1819 - 1904 (85 years)
Generation: 1
1. | John Cameron was born on 11 Jun 1819 in Kilmonivaig (son of John Cameron and Amelia MacPherson); died on 8 Jul 1904 in Southhampton, Hants.. Notes:
He was licencee with Alexander (Black Sandy) Cameron of Mt Sturgeon Plains, Vic, from 1844, acting as superintendant.
Then at Morambro, nr Naracoorte, SA to 1859. The lease from 1851-59 was held by the brothers Donald, William and John Cameron.
In 1860 he bought Koroite Station, Coleraine, Vic from S.G. Henty, returning to UK by 1863 and living at Southhampton.
He left an estate of £10,600.
John married Mary Collins on 8 Jan 1863 in Dover, Kent. Mary was born in 1829 in Brighton, Sussex; died on 13 Jul 1900 in Southhampton, Hants.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
No issue
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Generation: 2
2. | 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]
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3. | 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:
- 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.
- 1. 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.
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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