Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label England. Show all posts

Monday, June 15, 2020

H. Cameron, Master Of The Ship Ann


Quebec Gazette : Finding Aid 1807, the card index : C-7074:


Cameron, H. master
ship "Ann"
Arrived from London.
Quebec Gazette
4 June 1801
No. 1885


Friday, May 1, 2020

My Neighbor, Mr. Alexander Cameron


Archibald McMillan and family fonds : H-1099:


My neighbor Mr. Alexander Cameron, is going to Britain...

Cross-posted in Detour Through History

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Captain Cameron's Affairs In London


Archibald McMillan and family fonds : H-1099:


12 November 1807

...Captain Cameron's affairs in London have turned out better than he or his friends expected altho his Agents in London became bankrupt they had honour enough not to touch a sum of Captain Cameron's invested in the Navy... . 

I have not heard from Grenada or from Mrs. Cameron since her departure.

My neighbor Mr. Alexander Cameron is going to Britain this winter...

Cross-posted at Detour Through History

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Cameron Extracts English Wills


American Wills And Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857,
by Peter Wilson Coldham:

Cameron, Abigail, of New York City, widow of Alexander Cameron, Lieutenant of the Royal Navy.
Administration to Leonard Streate Coxe, attorney for the son, William H. Cameron, in New York.
(Jan. 1808).

Cameron, Alexander, of Savannah, Georgia. Probate to William Ogilvy with similar powers reserved
to Donald Cameron. (Feb. 1784).


Cameron, Alexander, Lieutenant of H.M. ship Roebuck. Administration to Daniel Coxe,
attorney for the relict, Abigail Cameron, in New York City. (Jan. 1802).


Cameron, Allan, corporal of the Second Regiment of Foot, who died in New Jersey, bachelor.
Special limited administration to the cousin german, Colin Cameron, pending his production of the will. (June 1765).


Cameron, Charles, Captain of the 7lst Regiment, who died in Savannah, Georgia,
bachelor. Administration to the father, Donald Cameron, in Kilmally, Scotland. (Jan. 1782).


Cameron, Mary Ann, formerly of Philadelphia, but late of Everton near Liverpool, Lancashire,
widow. Limited probate to Samuel Moon and William Cameron Moore. (Aug. 1848).



Saturday, February 16, 2019

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Cameron, The Commissary For The Cherokees



"...Hillsborough, who was then President of the Board of Trade, and was appointed the first Colonial Secretary in January, 1768, outlined an elaborate plan for the use of the Indian Agents.  The British territory was divided into two districts, north and south, by the Ohio River."

"The superintendent of the Southern District was the first to attempt to inaugurate the new scheme.  He received a copy of the plan in 1764 and proceeded to select commissaries." 10

Source

Sunday, December 16, 2018

The Dignity Of A Baronet



Source

"The dignity of a Baronet of Great Britain and Ireland, granted to Ewen Cameron, of Fassifern and Callart, in the county of Argyll, and of Arthurstone, in the county of Angus, Esq. and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten."

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Donald Cameron 1954 Newmarket Obituary

Source
Newspaper: The Newmarket Era 
22 July 1954


Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Helen Stewart, Widow Of Allan Cameron Of Callart

National Archives (UK)
Catalogue description
Barons of the Scottish Exchequer concerning the claim of Helen Stewart, widow of Allan...
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Reference: T 1/359/75
Description:
Barons of the Scottish Exchequer concerning the claim of Helen Stewart, widow of Allan Cameron of Callart, that by a marriage settlement she is entitled to a sum payable on part of his estates which were forfeited after the rebellion.
Note: Damaged.
Date: 1755 Dec. 24
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Friday, December 8, 2017

James Cameron, Husband Of Margaret Stuart


Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)
Microform: c-2202


Petition 368 (f)
8 December 1843
Petitioner: John Stuart
6th Concession
Nassagaweya

...Donald Stuart served one year as a private in the 77th Regiment....and died in the service, his ant (sic) Margaret Stuart and her husband James Cameron served in the 77th Regiment a few years as a private, his ant Mary Stuart and her husband William Willson...Alexander Stuart, druggist, Kingston, Jamaica...

Petitioner's mother was a native of Kinsail, Ireland
"  " father (John Stuart) was a native of Grampian Hills, Perthshire, Scotland
" " was a native of Market Harbour, England, where he was baptized March 1783
Petitioner was a billeted militia ma


Note: Cross-posted at Detour Through History blog


Sunday, April 9, 2017

Robert Dews To Alexander Cameron


As seen at the website, My Southern Family:

From Colonial Office Records (, Vol 80) in Public Records Office, London U. K.
Transcribed from microfilm copy in Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. by Jerry L Clark

Letter dated April 9, 1779
Ustenalla Town
Robert Dews to Alexander Cameron:

NOTES: 
Robert Dews = Robert Due (grandfather of Diana Rogers, Cherokee wife of Sam Houston) 
Alexander Cameron = British Agent to Cherokees since 1868; he had at least 3 mixed-blood children. [John] McDonald, [Walter] Scott, [Nathaniel] Hicks, and Anthony Foreman are my ancestors [Jerry Clark]. 

Monday, March 20, 2017

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

George Poulett Cameron


The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England), Volume 170 (Promotions):




He was the author of  ‘Personal Adventures and Excursions in Georgia, Circassia, and Russia, Volume 1 and Volume 2.

Sunday, September 11, 2016

John Cameron MacPhee


Source

"John Cameron MacPhee was born in 1815 in Fort-William." "...grand-uncle, General Sir Allan of Erracht who originally raised the 79th Cameron Highlanders...".  He died 11 September 1880.



Thursday, March 24, 2016

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Saturday, March 21, 2015

John Cameron's Wife Lived In England


Records from the Library and Archives of Canada include Veterans Death Cards: First World War and the microfilm where they can be found. When Veterans Affairs was notified of the death of a First World War veteran, a death card was created... .


John Cameron
Date of Death: 21 March 1943
Wife: Mrs. Lena L. Cameron
17 Crafton Road, Canvey Island
Essex, England

Sunday, February 1, 2015

A Cameron In The Prerogative Court Of Canterbury


A Cameron extract from . American Wills & Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1857. by Peter Wilson Coldham:


Cameron, Abigail, of New York City, widow of Alexander Cameron, Lieutenant of the Royal Navy. Administration to Leonard Streate Coxe, attorney for the son, William H. Cameron, in New York. (Jan. 1808).