Fassiefern Camerons

[2006]

Hello: It would be rather wonderful if the person submitting #33684(McColl) Cameron would reveal the data re Donald. This name has appeared in several Participant #s pertaining to the same line, But I cannot find any foudation for it. I identify with the #29230 which also says Donald. Previously the name had been thought to be James.

So far my earliest relative is Charles Cameron b 1783 b Inverness-shire, Scotland, according to his will and tombstone . A grandson of his in a letter dated 1938 , says he was b in Quebec and that his father was a soldier. There is family lore but certainly no documentation to prove his parentage, I am working on it, but run into walls. Charles m and had 10 children and I have all that information plus his muster rolls and pay sheet copies from the 26th of Foot Cameronian Regiment. He enlisted in Quebec at age 7 in 1790 and served until 1800. A researcher found this data at Kew several years ago. Could you, would you be kind enough to share how Donald came up. I am searching military info and there are a lot of Donalds. I also have other information but cannot prove it. I would be happy to share it. Thank you.
Delphine Cameron Large
Victoria, B.C. Canada
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[ChrisDoak]

Hi Delphine,

I too would be interested in establishing contact with DNA Participant No.33684,as he would be my distant cousin,and it would be very beneficial(and informative)to speak to him.

We really all need to take the 12 mark DNA Tests to the next stage to establish some much closer relationships with the other participants,and as I am only the son of a Cameron mother,my taking a test isn't going to be of much use.Certainly,I would be willing to pay for my cousin,No.33684,to develop the DNA Test to the next 25 markers.

As regarding my 4 x great grandfather,Donald Cameron,identified in his DNA Test entry ,it is highly unlikely that he is of the close relationship to your family that you are looking for.At any given year in Lochaber (an area of about 30 miles x 30 miles) ,in the middle of the 18th century,you are likely to find approx.75 adult Camerons with the first name of Donald.

Donald Cameron is the name of the father given on my 3 x great grandfather's Death Certificate,Angus Cameron,in 1855.His mother is given as an Ann Cameron (not Mary).Donald is identified further as being a former Farmer at Achnasaul on the shores of Loch Arkaig.Angus and his siblings were all buried in the graveyard in Glen Nevis identified with the McSorley Cameron of Glenevis family,so I would think that Donald was buried here also,and originally originated from this Mamore part of Lochaber.I have no evidence that Donald ever served in the Military,or ever left Scotland.His son,Angus,however,served 22 years in the Northern Regiment of Fencible Highlanders,the Lochaber Fencible Regiment,and in the 72nd Regiment.

It would be useful,also,if DNA Participants Nos.35704,42149,and N8948,whose 12 marker results match your family and mine,but who have not published any details of their line,could reveal a bit of their lineage for our benefit.

Regards,Chris.

[2006]

Thanks Chris:
Yes, I have encountered all of those problems or am aware of them. The repetition of names from generation to- is mind boggling. However, clues as to regiment, whether the person was in North America before Rev. War ; perhaps the Cameron was an early settler in Quebec after Louisbourg and Plains of Abraham. Anyway I keep plugging. "My' Charles did not leave a paper trail re parentage.
I know that.Thanks for your response. Delphine

[ianjonefan]

According to family history my branch of the Cameron Clan is also supposed to have a connection to the Camerons of Fassiefern. In 1982 I came across a toy model magazine titled :MILITARY MODLER: There was article in the magazine about a Capt./Col. John Cameron of Fassiefern who srved in the Gordon Highlanders at the time of the Battle of Waterloo. Some articles I've read about him said he was a Capt. in the Gordons , while others said he was a Col. What both articles do agree on is that John Cameron of Fassiefern whatevr his rank was died while fighting in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. I also have some information on him prior to his joining the Gordons , but not much I hope we can get together and exchange what information we have on John Cameron of Fassiefern at the Clan Gathering
ianjonefan

[eastpoint]

thank you Chris. I will keep looking.
Cameron Blandford

[Eilidh]

Hi All but especially ianjonefan & eastpoint
If you are interested in Col John Cameron of Fassiefern please go to Clan Cameron History (on the board) and read all the posts on John Cameron of Fassiefern & the line of Glenevis BUT especially my posts #14 & #15 which give details about "the valiant Fassiefern" who was killed at Quatre Bras (two days after the Battle of Waterloo).
I put the details for looking him up on Google where you can even find contemporary details and a painting of him.
Best wishes Ele

[ianjonefan]

Eilidh ,
Do you have a specific link on the Camerons of Fassfdern on the Google website ? I'm having a spot of trouble getting into it . For those who live in the Glasgow / Greenock area ( Scotland ) I was able to find some information on one of my Cameron ancestors At the James Watt Genealogical Library in Greenock . I let them copy some of the information on Col . John Cameron of the Gordon Highlanders . my information on him was that he died 2 days before the Battle of Waterloo .

[ianjonefan]

Would like to connect with any Camerons in the Greenock - Glasgow area as we might be related . I'm of the Fassiefern branch of Clan cameron . My greatgrandfather Hugh Cameron of Greenock Racer , and won trophies in the 1870's The James Watt Genealogical Library in Greenock has information about him , and also some information I've on Col. John Cameron of Fassiefern of which I've donated to the library while I was attending the Clan cameron Gathering in 2oo9