Find a Grave — Elmview Cemetery, memorial 132910622 (John Ferguson) · Kars, North Gower, Carleton, Ontario, Canada · other
Memorial created by ElaineR, carrying a photograph of the grave marker with a legible inscription giving exact dates for both husband and wife. A read stone, not an unverified transcription.
Find a Grave — Elmview Cemetery, memorial 132910622 (John Ferguson) · Kars, North Gower, Carleton, Ontario, Canada · other
For “Born” 11 SEP 1849 of Rebecca Scobie
BORN SEPT. 11, 1849
The birth line of the inscription, quoted as cut. Confirms the already-recorded 11 SEP 1849 exactly; this event's other citations are all census age estimates, none from the primary, read headstone.
Find a Grave — Elmview Cemetery, memorial 132910622 (John Ferguson) · Kars, North Gower, Carleton, Ontario, Canada · other
For “Died” 28 AUG 1940 of Rebecca Scobie
DIED AUG. 28, 1940
The death line of the inscription, quoted as cut, read directly from the photographed marker this session. Corrects the date by one day from the previously recorded, uncited 27 AUG 1940.
Find a Grave — Elmview Cemetery, memorial 132910622 (John Ferguson) · Kars, North Gower, Carleton, Ontario, Canada · other
For “Born” 4 JUL 1843 of John Ferguson
JOHN FERGUSON / BORN JULY 4, 1843.
The two lines of the inscription bearing on his birth, quoted as cut. Supports the recorded 4 JUL 1843, which until now rested on a census age of "abt 1842" and on compiled Ancestry trees.
Find a Grave — Elmview Cemetery, memorial 132910622 (John Ferguson) · Kars, North Gower, Carleton, Ontario, Canada · other
For “Died” 25 MAY 1937 of John Ferguson
DIED MAY 25, 1937.
The death line of the inscription, quoted as cut. Supports the recorded 25 MAY 1937 exactly.
Find a Grave — Elmview Cemetery, memorial 132910622 (John Ferguson) · Kars, North Gower, Carleton, Ontario, Canada · other
JOHN FERGUSON / BORN JULY 4, 1843. / DIED MAY 25, 1937. / HIS WIFE REBECCA SCOBIE / BORN SEPT. 11, 1849 / DIED AUG. 28, 1940
The inscription as cut on the photographed marker, line by line, including the full stops the cutter used after the years. Both of John's dates match the tree to the day, and the stone names his wife Rebecca Scobie (#6836), which is the discriminator against other John Fergusons of North Gower — a name common enough in this district that the 1818 Perth elders' list holds two of them.
Find a Grave — Elmview Cemetery, memorial 132910622 (John Ferguson) · Kars, North Gower, Carleton, Ontario, Canada · other
For Rebecca Scobie (1849–1940)
HIS WIFE REBECCA SCOBIE / BORN SEPT. 11, 1849 / DIED AUG. 28, 1940
Re-examined the photographed marker (media 193, Find a Grave memorial 132910622, Elmview Cemetery, Kars, plot L60) directly this session via /api/media/193/raw: the stone clearly reads 'DIED AUG. 28. 1940' for Rebecca, one day later than the tree's previous, uncited 27 AUG 1940. Her birth date on the stone matches the tree exactly. First flagged by Helen from a description of the stone; independently confirmed here by viewing the image.