Donald Cameron's Death Record Online

Online through the Archives of Michigan:

Source

My great-grandfather, Donald Cameron, son of Richard Cameron and Nancy Cameron, and the husband of Anna (Cameron) Johnston Cameron.  Father of Beatrice (Cameron) Powers.

Great-Grandma's Temporary Move To Greencourt?

Border Entry, Form 30, 1919-1924

Microform: t-15264

Source  Image 1388

Canadian Immigration Service

Port: Windsor, Ontario

Form #7247

Cameron, D.R. Mrs.

Last Permanent Address:  Detroit, Mich.

Street and No.: 1017 E. Jefferson

Birthplace: Sarnia, Ontario

She can read and write in English

Religion: Presb.

Ever lived in Canada?  Yes.

Left Canada at Sarnia in 1890

Why left Canada:  To Reside

Money in possession belonging to Immigrant: $100.00

Object in coming to Canada: Settler

Destined To: Son

Archie Johnson

Greencourt, Alta

Ever been refused admission to Canada?  No

Apparent condition of health: Good

From Detroit to Windsor

Ferry

Objection to Immigrant: None

Admitted

Source Image 1387

Husband: D. R. Cameron

609 Warren Street

Flint, Michigan

Height: 5'8"

Complexion: Dark

Color of Eyes: Brown

Color of Hair: Dk Brown

Wt.: 150

Signature: Mrs. D.R. Cameron

July 30, 1920

Mr. and Mrs. Cameron were both living in Flint, Michigan, in 1930.

Relatives Of The Clement Family

Ellen (Johnston) Carpenter was the daughter of Anna Cameron and John Johnston.  Ellen's daughter, Lorraine Carpenter, married Hugh McLeod Clement in September, 1925, in Genesee County, Michigan.  Lorraine and Hugh had two sons, Bruce and Harvey.

The Clements were known among Canadian Loyalists in years past.  Hugh M. Clement was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, to James Harvey Clement (1873-1919) and Marie Coulson in 1904.  James was the son of James and Martha (Willson) Clement.  A bit of James and Martha Clement's history was recorded in a biography* of Mazo de la Roche because of her (Mazo's) relationship with their daughter, Caroline Clement (sister of James Harvey Clement).

 *"She [biographer Heather Kirk] casts Caroline in a dark light: 'Exiled from her extended and immediate families, Clement was an outsider who wanted in. Humiliated by the failures of her father and brother, she was a low-life who wanted up. Like her mother, she was an invisible partner. Like her father, she was an audacious entrepreneur. Caroline Clement was the ingenious person who developed and maintained an amazing writing machine that got her what she wanted.'” [Source]

Hugh and Lorraine (Carpenter) Clement, with sons Bruce and Harvey, were living in Ohio in 1940.  Perhaps Hugh did not reach adulthood unscathed either since his death in 1946 was a suicide.

Donald & Clara (Mainprize) Cameron

I don't really know much about my great-uncle, Donald Cameron, except that he married Clara Mainprize and they adopted a son. Donald was the son of Donald & Anna (Cameron) Cameron.

Clara was the daughter of Robert & Martha (Wallace) Mainprize. Robert was the son of William & Sarah (Vermilyea) Mainprize of Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Robert married Martha Wallace in Midland County, Michigan, in 1916.


Donald and Clara weren't married when the 1940 census was taken:

United States Census, 1940

name: Donald R Cameron

event place: Ward 3, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States

marital status: Single

relationship to head of household (standardized): Brother-in-law

birthplace: Michigan

estimated birth year: 1912

residence in 1935: Same Place

Household Gender Age Birthplace

head Loren D Carpenter M 57 Michigan

wife Ellen C Carpenter F 55 Michigan

mother-in-law Anna Cameron F 73 Michigan

brother-in-law Donald R Cameron M 28 Michigan

United States Census, 1940

name: Clara Mainprize

event place:  Burton Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States

marital status: Single

relationship to head of household (standardized):  Daughter

birthplace: Michigan

estimated birth year: 1917

residence in 1935: Flint, Genesee, Michigan

Household Gender Age Birthplace

head Robert Mainprize M 62 Canada

wife Martha Mainprize F 52 Michigan

daughter Clara Mainprize F 23 Michigan

son Archie Mainprize M 18 Michigan

son Bobby Mainprize M 13 Michigan

Some Arenac County Probate Files (Index)

Cameron, Ella  Folio 114

Cameron, Richard  Folio 88* 

Cameron, Charlotte  681 - Calendar

 Cameron, John A. 372  Calendar

 Cameron, John  351

Cameron, Peter  365  File 830  Calendar 255

Cameron, Hugh     #___?**

Cameron, Jesse  2191? - 559

Cameron, Frances  2264

*Realized as I was composing this blog that even though I have copies of Richard Cameron's probate file from Arenac County, Michigan (see link above), I'm not sure that Folio 88 is the correct number because I don't have the file/folio number written down...Geez... . [Believe it's the only file for Richard Cameron, but will have to verify it]

From the website of Cameron descendant Sandy Nye:

** viii. Ewen (Hugh) CAMERON was born on 19 Jun 1860. He died on 23 Feb 1929. Was a batchelor, died of acute indigestion. Probate records included distribution of oil well rights to family members

Note:  My grandmother [Beatrice (Cameron) Powers; her father Donald was Ewen's brother] was an heir; when she died her portion of Ewen (Hugh) Cameron's estate was inherited by me and my siblings (Dad pre-deceased his mother by a couple of months, so what would have been his share passed to us).  The shares are basically worthless in terms of money, but the documentation determining Ewen (Hugh) Cameron's heirs is valuable to a genealogist.

Beatrice's Partial Ahnentafel

Here's what I can state about my Camerons from my own research* in Ahnentafel form, starting with my grandmother, Beatrice (Cameron) Powers:

(Click on Image to Enlarge)

#1:   Beatrice Cameron; my grandmother.

#2:   Donald Cameron

#3:   Anna Cameron

#4:  Richard Cameron

#5:  Nancy Cameron

#6:  Duncan Cameron

#7:  Ellen Cameron

#8: Donald Cameron

#9: Mary MacMillan

#10 and #12: Allen Cameron

#11 and #13:  Mary MacMillan (Nancy)

#14: Ewen Cameron

#15: Bridget Higgins



*With acknowledgments to cousins who have helped along the way.  This is to differentiate from information that has come from others that I have not corroborated on my own.

Obituary of Anna Cameron

Flint Journal
May, 1941
RESIDENT 25 YEARS
DIES HERE SUDDENLY

Mrs. Anna Cameron, 74, of 754 East Dayton Street, died of a heart attack Tuesday night while sitting on the front porch of her home with her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence [sic] Carpenter. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Reigle funeral home. Burial will be in Grace Lawn with the Rev. O. H. Hood* officiating. A Flint resident for the last 25 years, she is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Lawrence [sic] Carpenter, Mrs. Warren Stout, Mrs. Ralph Powers and Mrs. George Bennett of Flint, and Mrs. Paul Schantz of Charlevoix; two sons, Archie Johnston of Canada and Donald of Flint.

Anna Cameron was my great-grandmother; Beatrice Powers (Mrs. Ralph Powers), was my grandmother.

*Rev. O.H. Hood's daughter, Alice, married Anna Cameron's grandson, William Cameron Powers, several years later.

A.D. & Mary Ann (Cameron) Cameron

Archibald and Mary Ann Cameron had 4 daughters; Catherine, Florence, Anna Jane and Lucy Belle, and 1 son; Richard.

Richard Cameron, a bachelor, died January 14, 1911, in Standish, Arenac County, Michigan.  His obituary, published in the Saginaw News on January 23, 1911, stated that Richard, age 24, leaves a father, mother, brothers (sic?) and sisters.

Catherine Cameron married John McMillan; she died February 1, 1914, in Arenac County, Michigan. 

Anna Jane (Cameron) Pellette died in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, on March 30, 1920, of tuberculosis.

Florence Cameron married John Moffatt and stayed in Canada.

Archibald Douglas (A.D.) Cameron and his wife, Mary Ann (Cameron) Cameron purchased property in Flint, Michigan, in 1918.

George Bennett's Obituary (Husband of Flora (Cameron) Bennett

Published in the Flint Journal, 13 June 1978:



BENNETT--George W. -- 1105 Frost St., age 73, died Monday, June 12, 1978, at McLaren General Hospital.  Funeral services will be held 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sunset Chapel, Rev. Dr. Elmer I. Braden officiating.  Burial in Sunset Hills Cemetery.  Mr. Bennett will be at the funeral home.  Mr. Bennett was born in New Jersey, July 4, 1904.  He was a member of Community Presbyterian Church since 1967 and had been employed by Buick Motor Division for 44 years.  Surviving are:  daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and David Jaworski of Flint; sister, Agnes Trankle of Flint; several nieces and nephews.
REIGLE FUNERAL HOME
Sunset Chapel
4305 Clio Road
[Flint, Genesee County, Michigan]

George Bennett was marred to Flora Cameron.  Flora (Aunt Bub) was the daughter of Donald & Anna (Cameron) Cameron and was my grandmother's (Beatrice Cameron Powers') sister.  George and Flora had a daughter, Sandra, who died as a child and a daughter, Diane*, who was in her 20's when she died of a heart problem.  Daughter Ellen died 8 Aug. 1999 and had no children.  There are no living descendants of George & Flora (Cameron) Bennett.

The Genesee County Clerk has a searchable website for marriages & deaths where Diane's death record information was found:

Deceased: BENNETT , DIANE M*

Date of Death: 02/17/1972

Local File No: 370

Donald & Anna Cameron In The 1930 Census

Donald & Anna (Cameron) Johnston Cameron and their children Flora and Donald in the 1930 U.S. Federal Census taken in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan:

Image From Footnote.com

Marsha Webster Gavry, RIP

 Cousin Marsha was only 60 years old when she died; didn't think I would be writing this post in 2011. 

My childhood summers usually included Marsha, a Massachusetts  native, when she came to Flint, Michigan to visit her grandmother.  It was always fun when model-pretty Marsha with her New England accent came to town.  The last time I saw Marsha was at her grandmother's funeral in 1990 (she flew in on her boyfriend's family's private jet).  I envisioned Marsha in her younger days as being very comfortable in a Mercedes-Benz, wearing a fur coat and diamonds.  At other times she lived the life of a struggling single mother who devoted to her only child and his children later in her life. 

I was hoping that a trip to New England in the near future would include a visit with Marsha.  Facebook put me back in touch with her and an invitation was extended.  

Marsha Webster was Blanche (Johnston) Stout's granddaughter.  Blanche was the daughter of Annie Cameron and John Johnston and Annie was the daughter of Duncan & Ellen (Cameron) Cameron.  Marsha's mother was Jean (Stout) Webster.  My grandmother, Beatrice (Cameron) Powers was Blanche's half-sister.

It was always assumed that Marsha, being a Webster from Massachusetts, had an interesting paternal line  She did.  It included Governor John Webster (Marsha, Living, Duane Erle, Ernest Irving, Eugene, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Thomas, John, Thomas, Governor John Webster).  This genealogy takes the Webster line several generations past Governor John Webster.

Didn't find a Mayflower connection through her Websters (although a connection could exist); however she was a Mayflower descendant through her Grandfather Warren Stout. 

Marsha's beloved grandson contacted me via Facebook and informed me of his grandmother's passing. 

Marsha J. (Webster) Gavry, 60, of East Hill Road, Canton, CT, died Monday, February 7, 2011 at her home.

She was born May 22, 1950 in Worcester, MA, the daughter of the late Jean T. (Stout) Webster and had lived in Middletown, RI for many years prior to moving back to Canton, CT three years ago. Mrs. Gavry was a Sales Representative and an Administrative Assistant at Vydek, Wang, Mercedes Benz, and Wachovia for the last 30+ years.

Marsha enjoyed most the company of her family. She is survived by her son, Justin, and his children, Zachary Thomas Gavry and Emma Harbec-Gavry; and her brother Dana Webster.

Friends may call at the Vincent Funeral Home, 120 Albany Turnpike, Canton, CT on Saturday, February 12th from 1 - 3 PM followed by a funeral service to celebrate her life at 3PM. Burial will be private.

 

Published in Worcester Telegram & Gazette on February 10, 2011

Clara (Mainprize) Cameron Died In Flint, MI

Clara Mainprize, who married Donald R. Cameron, died in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan. Her obituary was found in the August 13, 1970, edition of the Flint Journal on page 64:

Cameron, Clara B., 1806 Webster, Age 52, died Wednesday, August 12, 1970, at Hurley Hospital. The funeral will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, 1970, at the Colonial Chapel of the Riegle Funeral Home, Dr. Donald Lougheed, officiating.
Burial: Flint Memorial Park Cemetery
Mrs. Cameron was born in Midland, Michigan, on January 3, 1918. She is survived by her husband, Donald, a son [adopted], Donald R. Cameron of Traverse City; three brothers, Robert, John and Archie Mainprize, all of Flint; several nieces and nephews.

Clara was the daughter of Robert & Martha (Wallace) Mainprize.

Donald R. Cameron Died In 1972

Donald R. Cameron, the son of Donald & Anna (Cameron) Cameron, died on June 18, 1972. On Monday, June 19, 1972, a brief obituary was published in the Flint Journal. An expanded obituary was found on June 21, 1972:

Flint Journal [MI]
Wednesday, June 21, 1972, p. 68
Cameron, Donald R.
1806 Webster Road
Age: 61
Mr. Cameron was born in Michigan on May 21, 1911. He was employed at the Chevrolet Manufacturing Division, retiring in 1955. Surviving are son, Donald R. Cameron, of Salt Lake City, Utah; two sisters, Mrs. Ralph (Beatrice) Powers of Swartz Creek and Mrs. Warren (Blanche) Stout of Flint, and a brother, Archie Johnston of Canada.

If I ever met my great-uncle, Donald R. Cameron, I don't remember doing so. Why was that? I knew his sister, my great-aunt, Blanche Stout, very well. I was almost 20 years old when he died, lived in the same area, and visited my grandparents often. Hmmm....

Archie Johnston's Attestation Paper For The Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force

Archie Johnston, son of John & Anna (Cameron) Johnston, who was born in Sterling, Michigan, entered World War I in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. Below is Archie's Attestation Paper he submitted to become a soldier.


After the war, Archie became a naturalized Canadian citizen. His father, John Johnston was a Canadian and his mother, Anna Cameron may have been born in Canada.

Edward I. Johnston, RCAF Pilot In WWII

Edward Irvine Johnston, son of Archie & Grace (Price) Johnston, who was a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force, in the Book of Remembrance (1942) for the Second World War. Edward was killed on 20 December 1942 and is buried in the Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Netherlands.


Edward I. Johnston was the grandson of Anna (Cameron) Johnston Cameron.

Camerons In Quebec - 1871 Canadian Census

My Camerons in Quebec, in 1871, including 2nd great-grandfather, Richard P. Cameron, his wife, Ann/Nancy, Richard's brother Archibald, Richard & Nancy's daughter, Jane (Cameron) McMillan, and Nancy's parents:

1871 Census - Quebec, Ottawa County, Ange_gardien, page 17

(1800's Ottawa County later split into Gatineau Papineau Labelle )

17 CAMERON Archibald m 62 Ontario RPresb Scotch cultivateur/farmer married
18 {?} Nancy f 53 Ontario RPresb Scotch married
19 Danald m 32 Que RPresb Scotch cultivateur/farmer
20 Marguerite f 35 Que RPresb Scotch

page 18
1 CAMERON Archibald m 22 Que RPresb Scotch
2 Sara f 18 Que RPresb Scotch
3 Harianne f 16 Que RPresb Scotch
4 Elisabeth f 14 Que RPresb Scotch
5 Dorcas f 12 Que RPresb Scotch
6 Joane f 7 Que RPresb Scotch
7 William m 3 Ontario RPresb Scotch

[NOTE: Archibald Cameron was the brother of my 2nd great-grandfather, Richard P. Cameron - they lived next to one another - see below]

1871 Census - Quebec Ange_gardien, page 18

8 CAMERON Richard m 52 Ontario RPresb Scotch Culltivateur married
9 {?} Anne f 48 Que RPresb Scotch married
10 Donald m 21 Que RPresb Scotch
11 Mariane f 19 Que RPresb Scotch
12 John m 17 Que RPresb Scotch
13 Colen m 15 Que RPresb Scotch
14 Jassy f 14 Que RPresb Scotch
15 Hugh m 10 Que RPresb Scotch
16 Philipe m 8 Que RPresb Scotch
17 Joane f 6 Que RPresb Scotch
18 Flora f 3 Que RPresb Scotch

Page 18
19 McMILLAN John m 32 Que RPresb Scotch cultivateur/farmer married
20 Jane f 22 Que RPresb Scotch married [Note: daughter of Richard Cameron, above]
page 19
1 McMILLAN Donald m 3 Que RPresb Scotch
2 Mariane f 2 Que RPresb Scotch
3 Laurendy m 6/12 born Dec 1870 Que RPresb Scotch

1871 Census - Quebec Ange_gardien, page 19

4 CAMERON Allan* m 89 Ecosse RPresb Scotch married
5 CAMERON {?} Anes* f 84 Ecosse RPresb Scotch married
6 CAMERON Flora f 50 Ontario RPresb Scotch
*Parents of Nancy/Ann Cameron, wife of Richard P. Cameron, who was enumerated on page 18

Obituary of Blanche (Johnston) Stout

The Flint Journal [Michigan] Published October 1990

Flint-Worcester

STOUT, Blanche (Johnston) -- Age 95, died Saturday, October 6, 1990, at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Services will be held 1:30 PM Saturday, October 13, 1990, at Sunset Hills Cemetery for Mrs. Blanche Stout where she will be interred along with her daughter, Jean Webster, who passed away January 20, 1988. Rev. Fr. Amos Wischmeyer will officiate. Contributions may be made to the Citizens for Life, the Leukemia Foundation of Michigan, or a charity of choice. Mrs. Stout was born in Sterling, Michigan, July 2, 1895, the daughter of Archie [sic] and Annie Johnston. She had been a resident of Roscommon, Sterling and the Flint area, and for the past 5 years, Shrewsbury, Mass. where she had lived with her daughter, Jean Webster. She married Warren L. Stout; he preceded her in death in 1977. She was a retired buyer for Herbert H. Bush & Sons Clothing Store in Flint. Surviving are: grandson, (living); granddaughter (living) 5 great-grandchildren (living).
Sharp Funeral Home, 8138 Miller Rd.

[Blanche was the step-daughter of Donald (AKA Daniel) Cameron and daughter of Anna (Cameron) Johnston ; see the 1900 census]

Obituary of Archie Johnston

Archie Johnston was the son of John & Anna (Cameron) Johnston and the step-son of Donald Cameron.

[This obituary and other items were sent to me by an unrelated person who lived in the area]

Greencourt said Farewell to its oldest citizen Archie Johnston May 25th. The funeral was held in Edmonton, from the Park Memorial Chapel to Westlawn Cemetery, where he was laid to rest beside his wife Grace, who predeceased him in 1967.

Archie, as everyone called him, was a pioneer homesteader in this area, arriving in 1919 after being discharged from the Canadian Army, having served four years in the trenches without injury.

He decided not to return to his old home in Michigan, so with Grace, his bride he settled on his land near Greencourt.

He farmed until 1950 when he retired to live in Greencourt. Over the next 20 years his eyesight gradually failed and he became totally blind, but he faced his disability with such courage and cheerfulness that he won the admiration of all who knew him.

Since the death of his wife, Archie batched it every summer by himself in his home, with his faithful dog company. All his friends marveled at his ability to look after himself. He always recognized his friends by their voices which he never confused or forgot.

Last August, on his 90th birthday, Archie's relatives and friends held an At Home for him during which he enjoyed visits from all his friends. He passed his last days at Mayerthorpe Hospital, where his friends visited him for the last time, and he knew them by their voices until the last.

He is survived by his only daughter, Betty, Mrs. Mervyn Goeson, of Edmondton. His son, Edward, was lost in World War II while on an aerial mission over Germany. There are two grandchildren (living) and four great-grandchildren (living).

Births In The Cameron Bible

Our CAMERON family Bible:

The births of my great-grandfather, Donald Cameron, and the ten other children of Richard & Nancy (Cameron) Cameron are found on this Bible record. Nancy and her sister Flora are listed next. It's possible that Jane (Cameron) McMillan's children were also listed.

This Cameron family was found in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada, in 1861; some of the children were born in Quebec and others were born across the river near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[See Arenac Co., Michigan, probate papers of Richard Cameron, for more information about some of the children found in the Bible records]

This WorldConnect site stated that Richard Cameron's father, Donald Cameron, died in Australia, whereas his mother, Mary (McMillan) Cameron, died in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada. That would be exciting news to me if Donald's death in Australia could be verified.

[Original Cameron Bible pages privately held by B. Barnum]

Anna Cameron's Daughter, Belle Johnston Wodtke

Great-Aunt Belle whom I never knew:

This record is an example of the records available to through the Flint Genealogical Society upon request. Since this record was requested, the actual death records are available online at Archives of Michigan (1897 - 1920) for the State of Michigan, including a death record for Isabelle (Belle Johnston) Wodtke.

Fred & Belle (Johnston) Wodtke had an infant daughter, June (born in May 1920), when Belle died. My aunt (June Wodtke's cousin), who was quite a bit younger than June, remembers an occasional visit with her. However, information that I have about this family is sketchy, except for what I have pieced together the census, obituaries, etc.

Flint Journal [ 3 June 1920]
WODTKE--Mrs. Belle Wodtke died last night at her home, 919 Wood-st, after a six months' illness of a complication of diseases. Mrs. Wodtke was born at Houghton Lake, [Roscommon Co.] Mich., July 20, 1890, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.R. Cameron. She had lived in this city for the last six years, coming here from Sterling, Mich. She was united in marriage to Fred J. Wodtke, July 19, 1919. Mrs. Wodtke was a member of the German Lutheran Church. She leaves her husband, parents and two brothers and five sisters. [Note: She was the step-daughter of Donald R. Cameron and the daughter of John H. & Anna (Cameron) Johnston]

1930 MI (Genesee Co.)
WODTKE, FRED, 32, MI MI MI, married at age 24
" Myrtle, wife, 27, married at age 19
" June, daughter, age 9
" Shirley, daughter, age 5
KAGAN, Omer, married, lodger
" , Rose, married, lodger

I believe (but do not know) that June's husband was the Kenneth Belanger, Sr., whose obituary was in the Pensacola News Journal on 24 September 2004.

Kenneth Richard Belanger, Sr., 86, of Pensacola, died Tuesday September 21, 2004, in a local nursing home.

Ken was born Nov. 22, 1917 in International Falls, MN and has resided most of his life in the Pensacola area. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was a retired Steel Pattern Maker.
His beloved wife, June Wodtke Belanger, preceded Kenneth in death. Kenneth will be laid to rest next to his beloved wife June at Resthaven Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

June BELANGER
Birth Date: 25 May 1920
Death Date: Oct 1976
Social Security Number: 379-12-3462
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Michigan
Death Benefit Localities
Zip Code: 70816
Localities: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Wish I knew more about this family.