Fergusson, who sometimes signed her work as Chris J Fergusson, was born in Dumfries, where she attended school at the Dumfries Academy before going travelling in Europe and visiting France, Germany and the Netherlands.
Fergusson, who sometimes signed her work as Chris J Fergusson, was born in Dumfries, one of five children to James Stark, a solicitor, and his wife Agnes Waugh Drape. She attended school at the Dumfries Academy before going travelling in Europe and visiting France, Germany and the Netherlands.