Ferme

This page sets out information that we have found about Ferme families in Edinburghshire and Haddingtonshire.

The surname Ferme occurs fairly frequently throughout our trees as a contraction and variant of Fairholm and Fairholme. Also, it occurs in its own right from entirely unrelated sources. For example, there are Fermes in the USA and Canada with Swedish origins, from the time when all men joining a specific army regiment had to change their surname to Ferme. There are also Ferme coats of arms in parts of Europe.

We have found quite a few records for Fermes occurring in Edinburghshire and Haddingtonshire, which we have turned into trees with the help of Bill Ferme in Australia.

One line of eleven people starts with John Ferme, born in 1754 at Tranent, Haddingtonshire, who married Margaret Turnbull in 1785 at Tranent. They had six children from 1786-1800, including a John Ferme born in 1787 at Tranent.

Another line of forty three people starts with George Ferme born in 1776 at Temple, Edinburghshire, who married Margaret / Peggy Jamieson in 1796 at Carrington / Primrose, Edinburghshire. They had ten children from 1795-1812, of which Jane / Jean was born in 1795 at Carrington / Primrose.

The John Ferme and Jane / Jean Ferme just mentioned were cousins, and were married in 1815 at Temple, Edinburghshire. They had six children from1816-1834.  We have identified 63 descendants and relatives, mainly in Edinburghshire and Haddingtonshire, but also in Australia.  Bill Ferme is one of these.  In addition, there are some three hundred people in South Australia who are descended from John and Jane / Jean's eldest son John, who married Margaret Reid in 1842 at Tranent.   We do not have any details about these.

Altogether, the total number of Fermes in these groups, in tree format, is 125.

There are many people with the Ferme surname, who have yet to be connected to the groups mentioned or to the Scottish Fairholm amd Fairholme branches.