Joanna Cameron Murray

Joanna was the daughter of Ewen Cameron and Bridget Higgins.

Ontario Deaths and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947

Name Jemima Cameron Murray [Joanna]

Event Type Death

Event Date 12 Oct 1910

Event Place Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario

Gender Female

Age 56

Birth Date 19 Dec 1854

Birthplace Dresden, Ont.

Father's Name Ewen Cameron

Mother's Name Bertha Higgis [Bridget Higgins]

The James Murray Family in the 1901 Census (Petrolia, Lambton East, Ontario, Canada):

The family lived in Sombra Township, Lambton, Ontario, Canada in 1891.

Canada Census, 1881
Sombra, Bothwell, Ontario, Canada
James Murray M 42y Scotland
Jonna Murray F 37y Ontario
Sarah Murray F 5y Ontario
Isobell Murray F 3y Ontario
Anna Murray F 1y Ontario

Name James Murray

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 19 Aug 1873

Event Place Sombra, Lambton, Ontario, Canada

Birth Year (Estimated) 1840

Father's Name Walter Murray

Mother's Name Elizabeth Little

Spouse's Name Joanna Cameron

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1854

Spouse's Father's Name Ewen Cameron

Spouse's Mother's Name Bridget Higgins

Name James S Murray
Event Type Death
Event Date 02 Mar 1911
Event Place Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario
Birth Date 02 Feb 1839
Birthplace Dumfrieshire, Scotland
Father's Name Walter Murray
Mother's Name Elizabeth Little

The family history of Walter Murray, his wife, Elizabeth Little Murray and their descendants was found in the FamilySearch catalog. According to this book, James Scott Murray was the 14th child of Walter and Elizabeth.

Ewen And Bridget's Son, Malcolm Cameron

My 2nd great grand uncle, Malcolm Cameron (and family):

Name Malcolm Cameron

Age (Expanded) 25 years

Birth Year 1847

Birthplace Ontario

Spouse's Name Emily Brown

Spouse's Age (Expanded) 17 years

Spouse's Birth Year 1855

Spouse's Birthplace Ontario

Event Date 17 Jan 1872

Event Place Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan

Source

Canada Census, 1891

Name: Malcolm Cameron [Indexed as Melcolm]

Gender: Male

Age: 44

Birth Year (Estimated): 1847

Birthplace: Ontario

Marital Status: Married

Religion: Methodist

Province: Ontario

District: Bothwell

District Number: 47

Sub-District: Wallaceburg

Affiliate Film Number: 30953_148127

Malcolm's mother (who died in 1894) was NOT living with Malcolm according to the 1891 census. Which child, if any, was she living with?

In 1900, Malcolm Cameron and his family were living in Lorain County, Ohio (with ties still in Canada, since they were enumerated there in the 1901 census):

Census 1900
Black River Township Lorain City Ward 2, Lorain, Ohio, United States
HOUSEHOLD
George Dunstan Head M 49 England
Elizabeth Dunstan Wife F 49 England
Edwin Dunstan Son M 20 England
Eunice M Dunstan Daughter F 18 England
Thomas W Dunstan Son M 14 England
Virtue N Dunstan Daughter F 10 Ohio
Malcolm Cameron Boarder M 53 Canada (Eng)
Emily Cameron Boarder F 45 Canada (Eng)
Wilford H Cameron Boarder M 22 Canada (Eng)
Ralph C Cameron Boarder M 7 Canada (Eng)
Elmer J Kinney Boarder M 36 Ohio
John H Wholley Boarder M 35 Ohio

Source: FamilySearch - Sign In To View Record

Name Malcolm Cameran

Event Type Death

Event Date 10 May 1929

Birth Date 30 Jun 1845

Birthplace Tupperville, Ontario, Can.

Cemetery Elmwood Cem.

Father's Name Hugh Cameran

Spouse's Name Emily Cameran

[His father's name (Hugh, or Ewen in Scotland),  was known even though he died in 1863, but the name of his mother, Bridget (Higgins) Cameron, who died in 1894, was not known to the informant (his son who was born in 1880)]

Ewen Cameron In The 1851 Census

1851 Canadian Census, Gore of Chatham, Kent County [Ontario]

1851 Canadian Census (Agricultural)

Gore of Chatham

Kent County [Ontario] Canada

Concession 2

Lot 16

Bridget Cameron In 1861

Source

Census Year: 1861

Surname: Cammeron [sic]

Given Name(s): Bridget

Age: 49

Province: Canada West (Ontario)

District Name: Lambton

Sub-District Name: Sombra

Bridget Cameron, b. Ireland, age 49, single [Widowed]
Ellen Cameron, b. LC, age 26, married
Mary Cameron, b. UC, age 16, single
Malcolm Cameron, b. UC, age 14, single
Sarah Cameron, b. UC, age 11, single
Joanna Cameron, b. UC, age 7, single
Isabella Cameron, b. UC, age 6, single
Dan'l Cameron, b. UC, age 2, single

Log house; 1 1/2 stories, housing 1 family

2 Males; 6 Females

A. Cameron Married Appolonia Kimball

Source

A. Cameron, age 28 years, of Canada West

Married

Appolonia Kimball, age 17 years, of Canada West

St. Clair County, Michigan

Recorded: 10 July 1862

Date Married: 25 December 1861

James Ellwood, of Canada West, Witness

John Kelein, of Canada West, Witness

D. Lester, Justice of the Peace

This extract has A. Cameron listed as Alex Cameron.

Bridget Cameron's Death Record

Schedule C--Deaths

County of Lambton       Division...: Plympton

Name and Surname of Deceased:  Bridget Cameron
When Died:  December 23rd  1894
Male or Female:  Female
Age:  81 Years
Farmer's Wife
Where Born:  Ireland
Cause...and Duration of Illness:  Inflamation of Lungs/10 days
Informant:  A. McKay, Undertaker
#008631
Registered: January 4, 1895
Religion:  Baptist
Registrar:  William Douglas

Obituary Of Allen E. Cameron

From the Cleveland Public Library's Necrology File [Ohio], an obituary for Allen E. Cameron, son of Malcolm and Emilia (Brown) Cameron, and grandson of Ewen and Bridget (Higgins) Cameron:

Id#: 0047266
Name: Cameron, Allen E.
Date: Nov 27 1944
Source: Source unknown;  Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #012.
Notes: Cameron: Allen E., late residence, 2110 E. Erie ave., Lorain, beloved husband of Charlotte M., father of Robert M. and Mrs. Paul M. Titus; brother of Ralph Cameron. Friends received at the Walter A. Frey Funeral Home, 700 W. Erie ave., until Monday noon. Services Monday at 2:30 p. m. from the Delaware ave. Methodist Church.

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.

James Cameron Family Picture

A photo of the James Cameron family:

Photo courtesy of Cousin Michael (possibly via Cousin Gail)

Bridget (Higgins) Cameron And Family Photo

The back of the family photo says "Children and grandchildren of Aunt Ellen. Mr. Duncan Cameron (Aunt Ellen's husband). Mrs. Duncan Cameron (Aunt Ellen) Grandma Murray's oldest sister. Grandma Cameron (Grandma Murray's mother) nee Bridget Higgins of Cork, Ireland. I'm not certain who wrote it.

Bridget (Higgins) Cameron is on the far right; next to her is her daughter Ellen; next to Ellen is her husband Duncan.  Not quite sure who has her hand on Duncan's shoulder (probably his daughter Lillas or Bridget).  The woman sitting on the left is most likely Isabelle (Cameron) McCrea, oldest daughter of Duncan and Ellen.  Ellen McCrea is the 12 year old girl in the picture.  Her older sister Adelia is probably the woman standing to the right of her mother, Isabelle.  Mary McCrea is probably one of the little ones as is Jessie McCrea.  Duncan McCrea is probably the boy sitting in the middle of the photo.

Photo Courtesy of Cousin Gail via Cousin Michael.

I believe this is the photo referenced by Ellen (McCrea) Audley, granddaughter of Duncan and Ellen (Cameron) Cameron in the following letter excerpted below:

Letter From Mrs. Ellen M. Audley dated 9-25-69

Dear April,

First tell me how Bea is your gt aunt. Are you Marion's granddaughter? I have on my TV a 4 generation picture containing a number of the people you ask about taken 74 years ago and all but me dead now.

My gt grandma Bridget Cameron (nee Bridget Higgins). Born in Cork, Ireland 1805? She came to Canada when she was 15 the year of the potato famine in Ireland and that was 1822 or 23 thereabouts. Good looking old woman when I knew her and was probably a real beauty. Also smart. She took service in the Cameron family, the son came home, fell in love with her, couldn't get her any other way so married her and was disowned by his family. She was the oldest of a family of 13 and never saw any of her people again except two brothers who later came to Canada. I could write a volume about her and almost have. This picture was taken in her last summer when she was 85 and I'm my 12th year.

Wish I could personally thank the late April for taking the initiative to find out what she could about our family history.  I believe April's mother, Audrey*, passed this letter along to Aunt Barb and she passed it along to me.  *(I attended a birthday celebration for her and her sister Lois on July 23, 2011, with my aunt)

Cousin Michael was sent a transcript of the letter from Ellen to April and found that Cousin Gail had a copy of it in her possession, passed down through her branch of the family.  It was exciting beyond belief when Michael sent a copy of the photo to me.  

A big thank you to Gail for allowing me to post it online.

I'm grateful for all of the collaboration involved that allowed me to possess a copy of a photo of ancestors whose names I've known but whose faces I had never before seen.

Looking For Ewen But Found Malcolm Cameron

I was looking for a clue to my Ewen Cameron/Bridget Higgins family in Land records of Kent County, ca. 1789-1954, index, ca. 1797-1957 group, specifically in this microfilm: Chatham Gore (formerly part of Dawn Twp., Lambton Co.) v. A (8383-11709, 1-156, indexed) 1847 - 1854, FHL Film # 161583.  Ewen and Bridget (Higgins) Cameron were living in Chatham Gore when the 1851 Canadian Census was taken, so I used this film as a starting point.  Perhaps looking in an earlier Lambton County deed index would be another research possibility.

An item found in the above-described film:

Kent Co. [Ontario] Canada
Dawn Twp.

 First from the index (The first part of the material on the film was definitely indexed, but there was a break and then "Dawn Twp. Book A" which may or may not have been included in the index):
Grantor/Grantee   Folio
Hawkins, John & wife / Cameron, Malcolm / 26 & 27

Folio 26
#8851
Entered On 24 March 1848
A memorial to be registered.....made at Ashfield, Huron County, Province of Canada, 19 August 1844, by and between John Hawkins of Ashfield in the County of Huron in District of ____, Province of Canada, Gentleman and Elizabeth Hawkins....(Continued on Folio 27) wife of said John Hawkins and Malcolm Cameron of Port Sarnia in the County of Kent and Western District, merchant, of the other part, 250 pounds of lawful money, Twp of Dawn, County of Kent, in Western District, in said Prov.
400 acres more or less
Lots 12 and 13 in the 11th Concession, Twp. of Dawn
Witnesses: Thomas Hawkins and George Hawkins, both of Ashfield, Gentlemen