John Angus CAMERON

1820 - 1888  (68 years)

• Name	John Angus CAMERON  [1, 2]
  Born	1 Sep 1820	Charlotteburg, Glengarry, Ontario   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Nov 1888	Barkerville, British Columbia   [2]
  Buried	Barkerville Historic Cemetery, Barkerville, British Columbia   [2]
  Person ID	I37439	Michelle Walczak Dads Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family	Margaret Sophia GROVES           b. Abt 1834, Cornwall Township, Stormont, Ontario           d. 22 Oct 1862, One Hundred Mile House, British Columbia  (Age 28 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1860	Stormont County, Ontario   [1]
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F12083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Sep. 1, 1820 Charlottenburgh Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties Ontario, Canada Death: Nov. 7, 1888 Barkerville Cariboo Regional District British Columbia, Canada Western Frontier Figure. Born John Angus Cameron in Ontario, Canada, he was a pioneer prospector noted for his participation in the Cariboo Gold Rush. In 1862, he struck a rich gold deposit, staked a claim in the area on Willams Creek. It became a successful township area known as Camerontown. The strike remained in prominence and wealth until Barkerville, along with areas also became rich finds in the mid 1860s http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18735 viewed August 31, 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S422] Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869. Record for Margaret Sophia Groves [S561] Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;). Record for John Angus Cameron