Donald Cameron (1793 - 1876)

Born 5 Feb 1793 in Tyree and Coll, Argyll, Scotland

Husband of Catherine (McLean) Cameron — married 4 Jan 1820 in Coll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1876 at age 83 in Long Reach, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Donald Cameron was born in Scotland.

Donald Cameron was a Bounty Immigrant to New South Wales.

He arrived on the "British King" on 28 Feb 1839 with his wife and four children, Laughlin aged 13, Angus aged 15, Sappy? aged 18 and Catherine, aged 12. Donald was said to be aged 40, but he was actually about 46 years old when he arrived. The immigration record named his parents as Hugh Cameron, a shoemaker, and Nancy. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKY-JJJ : 13 June 2019), Angus Cameron, 1839.

• Birth and Baptism - First name(s) Donald Last name Cameron Gender Male Birth year 1793 Birth place - Baptism year 1793 Baptism date 05 Feb 1793 Baptism place TYREE, ARGYLL, SCOTLAND Father's first name(s) Hugh Father's last name Cameron Mother's first name(s) - Mother's last name - Place Tyree County Argyllshire Country Scotland Record set Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950 Category Life Events (BDMs) Subcategory Parish Baptisms Collections from Scotland, Great Britain.
• Marriage Scotlands Records Scotlands People baptism marriage entry for Argyllshire, Coll. - CAMERON, DONALD. - CATHARINE MACLEAN/FR73 COLL (FR73) 04/01/1820 551/2 20 8 Coll
• Death - NSW Death CAMERON, DONALD NSW BDM DC 6265/1876, Father = HUGH, DIED LONG REACH GOULBURN
• Link - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7JC-LBQ
• British King" Passenger and Descendants - ISBN No. 978-1-64669-390-1 2019 by Irene Kerr ( and others listed for each chapter)