Donald CAMERON 1823-1908 & Elizabeth 'Eliza' FLETCHER 1841-1910
"Dunan", Henty & Carapook, Victoria, Australia
Donald CAMERON, b. 1823, Perthshire, Scotland, son of John CAMERON and Christine CUMMING was married in 1859 in Ballarat, Victoria to Elizabeth 'Eliza' FLETCHER, b. 1841 Isle of Mull, Scotland daughter of Peter FLETCHER and Margaret GARROW.
The CAMERON family lived on the property 'Dunan' at Henty, south of Carapook and two of their sons are recorded on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll. John & Eliza CAMERON are both buried in the Merino Cemetery.
Donald CAMERON & Elizabeth 'Eliza' FLETCHER had the following family:
- John CAMERON b. 1861, "Merino Downs" Henty, Vic, d. 1863
- Margaret CAMERON b. 1863, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. Duncan STEWART
- John CAMERON b. 1865, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. Nancy McINTYRE in 1905 and had the following family:
- Norman McIntyre CAMERON
, b. 1906, Casterton, Vic
- Donald Angus CAMERON
, b. 1908, Casterton, Vic
- Mary Elizabeth CAMERON
, b. 1910, Casterton, Vic
- Margaret CAMERON
, b. 1913, Casterton, Vic
- Alexandrina Grace CAMERON
, b. 1918, Sandford, Vic
- Peter CAMERON b. 1867, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. ____ and lived in Queensland
- Christina CAMERON b. 1869, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. Rev. Griffith Robert JONES
- Grace CAMERON b. 1871, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. Kenneth Malcolm McKENZIE
- Donald Fletcher CAMERON b. 1873, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. Fanny Matilda WILMOT, lived in Queensland
- Hugh CAMERON b. 1875, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. Catherine ____, lived at Wando Vale where he had an allotment on the Wando Vale Closer Settlement Scheme and moved to Geraldon, Western Australia
- Served in the Boer War, Pte 219, 4th Imperial Contingent, enlisted from Roma, Quensland
- Served in WW1, 1st AIF, Pte 3089, 10th Battalion
- enlisted, 7-08-1916, Geraldton, Western Australia
- KIA, 16 Apr 1918, Hazebrouck, France
- Carapook WW1 School Honour Roll
- Henty WW1 School Honour Roll
- Robert Miles Fletcher CAMERON b. 1877, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. Ann McPHERSON, doctor who lived in Scotland and Western Australia.
- Colin Fletcher CAMERON b. 1881, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. Edith Muriel McLELLAN
- James Duncan CAMERON b. 1884, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, m. ___, d, in Western Australia
- Eliza Gordon CAMERON b. 1888, "Dunan" Henty, Vic, d. 1892.
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