Dorothy's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Ferguson family tree.

Dorothy's Family

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Elizabeth Ferguson

Edroy Ferguson

Shane Paul Ferguson

Anastasia Ferguson

Ferdinand Ferguson

James & Lillian Brewster

Lillian and Edna Mae Brewster

Elsie Ferguson 002

Elsie Ferguson 001

Scottish Fiery Cross

High School graduation class, 1913

Elmerena Houston & William Ferguson

Mary Ferguson & children

Mary Ferguson family

Talking Between San Francisco and Guthrie

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Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Dorothy's lifetime.

In 1928, in the year that Dorothy Ferguson was born, Mickie Mouse was born! He first appeared in Disney's Steamboat Willie, along with Minnie. Although they were in two previous shorts, this was the first to be distributed. Steamboat Willie took advantage of the new technology and was a "talkie" - music was coordinated with the animation. It became the most popular cartoon of its day.

In 1929, in the year of Dorothy Ferguson's passing, on March 4th, Herbert Hoover became the 31st President of the United States. Early in his presidency, the October stock market crash - "Black Tuesday" - occurred, which lead to the Great Depression. None of his economic policies were able to make a dent in the Depression. This lead to one term and the election of Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt winning the 1933 election in a landslide.

In 1930, by the time she was just 2 years old, as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.