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Generation: 2
2. | Lt. Col. Allan Cameron (1.Mary1) was born on 27 Oct 1777 in Strontian; died on 13 Dec 1845 in Cape Town, South Africa. Other Events:
- Ancestor of Line: [Allan3] COLONEL ALLAN CAMERON of STRONTIAN
Notes:
He joined the army as a volunteer Mar 1796, 53rd Regt., ("at the particular request of Sir Ralph Abercromby", Lochiel's father-in-law). He transferred to 14th Foot 1797 and a West India Regt 1798, before entering the Buffs (3rd Regt) in 1804 as a Captain. He was on half pay between 1817 and 1827, while the regiment was in Australia. He d. aged 69 (death notice).
No relationship has been established with Lt Col Charles Cameron of the 3rd Regiment, of the Fassifern family, who died in India 1826 after leaving Australia
Allan married Aletta Jacoba Borcherds on 22 Oct 1809 in Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope. Aletta was born in ca 1789 in Cape of Good Hope; died on 3 Nov 1865 in Reading, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Maria Alletta Cameron was born on 17 Oct 1810 in Cape of Good Hope; died on 17 Feb 1879 in Leatherhead.
- 4. Donald Meeut Cameron was born on 12 Nov 1812 in Cape of Good Hope; died in 1854 in Jamaica .
- 5. Alexander John Cameron was born on 7 Sep 1814 in Cape of Good Hope.
- 6. Allan Cameron was born on 29 Mar 1817 in Ireland.
- 7. Elizabeth Anne Cameron was born on 12 Nov 1822 in St Georges Castle, Douglas, Isle of Man; died on 19 Feb 1871 in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India.
- 8. Charles Duncan Cameron was born on 12 Dec 1825 in St Georges Castle, Douglas, Isle of Man; died on 30 May 1870 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Generation: 3
3. | Maria Alletta Cameron (2.Allan2, 1.Mary1) was born on 17 Oct 1810 in Cape of Good Hope; died on 17 Feb 1879 in Leatherhead. Maria married Lieut Lawrence Desborough on 14 Oct 1834 in Ghazepore, Bengal, India. Lawrence was born on 8 Sep 1806 in Rochester, Kent; died on 10 Jul 1874 in Windsor Castle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Catherine Alletta Desborough was born in Sep 1835 in Ghazepore, India; died in 1836 in India; was buried in Ghazepore, India.
- 10. Lawrence Cameron Desborough was born on 6 Oct 1836 in Meerut, India; died on 25 Nov 1875 in Madras, India.
- 11. Marie Alletta Desborough was born on 6 Oct 1837 in Meerut, India; died on 2 Nov 1918 in Bath, England.
- 12. Harriet Vivian Desborough was born on 14 Aug 1839.
- 13. Charles Vivien Desborough was born on 3 Aug 1841 in Bombay; died on 11 Oct 1892 in Port Said.
- 14. Catherine Harriot Desborough was born in 1851 in Sunninghill, Berkshire, England.
- 15. John Owen Desborough was born on 19 Jun 1853 in Sunninghill, Berkshire; died in Dec 1921 in Farnham, England.
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4. | Donald Meeut Cameron (2.Allan2, 1.Mary1) was born on 12 Nov 1812 in Cape of Good Hope; died in 1854 in Jamaica . Notes:
Became a Major in his father's Regt, the 3rd (Buffs), having joined as Ensign 26 Apr 1828. Also noted 94th Regt.
Donald married in 1849 in Belfast, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Alexander John Cameron (2.Allan2, 1.Mary1) was born on 7 Sep 1814 in Cape of Good Hope. Notes:
Ensign in 3rd Regiment from 24 Dec 1833, Lieut 1836. He died in the Buffs
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7. | Elizabeth Anne Cameron (2.Allan2, 1.Mary1) was born on 12 Nov 1822 in St Georges Castle, Douglas, Isle of Man; died on 19 Feb 1871 in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. Notes:
Gravestone gives birth date 12 Feb 1822
Died:
(Ref. Mark Frazier)
Elizabeth married Andrew Knox Blackall in 1865 in Bath, Somerset. Andrew was born in ca 1821 in Lordiannah, India; died in 1891 in East Preston, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Charles Duncan Cameron (2.Allan2, 1.Mary1) was born on 12 Dec 1825 in St Georges Castle, Douglas, Isle of Man; died on 30 May 1870 in Geneva, Switzerland. Notes:
He is wrongly described in National Dictionary of Biography as son of Lt Col. Charles Cameron (also of 3rd Regt) - see Fassie He entered 45th Regt as ensign 1846 and then in the 5th Regt. served on Sir Frederick Willows staff in the Crimea. Later settled in Natal, and was diplomat there and in Turkey Appointed Consul in Abyssinia 1860, imprisoned there 1864-68. He is noted to have been staying with his sister Alletta at 1861 census, positively identified by age, birthplace and position as Consul
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Generation: 4
10. | Lawrence Cameron Desborough (3.Maria3, 2.Allan2, 1.Mary1) was born on 6 Oct 1836 in Meerut, India; died on 25 Nov 1875 in Madras, India. Notes:
Capt. Madras Corps.
Said to be in Australia before going to India in the 3rd Buffs.
Unmarried.
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