William Duncan CAMERON
1855 - 1936 (81 years)-
Name William Duncan CAMERON Born 23 Aug 1855 Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada 
Gender Male Died 12 Dec 1936 Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA - Buried in Hope Cemetery in Chippewa Falls
Person ID I4177 Patrick Goodmurphy Family Tree Last Modified 2 Aug 2020
Father Duncan J CAMERON
b. 29 Mar 1818, lot 11 , 3rd Concession, Kenyon Township, Glengarry County, Ontario
d. 1902, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary MCDONALD
b. 1820
d. 4 Oct 1876, Alexandria, Ontario, Canada (Age 56 years) Relationship natural Married 24 Nov 1851 Alexandria, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada Family ID F1428 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Isabella Ann MCGILLIVRAY
b. 20 May 1863, Alexandria, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada
d. 9 Aug 1940, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA (Age 77 years) Married 11 Jun 1888 Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA Children 1. Duncan Malcolm CAMERON
b. 31 May 1890, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA
d. 15 Sep 1961, Spokane, Washington, USA (Age 71 years) [natural]2. Mary Regina CAMERON
b. 26 Jun 1892, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA
d. 19 Apr 1967, St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA (Age 74 years) [natural]3. Catherine Isabelle CAMERON
b. 13 Jan 1894, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA [natural]4. Annie Laura CAMERON
b. 23 Apr 1898, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA
d. Mar 1975 (Age 76 years) [natural]5. William Angus CAMERON
b. 6 Apr 1902, Chippewa Falls, Pope, Minnesota, USA
d. 18 Jan 1968, Rice Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, USA (Age 65 years) [natural]Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 Family ID F2695 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Married - 11 Jun 1888 - Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA 
Died - 12 Dec 1936 - Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA = Link to Google Earth
Notes - Sponsors at Baptism were Alexander McPhee and Catherine Kennedy
Witnesses at marriage were Hugh Cameron and Helena McGillvray.
Notes Below by Roderick Angus Cameron (1949-XXXX)
William Duncan spoke Gaelic when he came to the US. His wife taught him to read and do math. She attended the University of Wisconsin. William Duncan was a homesteader; Chippewa County Treasurer (1907 - 1911, 1918 - 1922.) He was Chairman of Town of Anson for a time. Last words spoken when told King Edward VIII had abdicated to marry Wallace Simpson were, "The gol darn gilly," (fool in Gaelic.) Both he and Isabella were upset when son Duncan married Helen O'Connell because she was Irish. William Duncan was a member of Catholic Order of Forester, Knights of Columbus. Resided in the Town of Anson until 1907. William Duncan came to Chippewa County in 1882, same year he immigrated to United States (contrary to 1910 US Census data which lists date of arrival as 1878.) He was naturalized by the time of the 1900 Census.