1834 - 1886 (~ 52 years)
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Name |
William MacDonald Cameron |
Suffix |
FGS, FRGS |
Born |
ca 1834 |
Glasgow, Lanark |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
20 Nov 1886 |
Singapore |
Notes |
- Stationmaster in Castlemaine and Bendigo (Sandhurst) Victoria. A farewell dinner at Sandhurst is reported February 1865 before his return to UK.
Later journalist and financial agent in London, then Civil Servant, India. "Honorary Explorer and Geologist to the Straits Settlements" in Singapore.
Probate granted 28 Dec 1886, for 50 pounds.
He is credited with discovering the Cameron Highlands in Malaya, posthumously known there as "Sir William Cameron".
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Person ID |
I115838 |
Cameron Genealogies |
Last Modified |
4 Nov 2015 |
Family |
Mary Helen Lindsay Taylor, b. ca 1834, Edinburgh , d. 1903, Fulham, London (Age ~ 68 years) [1] |
Married |
16 Oct 1857 |
Collingwood, Vic [1] |
Notes |
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Children |
| 1. Mary Ida Cameron, b. 13 Aug 1858, Castlemaine, Vic |
| 2. Lucy Lindsay Cameron, b. 16 Apr 1860, Castlemaine, Vic , d. 2 Jan 1863, Ballarat, Vic (Age 2 years) |
| 3. Juanita Emiline Cameron, b. 6 Oct 1861, Castlemaine, Vic |
| 4. William Donald Fletcher Cameron, b. 20 Apr 1863, Bendigo, Vic |
| 5. Lucy E. Cameron, b. 19 Dec 1864, Bendigo, Vic |
| 6. Wilhelmina Cameron, b. ca 1867, Ayrshire |
| 7. Violet Esther Clair Cameron, b. 27 May 1868, Glasgow, Lanark |
| 8. Alexandrina Scott McVeagh Cameron, b. 1870, London , d. 1946, Braintree, Essex (Age 76 years) |
| 9. Ian Edward Norman McPherson Cameron, b. 1872, London , d. 1872, Kensington (Age 0 years) |
| 10. Ian Norman MacDonald Cameron, b. 1873, Kensington, London , d. After 1939 (Age 65 years) |
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Last Modified |
4 Nov 2015 |
Family ID |
F35841 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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