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Written on back of photo "Millie Ferguson"

Millie was born in 1894, the daughter of Thomas and Ameila Ferguson of Pictou, Nova Scotia.  She died of tuberculosis in 1912 at the age of 18. She is buried with her mother in the Haliburton Anglican Cemetery, Pictou, Nova Scotia. 

Millies mother, Amelia Harvest Lane Ferguson, born in 1866 the daughter of John Hamilton Lane and Amelia Mortimer Lane.  Amelia Lane Ferguson died in 1905.  Millies grandfather, John Hamilton Lane was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in 1818 and died in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1901.  Millies grandmother, Amelia Mortimer Lane was born in 1825 and died in 1898. Millies maternal grandparents, as well as other relatives are buried in the Haliburton Anglican Cemetery, Pictou. 

Millies father, Thomas R, born 1866, was a marine engineer and the son of Allan A and Elizabeth Williamson Ferguson. Allan A and Elizabeth were married in North Yell, Shetland Islands in 1861 and immigrated to Canada in 1863. Millies grandfather, Allan A Ferguson was born in 1831 and died 1904.  His wife Elizabeth was born 1835 and died 1894. Millies paternal grandparents are buried in the Haliburton Cemetery, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

Below is the obituary for Millie as printed in the Pictou Advocate 8 June 1912 p.10.

Millie Ferguson

After long and trying illness following many years of hopeful effort against tubercular affection that had crippled her and denied her many of the joys of childhood, Millie Ferguson, daughter of Mr. Thos. R. Ferguson, of the Marine and Fisheries Department, passed away at her father's home in Quebec on Monday, in her eighteenth year.  Last Christmas she was very ill and her death was then feared but she rallied and although known here to be hopelessly weak the news of her death brought forth more than an ordinary expression of regret. Wednesday evening Mr. Ferguson arrived with the remains and on Thursday at 10 a.m. many friends assembled at St. James church for the funeral service, which preceded interment in the Episcopal cemetery.