Peter McGregor and Catherine Ferguson my immigrant ancestors left the Parish of Balquhidder in Perthshire, Scotland in the early spring of 1818. They both were born in 1796, so would have been 22 years of age that year. They sailed on a ship called the Sophia, from the Port of Greenock on July 23, 1818 and 43 days later arrived at Quebec. The passenger list gave their village as Strathyre and also shows them being in charge of two children. This caused some confusion in our research, but it appears that they were travelling with family and/or friends and the children were part of another family. Peter eventually ended up drawing the southwest half of Lot 8 on Concession 9 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County.

At Perth on May 4^th 1821 Peter McGregor married Catherine Ferguson and they settled down on their farm along Mississippi Lake. Their children were as follows;

John – Feb.7, 1822 m. Ruth Traveller

Mary - 1823 m. William Peden

Christiana 1825 m. William Groves

Catherine 1828

Robert 1830

Lucy 1833 m. Colin Campbell

Peter 1835 m. Elizabeth McKinlay

James –Jun.18, 1837 m. Isabella Collins

Archibald –Jun.18, 1840 m. Margery Grant

Catherine died in 1848 and Peter remarried Fortune Traveller Grant about 1850. Another daughter was born;

Janet born 1850 m. Peter McEwan

Peter died on the farm in Beckwith, March 16, 1866 and is buried beside Catherine in the United Cemeteries near Carleton Place.

Researched and prepared by Jim MacGregor of Renfrew, Ontario.

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