The owner and creator of this Family Tree, Deryk Ferguson, dedicated it to his Mom and Dad , Stephen and Daphne Ferguson. It pays close attention to the family genealogy of the Ferguson family in South Africa.

A short history of the FERGUSON Name: It is derived from the Scottish and Irish surname Fergus. (Son of Fergus) from the Gaelic given name Fearghus, Fear meaning Man and Ghus meaning Vigor, Force. (Man of vigor and force).

The Ferguson Family is distinguished as a Clan which in the old days had to be proven to have Clan status, by the ability to put 250 armed men ahorse within the hour to defend their Clan, Lands and Properties. As well as providing fighting men for their Leige Lord and King. The Ferguson Family of Ayrshire and Dumfries first appears around the year 1100 in the ancient Fergus, Prince of Galloway’s Family records and can trace their ancestry to Dalriadian Origins. Fergus Prince of Galloway died at the Abbey of Holyrood in 1161 and the Earls of Carrick descended from him. The Ferguson Family of Argyllshire claim decent from Fergus Mor mac Erc, a very early king of the Scots of Dalriada, who originally came from Ireland.