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KAREN FERGUSON of NAPERVILLE ILUpdated September 5, 2000 | |
KarenFerguson 1532 Fairway Drive #203 Naperville,IL 60563 A-United States
| I am researching the ancestry of my parents, Moulton Leon Ferguson and Dorothy Jane Conner Ferguson. They were married in Chewton, PA on June 8, 1945 after a 13 day courtship. Moulton was in the European theater in WWII. His father, Arlington, was Dorothy's boss. He asked Dorothy to write to his son in the Army and they exchanged 2 letters. Moulton was wounded, spent 6 months in an English military hospital and was sent home. Arlington asked Dorothy to go out with his son. The story goes that they both fell in love on the first date. He didn't want to scare her off so waited until the 2nd date to ask her to marry him and she didn't want to seem easy so waited until the 3rd date to say yes. They were happily married for 42 years until he died. They were the kind of couple who still held hands walking down the street, even after 42 years. Moulton's parents were Arlington Adair Ferguson (3/23/1899 - 1/21/1964) of Chicago and Celia Janice Merriam Ferguson (2/4/1902 - 4/27/1984) of LaGrange OH. Arlington's parents were Elijah Moulton Ferguson (7/1/1867 - ?) of Grey County, Ontario, Canada and Capitola Irene Douglas Ferguson (5/7/1871 - ?) born in Fort Wayne IN. They were married in Meaford, Grey County, Ontario in 1891 and came to the United States a year later. They lived in Chicago where Elijah worked as a railroad conductor. Some of the other surnames in my fathers ancestry are: Douglass, Reeder, Moriarty, Graham, Kinnee or Kinney, Bonham, Hazen, Furman, and Leverich. Dorothy's parents were George Henry Conner(9/9/1896 - 1/11/1959) of Wampum, PA and later Cleveland, OH, and Elsie Reinheimer. Dorothy was Elsie's only child. She died 52 days after Dorothy was born. George remarried and had two more daughters, Georgia and Linda. I don't know much about them. George's parents were Henry Conner (? - 11/14/1935) Eliza Shallenberger Conner (9/18/1873 - 1961). The only information I have on Elsie's family is that she had a sister Carrie and two brothers, Paul and Ernie. I know that Carrie never married. The only surname I know from my mother's family except those I have given is Steele. I would love to hear from anyone who might have information or leads for me. I would also be glad to provide any information I have that might be helpful. |