I have changed the Jeffrey Ferris family tree at Ancestry to allow for some investigation of the presence of Huntington’s disease in the various parts of the lineage. I have added all the Mead, Knapp, and Gregory connections to the Ferris family. Some research needs to be done and I would welcome additions, corrections, and […]
Category: Not Our Lineage
Five Ferris Lineages Under Management
Ferris, Sioux and Shoshone
I have been tracking another Ferris takeover of a Native American tribe. While I cannot link the first Ferris to our lineage, the lusty procreation and involvement with a woman not his wife does suggest he carries the same genes. Edward Ferris came to South Dakota in the early 1880s. Public records list multiple birth […]
Current Statistics
Here are the approximate numbers for the several family trees being worked on. The numbers represent the people with the last name of Ferris, Ferriss or Farris in that lineage, I have included spouses where I could in the trees but they are not included in these figures. Jeffrey Ferris lineage: 7,095 people
Avoidable Errors
While building the Jeffrey Ferris lineage, I see a wide variety of other people’s work. Most are excellent but I do see a number of easily avoidable errors.
All the Ferris families in the USA
To the Ferris family: There are four large groups of related Ferrises in the US and Canada.
Joshua Ferris had an excuse – forgot about the Revolution
The Ferris family from Syria
One of the odd things that turned up while researching the Jeffrey Ferris lineage in America is a family, or series of families, named Ferris who immigrated to the United States in the period 1890-1920.