 1832 - 1915 (83 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Hugh Angus Cameron was born on 31 Jan 1832 in Carnegie Park, Port Glasgow; was christened on 8 Apr 1832 in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire; died on 29 May 1915 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ; was buried on 31 May 1915 in 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.
Hugh married Mary Graham on 8 Jun 1866 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ. Mary was born in ca 1841; died in Mar 1911; was buried on 27 Mar 1911 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Barbara Graham Cameron
 was born in 1867 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; was buried on 21 Jul 1929 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ.
- 3. Cameron
- 4. Flora Cameron was born in 1869 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; died on 8 Jun 1940 in Dunedin, NZ.
- 5. Margaret Cameron was born in 1872 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; died on 22 Nov 1936 in Dunedin, NZ.
- 6. Hugh Angus Thomas Cameron was born in 1875 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; died on 6 Mar 1886 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ.
- 7. Mary Elizabeth Smith Cameron was born in 1878 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; died in 1959.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Barbara Graham Cameron (1.Hugh1) was born in 1867 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; was buried on 21 Jul 1929 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ. Notes:
Unmarried
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| 4. | Flora Cameron (1.Hugh1) was born in 1869 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; died on 8 Jun 1940 in Dunedin, NZ. Notes:
"third daughter"
Flora married Thomas White on 22 Dec 1909 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ. Thomas was born in 1875 in NZ; died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Margaret Cameron (1.Hugh1) was born in 1872 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; died on 22 Nov 1936 in Dunedin, NZ. Notes:
Unmarried
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| 6. | Hugh Angus Thomas Cameron (1.Hugh1) was born in 1875 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; died on 6 Mar 1886 in Hokitika, Westland, NZ. Notes:
"only son" at death
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| 7. | Mary Elizabeth Smith Cameron (1.Hugh1) was born in 1878 in Hokitika, Westland , NZ; died in 1959. Notes:
Unmarried
She was living Christchurch 1905 when she applied for a position as hospital housemaid in Westland. Later ran a boarding house in Dunedin.
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Generation: 3
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