Old Photograph Baledmund House Scotland

Old photograph of Baledmund House by Moulin near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Baledmund has belonged to the Ferguson family from as early as 1715 when as a result of the Jacobite Rebellion, Finlay Fergusson of Baledmund was taken prisoner at the Battle of Preston. The Ferguson surname is of Old Gaelic origin, found in Ireland and Scotland, and is a patronymic form of " Fergus ", from an Old Gaelic personal name " Fearghus ", composed of the elements " fear ", man, and " gus ", vigour, force, with the patronymic ending " son ". This Gaelic personal name was the name of an early Irish mythological figure, a valiant warrior, and was also the name of the grandfather of St. Columba. Ferguson is by far the most popular and widespread form of Fergus. Some Irish bearers of the name Fergus claim descent from Fergus, Prince of Galloway who died in 1161. Ferguson is widespread in Ireland in Ulster, where it is of Scottish descent. The surname is first recorded in Scotland in the mid 15th Century where the Fergusons are classed among the septs of Mar and Atholl.



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