Alexander Cameron

Generation: 1

Alexander Cameron was born in ca 1811 in Inverness-shire (son of Samuel Cameron and Mary MacDonald).

Notes:

Joint tacksman of Ardachy
He is said to have come to Australia with his second wife.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Alexander Cameron
Hannah Cameron was born in ca 1840.

Alexander married Margaret Cameron on 25 Jan 1848 in Boleskine & Abertarff, Inverness-shire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Samuel Cameron died before 1841.

Other Events:

Ancestor of Line: [Samuel8] SAMUEL CAMERON of ARDACHY

Notes:

McMartin ancestry indicated by Y-DNA examination of a descendant. Closely related to Duncan4 family.

Tacksman of Ardachy, Stratherrick, Boleskine, Inverness-shire

Samuel married Mary MacDonald. Mary was born in ca 1781. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary MacDonald was born in ca 1781.

Notes:

Dau. of Donald Drochaid MacDonald (1744-1805) and Mary MacDonald (1744-1810); and sister of Donald MacDonald, the father of Flora MacDonald, mother of Mary MacKillop. Thus she was great aunt of Saint Mary MacKillop (Ref. Joanne Cameron, NZ) - see Saor

She was living at Ardachy with son Alexander in 1841.

Children:

1. Alexander Cameron was born in ca 1811 in Inverness-shire.
Mary Cameron was born in ca 1813 in Kilmonivaig.
Hannah Cameron was born in ca 1815 in Inverness-shire.
Angus Cameron was born in ca 1816 in Inverness-shire; died on 7 Jul 1863 in Fris Farm, Carlsruhe, Kyneton, Vic; was buried in Kyneton, Vic.
Ranald Cameron was born in ca 1824 in Kilmonivaig; died on 29 Mar 1899 in Fielding, NZ.
Thomas Ross Cameron was born in ca 1826 in Kilmonivaig; died on 4 Jan 1913 in Levin, NZ.