1834 - 1886 (~ 52 years)
Generation: 1
1. | William MacDonald Cameron, FGS, FRGS was born in ca 1834 in Glasgow, Lanark; died on 20 Nov 1886 in 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".
William married Mary Helen Lindsay Taylor on 16 Oct 1857 in Collingwood, Vic. Mary was born in ca 1834 in Edinburgh; died in 1903 in Fulham, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
2. | Mary Ida Cameron (1.William1) was born on 13 Aug 1858 in Castlemaine, Vic. Notes:
Professor of Cooking, Twickenham in 1911
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5. | William Donald Fletcher Cameron (1.William1) was born on 20 Apr 1863 in Bendigo, Vic. Notes:
East India Merchant, living London with widowed mother and siblings 1891. Engineer 1897.
In 1911 he was teaching poultry farming at Gt Missenden, Bucks. Also poulterer 1901
William married Ada Elizabeth George on 15 Sep 1897 in St Issell's, Pembrokeshire. Ada was born in ca 1871 in Pembroke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Lucy E. Cameron (1.William1) was born on 19 Dec 1864 in Bendigo, Vic. Notes:
In 1901 she was a nun at Convent School, Great Clapton, Essex
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11. | Ian Norman MacDonald Cameron (1.William1) was born in 1873 in Kensington, London; was christened on 15 Mar 1873 in Kensington; died after 1939. Notes:
Baptised as John Norman MacDonald Cameron, father Merchant.
Clerk in 1901, living Fulham.
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