Ida May Ferguson
1871-1899
Ida May Ferguson (novelist, bookkeeper) adopted a pseudonym, Dyjan Fergus, for her first and only published work Tisab Ting, or The Electrical Kiss (1896). Ferguson was born in Montreal, Quebec ca. 1871. She later moved with her family to Moncton, New Brunswick, where she pursued a career in bookkeeping. She published her novel at the age of twenty-five. Tisab Ting is considered one of Canada’s first works of science fiction.
MacEwen, Kate. "Ida May Ferguson." New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Fall 2019. Accessed 19 June 2024.
Ancestry record. https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/search/collections/1577/records/2362322. Accessed 19 March 2025.
Legal Notice. The Times-Transcript. 21 October 1899. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1105974784/?match=1&terms=ida%20may%20ferguson. Accessed 19 March 2025.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256963107/ida-thompson: accessed March 19, 2025), memorial page for Ida Ferguson Thompson (unknown–27 Jul 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 256963107, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by Pat Redmond (contributor 49129253).
Frontispiece of Tisab Ting, or The Electrical Kiss (1896)
Cover of Tisab Ting. "Ida May Ferguson." New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Fall 2019. Accessed 19 June 2024.
See the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia entry.