Hugh CAMERON 1821-1912 & Janet McFARLANE 1830-1871

Hugh CAMERON b. c 1821 Fort William, Inverness, Sct, son of Duncan CAMERON and Catherine KENNEDY married in 1850 at Paisley, Sct to Janet McFARLANE, dau of Malcolm McFARLANE and Catherine McLEAN. It appears they may have arrived in Victoria abt 1853, perhaps to Geelong. Hugh died in 1912 at Penshurst, Vic and Janet in 1871 at Devon Park Station near Dunkeld, Vic. They had the following family:

  1. Catherine CAMERON, b. c1852, Sct, d. bef 1857;

  2. Alan McVean CAMERON, b.1853, Geelong, Vic, m. Susanna Evans TANDY;

  3. Jessie CAMERON, b.1855, Geelong, Vic, m. George TURVEY of Colac;

  4. Duncan CAMERON, b. 1864, Branxholme, Vic, m. Elizabeth Ann BRUNTON;
    1. Hugh Richard CAMERON, b. 1895 Casterton, Vic, d. 1917, France
      • WW1 1st AIF, 39th Battalion, elisted 10-04-1916
      • KIA France 18-06-1917, Messines Ridge, France
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 11 planted by Mrs D. CAMERON in 1917
    2. Ida Victoria CAMERON, b. 1897 Casterton, d. 1897;
    3. Thomas Allardice CAMERON, b. 1899, Digby, Vic, m. Lily Christian TAYLOR of Digby;
    4. Doris Elizabeth CAMERON, b. 1905, Digby, Vic, m. William Charles PEVITT.

  5. Malcolm CAMERON, b. 1859, Linlithgow Station, Vic;

  6. Catherine CAMERON, b. 1861 Linlithgow Station, Vic;

  7. Sarah Lydia CAMERON, b. 1863 Devon Park Station, Vic, m., Joseph Edward NEWPORT;

  8. Angus CAMERON, b. 1865 Dunkeld, Vic;



Hugh CAMERON 1821-1912 & Sarah / Marion BEATON c1840-1922

Hugh's first wife Janet died in 1871 at Devon Park Station near Dunkeld and he married again to Sarah Marion BEATON b. ca 1840 Dundee, Sct in 1876. Their children were:

  1. Hugh CAMERON, b. 1879, Mt Rouse, Vic, m. Ada Harriet HOLMES;

  2. Mary CAMERON, b. 1880, Penshurst, Vic, d. 1880;

  3. John Alexander CAMERON, b. 1881 Mt Rouse, Vic, d. 1917 Belgium
    • WW1 1st AIF, 5th Battalion, enlisted 28-05-1915
    • DOW Broodseinde, Belgium 13-10-1917
    • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 68 planted by Hugh CAMERON in 1917

  4. Donald CAMERON, b. 1885, Mt Rouse, Vic, d. 1916 Penshurst, Vic.



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