Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"a brother, Johnny Archie MacMillan (b. 1825 - tombstone) to my gtgrandmother, Margaret MacMillan (married to Duncan Cameron (1808-1890),Lot 21, Conc. 4, Finch Township, son of Donald Cameron (Clunes), killedMarch 1809 by a falling tree while building his log cabin, Lot 21, Conc.4 Finch Township. He and his brother, Allan (sons of John Cameron(Clunes)(1725-1824), and Mary Cameron of Glennevis (1739=1830)(tombstone)Lot 6, 4 Cornwall (Stormont), 'went north' to Finch Township in 1808.Donald, my gtgt, was killed within the year. His only son was first whitemale born within Finch Township. My brother, Donald, and one othercousin, were the only male descendants of Donald with the name 'Cameron'in my generation"
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

"From the time I was very small I heard about how 'Donald and hisbrother, Allan, 'went north' to Finch in 1808. The farm (Lot 21-4 Finch)was in the family from 1808, but, from what I was told, there was aproperty mixup (i.e. - the four Camerons who had trekked in from Lochiel- Alexander Cameron and his four sons --also with the names Allan Donaldetc) with the Camerons in the concession south of them (the four who hadhiked in from Lochiel Township). But my Dad's first cousins were relatedto that Cameron family through their 'grandmother' not through the maleline from 'OUR Donald, and this has been a mix for the local gen. "
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO (7th October2002)

"The South Branch Road is really the 4th Conc. road. The original farmwas at the corner of McConnell Avenue(Cornwall, Ontario) and the SouthBranch Road(4th), at the extreme northeast corner of the town.. "
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO (23 February2003)

Family/Spouse: Mary (of Glennevis & Cornwall Ont) Cameron. Mary (daughter of Alexander (12Th Glen Nevis) Macsorlie-Cameron and Mary (of Dungallon) Cameron) was born in 1739; died in 1830; was buried in Lot 6, Conc. 4, (South Branch) Cornwall Township, (Stormont),. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Link To Clan Information Sources Cameron. Link died in 1200. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Angus McDonell. Angus and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Donald Cameron (father of Big Duncan) arrived in but remained nearSummertown. He moved to Finch Township in 1808 and settled on lot 21, Con4. He was killed by a falling free in 1809, and was the first white mankilled in Finch Township The body was carried from Finch Township on theboughs of the tree that killed him to the Cameron cemetery on SouthBranch Road. As the remains were being carried through bush land, fireswere made at night to keep the bearers warm and protect the body fromwild animals"
From Finch Booklet by A Empey 2001 (page 12) (Sent by Margaret Cameron)

From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO
"My gtgt grandfather, Donald Cameron (Clunes), who was killed March 1809just after he and his brother, Allan, 'went north' to Finch from the'front' at Cornwall was not related to any of the other Cameron familieswhich had settled in Finch Township. His tragedy has been well recorded.The Cameron farm (Cameron School), Lot 21-4 Finch, was in the familyuntil the late l950s. "

[Donald and his brother, Allan, 'went north' to Finch Township in 1808.(recorded)(not 1814 as stated in Belden Atlas 1879) Donald was killedbefore his only son was one year of age.]

"Unfortunately, many local (SDG) genealogists/authors have produced manypublications in which 'Donald's tragedy was recited' although many errorshave been made in these writeups. The most shocking error was in renaming"Donald" to HUGH(no author /gen. ever seemed to check out the Abstracts,etc.).

My gtgt grandfather Cameron's tragedy is well recorded and was very wellknown within Finch Township. So, about one year ago, I began to makepostings on GenForum, etc., in order to correct the errors. Donald(killed March 1809) was married to Ann (Nancy) Cameron who was thedaughter of John Cameron (Inveruiskavouline, Glenloy) and her parentsmig. from Greenock c. 1804. It wasn't hard for local authors/gen. to makeerrors when delving into he history of my Cameron/MacMillan family "
From Margaret Cameron, Long Sault, Ontario

"Mrs. Eamon's history of Finch is excellent with a few errors (ie. -about my Duncan Cameron, gtgt; and about Peter McLean who mig,. withHector and Lachlan), otherwise, giving a good overview of Finch Township.The Cameron families (two of them) at Camerontown west of Finch Villagewere 'connected' to Roderick Cameron's family of Williamstown (Glengarry)who were originally 'McSorlie' Camerons of Glennevis who had latersettled in Glenmorriston. Some in this family of Camerons stated theywere 'connected' to the Camerons of Cameron School (my family) but it wasa distant connection through, I think, marriage into theInveruiskavouline family a branch of which had settled on the River Roadbetween Williamstown and the village of Martintown. (My gtgt Nancy'sfamily, like her husband's (Donald) were from the 'front' near Martintown(known as the Dougal Camerons of Williamstown/Martintown(Inveruiskavouline). Douglas Cameron (now deceased) called me acousin(through his grandmother he descended from the Dougal Camerons onRiver Road/Martintown, and through his father from the "John the Wise'Cameron family!! Roderick Cameron had founded the first clipper shipservice between New York and Australia. My Dad used to take me often intothe Williamstown graveyard to show me 'family gravestones (i.e. AllanGlenpean; Duncan Cameron the fur trader, and his son, Roderick)."( 2002)
From Margaret Cameron, Long Sault, Ontario


"What I have sent to you has been typed from family records. I was'creative' about the name of Donald Cameron's(my gtgt)and his wife's(Nancy's) one daughter who married John MacMillan, son of Angus MacMillanof Callich, Lot 20-1 Finch, because she was described only 'as thedaughter of'' my gtgts. Christian's name is correct. She was known asChristy Ann.(Duncan's (my gt) older sister.) I think that the olderdaughter's name was 'Mary'(It was either Mary, Marjory or Nancy). Otherthan the name 'Mary' all the other information is from the older membersof my family and is correct." (19 Feb 2003)
from Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO


See also in this file:
In Notes under the name "(Stormont Co Ontario Early History A) Finch"
the "EARLY HISTORY OF FINCH VILLAGE AND TOWNSHIP IS RECALLED" By MrsGladstone Maclean. From "Cornwall Freeholder" 1951

In Notes under the name "(Stormont Co Ontario Early History B) Finch"
THE EARLY HISTORY OF FINCH TOWNSHIP
Interesting Paper Read at District Annual of Women's Institute at MooseCreek. from the Cornwall Freeholder, July 1951(?)

In Notes under the name "Hector (of Donalda) Maclean" (1824 -1898)
LETTER IN THE MONTREAL WITNESS by HECTOR MAC LEAN
Under date of March 10, 1896. Describing the journey on the "Catherineof Belfast "and "THE JOHN ROBERTSON" of Belfast and their arrival inFinch.

One of the reasons for making this information available "on line" is tohelp to set the record straight about this Cameron and other relatedlines (such as the connected Macmillan and Maclean lines). It seems thatover the years a number of well meaning, but inaccurate, versions haveappeared (particularly with regard to the descendents of Donald (Clunesof 21-4 Finch) Cameron who was killed in 1809). Some of these versionshave been published in book and other, apparently authoritative, forms,and so unwittingly led to misunderstandings. The information I presenthere is from Margaret Cameron, the gt. gt. granddaughter of the abovementioned Donald Cameron. Margaret Cameron grew up knowing much of thisinformation, as it was past on to her by her father, Joseph GeorgeCameron, who was very proud, and knowledgeable, of his ancestry, andseems to have made sure that it was accurately past on. This has beenadded to and further back up over many years and from many sources, suchas family papers, gravestones, the Registry Office, various olderhistorical records, etc. So, thanks to her efforts, I believe that thisis an accurate record of these family's ancestors and descendents (as fardown the line as those are shown).

Family/Spouse: Ann (Nancy) "The Red Widow" Cameron. Ann (daughter of John (8Th of Inveruiskavouline Glenloy) Cameron and Marjory Cameron) was born in 1779; died about 1858; was buried in St Luke's Cem. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Link B To Early History of Township of Finch. Link was born in 1200; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alexander Macdonald. Alexander and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alexander Macleod. Alexander and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John A Cameron. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Norman Macleod. Norman and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Margaret MacMillan(1832-1912), daughter of Duncan Ban MacMillan(bornGlennevis 1783-bapt. Kilmallie Oct 1783, d. 1861-Will))(Lot 23-3 Finch)married to Mary MacMillan (b. Achnacarry 1794- I have photo of her)daughter of Angus MacMillan of Callich (who settled first on Lot 20-1Finch), brother to Donald MacMillan buried kilmallie c 1807, Tacksman ofCallich-tombstone). Margaret MacMillan(1832-1912) married JosephSutherland, born 1822 St Raphaels, Glengarry County, baptised St RaphaelsR.C. Church. He was the son of George Sutherland (1792-1843) son ofJoseph Sutherland(1735-1835) Lot 22-5 Lancaster Cty. Glengarry. GeorgeSutherland married (May 29-1815 by uncle) Catharine McDonell(1788-1874)daughter of Angus and Mary McDonell; Angus was principle elderof St Raphaels. My Grandmother Cameron used to read the Catholic Bible toher grandmother (Catharine McDonell). Joseph, Angus, and Isabella (my gtand his brother and sister) 'went north' (Joseph went north after hisfather's death to visit his Cameron Rel. Lot 21-4 Finch ---hisgrandmother had been Marjory Cameron) and married into the samePresbyterian family of MacMillans (Lot 23-3 Finch - Duncan Ban)."
From Margaret Cameron, Long Sault, Ontario

Family/Spouse: Mary. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"a brother, Johnny Archie MacMillan(b. 1825 - tombstone) to my gtgrandmother, Margaret MacMillan (married to Duncan Cameron (1808-1890),Lot 21, Conc. 4, Finch Township, son of Donald Cameron(Clunes), killedMarch 1809 by a falling tree while building his log cabin, Lot 21, Conc.4 Finch Township. He and his brother, Allan (sons of John Cameron(Clunes)(1725-1824), and Mary Cameron of Glennevis (1739=1830)(tombstone)Lot 6, 4 Cornwall (Stormont), 'went north' to Finch Township in 1808.Donald, my gtgt, was killed within the year. His only son was first whitemale born within Finch Township."
From Margaret Cameron, Long Sault, Ontario

Family/Spouse: Margaret Macmillan. Margaret (daughter of Archibald (of Callich & 20-3 Finch) Macmillan and Marjory Macmillan) was born about 1820; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"What I have sent to you has been typed from family records. I was'creative' about the name of Donald Cameron's(my gtgt)and his wife's(Nancy's) one daughter who married John MacMillan, son of Angus MacMillanof Callich, Lot 20-1 Finch, because she was described only 'as thedaughter of'' my gtgts. ... Other than the name 'Mary' all the otherinformation is from the older members of my family and is correct." (19Feb 2003)

Clifford McRae(now deceased), my cousin, and Kenny MacMillan were lovelygentlemen but, unfortunately, did make errors in family lines. EleanorMacLean moved into Finch c 1944/5 as a Public Health nurse, unrelated tothe area and the relationships."

However
"Clifford might have been correct about the name of Donald Cameron andNancy Cameron's daughter as being 'Catharine', who was married to JohnMacMillan(this is the line that later became known as 'the WidowMacMillans'.) son of Angus of Callich. I was unsure of her name, becauseit was not written down, and I lost my father's papers but had typedtranscripts and family records from my cousin.. although I thought hername was 'Mary'. That was the one name that was missing from the familytree."

"I don't have any daughters listed for John MacMillan (son of Angus) andhis wife, but that doesn't mean that there weren't any daughters. "
from Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

Family/Spouse: John Macmillan. John (son of Angus (of Callich & 20-1 & 14-3 Finch) Macmillan and Margaret (of Corriebheg) Macmaster) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Ferguson. Thomas and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catharine married George Sutherland on 29 May 1815. George (son of Joseph (of Kyle of Tongue & 22-5 Lan) Sutherland) was born in 1792; died in 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"My Grandfather, Donald Cameron(b.1847) and my GrandmotherCameron(Catharine Sutherland Cameron)were cousins, thereby, I suppose, mygrandmother was a cousin to her sons, Joseph and Duncan.
A tangled web."
From Margaret Cameron, Long Sault, Ontario.

Family/Spouse: Catharine Sutherland. Catharine (daughter of Joseph Robert (of 38-5 Rox) Sutherland and Margaret Macmillan) was born in 1854; died in 1949; was buried in Macmillan Graveyard, Lot 19-1 Finch.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: H Macintyre. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann Sutherland. Ann (daughter of Joseph Robert (of 38-5 Rox) Sutherland and Margaret Macmillan) was born in 1869; died in 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Aunt Nancy Cameron(b. Sept. 8, 1843, died Jan. 10, 1922- tombstone FinchCem.), another sister of my grandfather, married Archibald MacIntosh
They had, Willie Archie MacIntosh who married Sarah Cameron (of anotherline), and had a large family; and, Donald MacIntosh, who at one time wasClerk Treasurer of SDand G."
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

Family/Spouse: Person Macintosh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Aunt Maggy(Margaret) Cameron Maclaurin had three daughters, two of whomwere well known teachers in the village of Maxville. Florence andMargaret lived well into their nineties. Florence married L. MacNaughtonof Maxville (they lived on a farm just south of the villageand had afamily including a son), and Margaret married E. MacEwen of the fifth ofRoxborough and of Maxville (they had three daughters).. The thirddaughter, Elizabeth, married M. Price of Montreal (of a Montreal familynot of this area)..(they had one daughter)."
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

Family/Spouse: Alexander Maclaurin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Aunt Kate's daughter, Jane (she was called Sine as a child), marriedDuncan MacMillan (a descendant of Roman John)."
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

"My Aunt Maggy(Margaret) Cameron was the twin sister to my Aunt KateCameron the wife of Uncle Angus John MacMillan, her first cousin (bothdescended from Donald Cameron(my gtgt). Uncle Angus John also descendedfrom Angus of Callich through the son, John(the 'Widow' MacMillans). Mypoor mother thought that I would be a 'twin', because there was a habitof twins in the Cameron line."
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

Catherine married Angus John Macmillan in 1884. Angus (son of John Angus (The Widow) Macmillan and Jane Maclean) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MacPherson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1) John MacMillan married Jane MacLean, and the children were:

(i) Angus John(my granduncle) married Kate Cameron (my grandfather'ssister).
(ii) Katie MacMillan married John Morrison and the children wereMargaret (Peg who is still alive and in upper mid nineties); Hugh; Jane;Auley and Christina (all dec.)
(iii) Jack MacMillan married Marjory MacMIllan (Johnnie Hughie Archie'ssister).

"the 'Widow' MacMillans (nickname for the family of John MacMillan (sonof Angus of Callich) who was married to the daughter of Donald Cameron(Clunes), killed March 1809, Lot 21, Conc. 4,(Cameron School), Finch.That genealogy was from family sources (JGC, Cath. Cameron, AK, Sadie,Cassie).older members of family."

from Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

John married Jane Maclean in 1859. Jane (daughter of Kenneth (of House of Ardgour) Maclean and Mary (of House of Lochbuie) Maclean) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catharine Maclean. Catharine and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Macmillan. Mary was born in 1842; died in 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Macmillan. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Margaret McMillan McAuley. She was buried in the Sixth ConcessionCemetery in 1890. I haven't found her baptism as yet." E Mail from EllaDalton to Margaret Cameron

Margaret married Alexander (of Roxburough) McAuley in 1847. Alexander died in 1896 in St. Joseph's Island, Algoma County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catharine Maclean. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Kennedy. Elizabeth was born about 1850; died on 4 Oct 1921 in Aged 71. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Margaret MacMillan(1832-1912) married Joseph Sutherland, born 1822 StRaphaels, Glengarry County, baptised St Raphaels R.C. Church. He was theson of George Sutherland(1792-1843) son of Joseph Sutherland(1735-1835)Lot 22-5 Lancaster Cty. Glengarry. George Sutherland married (May 29-1815by uncle) Catharine McDonell (1788-1874) daughter of Angus and MaryMcDonell; Angus was principle elder of St Raphaels. My GrandmotherCameron used to read the Catholic Bible to her grandmother (CatharineMcDonell). Joseph, Angus, and Isabella (my gt and his brother and sister)'went north' (Joseph went north after his father's death to visit hisCameron Rel. Lot 21-4 Finch ---his grandmother had been Marjory Cameron)and married into the same Presbyterian family of MacMillans (Lot 23-3Finch - Duncan Ban)."

From Margaret Cameron, Long Sault, Ontario

Family/Spouse: Margaret Macmillan. Margaret (daughter of Duncan Ban (of Glennevis & 23-3 Finch) Macmillan and Mary Macmillan) was born in 1832; died in 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Daniel Macmillan. Daniel (son of Duncan Ban (of Glennevis & 23-3 Finch) Macmillan and Mary Macmillan) died in Tragically Killed In Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"My Uncle 'D.B.' as he was known( Duncan Cameron) was a Clerk of FinchTownship from 1911 until c 1926; he later moved to the States and had twodaughters.
"Uncle DB (as he was known) was driving his car at 90. "
From Margaret Cameron, of Long Sault, Ontario

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from
Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO
margaret077@sympatico.ca

From the Ottawa Citizen, 1937
Outstanding Personalities Of the Ottawa District

The Cameron clan is as intimately associated with the township ofLochiel, in Glengarry, as it once was with the glens of Scotland,Dumbarton, or Stirling, where the clan bivouacked and fought underWallace.

The pioneer, Donald Cameron, (killed 1809) left the vicinity of (Partmissing here). Sumerstown 1808 to FinchR surrounded by dense forest andan acute form of nostalgia. He was a courageous soul. He had to beRRR..Inthe soil of FinchRR. He does not appeared to have tarried in Lochiel verylong. He went over to Finch township, and there, on concession four,about three miles from Finch village, the roots of this particular branchof the Cameron tree were planted deep and permanent in the soil of thisnew land.

Three generations were born on that 200 acre homestead, cleared by thepioneer and his son Duncan.

After Duncan came Donald Cameron, who is still remembered as a reave offoresight and ability and as a assessor and collector who continued inoffice over a period of thirty years. He married a comely Scottish miss,Catherine Sutherland of Roxburough township, a member of another familyof Highland pioneers, and born to them was a son whom they named Joseph.He is the subject of this brief sketch.

Born on Pioneer Farm
Joseph G Cameron was born on the homestead farm of his forbearers, andafter graduating from the primary school of the countryside and from highand model schools of Cornwall he taught for a year. That was probably tooprosaic an existence for one in whose fiber surged the restless activitythat history accords the Cameron Highlanders.

Thus in 1914 he graduated from Queen's as a Bachelor of Science in civilengineering and he's been building better roads almost ever since

From 1917 his life had been pretty much an open book in the unitedcounties of Dundas, Stormont and Glengarry; he has gone a long distancein his chosen sphere of activity, most of his waking hours appear to havebeen spent among blue prints, graphs and cumulative figures, but hepossesses the na?ve reticence and modesty of his Highland progenitors andaffects to envision nothing particularly singular or unusual about hisachievements or his importance in the community. That attitude mayprobably be ascribed to native Scottish modesty.

Becomes County Engineer

In 1917, just when Ontario's present improves system of county andprovincial highway construction was in a chrysalis stage, Mr. Cameronbecame the united counties engineer in charge of the highwaysconstruction. In the intervening score of years vast changes have takenplace in the system of making and maintaining roads and he watched itclosely and studied it assiduously. Now, despite of his inherent modestlyabout it all, he is pretty generally recognized throughout Ontario as anauthority on the subject and is presently first vice-president of thatinfluential, quasi-governmental institution - the Ontario Good RoadsAssociation.

Much Willing Service
Mr. Cameron is recognized as more than just a capable engineer. He isalso a useful citizen in those spheres pertaining to some of Cornwall'shigh attainments. For years he has been a member of the trustee boardwhich administers the affairs of that town's public school, admittedlyone of the foremost in the province. He was chairman of the board for oneterm. He is a member of the board of the managers for the Presbyterianchurch, is a member of the Cornwall golf club who knows intimately allthe bunkers and traps on the course. He is credited with talents as anafter diner speaker and finds relaxation in perusing the classics andworks on science and mechanics, but his greatest enjoyment is found amongthe cultural atmosphere of his own home where he may impress his youngson with Mark Twain philosophy that "all people were born equal with theScotch a little more so". He doesn't any use for shams for shibboleths,he is obviously sincere in his friendships, and one could well imaginehim in complete agreement with the cult of Robert Burns
"Frien'ship makes us mair happy.
Frien'ship ies us delight.
Frien'ship brings us here tonight."

R.A.J.

Joseph G. Cameron
Mr. Cameron was born m Finch Township in May 1890. He was the son ofDonald Cameron and the grandson of Duncan Cameron, who was the firstmale white child born in Finch Township. Mr. Cameron attended high schoolin Cornwall, and then attended Normal School. He taught for one year, andwent to Queen's University where he received his Bachelor of Science. Hewas appointed Counties' Engineer in 1917, and held this position for manyyears. Many of the fine roads in the county's road system can beattributed to the engineering skills of Mr. Cameron. He died March 8 1968.

From Finch Booklet by A Empey 2001 (page 91) Chapter Eight. PROMINENTCITIZENS (Sent by Margaret Cameron)

Family/Spouse: Hope Janet Maclean. Hope (daughter of George Lachlan Maclean and Janet Robina Johnstone) was born in 1891 in Goldsfield (Camerontown), Finch Township, Stormont County, Ontario; died in 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sadie Robertson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"My mother's brother was Croil MacLean(c1894-1941). He was named for Mr.Croil who wrote a history of S.D.and G. and was a friend to mygrandfather, George Lachlan MacLean.. Uncle Croil married HannaCameron(1891-1983) the sister to Hugh D. Cameron, Lot 21-4 Finch Township(Cameron School). She and her brother, Hugh D. were the children ofUncle Archie Cameron (1856-1937) the brother of my Grandfather, DonaldCameron. My mother had three brothers."
from Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

Family/Spouse: Croil Maclean. Croil (son of George Lachlan Maclean and Janet Robina Johnstone) was born in 1893; died in 1941. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lilas Ross. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah Cameron. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: L (of Maxville) Macnaughton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: E (5th of Roxborough & Maxville) Macewen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: M. (of Montreal) Price. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"John "The Widow" McMillan married Jane McLean in 1859 and were thegrandparents of Hannah McMillan McRae .This John McMillan was a brotherto my Margaret McMillan McAuley. Margaret married Alexander McAuley in1847 and lived in Roxborough Lot 36 Concession 7.
Clifford McRae wrote this to me years ago, but I was never able tofind out anything about the "Widow" part.
...Hannah McMillan married Fraser McRae and were the parents of Clifford.Hannah's parents were Angus John McMillan and Catherine ( Kate) Cameronmarried 1884.
From E.M. Dalton

Family/Spouse: Fraser Macrae. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Duncan Roman John Macmillan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Angus married Catherine "Kate" (Twin) Cameron in 1884. Catherine (daughter of Duncan (Big Clunes of 21-4 Finch) Cameron and Margaret Macmillan) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Morrison. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

" Jack MacMillan (The Widow MacMillans) ( son of John MacMillan andJane MacLean) married Marjory MacMillan, daughter of Hughie ArchieMacMillan(Lot 20-3, Finch. who was the brother to Johnny ArchieMacMillan, b. 1825; and Margaret, my gt.)

The above mentioned Jack MacMillan was a brother to my granduncle, AngusJohn MacMIllan.

Jack MacMillan's wife's(Marjory MacMillan) brother was known as JohnnieHughie Archie"
from Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

Family/Spouse: Marjory Macmillan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Angus Hughie was the grandfather of Dr. Angus MacMillan of Hamilton,Ontario. Angus Hughie was on the council of Roxborough and built thelarge cement block house to the west of Avonmore village on north side ofroad, later the home of Elmer Park. The house was originally built to bea hospital."

Family/Spouse: Roseanna Steele. Roseanna was born in 1869; died in 1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hector Gillies. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dan Gillies. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: J Rokins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alexander Stark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Neil (Corriebuie) Macmillan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cathy Flannagan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Angus married Jessie Blair(1St Wife). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Angus married Katie Cameron(2ND Wife). Katie (daughter of H. D. Cameron and Marjory\Margery) was born in 1858 in Finch(Moose Creek?); died in Regina, Sask. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Alexander and Margaret McAuley's youngest daughter Hannah born 1869married a Hugh Kenneth McLean of Finch on Dec. 26, 1888. They had a sonKenneth ( Kenny) who married an Eleanor (maiden name unknown) and wevisted with her a few years ago. In fact she drove us around to all ofthe cemeteries in Finch and Cornwall. If I remember correctly she andKenny owned the little store in Finch at one time. "
From Ella M. Dalton

Hannah married Hugh Kenneth (of Finch ) McLean on 26 Dec 1888. Hugh and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

"I spent much time when I was a child with the older members of my familyand what I have listed for you is from family records. I have a copy of aletter which Somerled MacMillan wrote to my father's cousin, CassieMacMillan, outlining the MacMillan family history.

The last time I visited Cassie she was about ninety eight and my AuntMaggy MacLean with whom she lived was one hundred and one (Aunt Maggy'sdaughter had been married to Cassie's brother). These ladies were themost articulate women I have ever known outside of my two grandmothers.My Grandmother Cameron went out to vote when she was in her ninety sixthyear before she fell and broke her hip 'out at the farm'. My Grandmotherhad been a teacher but she and her sister spoke the Gaelic amongthemselves. My one cousin wrote a chart about Duncan Ban's family(GLenpean-glennevis) and published a family history. I grew up in thisatmosphere. My Dad was quite an historian. Unfortunately, i lost all hispapers when I was in Florida but I do have the typescripts. "

Family/Spouse: Donald (of 21-4 Finch) Cameron. Donald (son of Duncan (Big Clunes of 21-4 Finch) Cameron and Margaret Macmillan) was born in 1847; died in 1920; was buried in Macmillan Graveyard, Lot 19-1 Finch.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Archibald (of 21-4 Finch) Cameron. Archibald (son of Duncan (Big Clunes of 21-4 Finch) Cameron and Margaret Macmillan) was born in 1856; died in 1937. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Christopher Macrae. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Macintyre. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: M Taylor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THE FREE SPIRIT OF THE PIONEER WOMAN
By Margaret Cameron

One doesn't have to visit Upper Canada Village to experience the culturalshock of stepping back in time, using kerosene lamps and cooking bywoodstove. Ever since I decided to leave the city ten years ago to returnto my 'roots' I never regretted my decision.

Every family is knit into history by the strong strands of familyreminiscences, and, in my case, it is easy to see why so many of mygrand-aunts and grand-uncles lived well into their nineties as healthy,useful citizens.

Nancy Cameron from Summerstown married Donald Cameron and they settled inFinch Township in 1808, where a small clearing was made and a log cabinbuilt.

During the early spring time of 1809, Nancy Cameron hiked down a blazedIndian trail to the 'front' where at Summerstown she visited relatives.On her return home she was to carry supplies, but when she was away herhusband was killed by a falling tree.

According to family records "Rthe men carried the body down the trailfrom Finch to Lot 6 Concession 4, Cornwall from Lot 21 Concession 4Finch. Fires had to be made when they stopped at night to keep the wolvesaway from the body. The younger men or boys kept a large fire going inthe cemetery on the hill off South Branch Road to get the frost out ofthe ground, so a grave could be dug for the burial.'

Donald Cameron's wife became known as "The Red Widow Cameron" because ofthe color of her hair. She was left not only to cope with the wildernessbut also with four young children, the youngest being a not a year old.Duncan grew into a man of six feet five, and the family was referred toas "the Donald Big Duncans'. Eventually, land from the farm was donatedfor a school, the Cameron Schoolhouse.

Among pioneer families the women always took risks and did hard workalongside the men in a wilderness beset with frigid winters, the wolvesand other wild animals being a constant threat to the pioneers.

When I was a child I played in the log cabin Donald built, and I saw thetree which had grown from the stump of the one which fell on him, and Iwondered how his wife ever survived in such a lonely spot. Hardship?Living by kerosene lamp and eating food cooked on a woodstove is adelight in this year of bicentennial when one considers the number ofpeople who go camping and eat food cooked on open barbecues, while modernconveniences overflow in ultra modern country kitchens.

My great-great-grandfather, Donald Cameron, did not survive in thewilderness although his widow along wither four children lived longenough to see the forest retreat..

By simple enduring day to day like our pioneer ancestors did, searchingout the answers to the dilemma which is life itselfR the free spirit ofthe pioneer woman still exist in her descendents.

"The South Branch Road is really the 4th Conc. road. The original farmwas at the corner of McConnell Avenue(Cornwall, Ontario) and the SouthBranch Road(4th), at the extreme northeast corner of the town.. "
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO (23 February2003)


One of the reasons for making this information available "on line" is tohelp to set the record straight about this Cameron and other relatedlines (such as the connected Macmillan and Maclean lines). It seems thatover the years a number of well meaning, but inaccurate, versions haveappeared (particularly with regard to the descendents of Donald (Clunesof 21-4 Finch) Cameron who was killed in 1809). Some of these versionshave been published in book and other, apparently authoritative, forms,and so unwittingly led to misunderstandings. The information I presenthere is from Margaret Cameron, the gt. gt. granddaughter of the abovementioned Donald Cameron. Margaret Cameron grew up knowing much of thisinformation, as it was past on to her by her father, Joseph GeorgeCameron, who was very proud, and knowledgeable, of his ancestry, andseems to have made sure that it was accurately past on. This has beenadded to and further back up over many years and from many sources, suchas family papers, gravestones, the Registry Office, various olderhistorical records, etc. So, thanks to her efforts, I believe that thisis an accurate record of these family's ancestors and descendents (as fardown the line as those are shown).

Notes:

From The Toronto Star. Wednesday, September 18, 1991
OBITUARIES

TV's Don Cameron was a 'real newsman'

When people turn on the television news, they may not realize it but theyare watching a testimony to Don Cameron's life.

Hailed as dean of Canadian television journalist, a mentor and lighteningrod who attracted some of the greatest names in TV news to his side, Mr.Cameron died yesterday at the age of 66, after a lengthy battle withcancer.

"There are very few real newsmen," CTV's Sandie Rinaldo said. Don Cameronwas a real newsman.

Rinaldo who got her foot in the door at CTV as Mr. Cameron's secretary,described him as "dean of Canadian television journalist".

The Cornwall native graduated from the University of Toronto beforeheading back home to work for the Standard Freeholder and begin a careerthat would take him around the world.
He worked at a series of newspapers before his five years at NBC News inNew York.

He returned to Canada in 1959 as a CBC reporter, where during the next 13years he helped turn CBC into a formidable news gathering operation, hisefforts highlighted by shows like Newsmagazine.

As a correspondent and producer he covered the height of the Vietnam war,the US civil rights movement and conflicts in the Middle East.

Mr. Cameron headed to CTV to produce the network's flagship publicaffairs program W-5 in 1972. Within four years he was namedvice-president of CTV's network news and current affairs program, afterhelping create Canada AM.

"He invented many of the news-covering techniques we still use today andhelped to develop some of this country's finest reporters andcorrespondents," Tim Kotcheff, Mr Cameron's successor at CTV, said in astatement.
"He was a source of inspiration. A mentor and guiding light to many ofus."

He was swashbuckler," ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, a Canadian, saidfrom New York. "I think what I admired about him most was hisdetermination."

There's perhaps no better example of that determination than in 1983,when Mr. Cameron, then CTV's vice-president and recovering from a heartattack, ventured into war-torn Lebanon to find missing correspondentClark Todd.

Todd was found dead, and Mr. Cameron was admitted to hospital to recoverfrom exhaustion on his return to London, England.

Mr. Cameron showed the same courage as he battled cancerRRRR.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: B Couch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jean Macmillan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Milton Pollock. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Grant Wilson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gillie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: G Alguiae. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Clifford and Kenny MacLean's wife, Eleanor Mason MacLean, proofread thebook, "Kirk in Glengarry" written by another cousin, Rev. Donald NeilMacMillan, wherein errors are made about our gtgt grandfather, DonaldCameron, killed March 1809, etc. Both Rev. Donald Neil and Clifford toldme they had relied upon Mr. Harkness' book on SDandG as 'research'material. Harkness' book should never be used for genealogical research!

Eleanor Mason, Kenny's wife, was from NIagara and was not familiar withthe MacMillan lines of descent. I remember when Kenny married Eleanor.My Grandmother MacLean lived across the street from their home. "
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

Notes:

"John "The Widow" McMillan married Jane McLean in 1859 and were thegrandparents of Hannah McMillan McRae .This John McMillan was a brotherto my Margaret McMillan McAuley. Margaret married Alexander McAuley in1847 and lived in Roxborough Lot 36 Concession 7.
Clifford McRae wrote this to me years ago, but I was never able tofind out anything about the "Widow" part.
...Hannah McMillan married Fraser McRae and were the parents of Clifford.Hannah's parents were Angus John McMillan and Catherine ( Kate) Cameronmarried 1884.
From E.M. Dalton

Family/Spouse: Fraser Macrae. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Duncan Roman John Macmillan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aden Macintosh. Aden was born in 1882; died in 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marjorie Lenore Hipwell. Marjorie was born in 1897; died in 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bertha Mae Baxter. Bertha was born in 1905; died in 1996. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dougla Rupert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Rev. Donald Neil MacMillan who wrote the book, "Churches(Kirks) ofGlengarry was the son of Neil Corribuie.and Sarah MacMillan(from Angus ofCallich and Donald Cameron(my gtgt). Rev. Donald Neil made errors aboutour Donald Cameron(Clunes) because, as he told me, he only referred toMr. Harkness' history of SDand G. etc.etc.
Everyone has used that book as a genealogical bible....
( Rev. Donald Neil's wife told me after my Mother died, "Margaret, I am acousin of your mother through the MacLeans and a cousin of your fatherthrough the MacMillans!!") She was born a MacLean."
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO


Rev. Dr Donald N. MacMillan
Rev. MacMillan was born in Finch Township :in the same area where hisScottish ancestors settled in 1802, He attended St Luke's Public andAvonmore High School. He went to McGill University for four years andthen to the Presbyterian College for three years....

From Finch Booklet by A Empey 2001 (page 91) Chapter Eight. PROMINENTCITIZENS (Sent by Margaret Cameron)

"One of Ewen's descendents is the Reverend Donald N MacMillan, M.A.,B.D., Ph.D. (Edinburgh), who was minister of Kenyon Presbyterian Church,Dunvegan, Ontario, for 24 years before taking up duties as Professor ofTheology in the Presbyterian College of Canada., Montreal. He is marriedand has a wife and two sons. The latter's forebears were formerly settledin Lochiel Township, but Ewen, his grandfather, bought a farm in thesouth-east corner of Finch Township in 1841." (p89, chapter "TheMacmillan of Corriebuie" in "Bygone Lochaber"by Somerled MacMillan. 1971(Printed for private circulation)

Family/Spouse: Jean Maclean. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Kenny MacLean, as he was known, had a hardware store in Finch. His homewas diagonally across the street from my Grandmother MacLean's house inFinch where I spent much time as a child. His wife was Eleanor Mason.She died a short time ago. Kenny was a childhood friend of my uncle,Gladstone MacLean. I recall my father, my uncle, and Kenny playingcroquet on the lawn at my Grandmother's on a warm summer evening. Goodmemories. I recall now that his mother was a 'McAuley" but 'descendedfrom the MacMillans' through her mother, a 'connection' to my Dad."
From Margaret Cameron, September 21, 2003

" My Dad never mentioned Kenny McLean as being descended from our"Camerons", and I knew Kenny from the time I was a small child, and therewas no indication from my Dad that Kenny was related through the Cameronline (He was also a friend of Kenny's). In fact, my Dad always statedthat he was not related to Kenny. If there was a relationship it had tobe through the MacMillan line, but I don't think that Mrs. McLean (HannahMcAuley)(whom I recall from when I was a child==Kenny's mother) wasrelated to my branch of MacMillans. Clifford McRae, my cousin, and Rev.Donald Neil, another cousin, were related to Kenny McLean through theMacLean line (Lochbuie/Ardgour). "
From Margaret Cameron, October 1st 2003

Family/Spouse: Eleanor Mason. Eleanor was born in Niagara. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eleanor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"My Uncle 'D.B.' as he was known( Duncan Cameron) was a Clerk of FinchTownship from 1911 until c 1926; he later moved to the States and had twodaughters.
"Uncle DB (as he was known) was driving his car at 90. "
From Margaret Cameron, of Long Sault, Ontario

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from
Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO
margaret077@sympatico.ca

From the Ottawa Citizen, 1937
Outstanding Personalities Of the Ottawa District

The Cameron clan is as intimately associated with the township ofLochiel, in Glengarry, as it once was with the glens of Scotland,Dumbarton, or Stirling, where the clan bivouacked and fought underWallace.

The pioneer, Donald Cameron, (killed 1809) left the vicinity of (Partmissing here). Sumerstown 1808 to FinchR surrounded by dense forest andan acute form of nostalgia. He was a courageous soul. He had to beRRR..Inthe soil of FinchRR. He does not appeared to have tarried in Lochiel verylong. He went over to Finch township, and there, on concession four,about three miles from Finch village, the roots of this particular branchof the Cameron tree were planted deep and permanent in the soil of thisnew land.

Three generations were born on that 200 acre homestead, cleared by thepioneer and his son Duncan.

After Duncan came Donald Cameron, who is still remembered as a reave offoresight and ability and as a assessor and collector who continued inoffice over a period of thirty years. He married a comely Scottish miss,Catherine Sutherland of Roxburough township, a member of another familyof Highland pioneers, and born to them was a son whom they named Joseph.He is the subject of this brief sketch.

Born on Pioneer Farm
Joseph G Cameron was born on the homestead farm of his forbearers, andafter graduating from the primary school of the countryside and from highand model schools of Cornwall he taught for a year. That was probably tooprosaic an existence for one in whose fiber surged the restless activitythat history accords the Cameron Highlanders.

Thus in 1914 he graduated from Queen's as a Bachelor of Science in civilengineering and he's been building better roads almost ever since

From 1917 his life had been pretty much an open book in the unitedcounties of Dundas, Stormont and Glengarry; he has gone a long distancein his chosen sphere of activity, most of his waking hours appear to havebeen spent among blue prints, graphs and cumulative figures, but hepossesses the na?ve reticence and modesty of his Highland progenitors andaffects to envision nothing particularly singular or unusual about hisachievements or his importance in the community. That attitude mayprobably be ascribed to native Scottish modesty.

Becomes County Engineer

In 1917, just when Ontario's present improves system of county andprovincial highway construction was in a chrysalis stage, Mr. Cameronbecame the united counties engineer in charge of the highwaysconstruction. In the intervening score of years vast changes have takenplace in the system of making and maintaining roads and he watched itclosely and studied it assiduously. Now, despite of his inherent modestlyabout it all, he is pretty generally recognized throughout Ontario as anauthority on the subject and is presently first vice-president of thatinfluential, quasi-governmental institution - the Ontario Good RoadsAssociation.

Much Willing Service
Mr. Cameron is recognized as more than just a capable engineer. He isalso a useful citizen in those spheres pertaining to some of Cornwall'shigh attainments. For years he has been a member of the trustee boardwhich administers the affairs of that town's public school, admittedlyone of the foremost in the province. He was chairman of the board for oneterm. He is a member of the board of the managers for the Presbyterianchurch, is a member of the Cornwall golf club who knows intimately allthe bunkers and traps on the course. He is credited with talents as anafter diner speaker and finds relaxation in perusing the classics andworks on science and mechanics, but his greatest enjoyment is found amongthe cultural atmosphere of his own home where he may impress his youngson with Mark Twain philosophy that "all people were born equal with theScotch a little more so". He doesn't any use for shams for shibboleths,he is obviously sincere in his friendships, and one could well imaginehim in complete agreement with the cult of Robert Burns
"Frien'ship makes us mair happy.
Frien'ship ies us delight.
Frien'ship brings us here tonight."

R.A.J.

Joseph G. Cameron
Mr. Cameron was born m Finch Township in May 1890. He was the son ofDonald Cameron and the grandson of Duncan Cameron, who was the firstmale white child born in Finch Township. Mr. Cameron attended high schoolin Cornwall, and then attended Normal School. He taught for one year, andwent to Queen's University where he received his Bachelor of Science. Hewas appointed Counties' Engineer in 1917, and held this position for manyyears. Many of the fine roads in the county's road system can beattributed to the engineering skills of Mr. Cameron. He died March 8 1968.

From Finch Booklet by A Empey 2001 (page 91) Chapter Eight. PROMINENTCITIZENS (Sent by Margaret Cameron)

Family/Spouse: Hope Janet Maclean. Hope (daughter of George Lachlan Maclean and Janet Robina Johnstone) was born in 1891 in Goldsfield (Camerontown), Finch Township, Stormont County, Ontario; died in 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lilas Ross. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Stanley Clark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"...email shows how emmeshed these Cameron families were within theTownships of Finch and Roxborough(adjacent to Finch Township on easternborder) The Boundary Road (between Finch and Roxborough is straighteast of the village of Berwick (a few miles), and the Blair familyhomestead is just within the border of Roxborough Township on the sixthconcession(from Finch Township). Mr. Art Blair's son, Peter Blair, nowlives on the homestead Blair farm. It does make it difficult for thelocal gen. My cousin, Chrissie MacIntyre Blair(the granddaughter of myGrandmother Cameron's sister, Christian(Aunt Christy Ann) SutherlandMacintyre(now deceased). married James Blair(cousin to Mr. Art Blair).It was Mr. Art Blair who told me about his relationship to D.D. Cameronwho lived on the fourth concession of Roxborough Township( Unrelated tomy Camerons). There was another Donald Cameron who settled on the fourthConcession of Roxborough Township a few miles east of the DD Cameron (NOTmy grandfather) who had 'come in' from Kenyon in the 1800s, and he wasthe ancestor of another one of my neighbours at one time. The farmacross the road from this particular Cameron farm had descendants of myDonald!. Kenyon Township is the township on the eastern border ofRoxborough Township.
Berwick is about three miles north of Finch Village (I used to bike backto Berwick as a child), and the boundary(north and south) road is aboutsix miles east of Berwick on the 6th.(The Blair farm is not too far fromthe Boundary Road)." From Margaret Cameron of Long Sault, 1st Oct 2003

Family/Spouse: James Blair. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William (Jr) Cargill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Clifford and Kenny MacLean's wife, Eleanor Mason MacLean, proofread thebook, "Kirk in Glengarry" written by another cousin, Rev. Donald NeilMacMillan, wherein errors are made about our gtgt grandfather, DonaldCameron, killed March 1809, etc. Both Rev. Donald Neil and Clifford toldme they had relied upon Mr. Harkness' book on SDandG as 'research'material. Harkness' book should never be used for genealogical research!

Eleanor Mason, Kenny's wife, was from NIagara and was not familiar withthe MacMillan lines of descent. I remember when Kenny married Eleanor.My Grandmother MacLean lived across the street from their home. "
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO

Family/Spouse: Roy Pettigrew. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Douglas Jamison. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: June Whitmore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Gibbs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Eleanor Davidson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Shirley Mae Elizabeth Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beverly Louise Kaysmith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guy Emery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: M Taylor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THE FREE SPIRIT OF THE PIONEER WOMAN
By Margaret Cameron

One doesn't have to visit Upper Canada Village to experience the culturalshock of stepping back in time, using kerosene lamps and cooking bywoodstove. Ever since I decided to leave the city ten years ago to returnto my 'roots' I never regretted my decision.

Every family is knit into history by the strong strands of familyreminiscences, and, in my case, it is easy to see why so many of mygrand-aunts and grand-uncles lived well into their nineties as healthy,useful citizens.

Nancy Cameron from Summerstown married Donald Cameron and they settled inFinch Township in 1808, where a small clearing was made and a log cabinbuilt.

During the early spring time of 1809, Nancy Cameron hiked down a blazedIndian trail to the 'front' where at Summerstown she visited relatives.On her return home she was to carry supplies, but when she was away herhusband was killed by a falling tree.

According to family records "Rthe men carried the body down the trailfrom Finch to Lot 6 Concession 4, Cornwall from Lot 21 Concession 4Finch. Fires had to be made when they stopped at night to keep the wolvesaway from the body. The younger men or boys kept a large fire going inthe cemetery on the hill off South Branch Road to get the frost out ofthe ground, so a grave could be dug for the burial.'

Donald Cameron's wife became known as "The Red Widow Cameron" because ofthe color of her hair. She was left not only to cope with the wildernessbut also with four young children, the youngest being a not a year old.Duncan grew into a man of six feet five, and the family was referred toas "the Donald Big Duncans'. Eventually, land from the farm was donatedfor a school, the Cameron Schoolhouse.

Among pioneer families the women always took risks and did hard workalongside the men in a wilderness beset with frigid winters, the wolvesand other wild animals being a constant threat to the pioneers.

When I was a child I played in the log cabin Donald built, and I saw thetree which had grown from the stump of the one which fell on him, and Iwondered how his wife ever survived in such a lonely spot. Hardship?Living by kerosene lamp and eating food cooked on a woodstove is adelight in this year of bicentennial when one considers the number ofpeople who go camping and eat food cooked on open barbecues, while modernconveniences overflow in ultra modern country kitchens.

My great-great-grandfather, Donald Cameron, did not survive in thewilderness although his widow along wither four children lived longenough to see the forest retreat..

By simple enduring day to day like our pioneer ancestors did, searchingout the answers to the dilemma which is life itselfR the free spirit ofthe pioneer woman still exist in her descendents.

"The South Branch Road is really the 4th Conc. road. The original farmwas at the corner of McConnell Avenue(Cornwall, Ontario) and the SouthBranch Road(4th), at the extreme northeast corner of the town.. "
From Margaret Cameron, Box 621, Long Sault, Ontario KOC 1PO (23 February2003)


One of the reasons for making this information available "on line" is tohelp to set the record straight about this Cameron and other relatedlines (such as the connected Macmillan and Maclean lines). It seems thatover the years a number of well meaning, but inaccurate, versions haveappeared (particularly with regard to the descendents of Donald (Clunesof 21-4 Finch) Cameron who was killed in 1809). Some of these versionshave been published in book and other, apparently authoritative, forms,and so unwittingly led to misunderstandings. The information I presenthere is from Margaret Cameron, the gt. gt. granddaughter of the abovementioned Donald Cameron. Margaret Cameron grew up knowing much of thisinformation, as it was past on to her by her father, Joseph GeorgeCameron, who was very proud, and knowledgeable, of his ancestry, andseems to have made sure that it was accurately past on. This has beenadded to and further back up over many years and from many sources, suchas family papers, gravestones, the Registry Office, various olderhistorical records, etc. So, thanks to her efforts, I believe that thisis an accurate record of these family's ancestors and descendents (as fardown the line as those are shown).

Notes:

From The Toronto Star. Wednesday, September 18, 1991
OBITUARIES

TV's Don Cameron was a 'real newsman'

When people turn on the television news, they may not realize it but theyare watching a testimony to Don Cameron's life.

Hailed as dean of Canadian television journalist, a mentor and lighteningrod who attracted some of the greatest names in TV news to his side, Mr.Cameron died yesterday at the age of 66, after a lengthy battle withcancer.

"There are very few real newsmen," CTV's Sandie Rinaldo said. Don Cameronwas a real newsman.

Rinaldo who got her foot in the door at CTV as Mr. Cameron's secretary,described him as "dean of Canadian television journalist".

The Cornwall native graduated from the University of Toronto beforeheading back home to work for the Standard Freeholder and begin a careerthat would take him around the world.
He worked at a series of newspapers before his five years at NBC News inNew York.

He returned to Canada in 1959 as a CBC reporter, where during the next 13years he helped turn CBC into a formidable news gathering operation, hisefforts highlighted by shows like Newsmagazine.

As a correspondent and producer he covered the height of the Vietnam war,the US civil rights movement and conflicts in the Middle East.

Mr. Cameron headed to CTV to produce the network's flagship publicaffairs program W-5 in 1972. Within four years he was namedvice-president of CTV's network news and current affairs program, afterhelping create Canada AM.

"He invented many of the news-covering techniques we still use today andhelped to develop some of this country's finest reporters andcorrespondents," Tim Kotcheff, Mr Cameron's successor at CTV, said in astatement.
"He was a source of inspiration. A mentor and guiding light to many ofus."

He was swashbuckler," ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, a Canadian, saidfrom New York. "I think what I admired about him most was hisdetermination."

There's perhaps no better example of that determination than in 1983,when Mr. Cameron, then CTV's vice-president and recovering from a heartattack, ventured into war-torn Lebanon to find missing correspondentClark Todd.

Todd was found dead, and Mr. Cameron was admitted to hospital to recoverfrom exhaustion on his return to London, England.

Mr. Cameron showed the same courage as he battled cancerRRRR.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Laurel Olsen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lucyna Jaworski. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Caroline J Johnson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Michael Fitzsimmons. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Larry Pachett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roy Steinke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Diane Lynne Richardson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lanna Rae Stead. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Joseph Bauer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marc Maccaulay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Jenkins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rae O'brian. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lynne Anne Brewer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cherrie Lee Rigdon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leann Michele Andre. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Fooks Lindsay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fiona Palmer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Michael Hammell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: April Drane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dawn Rorabeck. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Shelly Cox. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Dolan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]