Hi, I am interested in comparing some information with you. Cameron is not
my line but my husbands and I am collecting information for the children.
They descend from one of the major Cameron lines in the area. I know there
are a million myth type stories similar to this but it was said that John
Merchant Cameron came to North America with his two brothers and that one went to
Canada and the other further south than North Carolina. They were said to be
Camerons from Lockhiel. I noticed in one of your previous emails that you
mentioned your Camerons from a different part of Scotland but that maybe they
originated in Lockeil. Do you know of a John Cameron that was born about
1745 in Scotland that came to the US? The reason our John Cameron is referred
to as John Merchant Cameron was that there were two John Camerons in the area
and their profession was put in as a middle name to distinguish between the
two. The other was called John Tailor Cameron.
Thank you for any information you might be able to share.
Marie
In a message dated 10/22/2006 8:28:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
dlarge(a)shaw.ca writes:
Hello again Christy:
Perhaps you could find some sort of list or directory of the community
(civil, church etc where other (parent etc.) names might be given , Iships lists.
He obviously had to get there from elsewhere (probably Scotland). Do you
know what he did for a living? What religous denomination ? Look for baptism
records, church lists. Where did he live and for how long? Were any of them in
the military?
Have you searched Family Search. Good idea sometimed to try one of the
spouses names. Often someonel else is searching from another point of view , but
the infomation will just be the opposite wayI have done that and it has been
most helpful.
My problem is that most of my information on Camerons is very early and is
involved with military, like Louisbourg, Plains of Abraham and the American
Revolution etc. My later dates are from one person and his 10 offspring. I
found a lot starting with the 1851 Census and before that a Directory of the
Town of
York (now Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He had served after the revolution as
a young Drummer Boy, received a land grant at his age of majority and
settled on an acreage which had to be cleared etc. So the help I can give you is
limited to putting myself in the same position. Property information, sales,
taxes etc. are all great places to seek. I have plenty of this sort of
looking and it does prove to be quite fruitful though there are many times when
one hits a wall. Don't give up, just find a loop hole and get going at it.
Good luck.
Delphine