John Cameron^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]}

1830 - 1894  (63 years)

• Name	John Cameron
  Born	8 Sep 1830	Shelfield, Kilmodan
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Mar 1894	Menindie, NSW
  Buried	3 Mar 1894	Menindie Cemetery , C of E.
  Notes	He was at Shelfield for 1851 census, listed as shepherd, before migrating to NSW ca 1852, He was at "Polia", near Pooncarie, on the River Darling, south of Menindie, known to be working as Station Overseer from 1874 and living there at Yartla Lake from at least 1869/70 (Electoral roll). In 1893 he probably moved to Rochdale (the family property which eventually totalled 47,268 acres of pastoral leasehold and 80 acres freehold) soon before his death from tetanus in 1894, having bought the block next to his son from Richard Dawes (HL 495, fronting the Darling). Polia was recorded in 1885 Parliamentary returns as being of 539,040 acres, occupied by James Pile. They ran 72,984 sheep, 150 cattle and 130 horses. Cameron's executor was Pile's son-in-law, David Herbert Power, manager of Cuthero, adjacent to Polia and also owned by the Pile family, being of 642,000 acres and running 55912 sheep, 100 cattle and 200 horses
  Person ID	I36301	Cameron Genealogies
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2004

  
  

  Father	Charles Cameron,   b. 23 Mar 1795, Cravunachan ,   d. 12 Oct 1856, Kilfinan, Argyll  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Janet Fletcher
  Married	1 Jun 1827	Kilmodan
  Family ID	F11285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Gallagher,   b. ca 1848-51, Strabane, Ireland ,   d. 13 Aug 1931, Rochdale, Menindee, NSW
  Married	11 Mar 1874	Polia, Menindie, NSW
  Children	1. Charles John Cameron,   b. 11 Jan 1875, Yartla, Polia Station ,   d. 8 Mar 1930, Kalgoorlie, WA  (Age 55 years)   2. James Cameron,   b. 1877,   d. 1878, Menindie  (Age 1 years) + 3. George Gallagher Cameron,   b. 25 Aug 1878, Yartla Lake, Menindie, NSW ,   d. 3 Mar 1931, Broken Hill, NSW  (Age 52 years) + 4. James Cameron,   b. 1880, Menindie ,   d. 12 May 1939, Malvern, Vic  (Age 59 years)   5. Ellen Cameron,   b. 1881, Menindie ,   d. 1881, Menindie  (Age 0 years)   6. Ellen Cameron,   b. 10 Aug 1883, Yartla Lake, Menindie ,   d. 25 May 1980  (Age 96 years)   7. Elizabeth Cameron,   b. 10 Aug 1883, Yartla Lake, Menindie ,   d. 13 Sep 1934, Broken Hill  (Age 51 years)   8. Alexander Douglas Cameron,   b. 1885, Menindie, NSW ,   d. 23 Jul 1916, Pozieres, France  (Age 31 years)   9. Peter Fletcher Cameron,   b. 5 Aug 1887, Yartla, Menindie, NSW ,   d. 5 Sep 1960, Broken Hill, NSW  (Age 73 years)   10. Janet Cameron,   b. 1890, Yartla Lake, Menindie ,   d. 15 Dec 1981, Broken Hill  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F11287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S665] FASSIE, Dr Robert S. Cameron. [S666] The Camerons, by John Stewart, p. 215-20. [S667] Bygone Lochaber, by Somerled MacMillan, p. 138-43. [S668] History of the Camerons, by Alexander Mackenzie. [S669] Peter Mansell. [S670] Dr Peter Reynolds. [S671] Miss Jean Bennett. [S672] Trish Willis. [S673] Ruth Falkener. [S674] Army records. [S675] Peter Pininski. [S676] Fassifern papers and further research by Robert S Cameron. [S677] Linda Bennion. [S678] Glimpses of the Past.