May McNicol

Generation: 1

1. May McNicol was born in ca 1856 (daughter of John McNicol and Mary May Cameron); died in 1948 in Murrumbeena, Vic.
Notes:
unmarried

Generation: 2

John McNicol was born on 17 Aug 1818 in Craignish, Argyll; died on 2 Feb 1903 in Toorak, Vic.

Notes:

son of James McNicol and Mary Smith.
He was at Elderslie, Wrattonbully, south of Coonawarra, SA at marriage, later of Bassett Stn, Branxholme, Vic

John married Mary May Cameron on 19 Jan 1854 in Portland, Vic. Mary (daughter of John Cameron and Amelia MacPherson) was born in 1826 in Corriechoillie, Inverness-shire; died on 5 Mar 1886 in Erimeran Station, NSW; was buried in Nymagee, NSW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary May Cameron was born in 1826 in Corriechoillie, Inverness-shire (daughter of John Cameron and Amelia MacPherson); died on 5 Mar 1886 in Erimeran Station, NSW; was buried in Nymagee, NSW.

Notes:

At marriage living at Morambro, a pastoral lease just north of Naracoorte SA, this lease being held by Donald, William and John Cameron 1851-59

Children:

Emiliana McNicol was born on 8 Jan 1855 in Elderslie Stn, SA; died in 1941 in Murrambeena, Vic.
1. May McNicol was born in ca 1856; died in 1948 in Murrumbeena, Vic.
Leslie McNicol was born on 12 Sep 1858 in Branxholme, Vic; died on 28 Oct 1860 in Branxholme, Vic.
Forbes McNicol was born on 26 Jun 1861 in Branxholme, Vic; died on 19 Apr 1867 in Branxholme, Vic.

Generation: 3

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]

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.
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
3. 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.

Generation: 4

12. Donald Cameron was born on 27 Feb 1753 in Inverness (son of Ewen Cameron and Ann Cuthbert).
Donald married Ann McArthur. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13.
Ann McArthur
Children:

Angus Cameron

6. John Cameron was born in ca 1781 in Highbridge, Inverroy; died on 16 Feb 1856 in Corriechoille; was buried in Cille Choirill, Inverness-shire.