 1861 - 1917 (56 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | John Cameron was born in ca 1825 in Port Glasgow (son of Angus Cameron and Flora Cameron); died on 21 Aug 1886 in Sydney Hospital; was buried in Rookwood. Other Events:
- Immigration ship: Thorwaldsen or Commodore
Notes:
Merchant in Port Glasgow before migration (Ref. Greenock Advertiser 26.5.1859). The 1851 census shows him as Grocer, living at Chapelton Gardens, Port Glasgow.
Not recorded as living on his mother's 1884 death certificate.
He arrived by 1853, possibly via Melbourne 1852, the John Cameron, clerk, who migrated per "Thorwaldsen"; or the Mr J. Cameron per "Commodore", from Glasgow 14 Jan 1853, arr. Sydney 2 May 1853.
He was Merchant or Commission Agent in Harrington St, Sydney from 1854, at first with James S. Scott. Bankrupt in 1862.
He separated from his wife ca 1870-2, and nothing was known of him after, except that he nominally owned a block of land in Mosman until 1886.
Sydney certificates suggest a birth ca 1828 in Inverness-shire
arrived Sydney ca 1854, possibly via Melbourne 1852, the John Cameron, clerk, who migrated per "Thorwaldsen"
Died:
Probable
John married Jessie McBean Stewart on 1 Mar 1859 in Sydney. Jessie was born on 1 Jul 1834 in Strontian, Argyll; died on 3 Jan 1913 in Mosman, NSW; was buried in Gore Hill, NSW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Jessie McBean Stewart was born on 1 Jul 1834 in Strontian, Argyll; died on 3 Jan 1913 in Mosman, NSW; was buried in Gore Hill, NSW. Other Events:
- Immigration ship: Brilliant
- Immigration: Jan 1838
Notes:
Dau. of Peter Stewart and Isabella McBean, who arrived on "Brilliant" Jan 1838.
She was a schoolteacher, running her own private schools in Maclean, Grafton and Mosman after they separated.
Immigration:
arrived on "Brilliant" Jan 1838
Children:
- 1. Stewart Buyers Cameron was born on 5 Mar 1861 in Sydney; died on 10 May 1917 in Sydney.
- Flora Poole Cameron was born on 5 Jan 1863 in Mosman, NSW; died on 7 Jun 1916 in Mosman, NSW; was buried in Gore Hill, NSW.
- Edmund Albyn Cameron was born on 8 Sep 1864 in Mosman; died in 1934 in Sydney.
- Isobel May Cameron was born on 28 Nov 1866 in Manly, NSW; died on 9 Dec 1931 in Nth Sydney; was buried in St Thomas, North Sydney.
- Frank Fassifern Cameron was born on 2 Mar 1869 in Sydney; died on 2 Oct 1895 in Carlton, Mosman, NSW; was buried on 3 Oct 1895 in St Thomas, North Sydney.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Angus Cameron was born in ca 1786 in Kilmallie (son of John Cameron and Sarah Cameron); died on 26 May 1855 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire; was buried in Port Glasgow. Notes:
In 1820 he was a servant at Ruthven, Kingussie.
Recorded as Porter, Belhaven St, Port Glasgow, in 1841; Gardener in 1851, with 4 acres at Chapelton Gardens, Port Glasgow Road, nr Greenock, employing one labourer.
At death he was said to have been 25 years in Renfrewshire, but probably longer.
In 1806 the Farm and Garden of Chappleton consisting of 3 farms were advertised to be let.
The area of Port Glasgow along the river is described in 1836 Statistical Account as "garden ground, furnishing a supply of vegetables and fruit, excellent in quality and much more than needed for the inhabitants".
Chapelton Gardens has been identified as on the flat north of the railway, below Chapelton itself, and near the roundabout at the west of Port Glasgow.
Angus married Flora Cameron on 16 Apr 1816 in Kilmallie. Flora (daughter of Kenneth Cameron and Mary Cameron) was born in ca 1789 in Kilmallie; died on 7 Jan 1884 in Smith St, Caversham, Dunedin; was buried in Dunedin, NZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Flora Cameron was born in ca 1789 in Kilmallie (daughter of Kenneth Cameron and Mary Cameron); died on 7 Jan 1884 in Smith St, Caversham, Dunedin; was buried in Dunedin, NZ. Notes:
Living at Chapelton Gardens, Port Glasgow 1861.
She went to NZ in 1867. Said to have had 2 sons living in 1884, aged 64 and 48, one daughter 54.
Daughter of Kenneth Cameron, Farmer and Mary Cameron.
Notes:
Both of Fort William at marriage (rather than Gordonsburgh), which was conducted by Rev. Paul McColl of Appin(who in Kilmallie was associated mainly with marriages from Onich/Ballachulish region).
Children:
- John Cameron was born in ca 1817 in Kilmallie; died on 4 Oct 1893 in Dunedin, NZ; was buried in Dunedin, NZ.
- Donald Cameron was born in ca 1819; died on 24 Jan 1903 in Carleton, Ontario.
- Kenneth Cameron was born on 4 Jun 1820 in Kingussie, Inverness-shire; died on 6 Jun 1883 in Sandbank, nr Dunoon, Argyll.
- Margaret Cameron was born in ca 1823 in Kilmallie.
- 2. John Cameron was born in ca 1825 in Port Glasgow; died on 21 Aug 1886 in Sydney Hospital; was buried in Rookwood.
- Alexander Cameron was born in ca 1827 in Port Glasgow.
- Hugh Angus Cameron was born on 31 Jan 1832 in Carnegie Park, Port Glasgow; was christened on 8 Apr 1832 in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire; died on 29 May 1915 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ; was buried on 31 May 1915 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ.
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Generation: 4
| 8. | John Cameron Other Events:
- Ancestor of Line: [John1] JOHN CAMERONS of SYDNEY & DUNEDIN
Notes:
Farmer.
YDNA testing has shown that he descends from MacMartin Camerons, specifically from the Camerons of Rannoch.
He may be John Cameron, I57944, or an undocumented John within that wider family
John married Sarah Cameron. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Sarah Cameron Notes:
Probably the couple who had children born Kinlochleven, Donald 18 Jan 1781 and Janet 3 Sep 1783 - and Sarah 9 May 1779, Marysburgh, in fornication.
They may have been the couple who eventually married 12 Feb 1792 in "Lismore, Appin & Duror"
Children:
- 4. Angus Cameron was born in ca 1786 in Kilmallie; died on 26 May 1855 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire; was buried in Port Glasgow.
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| 11. | Mary CameronChildren:
- 5. Flora Cameron was born in ca 1789 in Kilmallie; died on 7 Jan 1884 in Smith St, Caversham, Dunedin; was buried in Dunedin, NZ.
- John Cameron was born on 5 Jul 1794 in Achnasaul.
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