Hugh Angus Cameron^[1]

1832 - 1915  (83 years)

• Name	Hugh Angus Cameron
  Born	31 Jan 1832	Carnegie Park, Port Glasgow
  Christened	8 Apr 1832	Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 May 1915	Hokitika, Westland, NZ
  Buried	31 May 1915	Hokitika, Westland, NZ
  Notes	Recorded as Heugh at baptism. Carnegie Park was owned by Mrs Foster, who d. 1833, widow of Dr James Foster. All other records point to a birth ca 1836. "Aged 6 in 1841, 24 in 1861". A first Hugh may have died in infancy. Not with his family in 1851 census, but as Ewen Cameron, aged 15, born Port Glasgow he was at Culchenna, nr Onich, Kilmallie, nephew of Charles Cameron, miller and Mary nee Cameron. Gardener & Seedsman, Port Glasgow, in 1861. He migrated to New Zealand by 1866, lived at South Spit, Hokitika, Westland, where he continued to work as a Gardener. A garden nursery was advertised in Revell St in 1875. He won a prize for a collection of ferns in 1874, and in 1880 he exhibited a bale of flax and the Melbourne Exhibition. Described as school teacher at death.
  Person ID	I103521	Cameron Genealogies
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Angus Cameron,   b. ca 1786, Kilmallie ,   d. 26 May 1855, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Flora Cameron,   b. ca 1789, Kilmallie ,   d. 7 Jan 1884, Smith St, Caversham, Dunedin  (Age ~ 94 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1816	Kilmallie
  Notes	Both of Fort William at marriage (rather than Gordonsburgh), which was conducted by Rev. Paul McColl of Appin(who in Kilmallie was associated mainly with marriages from Onich/Ballachulish region).
  Family ID	F31978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Graham,   b. ca 1841,   d. Mar 1911  (Age ~ 70 years)  [1]
  Married	8 Jun 1866	Hokitika, Westland, NZ
  Children	1. Barbara Graham Cameron,   b. 1867, Hokitika, Westland , NZ ,   bur. 21 Jul 1929, Hokitika, Westland, NZ  (Age ~ 62 years)   2. Cameron   3. Flora Cameron,   b. 1869, Hokitika, Westland , NZ ,   d. 8 Jun 1940, Dunedin, NZ  (Age 71 years)   4. Margaret Cameron,   b. 1872, Hokitika, Westland , NZ ,   d. 22 Nov 1936, Dunedin, NZ  (Age 64 years)   5. Hugh Angus Thomas Cameron,   b. 1875, Hokitika, Westland , NZ ,   d. 6 Mar 1886, Hokitika, Westland, NZ  (Age 11 years)   6. Mary Elizabeth Smith Cameron,   b. 1878, Hokitika, Westland , NZ ,   d. 1959  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F32047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2115] JOHN1, Dr Robert S Cameron.