Ferrie Family History

Searching for Ferries ...

For a long time, all we knew of the Ferries, was that they came from Islay. Then one day, Hessie Ferrie said "the family came from Islay, sometime, but my father, Robert Morrison Ferrie (R.M.F), was born in Glasgow !"

Armed with this information A. from ScotlandsPeople found a birth certificate, stating that R.M.F was born in 1882 in Anderston, Glasgow.

W., from RootsChat, then managed to find the marriage certificate for R.M.F's parents and to find the Ferrie Family on the 1881, the 1891 and the 1901 census.
She also found a Scotland-born Robert Ferrie in a barracks in Chatham, Kent in 1901, but we don't know whether this is R.M.F !

Surprise, surprise ! - Robert Ferrie's father, John Ferrie, was born in America !!

After a request on Rootschat for a look-up in America, D. found the family in 1860, in Pennsylvania:


Another RootsChatter, t. had a look for, but couldn't find the family in the 1850 and 1870 census. However, she did find these entries:

Name: John Ferrie
Place of Origin: Scotland
Declaration of Intent Date: Apr 23, 1860
Declaration of Intent Court: United States District
Signature 1:
Signature 2: John Ferrie
Comment: 32346

and

Name: John Ferrey
Place of Origin: Great Britain and Ireland
Declaration of Intent Date: Sep 20, 1856
Declaration of Intent Court: United States District
Oath of Allegiance Date: Sep 30, 1859
Oath of Allegiance Court: Common Pleas
Signature 1:
Signature 2: John Ferrey
Comment: 32343
Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records

Now there's a thought to ponder:
If one of these is "our" John Ferrie, then this suggests, that he intended to stay in the U.S.A.

But another RootsChatter, T. 'found' the Ferries in back in Scotland, in 1871, and Mary is 'Head' of the house !
Note that Mary is 'mar'[ried] and not 'w', 'wid' or widow' !

So where is John ?
Did he die in America and the family came back to Scotland ??
But then why Scotland, when Mary was English ??
Or did he come back with them, to his homeland, Scotland, and then leave them 1871 ??


Here is the family in 1871, it looks like John is following his father's footsteps ...



Here is the family in 1881, and it looks like Theresa is now following in her mother's footsteps !


On the 15th. July, 1881, shortly after the census was taken, John Ferrie (Junior !) married Margaret Morrison.
By 1891 they had established a family.

This looks like Robert Morrison Ferrie ....

... but where is he in 1901 ??
In England perhaps ? There is a Scots-born Robert Ferrie, along with a whole page of other Scots,
in 1901 in a military barracks in Chatham, Kent but we don't know if this is "our" R.M.F !

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What is noticeable is the naming pattern:
John and Mary named their children John, Richard and Theresa
John and Margaret named their children Robert, Mary, Richard, Theresa and Belle
Robert and Emily named their children Anne, Robert, Hessie and Richard