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Violet Esther Clair Cameron

Female 1868 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Violet Esther Clair Cameron was born on 27 May 1868 in Glasgow, Lanark (daughter of William MacDonald Cameron, FGS, FRGS and Mary Helen Lindsay Taylor).

    Notes:

    In 1891 she was a nun in Putney


Generation: 2

  1. 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]


  2. 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.

    Children:
    1. Mary Ida Cameron was born on 13 Aug 1858 in Castlemaine, Vic.
    2. Lucy Lindsay Cameron was born on 16 Apr 1860 in Castlemaine, Vic; died on 2 Jan 1863 in Ballarat, Vic.
    3. Juanita Emiline Cameron was born on 6 Oct 1861 in Castlemaine, Vic.
    4. William Donald Fletcher Cameron was born on 20 Apr 1863 in Bendigo, Vic.
    5. Lucy E. Cameron was born on 19 Dec 1864 in Bendigo, Vic.
    6. Wilhelmina Cameron was born in ca 1867 in Ayrshire.
    7. 1. Violet Esther Clair Cameron was born on 27 May 1868 in Glasgow, Lanark.
    8. Alexandrina Scott McVeagh Cameron was born in 1870 in London; was christened on 7 Oct 1870 in Kensington; died in 1946 in Braintree, Essex.
    9. Ian Edward Norman McPherson Cameron was born in 1872 in London; was christened on 17 Feb 1872 in Kensington; died in 1872 in Kensington.
    10. Ian Norman MacDonald Cameron was born in 1873 in Kensington, London; was christened on 15 Mar 1873 in Kensington; died after 1939.


Generation: 3

  1. 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]


  2. 5.  Mary Watson was born in ca 1811 in Lanark.

    Notes:

    Marriage also recorded 21 Jul 1830, Killarrow, Argyll

    Children:
    1. 2. William MacDonald Cameron, FGS, FRGS was born in ca 1834 in Glasgow, Lanark; died on 20 Nov 1886 in Singapore.
    2. John Cameron was born in ca 1836 in Glasgow, Lanark.


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