Gertrude Alice Marina (Alexander) Cameron (1865 - 1936)

Born 10 Jan 1865 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Donald Charles Matheson Cameron — married 2 Jan 1885 in Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 3 Oct 1936 at age 71 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Gertrude (Alexander) Cameron was born in the Colony of Queensland (1859-1900)

Gertrude Alice Marina Alexander was born on 10 January 1865 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She was the daughter of George Alexander and Sophia Ross-Lewin.^[1]

On 2 January 1885, she married her cousin, Donald Charles Matheson Cameron, at his parents' house in Main St, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane.^[2][3]

Donald and Gertrude had five daughters:

1. Annie Elsie Ross-Lewin Cameron died young
2. Sophia Gertrude Ross-Lewin Cameron died unmarried
3. Josephine Genevieve Ross-Lewin Cameron died unmarried
4. Florence Evelyn Ross-Lewin Cameron m Ernest Heinrich Brugmann
5. Glenetta Ross-Lewin Cameron m Thomas Frank Arkinstall

Gertrude Cameron died on 3 October 1936 in Brisbane.^[4] She was buried in Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration Index, The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages; index entry for Unnamed (F) Alexander, Birth date: 10/10/1865, Father: George, Mother: Sophia Ross-Lewin Brett, Registration Number: 1865/B/3418; Link to Record : accessed 15 May 2022
2. ↑ Marriage Registration Index, The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages; index entry for Gertude Alice Alexander and Donald Charles Cameron, Marriage date: 02/01/1885 Registration Number: 1885/B/9395; Link to Record : accessed 15 May 2022
3. ↑ Marriage Notice: Family Notices (1885, March 14). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 4. Retrieved January 16, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174163735
4. ↑ Death Registration Index, The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages; index entry for Gertrude Alice Cameron, Death date: 03 Oct 1936, Father: George Alexander, Mother: Sophia Ross-Lewin Brett, Registration Number: 1936/B/33231; Link to Record : accessed 15 May 2022
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2018), memorial page for Gertrude Alice Marina Alexander Cameron (1866–3 Oct 1936), Find A Grave: Memorial #147631963, citing Balmoral Cemetery, Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by John Winterbotham (contributor 48166878)