Amelia McKenzie

Generation: 1

Amelia McKenzie was born on 18 Oct 1841 in Knockbain, Ross & Cromarty (daughter of George McKenzie and Marjory Mary Cameron); died on 11 Oct 1922 in St Kilda, Vic; was buried in Sale, Vic.

Amelia married William Hayes McWilliam on 23 Jan 1862 in Portland, Vic. William was born in ca 1830 in Jamaica; died in 1885 in Sale, Vic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

No issue

Generation: 2

George McKenzie was born in ca 1810.

Notes:

Widower, with 3 children.
Aged 30 in 1841 census, living with Corrychoillie

George married Marjory Mary Cameron on 14 Sep 1840 in Knockbain, Ross & Cromarty. Marjory (daughter of John Cameron and Amelia MacPherson) was born on 26 Jan 1817 in Kilmonivaig; died on 23 Jan 1884 in Sale, Vic. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marjory Mary Cameron was born on 26 Jan 1817 in Kilmonivaig (daughter of John Cameron and Amelia MacPherson); died on 23 Jan 1884 in Sale, Vic.

Notes:

(dau. of John Cameron, drover Corrychoilie).
She migrated ca 1852, though DC shows "6 years in SA, 36 years in Victoria".

Notes:

Marriage also recorded 10 Sep 1840 at Ardgour.

Children:

1. Amelia McKenzie was born on 18 Oct 1841 in Knockbain, Ross & Cromarty; died on 11 Oct 1922 in St Kilda, Vic; was buried in Sale, Vic.

Generation: 3

John Cameron was born in ca 1781 in Highbridge, Inverroy (son of Donald Cameron and Ann McArthur); died on 16 Feb 1856 in Corriechoille; was buried in Cille Choirill, Inverness-shire.

Notes:

He was famous as a wealthy sheep owner and drover of Inverroy, tacksman of several farms (including Corriechoille, across the River Spean from Inverroy) and owning up to 20,000 sheep and several thousand cattle. Described as "a badly dressed little man ... with a sharp hooked nose and lynx eyes .., he frequently rode 120 miles in a day, carrying some bread and cheese in his pocket and giving his pony now and then a bottle of porter"

John married Amelia MacPherson on 5 Apr 1816 in Spean Bridge. Amelia was born on 26 Jul 1787 in Kilmonivaig. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amelia MacPherson was born on 26 Jul 1787 in Kilmonivaig.

Notes:

daughter of John MacPherson, sometime Tacksman of Corriechoillie, and widow of the Revd John Ord, chaplain of the garrison and rector of the Grammar School at Fort William, who died 7 Jan 1811 aged 42.

Children:

3. Marjory Mary Cameron was born on 26 Jan 1817 in Kilmonivaig; died on 23 Jan 1884 in Sale, Vic.
Donald Gabriel McPherson Cameron was born on 11 Mar 1818 in Kilmonivaig; died on 10 Nov 1883 in Matawhero, NZ.
John Cameron was born on 11 Jun 1819 in Kilmonivaig; died on 8 Jul 1904 in Southhampton, Hants..
William Cameron was born on 14 Feb 1821 in Kilmonivaig; died on 5 Nov 1898 in Riverton, NZ.
David Cameron
Mary May Cameron was born in 1826 in Corriechoillie, Inverness-shire; died on 5 Mar 1886 in Erimeran Station, NSW; was buried in Nymagee, NSW.

Generation: 4

12. Donald Cameron was born on 27 Feb 1753 in Inverness (son of Ewen Cameron and Ann Cuthbert).
Donald married Ann McArthur. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13.
Ann McArthur
Children:

Angus Cameron

6. John Cameron was born in ca 1781 in Highbridge, Inverroy; died on 16 Feb 1856 in Corriechoille; was buried in Cille Choirill, Inverness-shire.