Alexander Cameron (1818 - aft. 1901)

Born 15 Apr 1818 in Lancaster, Glengarry, Upper Canada

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Biography

Alexander was born 15 Apr 1818 in Lancaster, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. ^[1]

Alexander Cameron and Ellen Clarke married. [Assuming Ellen Ann is their eldest child, marriage likely took place about 1849.] They do show as married on the 1861 census as well as in family trees. They farmed and lived in a 2 storey brick house. The children in 1861 were Ellen A., 11, Margaret E., 4 and Alexander, 2. ^[2] Family histories say that Ellen died.

Alexander then married Jane Bachus, and they had more children: Maud E., John James and Alfred Ernest. Maud died young. ^[3] Jane had also died between 1869 and 1871. Alexander is a widower still farming in 1871. The children with him then were Helen Ann, 21, Margaret Elizabeth, 14, Alexd Daniel, 12, John James 8 and Alfred Earnest, 2. ^{[4] [5]}

Alexander then married Lillian MacPherson. By 1881, Alexander was the Captain of a steam boat living with his wife Lillian who is 15 years younger than he. They had four children of Alexander's and a son of Lillian's at home. ^[6] In 1891, Albert shared a home with him and Lillian. ^[7] The household had the same residents in 1901. ^[8]

Research Notes

Dates needed:

• marriage to Ellen Clarke
• death of Ellen (Clarke) Cameron
• marriage to Jane Bachus
• death of Jane (Bachus) Cameron
• marriage to Lillian MacPherson

Sources

1. ↑ ronmclaughlin45, Mclaughlin2, database online; Ancestry.ca: awtc.ancestry.com; accessed 18 August 2009. This information is supported by data in the 1901 census.
2. ↑ 1861 census of Canada West, Charlottenburgh, Glengarry, schedule A personal, district 1, p. 3, lines 1-4; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca :accessed 18 Mar 2011) citing Library and Archives Canada RG31,microfilm C-1023-1024.
3. ↑ Alex W. Fraser, 1001 Name Index of Descendants of John Cameron "The Wise" "Fairfield" Summerstown Ontario (Lancaster, Ontario, Canada; Highland Heritage/ The Glengarry Genealogical Society, 1985), page 22.
4. ↑ 1871 census of Canada, Ontario, Glengarry, Charlottenburg, schedule 1 population, district 74, subdistrict a, p. 11, household 34; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 18 Aug 2009) citing Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm C-10008.
5. ↑ Lovell's Ontario Directory 1871, digital image online, World Vital Records, (http://www.worldvitalrecords.com : accessed 20 December 2011), entry for Alexander Cameron, page 466.
6. ↑ 1881 census of Canada, Ontario, district 99, sub-district A, Charlottenburg, p. 63, family 302, Alex Cameron; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry (accessed 13 Feb 2018); citing citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm C13226.
7. ↑ 1891 census Canada, Ontario, Glengarry, Lancaster, district 65, subdistrict E, p. 4, lines 12-15; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 19 August 2009) citing Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm T-6337
8. ↑ 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, Glengarry, Lancaster, schedule 1 population, district 62, subdistrict E-1, p. 6, household 67; Statistics Canada RG31, digital image, Ancestry.ca (http//www.ancestry.ca : accessed 19 August 2009) citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm T-6428 to T6556