Viva Evelyn Cameron

Generation: 1

Viva Evelyn Cameron was born on 5 Sep 1894 in Brisbane (daughter of Duncan Charles Nicholson Cameron and Florence Annie Williams); died on 2 Dec 1967.

Viva married Ellis Harvey Skyring on 20 Nov 1919 in Brisbane. Ellis was born in ca 1889; died on 3 Jan 1981. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Lindsay Skyring was born on 29 Jun 1932; died in in infancy.

Generation: 2

Duncan Charles Nicholson Cameron was born on 11 Sep 1864 in Qld (son of John Cameron and Mary Milner); died on 29 Aug 1943 in Brisbane.

Duncan married Florence Annie Williams on 5 Jul 1893 in Jennings, nr Tenterfield, NSW. Florence was born on 21 Mar 1870 in Brisbane; died on 8 Mar 1930 in Qld; was buried in Toowong, Qld. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence Annie Williams was born on 21 Mar 1870 in Brisbane; died on 8 Mar 1930 in Qld; was buried in Toowong, Qld.

Notes:

Dau. of Samuel Williams and Georgina Adele Everett

Children:

1. Viva Evelyn Cameron was born on 5 Sep 1894 in Brisbane; died on 2 Dec 1967.
Ralph Owen Cameron was born on 8 Feb 1896 in Townsville, Qld; died in 1968.
Selwyn Everett Cameron was born on 8 Feb 1896 in Townsville, Qld; died on 25 Mar 1963.
Gordon Milner Cameron was born on 20 Mar 1907 in Qld.

Generation: 3

John Cameron was born on 21 Sep 1821; was christened on 26 Nov 1821 in Berbice (son of John Cameron, XIV of Glennevis and Elizabeth Sharpe); died on 26 Dec 1904 in Leichhardt, NSW.

Other Events:

Immigration ship: Commodore
Immigration: 2 May 1853

Notes:

Accountant, Railway clerk. Arrived Sydney 2 May 1853, on the "Commodore"

Immigration:
Arrived Sydney 2 May 1853, on the "Commodore"

John married Mary Milner on 25 Oct 1855 in Ipswich. Mary was born on 15 Aug 1821 in Cork, Ireland; died on 12 Dec 1891 in Brisbane; was buried in South Brisbane Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Milner was born on 15 Aug 1821 in Cork, Ireland; died on 12 Dec 1891 in Brisbane; was buried in South Brisbane Cemetery.

Notes:

Dau. of Richard Milner and Mary Ferguson

Children:

Harriet Ellen Cameron was born on 5 Aug 1856 in Qld; died on 5 Aug 1936.
Ewan Alexander Milner Cameron was born on 1 Oct 1860 in Qld; died on 14 Apr 1910 in Qld.
Alice Jane Beatrice Cameron was born on 3 Mar 1862 in Qld; died in Sep 1957.
2. Duncan Charles Nicholson Cameron was born on 11 Sep 1864 in Qld; died on 29 Aug 1943 in Brisbane.

Generation: 4

John Cameron, XIV of Glennevis was christened on 10 Oct 1782 in Kilmallie (son of Ewen Cameron, XII of Glennevis and Helen Grant); died on 5 Nov 1862 in Pimlico, London; was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

Notes:

A planter in Berbice, British Guiana, in partnership with Donald Charles Cameron, Dawnie. Said to have been a Lieut. Colonel (Regiment unknown)

In 1851, having amassed large debts, he found a flaw in the entail, and sold Glennevis to Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern.

He was a widower in Jersey by the time of the 1851 census, living with his daughters and a grandson.

John married Elizabeth Sharpe in Berbice. Elizabeth (daughter of John Sharp and Elizabeth Hiatt) was born in 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Sharpe was born in 1775 (daughter of John Sharp and Elizabeth Hiatt).

Notes:

She was described as a quadroon, and said to have been shunned when she went with her husband to Scotland. She probably died there ca 1850.

Children:

Helen Cameron was born in 1809; died on 22 Mar 1884 in Jersey.
Alexander Cameron was born in 1812 in Berbice; died on 16 Jun 1881 in Ipswich, Qld.
Euan Cameron was born in 1816; died on 18 Feb 1872 in Ipswich, Qld.
Isabella Cameron was born in 1818; died on 3 Feb 1865 in Jersey.
4. John Cameron was born on 21 Sep 1821; was christened on 26 Nov 1821 in Berbice; died on 26 Dec 1904 in Leichhardt, NSW.
Charles Matheson Cameron was born in 1824 in Inverness-shire; died on 11 Mar 1907 in Brisbane; was buried on 12 Mar 1907 in Lutwyche, Qld.
Donald Charles Cameron was born on 28 May 1828 in Berbice; died on 14 Apr 1914 in Brisbane; was buried in Goodna, Qld.