Alexander Cameron's Obituary In Cleveland

Necrology is a database at the Cleveland Public Library where the below listed abstracted obituary was found:


Id#: 0047264
Name: Cameron, Alexander
Date: Nov. 11, 1946
Source: Source unknown;  Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #012.
Notes: Cameron, Alexander, beloved husband of the late Mary; father of Donald, Alistair, David and Jan. James, Robert, Walter, and grandfather; brother of James B. and Margaret of Scotland and Donald of Australia. Funeral services from Jos. Zele and Sons Memorial Chapel, 458 E. 152d St., Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 2 p. m. Interment Knollwood Cemetery.

Camerons In The Bytown Gazette

Bytown Gazette

Miscellaneous Birth, Marriage and Death Notices

1836-1843

Death: In Bytown on July 1, 1839, Ewan, age 4 years, son of Mrs. E. Cameron.

Marriage: At Osgoode on Jan 3, 1843, by Rev. Mr. Henderson from South Gower, John Campbell, 2nd son of Thomas Campbell, to Ellen Cameron, 3rd daughter of Daniel Cameron, Postmaster of Osgoode Twp.

Marriage: At Vaudreuil on Mar 23, 1843 by Rev James Pyke, John G. McTavish, Hudson Bay Company, to Elizabeth Cameron, daughter of Alexander Cameron of Ballinlish, N.B.

Matilda Cameron, Widow Of Alexander

From South Carolina Department of Archives and History:

Date: 3/27/1797
Description: ...TRUSTEES FOR MATILDA CAMERON, WIDOW OF ALEXANDER CAMERON, DECD. VS ALEXANDER CAMERON, SHOPKEEPER, JUDGMENT ROLL.

   
Date: 7/8/1797

Description: CAMERON, LEWIS VS ALEXANDER CAMERON, JUDGMENT ROLL.

Date: 10/29/1798
Description: LANCHESTER, HENRY VS ROBERT GILES AND MATILDA GILES, HIS WIFE, LATE MATILDA CAMERON, EXIX., IN HER OWN WRONG, OF ALEXANDER CAMERON, JUDGMENT ROLL.

Date: 1/8/1801

Description: CAMERON, ALEXANDER TO JOSEPH BAKER, BILL OF SALE FOR A SLAVE NAMED LUCY.

Lucy Cameron Of Cape Breton

Taken from the Nova Scotia petitions 1769-1799 ~ Cape Breton Island petitions 1787-1843 records online:

1811
Cameron, Lucy
Petition to Nepean: Petitioner has lived in Cape Breton for 25 years. Many years before she was married to John Cameron, a lieutenant in the Orange Rangers, who abandoned his wife and large family. Petitioner has since supported herself and family without public aid. She asks a lease of a lot at Cow Bay which her husband held under licence from Pres. Matthews. Note: complied with.

Lucy may be Lucy (Godfrey) Cameron.

Camerons In Albion, MI, Obituary Database

From the Albion, Michigan, Library's database:

"The Albion Area Obituary Collection includes over 52,000 obituaries and Riverside Cemetery records dating from the 1830’s.

Last Name	First	Middle	Birthdate	Death Date
CAMERON	James		ca. 1899	6/9/43
CAMERON	Rev. George	J.		12/6/82
CAMERON	Wallace	J.	ca. 1910	10/27/68

Military Camerons In Canada - Index Cards

Camerons were found on online military records from the Library and Archives Canada, entitled "British Military and Naval Records," (RG 8, C Series) (Index only).

The first Cameron card on Microfilm C-11799 was Image 1104; the example below is Image 1172:

Cameron, Alexander, Sergt. in late 103rd. Regt.

At present inmate of lunatic asylum, Toronto; his wife petitions to receive amount of pension undrawn by him.

Margaret Cameron to the Earl of Elgin.

Bathurst near Perth, C.W.

C. 500 [do not know what this means]

5-10-1850

pp. 79, 78 [don't know what this references]

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Vital Records Search

Camerons found at the Fond du Lac Public Library's search:

One Dad, Two Allans

Cross-posted at In Deeds.

 Cameron, Allan

Vol 138, Bundle C-5, Petition 168

[Microfilm Roll C-1737]

[Image 260]

Images 259 / 260 mentioned that Allan was the son of Allan and also the son of John (John was in faint print and in a different place on the page).  Petitioner was soldier of RRNY's son.  Allan Cameron E 1/2 of 4 Cornwall (or could say E 1/2  2 - 4).  4 Con. Cornwall...Recommended for Scrip equal to 200 acres, C. L. D.  18 May 1850  [See pages for additional information]


Image 253
Affidavit of Samuel Hunter re: two sons named Allan

County of York...Of the Township of South Gower, Yeoman maketh oath @ saith; That he is personally and well acquainted with the late Allan Cameron, formerly of Cornwall an U. E. Loyalist.  That the said Allan Cameron was married twice and had children by both wifes [sic].  That one son by the first wife is named Allan, who drew his land in the Township of of West Meath*.  That the second son Allan by his second marriage has never drawn any land or received any order for land as he this deponent verily believes, and that he is the person represents who in the petition now before government and described in the said petition as Allan Cameron the second which is the fact and truth as explained above.  Samuel Hunter  *Note:  I think it said West Meath
12 June 1850



Image 254
Petition 168a
Proof required that Petitioner father belonged to the RRNY (Royal Regiment of New York)




Image 255
Should state what his father's service was in Rev War if any (paraphrased)

Image 256

Allan Cameron, second of that name...son of Allan Cameron,, late of Lot #7 in the 4th Concession, Cornwall, a Loyalist U.E., has arrived at the age of twenty-one years and has never received any land....January 1840 (see signature below)

Image 258 Also Image 257
Petition 168c
Had taken Oath of Allegiance
29 July 1840

Surname Search At The Livingston Co., NY, Historian's Office

A search screen for surnames at the Livingston County [NY] Historian's Office:

A few Cameron results:

Camerons In The Louisiana Bio & Obit Index

From the Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index:

From Page 2: 

Cameron, Donald

Death date: 1841-07-26

Notes: Native of Inverishire, Scotland

Cause of death: Died in New Orleans, Louisiana

Obituary citation(s):  

Commercial Bulletin, 1841-07-28, Pg. 2 col. 6

From the Reflecting On Genealogy blog, a tip about the Minnesota Online Marriage System (MOMS).  Below are two Cameron examples from the MOMS.

Camerons In Saint Louis, MO, Probate Files Online

 Camerons can be found in the Saint Louis, Missouri, Probate files using the SEARCH function.

Saint Louis City	Cameron, Alexander	17830	1890	C 38391
Saint Louis	Cameron, Chas	10231	1872	C 34010
Saint Louis City	Cameron, James	21176	1895	C 39625
Saint Louis	Cameron, John A	00213	1816	C 27454
Saint Louis City	Cameron, John G.	13872	1881	C 36257
Saint Louis	Cameron, Murdock	00114	1813	C 27453

There are some xcerpts from the estate of Charles Cameron below:

Probate Court

Saint Louis

Cameron, Chas

10231

1872

C 34010

The documents are in a collection in groups of 5.  Collection #13 named the heirs To Charles Cameron's estate.

A document dated 1 July 1876:

1.  Elizabeth Cameron, mother of deceased
2.  Margaret Taylor, sister of deceased
     Richard Taylor, her husband
3.  Elizabeth Malloch, sister of deceased
     Peter Malloch, her husband
4.  Christina Drummond, sister of deceased
     James Drummond, her husband

A document dated 15 June 1876:
...Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Perth....appeared Charles Graham Sidery?, Esq., an ex Lord Provost of the City of Perth...personally acquainted with the family of the late Charles Cameron, road contractor in Perth, Mrs. Elizabeth MacPherson or Cameron, described as a party granter of the Deed of Power of Attorney is his widow.  ...deceased Charles Cameron formerly of Perth and afterwards of Saint Louis, Missouri in the United States of American was their son. .......

There was an affidavit from William Cameron, builder in Perth, who stated that the late Charles Cameron, road contractor, was his uncle and that his uncle's son Charles Cameron, went to Saint Louis.

Another document indicated that Mrs. Elizabeth...[truncated document] of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, of 48 Athole Street, as well as her daughters, were in favor of Alfred C. Bagshawe [power of attorney?].