Children of WILLIAM ATHOL McMASTER and MARGARET DRUMMOND FERGUSON
 

                                                                                            1816-1887                                             1822-1894

WILLIAM ATHOL McMASTER son of PETER McMASTER and GRACE HENDERSON born 15 September 1816 Greenock Renfrew Scotland.
died 22 January 1887 Salt Lake City buried Salt Lake City Cemetery
married MARGARET DRUMMOND FERGUSON daughter of JOHN FERGUSON and MARGARET DRUMMOND. 2 September 1842 Paisley Renfrew Scotland   

MARGARET was born 15 May 1822 Greenock Renfrew, died 24 April 1894 Salt Lake City.

The McMASTER family departed Liverpool aboard the "John M Wood" 12 March arrived New Orleans 2 May left on 1 July arrived Utah 1 October 1854 travelled with DANIEL GARN Company

WILLIAM and MARGARET are shown on the sons of Utah Pioneers plaque 5.

Children of WILLIAM and MARGARET are:

i

JOHN BRIGHAM McMASTER, born 17 August 1843 Dunfermline Fife Scotland died 15 April 1913 Brigham City buried  Brigham City Cemetery.      

married (1) ELIZABETH MEIKLE FORREST, 27 December 1869 Salt Lake City

  ELIZABETH was born 14 June 1844 Ranton Dumbarton Scotland; died 11 September 1883 Brigham City buried Brigham City Cemetery
  married (2) VERE FORREST 1886 Salt Lake City
  VERE was born 18 August 1852 Jamestown Dumbarton Scotland died 10 March 1926 Brigham City Box Elder Utah
  ELIZABETH and VERE were daughters of THOMAS MEIKLE FORREST and ELIZABETH CALHOUN FERGUSON.
  The FORREST family departed Liverpool aboard the "Minnesota" 2 June  arrived  New York 15 June arrived  Salt Lake City 25 June 1869.
  THOMAS FORREST kept a journal of the trip and says when he arrived in Salt Lake City he was meet by his cousin WILLIAM McMASTER.
ii

MARGARET DRUMMOND FERGUSON McMASTER, born 15 January 1845 Dunfermline died 10 March 1925 Salt Lake City.buried Salt Lake City Cemetery

married JOHN PRIESTLEY son of JOHN PRIESTLEY and JANE ADAMSON 31 October 1863 Salt Lake City,

JOHN was born 25 February 1843 Bradford Yorkshire England died 1 March 1916 Salt Lake City.
iii

GRACE HENDERSON McMASTER, born 6 October 1846 Dunfermline Fife died 2 January 1847 Scotland

iv

WILLIAM ATHOL McMASTER, born 18 January 1848 Dunfermline Fife died 2 October 1932 Salt Lake City buried Salt Lake City Cemetery

married  RACHEL SMITH daughter of WILLIAM JOSEPH SMITH and MARY ANN FRIER 14 August 1871 Salt Lake City

RACHEL was born 4 July 1852 Salt Lake City died 30 August 1918 Salt Lake City buried Salt Lake City Cemetery
v

VIRGINIA FAITHFUL McMASTER, born 9 July 1850  Dunfermline died 18 April 1904 Layton Davis buried Kaysville City Cemetery Utah

married  WILLIAM DUNCOMBE MAJOR son of ROBERT MAJOR and HARRIET HULBERT 30 August 1869 Salt Lake City, .

  WILLIAM was born 13 July 1847 Southampton Hampshire England died 7 July Layton Davis buried 10 July 1925 Kaysville Davis Utah
  arrived New York aboard the "Amazon" 18 July 1863 on the ship was WALLACE and HERBERT JOHN FOULGER.
  married (2) MARY ELLEN FINDLAY 25 July 1905 Ogden Weber.
  MARY was born 8 March 1841 Manchester England died 6 July 1933 Lanark Idaho buried Paris Cemetery Bear Lake County Idaho
vi

ISARILLIS McMASTER, born 14 September 1852 Clitheroe Lancashire died 12 July 1854 at the Baptist Missionary Station near the Kansas river

  after crossing the river ISARILLIS was buried on top of a hill (from a diary kept by his father)
vii

DONALD HENDERSON McMASTER, born 15 August 1855 Salt Lake City died 21 June 1930 Butte Montana buried Salt Lake City Cemetery.  

married HATTIE ISABEL HARRISON 19 April 1885 Beverhead Montana

HATTIE was born July 1850 Missouri died 15 January 1911 Butte Montana
viii

ALEXANDER McMASTER, born 12 August 1857 Salt Lake City died  29 January 1916 Salt Lake City buried Salt Lake City Cemetery

married FRANCES LAURA MITCHELL daughter of FREDERICK FRANK MITCHELL and MARGARET THOMPSON 27 December 1883 Salt Lake City,

FRANCES was born 20 March 1866 Salt Lake City died 22 July 1933 Salt Lake City.buried Salt Lake City Cemetery
ix

JAMES BRUCE McMASTER, born 1 July 1859 Salt Lake City died 22 December 1862 Salt Lake City buried Salt Lake City Cemetery

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HANNAH ELIZABETH McMASTER, born 16 March 1861 Salt Lake City died 11 May 1953 Salt Lake City.

  married JOSEPH CHARLES FOULGER son of JOHN FOULGER and SUSANNAH WOOLNOUGH.
xi

MARY ANN McMASTER, born 28 April 1863 Salt Lake City died 5 March 1943 Safford Graham Arizona.buried Thatcher Cemetery Graham Arizona

 

married CHARLES MARTIN LAYTON, son of CHRISTOPHER LAYTON and SARAH MARTIN 20 September 1883 Salt Lake City.

CHARLES was born 3 July 1862 Kaysville Davis Utah died 10 November 1933 Safford Graham Arizona.buried Thatcher Cemetery Graham
xii

JOSEPH HEBER McMASTER, born 30 July 1865 Salt Lake City died 7 October 1900 Colby Kansas buried Salt Lake City Cemetery

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