1863 -
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | William MacDonald Cameron, FGS, FRGS was born in ca 1834 in Glasgow, Lanark (son of William Cameron and Mary Watson); died on 20 Nov 1886 in Singapore. Notes:
Stationmaster in Castlemaine and Bendigo (Sandhurst) Victoria. A farewell dinner at Sandhurst is reported February 1865 before his return to UK.
Later journalist and financial agent in London, then Civil Servant, India. "Honorary Explorer and Geologist to the Straits Settlements" in Singapore.
Probate granted 28 Dec 1886, for 50 pounds.
He is credited with discovering the Cameron Highlands in Malaya, posthumously known there as "Sir William Cameron".
William married Mary Helen Lindsay Taylor on 16 Oct 1857 in Collingwood, Vic. Mary was born in ca 1834 in Edinburgh; died in 1903 in Fulham, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Mary Helen Lindsay Taylor was born in ca 1834 in Edinburgh; died in 1903 in Fulham, London. Notes:
Dau. of Rev. Dr James Taylor, Glasgow and Mary Munro.
In 1881 her four younger daughters were boarders at a Convent school in Folkestone.
Notes:
Ref. Marriage Cert.
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Generation: 3
4. | William Cameron was born in ca 1806 in Lanark. Other Events:
- Ancestor of Line: [William30] WILLIAM CAMERON, MALAYAN EXPLORER
Notes:
West India Merchant
William married Mary Watson on 22 Jul 1830 in Glasgow. Mary was born in ca 1811 in Lanark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Mary Watson was born in ca 1811 in Lanark. Notes:
Marriage also recorded 21 Jul 1830, Killarrow, Argyll
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