Alexander Cameron

Generation: 1

Alexander Cameron was born on 2 Oct 1825 in Aberdeen, Scotland (son of Alexander Cameron and Jean Christie); died on 6 Feb 1897 in Russia.

Notes:

Recorded with this family in 1841 as engineer apprentice, aged 15.

Engineer and Iron founder, he went to work in Russia at Hughesovka (now Donetsk, Ukraine). He first lived some years in Kharkov.

He was noted to be at Hughesovka in 1879, when he held 10 shares in the (English) New Russia Company founded by John Hughes, a Welsh engineer who was given a concession by Czar Alexander II in 1869 to develop coal mining and iron production.

Alexander married Helen Innes on 13 Feb 1847 in Aberdeen. Helen was born on 4 June 1823 in Aberdeen, Scotland; died on 2 Sept 1871 in Kharkov, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Alexander Cameron was born on 23 Apr 1849 in Aberdeen.
Annie Innes Cameron was born on 6 Nov 1850 in Poplar, Middlesex; died on 2 Apr 1927 in Dulwich, England.
Thomas Barnard Cameron was born on 14 Sept 1854 in Whitechapel, London.
Ellen Innes Cameron was born on 13 Jan 1856 in Whitechapel, London.
William Cameron was born on 4 Nov 1862 in Kharkov, Russia.

Generation: 2

2.	Alexander Cameron was born in ca 1798 in Edinkillie, Moray; died after 1851. Other Events: Ancestor of Line: [Alex42] ALEXANDER CAMERON of ABERDEEN Notes: Cotton spinner Alexander married Jean Christie on 6 Nov 1824 in Aberdeen. Jean was born in ca 1801 in Aberdeen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean Christie was born in ca 1801 in Aberdeen.

Children:

1. Alexander Cameron was born on 2 Oct 1825 in Aberdeen, Scotland; died on 6 Feb 1897 in Russia.
Margaret Cameron was born in ca 1831 in Aberdeen.
David Cameron was born in ca 1832 in Aberdeen.
Ann Cameron was born in ca 1834 in Aberdeen.
John Cameron was born in ca 1835 in Aberdeen.
Jean Cameron was born in ca 1837 in Aberdeen.
Richard Cameron was born in ca 1840 in Aberdeen.