Harry Edward Lovett-Cameron, MC

Generation: 1

Harry Edward Lovett-Cameron, MC was born on 15 May 1919 in Ceylon (son of Verney Lovett Cameron and Muriel Willoughby Wentworth Brock); died on 13 Jul 1953 in Rabaul, PNG.

Notes:

Lieut, 2nd AIF

Harry married Isadore Margaret D. Robertson in 1953 in Sydney. Isadore died in 1977 in WA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Living

Generation: 2

Verney Lovett Cameron was born on 19 Feb 1876 in St Kilda, Vic (son of Verney Lovett Cameron and Margaret Elizabeth Fraser); died on 17 Nov 1947 in Turramurra, NSW.

Notes:

Tea Planter in Ceylon, Clerk in London. Returned to Australia 1926.

Verney married Muriel Willoughby Wentworth Brock. Muriel was born in ca 1890; died in 1957 in Chatswood, NSW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Muriel Willoughby Wentworth Brock was born in ca 1890; died in 1957 in Chatswood, NSW.

Children:

Verney Hugh Lovett-Cameron was born on 28 Mar 1913 in Dickoya, Ceylon; died on 18 Jan 2005 in Bundaberg, Qld.
John Willoughby David Lovett-Cameron was born on 20 Jun 1916 in Ceylon; died on 1 Nov 1981 in Sydney.
1. Harry Edward Lovett-Cameron, MC was born on 15 May 1919 in Ceylon; died on 13 Jul 1953 in Rabaul, PNG.

Generation: 3

Verney Lovett Cameron was born in 1842 in Sorrento (Point Nepean), Vic (son of Henry Gervaise Cameron and Mary Ann Hill); died on 27 May 1881 in Richmond, Vic.

Notes:

Solicitor. Known as a first class cricketer in the 1860s

Verney married Margaret Elizabeth Fraser on 7 Apr 1875 in St Kilda, Vic. Margaret was born in ca 1855; died in Mar 1945 in Warhoonga, NSW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Elizabeth Fraser was born in ca 1855; died in Mar 1945 in Warhoonga, NSW.

Notes:

dau. of Allan Lovat Fraser, solicitor of Geelong.

Children:

Henry Gervais (Jervis) Cameron was born on 19 Feb 1876 in St Kilda, Vic; died on 11 Dec 1876 in St Kilda, Vic.
2. Verney Lovett Cameron was born on 19 Feb 1876 in St Kilda, Vic; died on 17 Nov 1947 in Turramurra, NSW.
Eleanor Isabel Lovett Cameron was born in 1877 in Kew, Vic; died in 1964 in Parramatta, NSW.
Frances Mary Lovett Cameron was born in 1877 in Kew, Vic; died in 1966 in St Leonards, NSW.
Major Henry Gervais Cameron, MC, DSO was born on 27 Jan 1880 in Richmond, Vic; died on 9 Feb 1966; was buried in Fawkner, Vic.
Marie Madeleine Cameron was born on 19 Sep 1881 in St Kilda, Vic.

Generation: 4

Henry Gervaise Cameron was born in ca 1810 in Bath (son of Lieut. Colonel Hector Cameron and Elizabeth Lovett); died on 5 Feb 1865 in Kew, Vic; was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.

Notes:

Settler - he had a pastoral run Licence in Westernport in 1846. Later stock and share broker and town clerk of Richmond.

Henry married Mary Ann Hill in 1852 in Vic. Mary was born in ca 1810 in Liverpool, England; died on 11 Mar 1861 in Melbourne; was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Ann Hill was born in ca 1810 in Liverpool, England; died on 11 Mar 1861 in Melbourne; was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.

Notes:

She migrated ca 1840 to Victoria.
Married as widow.
Death cert. gives her parents as James Hill (painter) and Mary Ann Jones.
She had previously married, 7 Feb 1833, St Martin, Liverpool, James Whittle. His death ca 1852 has not been identified.

Name:
Later recorded as Hillsden or Hilston.

Children:

4. Verney Lovett Cameron was born in 1842 in Sorrento (Point Nepean), Vic; died on 27 May 1881 in Richmond, Vic.
Charles Gervaise Cameron was born in ca 1846 in Point Nepean, Vic; died on 4 Sep 1867 in Richmond, Vic; was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.
Eliza Helena Lovett Cameron was born in ca 1848 in Mornington, Vic; died in 1943 in Ballarat, Vic.