d: Jan 26, 1993 ....................... m. Gail FLETCHER m: Feb 17, 1962 in Langley, B.C. .......................... 1. Tod Scott BERRY b: Mar 24, 1963 in Murrayville, B.C. .......................... 2. Jacalyn Gail BERRY b: Apr 20, 1964 in Murrayville, B.C. ............................. m. Dennis PUSCH m: May 18, 1985 in Salmon Arm, B.C. .......................... 3. Anthony Edward BERRY b: Aug 13, 1965 in Murrayville, B.C. .............. c. William David LAKING b: Jan 5, 1905 in B.C. d: Apr 17, 1937 in New Westminster, B.C. ........ 7. Robert Garbutt MCFERRAN b: Jul 22, 1875 in Halton Co., Ont. d: Mar 25, 1938 in Rockwood, Ont. ........... m. Lydia Ernessie GOODELL b: Sep 20, 1873 in Ontario d: Jun 5, 1941 m: Abt. 1895 .............. a. Norman James MCFERRAN b: Jun 2, 1897 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. d: Apr 11, 1968 in Mount Bridges, Ont. ................. m. Annie Hazel MCDOWELL b: Dec 29, 1897 in Nassagaweya Tp., Halton Co., Ont. d: Oct 29, 1995 in Ottawa, Ont. m: Jun 2, 1926 in Guelph, Ont. .................... A. Leonard Mack MCFERRAN b: Oct 19, 1927 in London, Ont. d: May 3, 2007 in Vancouver, B.C. ....................... m. Jordan June HORRIDGE b: Apr 26, 1927 d: Apr 12, 1960 in San Francisco, Calif. m: Apr 4, 1959 in Vancouver, B.C. .......................... 1. Karen Anita MCFERRAN b: Feb 5, 1960 in Vancouver, B.C. ............................. m. Michael BLAKE m: Abt. 1985 in Burnaby, B.C. ....................... 2nd wife of Leonard Mack McFerran: ....................... m. Julie Pamela PRIOR b: Jul 27, 1929 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent m: Feb 23, 1963 in Vancouver, B.C. .......................... 2. Noel Shawn MCFERRAN b: Apr 9, 1964 in Victoria, B.C. .................... B. Norman Glen MCFERRAN b: Jul 4, 1929 in Ontario d: Jun 6, 1995 in Ottawa, Ont. ....................... m. Edna May MORIN b: Dec 24, 1932 d: Feb 24, 2008 in Ontario m: May 15, 1950 in Ontario .......................... 1. Glenda Marie MCFERRAN b: Jul 18, 1951 in Ontario ............................. m. Ross PETERSON b: Mar 21, 1949 in Prince George, B.C. m: Jul 22, 1972 ................................ a. Anthony PETERSON b: Oct 3, 1975 ................................... &. Tracey MURPHY ...................................... A. Alyssa MURPHY b: Aug 15, 1994 ................................ b. Andrew Richard PETERSON b: Aug 10, 1978 ................................... m. Jaime Robyn CHARRON m: Apr 24, 1998 in Gloucester, Ont. ...................................... A. Devon Glen PETERSON b: Nov 8, 1998 ...................................... B. Mackenzie PETERSON .......................... 2. Norman James MCFERRAN b: Jul 19, 1954 ............................. m. Nola ADAMS b: Abt. Jan 1952 m: Oct 1, 1976 ................................ a. Shane MCFERRAN b: 1978 ................................ b. Kristie MCFERRAN b: Abt. 1981 .......................... 3. Gregory MCFERRAN b: May 13, 1964 ............................. m. Jennifer THOMAS m: Oct 22, 1983 ................................ a. Amber-Leah MCFERRAN b: Dec 19, 1987 ................................ b. Dylon MCFERRAN b: Oct 15, 1990 .......................... 4. Phyllis Joanne MCFERRAN b: Nov 16, 1965 ............................. m. Darren William ELLAH b: Apr 1, 1970 m: Jan 27, 1990 in Ottawa, Ont. ............................. 2nd husband of Phyllis Joanne McFerran: ............................. m. Robert ________ m: 2007 .............. b. Ward Vernon MCFERRAN b: Dec 17, 1898 in Nelson Tp., Halton Co., Ont. d: Dec 22, 1982 in San Bernardino, Calif. ................. m. Margaret Isabel HERRON b: Jul 3, 1897 in Pennsylvania d: Oct 29, 1948 in San Bernardino, Calif. m: Apr 12, 1924 in Guelph, Ont. .................... A. Dorothy MCFERRAN .............. c. Barbara Pearl MCFERRAN b: Sep 14, 1900 in Ontario d: Dec 7, 1995 ................. m. William Charles AIKEN m: Jun 27, 1931 .............. d. Lillian Elta MCFERRAN b: Mar 21, 1903 d: 1964 ................. m. Norman H. KRANTZ m: Sep 22, 1938 .............. e. Violet Flossy MCFERRAN b: Feb 5, 1906 in Nassagaweya Tp., Halton Co., Ont. d: 1993 ................. m. Kenneth Graham DICKSON b: Abt. 1906 in Toronto, Ont. m: Mar 27, 1926 in Hamilton, Ont. .................... A. Shirley DICKSON ....................... m. John H. VANSTONE .......................... 1. Robert C. VANSTONE .......................... 2. Philip VANSTONE d: 1996 ............................. m. ________ ________ ................................ a. ________ VANSTONE ................................ b. ________ VANSTONE .. G. Nancy MCFERRAN b: Jun 3, 1843 d: Sep 29, 1861
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