1847 - 1912 (65 years)
Generation: 1
1. | John MacDonald Cameron was born in 1847 in Campbelltown, Inverness-shire (son of Lachlan Cameron and Christina MacDonald); died on 3 Sep 1912 in Tain. Other Events:
- Immigration ship: La Ville de Ciotat
Notes:
He joined Royal Mint in Britain, then Deputy Master of Sydney Mint in 1890s. He is recorded as passing through Melbourne Jan 1893 on way to taking up his post at the mint.
Later a prospector, finding oil at Tarakan, Borneo. He then lived at Balintraid, Tain, MP for Northern Burghs and Chief of Highland Clans Association
John married Mary Ann Fleming Buttle on 10 Dec 1871 in Islington, London, and was divorced in 1893 in Sydney. Mary was born on 1 Apr 1849 in Forfar; died on 11 May 1918 in Bournemouth, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Capt. Robert Bruce Cameron was born in 1872 in Forfar; died in ca 1927.
- Lionel Lachlan Cameron was born in 1874; died in 1875.
- Edward Franklin Cameron was born in 1876; died on 14 Mar 1942 in Tain.
- Alice Christina Cameron was born in 1878 in Hammersmith, London; died in 1904.
- Violet McDonald Cameron was born on 26 Feb 1880 in Hammersmith, London; died on 11 May 1953 in Portland, Vic.
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Generation: 2
3. | Christina MacDonald was born in 1826 in Ardersier, Inverness-shire; died on 13 Feb 1913 in Tain, Ross-shire; was buried in Kilmuir.
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
8. | Ewen Cameron Other Events:
- Ancestor of Line: [John24] EWEN CAMERON of KILMUIR
Notes:
Said to have fled Culloden, rowing to the Black Isle in a small boat and then going to Invergordon across Cromarty Firth. He changed his name temporarily to Macadie/MacKeddie. The alias was used for some time in the family.
A similar story is attached to Donald1 family.
Children:
- 4. John Cameron was born in 1770 in Kilmuir, Easter Ross.
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