Jessie (Cameron) Reid of Michigan

Jessie (Cameron) Reid, the daughter (and 6th child) of Richard and Nancy (Cameron) Cameron, was born on January 9, 1857, in Quebec, Canada. She had 3 older brothers, Donald (my great-grandfather), John A. and Colin as well as 3 younger brothers Ewen, J. R. P. (John Richard Philip) and Richard P. Cameron. Jessie had two older sisters, Jane & Mary Ann, and 2 younger sisters, Joanna and Flora Cameron. Jessie is mention here in her father's Probate papers.

Many members of the Richard Cameron family were living in Bay County, Michigan (later Arenac Co.) when the 1880 census was taken, including Jessie, who was then single and 23 years old.

Jessie Cameron and Thomas Reid were married in Bay Co., MI, on November 4, 1885

In 1900 Thomas & Jessie Reid were living in Arenac County, Michigan and had no children. According to the census Thomas Reid came to the U.S. in 1880, had been in the U.S. for 20 years and was naturalized "NA." Thomas Reid was the last name on the Bay County, Michigan, Naturalization index page at the Archives of Michigan (V12 p. 96 -1 0).

In the 1910 MI Census the Reids were living at 30 Lyman Place Detroit, Michigan. Thomas was an auto factory worker. They had been married for 24 years and had no children.

Jessie (Cameron) Reid died on 31 May 1918, and was buried in Avondale Cemetery, Flint, Michigan. She was living at 242 Lakeview, Genesee Co., Flint, MI, at time of her death.

There were two entries in the Flint Genealogical Society's Genesee Co. Death Index for Thomas Reid:

REID THOMAS M 09/18/1929 V9 210 37
REID THOMAS R. M 10/18/1920 V6 229 36

I do not know which one (if either) pertains to Thomas Reid who married Jessie Cameron.

Agnes (Cameron) Sherrard of Lapeer Co., MI

This research was started after finding an obituary for Mrs. Ernest Sherrard (nee Agnes Cameron) who was born in Lapeer County. Another post regarding this family can be found here.

1884 MI State Census - Lapeer, Hadley Twp.
CAMERON, Hugh, 52, husband, Canada Scotland Scotland, 5 years in Michigan
" , Susan, 42, wife, Canada, England, Canada
" , Colin, 21, son, Can Can Can
" , Anna, 17, dau, Can Can Can [Mrs. Moses]
" , Jane, 12, dau, Can Can Can [Mrs. Stechow]
" , Mary, 10, daughter, Can Can Can
" , John, 7, son, Can Can Can
" , Agnes, 5, daughter, MI Can Can [Mrs. Sherrard]
" , Huena, daughter, 2, MI Can Can [Mrs. Dana]
===
Flint Journal obituaries
3 Oct 1917
Mrs. Ernest Sherrard, who was operated on in Harper Hospital, Detroit, about two weeks ago, died Monday morning of blood poisoning. Mrs. Sherrard leaves a husband, four brothers and four sisters, Colin Cameron, of Pontiac, Robert Cameron of Metamora, John and Alexander Cameron of Detroit, Mrs. Louisa Cady of Detroit, Mrs. Lee Moses of Metamora, Mrs. John Martin of Flint and Mrs. Elmer Dana of Detroit. Funeral Wednesday; burial Metamora Cemetery.

Not my family - no further information.

Camerons In Antrim County, Michigan

An obituary of Isabelle (Cameron) Harsha who died April 9, 1883, in a local Traverse City, Michigan, newspaper indicated that although she was childless, she raised her brother's orphan children. I believe that brother was Alexander. Mary and William Cameron, the orphaned niece and nephew who were living with Isabelle, were born in New York; Alexander Cameron and his family were living in Utica, New York, when the 1870 census was taken.

Isabelle was survived by her husband, W. F. Harsha. Isabelle M. Cameron married William F. Harsha on May 5, 1880, in Elk Rapids, Antrim County, Michigan, according to the IGI online.

Mrs. Harsha had a sister in Duluth, two sisters in Traverse City as well as four brothers in Antrim County at the time of her death. [Sisters Agnes, Mary, Jessie and brothers James, William, John, Archibald, Alexander]

Her death record stated that she died of scarlet fever and that she was the daughter of Archie & Agnes (Liddell) Cameron.

Isabelle & Wm Harsha in the 1880 Census:

1880 MI Census Grand Traverse Co.
Wm. F. HARSHA Self M W 32 --- Real Estate Agt. --- ---
Isabella M. HARSHA Wife M W 36 SCO SCO SCO
Mary I. CAM ... Niece S W 12 NY SCO IRE
William G. CAM .. Nephew S W 6 NY SCO IRE
Jesse CRAM Other W Male W 78 NH NH NH
Pade H ... Other S Male W 24 CAN ENG CAN

The parents and siblings of Isabelle (Cameron) Harsha in the 1880 census:

1880 MI Antrim Co.
Wm G. CAMERON Self S W 30 CAN SCOT SCOT
John CAMERON Brother S W 32 CAN SCOT SCOT
Mary CAMERON Sister S W 26 CAN SCOT SCOT
Jessie CAMERON Sister S W 22 CAN SCOT SCOT [findagrave for this person?]
Agnes CAMERON Mother W W 62 SCOT SCOT SCOT
John LIDDELL Uncle W W 56 SCOT SCOT SCOT
Henry QUIGLEY Other S W 17 MI MI MI
Archibald CAMERON Father M W 75 SCOT SCOT SCOT
Source Information: Census Place Milton, Antrim, Michigan

Death records for Isabelle Harsha's parents:

Name: Archibald Cameron
Death date: 08 Jun 1880
Death place: Milton, Antrim, Michigan
Collection: Michigan Deaths 1867-1897

Name: Agnes Cameron
Death date: 11 Jun 1887
Death place: Torch Lake, Antrim, Michigan
Collection: Michigan Deaths 1867-1897

Note: I am not related to this Cameron family and have no further information.

Not My Camerons In Lapeer Co., MI

Susan Cameron died 12 December 1899 in Lapeer County, Michigan, and was buried in the Farmer's Creek Cemetery in that county. She was born in 1842 in Blenheim, Ontario, Canada, to Robert & Jane (Graham) Middleton. Her father was born in England and her mother in Ontario, Canada. The informant for her death record was Robert Cameron of Metamora, Lapeer Co., Michigan.

Hugh Cameron, son of Colin & Ann Cameron, died in Lapeer County on 1 October 1898 and is buried in Farmer's Creek Cemetery, as was his wife Susan.

A daughter of Hugh & Susan (Middleton) Cameron, Jane B. Stechow, died in Lapeer County on 4 February 1907. The informant, August Stechow, indicated that she was buried in Farmer's Creek Cemetery, as was her mother. Jane was born 10 July 1871 in Ontario, Canada.

Property owned by Mrs. Robert Cameron as listed on the Hadley Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan, can be seen on the plat map (ca 1921) here (Section 13). In 1899 the heirs of Hugh & Susan Cameron deeded their share of Hugh & Susan's Hadley Twp. property to their brother, Robert Cameron.

Lapeer Co., MI, Deeds
Liber "97", Page 388
23 Dec 1899
Louisa Cady, et al
To
Robert Cameron

Louisa Cady, Annie Moses, Jane Stechow, Mary Martin, Agnes Cameron, John H. Cameron, Eva Dana & Alex Cameron, 8 of 10 heirs of Hugh & Susan Cameron, deceased....& Robert Cameron, of Hadley, one of the heirs of Hugh & Susan Cameron, deceased

Don't know why the property is listed in the name of Mrs. Robert Cameron on the plat map; Robert & Nellie (Reed) Cameron were both living in Hadley Twp. in the 1920 census with their daughter-in-law Merle (who was the widow of Nellie's son by her first marriage, Harvey Kramer). There was only one Cameron in the 1920 census in Hadley Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan and that was Robert Cameron.

Chock Full of Cameron Information

A site with plenty of good CAMERON information can be found here (some information is specific to the writer's family) including a link to the Clan Cameron Association here.

Miscellaneous Camerons In Canadian Border Crossings - Hat Tip To The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

The tip from the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog Form 30 Border Crossings, 1919-1924, At Library & Archives of Canada, was very helpful. I followed the directions and looked for "Cameron" in the Microform Digitization here. To find what the files held for the "CAMERON" surname, I needed the "T-15264" file online and there were 5,000 cards in that file. The cards are in alphabetical order, but unindexed. An index at Ancestry.com was mentioned at the Olive Tree, but I don't have paid access.

Number 1316 indicated the start of the Cameron surname. It was an index card with no personal information included. #1317 was the first "Cameron" card with any real information.

Below is some of the information I've extracted this morning:

#1317
Looks Like Reverse Side of A Card
Father
5'6"
Signature: Al (or Alex) Cameron
18 March 1924
Dan and Alex Cameron - Twins

#1318 Cameron, Alex, 28, Farmer
Residence: Somerville, Mass
Birthplace: Ft. Tupper, N.S.
Destined To Father
Duncan Cameron, Ft. Tupper, N.S.
Left Canada: Niagara Falls, 10 Nov 1922, to work


#1320 Cameron, Alex C., Age 26, Married
Last Permanent Residence: Berridge, Minn
b. Minn Occupation: Compass man
RR Ticket: International Falls, MN To Fort Francis, Ontario
Destined To: Atikokans, Ontario
Father: Angus Cameron
56 Fremont/Livernois/? Street, Detroit
Wife Will Register Later
#1319 - With #1320?

#1322 Alex D. Cameron, 35, mechanic
b. Cleveland, Ohio
To reside for summer Windsor? riverfront

#1323 Child w/parents Nettie & Marshall
#1324 Cameron, Alvin child
Last Permanent Address: Abercrombie, ND
Born: ND
Barney (father?)
w/parents to LeDuc, Alta

#1325 Signed Angus Cameron, Sept. 10, 1919
#1326 Angus Cameron, 37, woodsman
b. Bay City, Michigan, 18 Apr 1882
Last Permanent Address: Glenfield, N. Dak.
Has lived in Canada: Feonie?, BC
Address: Dorr, B.C.

#1327: Signature: Anna Cameron, Aug 6, 1919
#1328: Anna Cameron, Nurse
b. Scotland
LPA: Morris Plains, NJ
Ever Lived In Canada: Yes - Montreal
Destined: Aunt, Mrs. William Thompson, Vancouver, BC
RR: NY to Victoria

#1329: Anne Sanford? Cameron - husband Canadian born
#1330 Mrs. Anne Cameron, Age 30, Married
Last Permanent Address: New York City
Born: Knoxville, TN
Object To Come To Canada: Join Husband
Destined: Toronto - husband
Dr. George M. Cameron, 2 Beaumont Road
Railroad Ticket
On Next (reverse side) Card: John Cameron, Father, New Haven, PEI
Signed: Anne Cameron

#1332: Cameron, Annie, Cambridge, Mass, Age 25
Occup: Rubber Factory
Birthplace: New Haven, PEI
Destined: Father, John Cameron, New Haven, PEI

#1333- Annie Cameron w/daughter Mary
#1334: Mrs. Annie Cameron, age 57
Address: Boston, Mass
Birthplace: Stewiscke?, NS
Why Left Canada: On Visit
Destined: Own Home, Stewiscke?, NS

#1336: Annie Cameron, 25, single
347 West 122nd Street, NY, NY
BP: Sydney, NS, Canada
Father: A.J. Cameron, Sydney, NS

#1337: Child w/Mother
Father: Geo B. Cameron, Whitetail, Montana
#1338: Archie Cameron, age 6, Whitetail, Montana, b. US
Destination: Uncle, E.S. Elves, Cayley, Alberta


#1339: Aunt, Mrs. Geo. H. Caswell
7947? Colorado St., Mattafan?, Mass
Beatrice E. Cameron
Accompanying husband James and daughter Jennie
#1340: Mrs. Beatrice Cameron
Lowell, Mass
b. Boston, Mass
Destined: Husband James S? Cameron, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

#1341: Signed: Carl Frank Cameron
Father: William Joseph Cameron
Michigan
Ethel, 28, wife, b. MI
Clydane?, 6, daughter, b. Kansas
#1342: Carl Frank Cameron
Niles, Michigan
b. Genesee? Idaho
Wife: Ethel Rhoda ___
Ever Lived In Canada: Yes, Toronto
Destined To: Grand Prairie, Alberta
Locate on Land

#1344 Catherine Cameron, Age 56
Port: McAdam, N.B., 6 Nov 1919
Birthplace: Antigonish, N.S.
Last Permanent Address: Salem, MA
Brother's Home
One Son: Stewart McKay

#1346 Mrs. Catherine Cameron
Lowell, Mass
BP: St Mary's, Pictou, NS
Destined: Brother's Home
Thomas Breen/Breon
St. Mary's, Pictou, NS

#1347: Signature: Catherine Cameron
Mrs. Mae Phillips, (Sister) Detroit
Mary Cameron, 35, b. Toronto, daughter
#1348: Mrs. Catherine Cameron
1183 15th Street, Detroit
b. Scotland
Canadian Citizenship
Destined: To reside with husband
David Cameron, 47 Savoy St. Toronto

#1350 Cecil Cameron
b. Jamacia
Landed in New York, 1906
Last Permanent address: Pittsburgh, PA
Port of Windsor -4 June 1919 - destined for London, Ontario, Looking For Work

#1351: Signed Chester Cameron
Louis Cameron, Father
#1352: Chester Cameron
Address: Brainard, MN
b. Seward, Neb, USA
Destined: International Paper Co., Kenora, Ontario

#1354 Christina Cameron, age 44, Nurse
B. New Brunswick
Address: 50 W. 110 Street, NY, NY
Destined: Mother, Mrs. Cameron, Bainstown?, NB

#1355 Signed: Christena Cameron
Archibald Cameron, Inverness, NS
#1356: Christena Cameron, Age 19
Address: 305 California, Ave. San Francisco, California
BP: Margree Harbour, NS
Why left Canada: To go to school
Destined: To Father
Archibald Cameron, Inverness, NS

#1357 Signed: Claire Cameron
Brother: Edward Hoxie, Grant Smith Co., Henry Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Frances Gameril, 15, daughter
D.W., 37, husband

#1358: Clair L. Cameron
Address: Liberty Ct. Appts, Seattle?, WA
b. Toledo, Ohio
To Join Husband: Donald W. Cameron
Kirkland Lake, Ontario
Has lived in Alice Arms, BC

#1360 Claud M. Cameron

#1362: Cleophas Cameron, 21

#1363: Parents Carl Frank (age 33) & Ethel Rhoda Cameron (28)
#1364: Clydene Cameron
Niles, MI
b. Columbus, Kansas
Grand Prairie, Alberta

#1500
John Cameron
b. Scotland
Entered: Halifax in 1911
Left Windsor, Ontario in Feb 1920
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John Cameron of Hespela, Ontario
Address: Santa Cruz, California

Was Catherine Cameron a Prettyman?

The late Mrs. Catherine Cameron, who died November 16, 1917, at Eloise Hospital, Wayne County, Michigan, was said to be buried in Marion County, Ohio. The informant on her death record* was Dr. Howell at Eloise. If her husband would have been the informant, it would have helped the research immensely. *Updated link

Catherine's parents were listed as Henry Pudeman and Mrs. Briggs. She was born March 30, 1883. Searching for Pudeman didn't locate any additional information about Catherine; was her maiden name Prettyman? There were several Prettymans in the Marion Co., Ohio, area.

It seems as though Catherine may have been Catherine (Prettyman) Cameron. I first found a death record with parents PRETTYMAN and BRIGGS in Marion County, Ohio.

Nancy J Severns
Death date: 29 Jul 1935
Death place: Marion, Marion, Ohio
Birth date: 30 Jan 1881
Birthplace: Larue, Ohio
Age at death: 54 years 5 months 29 days
Street address: 336 Uncapher Ave
Burial date: 31 Jul 1935
Burial place: Forest Glen
Spouse's name: William O Severns
Father's name: Cord Prettyman
Father's birthplace: Larue, Ohio
Mother's name: Anna Briggs
Mother's birthplace: Larue, Ohio
Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953

A WorldConnect database listed a "Kate Prettyman," born ca 1882 in Marion Co., Ohio, as the daughter of Cord Hill Prettyman and Anna Briggs. A match may have been made.

Catherine was not one of "my" Camerons. However, Marion County, Ohio, is one of my areas of research since that's where Jim's Dad was born.