Ferguson's point, named after William Ferguson William Ferguson came from Ireland to Pennsylvania After leaving the 29th regiment in 1784, he returned home to Penn., to find out all he owned had been seized and sold. In 1786 we see him petitioning for land in Tracadie Land was granted and so began his "reign" over the area He married first, Marguerite Coombs and had 3 children Georges born 1795, Marie Anne born 1792 and Thomas born 1793 Marie Anne married Etienne Arsenault Georges later married Monique Richard, they had 11 children Jonas, Pierre, Luc, Felicien, William , Anne, Marie, Margot, Pauline, Lisette and Catherine, he died in 1850 In 1803 William Ferguson married Esther Richard widow of Pierre Dugulit and they had 10 children: Guillaume born 1804, Pierre 1805, Marie Esther 1806 Henriette 1807, Francoise 1809, Anne 1810, Francois David 1811, Anne 1815 and Flavien 1817 Henriette married Jacques Welch in 1828, and the second Anne married James Young Mr. Ferguson, opened a store, a cannery of blueberries and a cannery of Lobster, which by the way back then sold for as little as 15 cents a pound cooked It is beleived that Sheila got its name in the late 1800's when a Mr. Foster, an important man in the area as he was the manager of a large mill, petitionned the Minister of Postal services to have the name of the post office of Ferguson's Point changed to Sheila in honor of his daughter Sheila Much later around 1945, local people tried to have Sheila's name changed to that of Bellefeuille but didnt succeed although when doing research you will at times see the name used