Notes:

Source: Margaret Cameron: Alexander Cameron, son of John Cameron(1725-1824)and Mary Cameron(1739-1830), Lot 6, Conc. 4, Township of Cornwall, Stormont County, Ontario, was about twenty years of age at the time of the American Revolution. Alexander Cameron also fought for the British side during he revolution. Alexander Cameron(according to my file) served in the 1st Battalion KRRNY - Major Gray's Company. 19th of June 1776--enlisted Watts Company. He became a prisoner of the rebels c 1779.

During the Revolutionary War he was with the K. R. R. N. Y.- King's Royal Regiment of New York (Sir John Johnson's Corps.) Also known as Johnson's Greens. (1st Battalion - Watt's Company of Johnson's Greens)

Source: Proceedings of Loyalist Commissioners Montreal 1788 Vol.23
N. C. January 26 A good man. 1050. Claim of Alexander Cameron, From Invermorrison late of Kingsborough Patent, Tryon Co. Claimt says: He gave his claim to the adjutant in the Fall '83. Is a native of Scotland. He came to America in '73. Settled in Johnson's Bush. Joined the Brit. at first; served all the war. Produces his Discharge. Lives at New Johnstown. Had 100 acres Tenant Land. Had cleared 10 acres, built house, Barn & stables. Had 4 cows, 1 calf, 1 ox, 2 Heifers, utensils, furniture. Left all behind. His wife disposed of nothing. Alexander Grant, is witness: Knew claimt. He came from Scotland in '73. Had 10 acres clear. He left it very early. He had pretty good stock.

From Donald Chisholm: I have just located amongst my papers a copy of a notice dated Nov. 1785 co-addressed to Alex Cameron and John Cameron. The notice states that they are entitled to two hundred acres and they have drawn Lot 6 in the 4th concession and if they settle and improve the land they will receive a Deed of Concession at the expiration of twelve months.

From a copy of the notice for land for Lot 6-4 Cornwall: "Province of Quebec Nov. 21 1785
The bearer hereof Alex Cameron & John Cameron Loyalists being entitled to Two hundred acres of land by his Majesty's Instructions to the Governor of this Province, has drawn a Lot (No. 6) consisting of Two hundred Acres in the 4th Concession in part of the said Proportion, in the Seigneurie of No. 21 andhaving taken the oaths, and made and signed the Declaration required by the Instructions, he is hereby authorised to settle and improve the said Lot, without delay; and being settled thereon, he shall receive a Deed of Concession at the expiration of Twelve Months from the Date hereof."

From Margaret Cameron: Alexander was named after his grandfather Sir Alexander Cameron the Cameron chieftain of Glennevis who was imprisoned in Edinburgh castle for almost a year.

It is possible that he settled in as farmers in Bathurst township which also encompasses the town of Perth. It is possible that he was a prisoner with the rebels in 1779. 1781 ---Major's Company. He was a Light infantryman 1782-3. It is possible that in 1812 he was commissioned as Leut. in 1st Reg. of Prescott Militia ( Feb. 27, 1812 )

Moved to western Ontario c 1820. Alexander settled on Lot 3, Concession 13, Oxford County (Nissouri Township).

From a letter written by Robert Cameron II to his cousin Jane (Withers) Douglas:
"Our grandfather Alex Cameron fought against the revolutionist under Sir William Johnson and was captured three times and condemned to be shot as a spy. The last time his life was saved by his mother (Mary of Glen Nevis) going all the way from Albany New York on horseback to Valley Forge and on her knees pleading for her boy. As my mother (Nancy Ross) says she was the handsomest women she ever saw. General Washington was easily persuaded to grant a pardon but on the condition that she take the whole family at once to Canada. And this she did going by steam all the way from Johnstown New York to the Niagra (?) [sic] This they crossed to St. Catherine's and thence by sail down to Cornwall Ontario. There they build a house on the Quarries (?) abiye about three miles out of Cornwall, where your mother was born. The house stands there still. I was there many years ago when your mother's uncle, Mary of Glen Nevis' son (Lieutenant Colonel John Cameron) lived on it. His Grandchildren are still in Cornwall. Now my father and all the family came West about 1820 because each one of these got 200 acres of land from the government because grandfather (Alex) was a United Empire Loyalist."

"The Alex Cameron mentioned above [*] who fought for King George during the revolution was 1st captured by the Yankees and held in a farm house as a spy. He exchanged clothes with a girl on the farm, took a milk bucked ant walked out to milk the cows, passing by some 20 men watching over him. So he escaped. Have no knowledge of the 2nd escape but the 3rd time was at Valley Forge and as above Geo. Washington pardoned him and the family left the states." :written on the end of this letter by Charles H. Withers Jr. who was then Sr. wrote on 12/8/1958 in pen and ink.

Above information from Molly Ramage ([email protected])

Below from Loyalist Trails email published February 10, 2013:

Loyalists and War of 1812: Alexander Cameron
Alexander Cameron was born in Glen Nevis in the Highlands of Scotland around 1754. In 1773 his family, together with about 400 other Highlanders, left Scotland for New York, having gained a grant of lands in Albany. They took up land in the Mohawk Valley. The Camerons had scarcely had enough time to build a rough home and clear a few acres of land when the American Revolution broke out in 1776. Alexander and his father immediately joined their landlord's regiment, the King's Royal Regiment of New York. According to Cruikshank's "King's Royal Regiment of New York", Alexander was in Watt's Company 1776-77, in Major's Company 1778 -1781, and a Light Infantryman 1782-83. He was a prisoner with the rebels in 1779 while with Major's Company.
According to family stories told by his grandson years later, Alexander was able to free himself the first time he was captured by donning the clothes of a milkmaid and walking demurely through the group of twenty soldiers set to guard the prisoners. His last capture was more critical -- he was to be shot for espionage. Apparently his mother, on hearing the news, personally rode by horseback to Washington's camp to beg for her son's life. A very beautiful woman, she apparently succeeded in gaining General Washington's consent to release him on condition that the family leave the country immediately and forever.
When peace finally ensued, the Camerons found themselves in Canada in what was known as the Eastern District. On 21 Nov 1785 Alexander and his father drew lots and were awarded with Lot 6 of Concession 4, Cornwall Township in recognition of their loyalty to the Crown . Two months later, Alexander married Sarah Parks, the daughter of another UEL from Connecticut. Alexander and Sarah made their home and raised their eight children on Lot 6 Concession 4 of Cornwall Township.
Alexander would have been a member of the Sedentary Militia during this time. In 1812 when the alarm bells of war were once again rung, Alexander was appointed Ensign in the 1st Stormont Regiment and served throughout the War.
By 1812 Alexander's two oldest sons were also of an age to join in defense of their new home. Alexander jr. served as a private in Captain Philip Empey's Company in the 1st Regiment Stormont Militia for six months and in Captain John McDonell's Company for six months. These companies were commanded by the Hon. Neil McLean. In 1835 Alexander Jr. was granted the Prince Regent's bounty for 200 acres in Nissouri Township, Oxford County.
Alexander's second son, John, served as a lieutenant in Captain Campbell's Flank Co, 1st Regiment Glengarry Militia from 22 July 1812 to the 25th March 1813. In 1822 he was granted the Prince Regent's bounty of 500 acres in Nissouri Township, Ontario.
Even Alexander's third son, Robert, just 14 years old when the conflict broke out, was cited within his SUE petition for land in 1819, as having done "his duty in defence of the Province during the late war."
Click here for an expanded biography, with children listed, in PDF format.
Catherine Whiteley

Below from Catherine Whitely Feb. 10/13

ALEXANDER CAMERON
Veteran of the War of Independence and the War of 1812
Alexander Cameron was born in Glen Nevis in the Highlands of Scotland around 1754. In 1773
his family, together with about 400 other Highlanders, left Scotland for New York, having
gained a grant of lands in Albany. They took up land in the Mohawk Valley. The Camerons had
scarcely had enough time to build a rough home and clear a few acres of land when the
American Revolution broke out in 1776. Alexander and his father immediately joined their
landlord's regiment, the King's Royal Regiment of New York. According to Cruikshank's "King's
Royal Regiment of New York", Alexander was in Watt's Company 1776-77, in Major's Company
1778 -1781, and a Light Infantryman 1782-83. He was a prisoner with the rebels in 1779 while
with Major's Company.
According to family stories told by his grandson years later, Alexander was able to free himself
the first time he was captured by donning the clothes of a milkmaid and walking demurely
through the group of twenty soldiers set to guard the prisoners. His last capture was more
critical -- he was to be shot for espionage. Apparently his mother, on hearing the news,
personally rode by horseback to Washington's camp to beg for her son's life. A very beautiful
woman, she apparently succeeded in gaining General Washington's consent to release him on
condition that the family leave the country immediately and forever.
When peace finally ensued, the Camerons found themselves in Canada in what was known as
the Eastern District. On 21 Nov 1785 Alexander and his father drew lots and were awarded with
Lot 6 of Concession 4, Cornwall Township in recognition of their loyalty to the Crown . Two
months later, Alexander married Sarah Parks, the daughter of another UEL from Connecticut.
Alexander and Sarah made their home and raised their eight children on Lot 6 Concession 4 of
Cornwall Township.
Alexander would have been a member of the Sedentary Militia during this time. In 1812 when
the alarm bells of war were once again rung, Alexander was appointed Ensign in the 1st
Stormont Regiment and served throughout the War.
By 1812 Alexander's two oldest sons were also of an age to join in defense of their new home.
Alexander jr. served as a private in Captain Philip Empey's Company in the 1st Regiment
Stormont Militia for six months and in Captain John McDonell's Company for six months. These
companies were commanded by the Hon. Neil McLean. In 1835 Alexander Jr. was granted the
Prince Regent's bounty for 200 acres in Nissouri Township, Oxford County.
Alexander's second son, John, served as a lieutenant in Captain Campbell's Flank Co, 1st
Regiment Glengarry Militia from 22 July 1812 to the 25th March 1813. In 1822 he was granted
the Prince Regent's bounty of 500 acres in Nissouri Township, Ontario.Catherine Whiteley [email protected] 26 Feb 2011
Even Alexander's third son, Robert, just 14 years old when the conflict broke out, was cited
within his SUE petition for land in 1819, as having done "his duty in defence of the Province
during the late war."
As their children began to reach maturity, Alexander and Sarah realized that there was little
opportunity for them in the old townships, which were now heavily settled. In 1821, armed
with Orders in Council for free land grants for the five children who had reached 21 years of
age, they left their home of more than thirty years for Nissouri Township. Alexander and Sarah
took up Lot 14 in the 13th Concession. Three of their children were already married when they
arrived and immediately took up their own farms. The others soon followed suit.
In 1829 Alexander's two youngest sons, Robert and Allen, and three of his sons-in-law were
serving in Captain John Stephens Company of the 1st Regiment Oxford Militia.
Alexander and Sarah died in E. Nissouri, buried in now long forgotten graves. Their oldest four
children farmed and raised their families in E. Nissouri and finished their own lives there too.
The three youngest pulled up their roots once again in the late 1840's and headed for new
territory in Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario.
Children of Alexander Cameron and Sarah Parks:
Alexander jr (b. 1790 Cornwall, ON; d. ???)
Mary (b. 1792 Cornwall, ON; d.1870 E. Nissouri) married William Shaw; 8 children
John (b.1794 Cornwall, ON; d.1887 E. Nissouri) married Marion Patterson; 3 children
Sarah (b. 1796 Cornwall, ON; d. bef 1871 E. Nissouri) married Donald McDonell; 5 children
Robert (b. 1798 Cornwall, ON; d. 1875 E. Nissouri) married Nancy Ross; 10 children
Janet (b.1803 Cornwall, ON; d.1855 Kincardine, ON) married David Ramage; 6 children
Allan (b. 1805 Cornwall, ON; d. ???) married Paulina Yeigh; 3 children
Sophia (b. 1808 Cornwall, ON; d. 1870 Kincardine, ON) married William Withers; 9 children

Alexander married Sarah PARKS on 12 Feb 1786 in Williamstown, Glengarry, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Ann PATTERSON on 12 Oct 1813 in Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario. Ann was born about 1790 in Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David RAMAGE. David was born on 24 May 1797 in Liberton Kirk, Liberton, Midlothianshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William SHAW. William was born on 3 Jun 1795 in Glasgow, Scotland; died on 4 May 1857 in Lakeside, Oxford, Ontario; was buried in Section B, Lot 21, Anglican Church Yard, Lakeside, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Marion PATTERSON on 20 Mar 1834 in Nissouri Township, Oxford, Ontario. Marion was born about 1807; died on 12 Aug 1851 in Oxford County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Teresa MACDONALD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Donald MACDONALD in Jan 1823 in East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario. Donald was born in 1799 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death of Robert Cameron, J.P., Esq. It is our painful duty to record the death of Robert Cameron, Esq., at his residence, Glengarry Hill, East Nissouri, on Sunday morning last, 24th inst. at 10 o'clock. He was one of the ablest settlers of this county, to which he came in 1821, and of which he has been an honored and widely respected citizen ever since. He was a man of tender sympathies and kindness of heart, mingled with great firmness and decision of character. The public spirit which he always manifested put him in active sympathy with all the improvements of this section of the country. In his own township he was Councillor and Reeve a great number of years, but owing to his old age he has for some time retired from all public life. He was one of the oldest Magistrates in the county, and always sought to conduct the responsibilities of this office with reference to securing the most lasting peace and kindly feeling amongst neighbors. Seldom did a case come before him without having it settled by bringing the parties together for mutual understanding or by arbitration. He was a Liberal Conservative in his politics, and being the son of a U.E. Loyalist, was earnestly loyal to the Government. Although a mere boy at the time, he served in the War of 1812; and although he was conscious of great wrongs that needed to be rectified, he identified himself with the Government in the Rebellion of '37, and was captain of a company for its suppression, believing that legislation is a better way to secure reforms than a resort to arms. Ever since that time, he has maintained a connection with the standing militia, in which he held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel at the time of his death. His suffering was severe during his last illness, which continued about three months. It was all borne with the patience and submission of a Christian hope, which he had obtained and confessed during the last year or more of his life. He leaves a widow of seventy-two years, and who has borne him
twelve children, nine of whom are still alive. He was followed to the grave on Wednesday last, when he was buried in the Ingersoll cemetery, by a large number of sympathizing friends. Deceased was 76 years and 7 months old.
-- from Ingersoll Chronicle January 28, 1875

Robert married Nancy ROSS about 1821 in Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario. Nancy (daughter of Donald ROSS) was born on 22 Jul 1803 in Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario; died on 18 Jan 1884 in East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario; was buried in Ingersoll Rural Cemetery, Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allan married Pauline YEIGH on 26 Dec 1831 in London District, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Death Religion: W Methodist

Sophia married William WITHERS in East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario. William was born on 21 Sep 1802 in Portsmouth, Southampton, England; died on 30 Dec 1886 in Tongue Point, Astoria, Clpastop, Oregon; was buried in Jan 1887 in Clapstop Cemetery, Astoria, Clapstop, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ruth WRIGHT. Ruth was born in 1810 in Leeds County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane Anne BOMBARD. Jane was born in 1836 in Canada; died in 1926; was buried in Rock Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Huron, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Peter DUES. Peter was born in 1831 in Denmark; died on 19 Mar 1924 in Ludington, Mason, Michigan; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington, Mason, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Jane DEVELING. Mary was born on 22 Feb 1834 in Cobourg, Ontario; died on 19 Feb 1920 in Leavenworth, Chelan, Washington; was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cenetary, 700 W. Ray, Seattle, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Jane BIRD on 17 Jul 1858 in Huron County, Ontario. Jane was born about 1833 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death of J. H. Ramage
Died at his home, after a long siege of sickness, Nov. 3, 1901, John H. Ramage. Mr. Ramage was born in Nanteria, Oxford county, Canada, and lived there until three years of age, when he moved to Gotrick and remained there until 1863, then moved to Illinois. In 1870 he was married to Miss Harriet Curtis. In 1873 they moved to Minnesota, in 1888, to Dakota and in 1891 to Oregon, residing here until death. A widow and the following nine children survive him; Mrs. Jennette Coigan, Salem; Mrs. Sadie E. Fletcher, California; D. A., Wm. J., Alice M., Harriet J., Marion, John W. and Priscilla Ramage. Mr. Ramage was a kind husband and father and well liked by all. The funeral was Tuesday and largely attended. Interment was in Hubbard cemetery.

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John married Harriet CURTIS on 1 Jan 1870 in Wheaton, DuPage, Illinois. Harriet was born on 30 May 1844 in Bourn Parish, Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 6 Jun 1928 in Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon; was buried in Hubbard Cemetery, Hubbard, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John HURFORD. John was born in 1813 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Jane KELLEY. Mary was born on 7 Feb 1829; died on 16 Jan 1912 in Turner, Marion, Oregon; was buried in Twin Oaks Cemetery, Turner, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne E. MACDONALD. Anne was born on 7 Jan 1824; died on 21 Feb 1901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allan married Mary WARNOCK on 14 Mar 1848 in Brock District, Ontario. Mary was born on 2 Feb 1823 in Ireland; died on 6 May 1906 in London, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caroline married Hugh ROSS on 30 Jun 1849 in Brock District, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann (Nancy) KENNEDY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth MURRAY. Elizabeth was born on 12 Nov 1840 in Ontario; died on 22 Dec 1913; was buried in Highwood Cemetery, High River, Alberta. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Barbara MORRISON. Barbara was born on 7 May 1834 in Scotland; died on 17 Apr 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

STEWART-CAMERON--At the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. J. Straith, John A. Stewart, of Ingersoll, to Sarah, eldest daughter of John Cameron, of East Nissouri [township]

Ingersoll Chronicle
Friday, July 04, 1862
Pg: 3, Col: 4

Sarah married John Aaron STEWART on 1 Jul 1862 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. John was born in 1839 in Quebec, Quebec; died on 6 May 1913 in Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Janet married John S. SUTHERLAND on 15 Nov 1867 in Oxford County, Ontario. John was born on 12 Nov 1842 in Canada; died on 10 Mar 1920; was buried in Ingersoll Rural Cemetery, Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Agnes married John JEFFERY on 3 Jan 1867 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. John was born about 1838 in Scotland; died on 26 Jun 1929 in Middlesex County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Esther Ann MCCARTY on 1 Jan 1867 in Oxford County, Ontario. Esther was born about 1845 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Buried at the 7th Line Cemetery (aka Zion Hill Cemetery) 5193 Cobble Hills Road, Middlesex, Ontario

Sarah married John LACKIE on 20 May 1874 in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario. John was born about 1833 in Ireland; died on 3 Nov 1896 in West Nissouri, Middlesex, Ontario; was buried in Zion Hill / 7th Line Cemetery, Middlesex County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne CAMERON. Anne (daughter of Robert CAMERON and Nancy ROSS) was born about 1852 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth ROSS on 10 Apr 1855 in Brock District, Ontario. Elizabeth was born about 1826; died on 10 Apr 1899 in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Woodstock, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christy married Isaac DAVIDSON on 3 Nov 1851 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. Isaac was born on 11 Apr 1829 in Nassawagea Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died on 4 Mar 1903 in Neepawa, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Rose Michelle BARRETT on 31 Jan 1867 in Port Hope, Northumberland, Ontario. Rose was born on 4 Nov 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Elias Coleman SWAYZE on 20 Aug 1860 in Kintore, Oxford, Ontario. Elias (son of Benjamin SWAYZE and Mary PICKARD) was born on 11 Nov 1831 in Ontario; died on 24 Nov 1910 in Oxford County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from ancestry.ca

Sarah married William WILLIAMS on 19 Jan 1858 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. William was born in 1831 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

REV. ROBERT CAMERON, Pastor of Park Baptist Church, Brantford, is descended from the Glenevis branch of the Cameron Clan, and his grandfather came to America from Glenevis, near Fort William, Scotland, in the year 1775. In the contest of the Colonies for independence he entered the Royal army, and at the close of the war settled in Cornwall, Ont. Here our subject's father, the late Lieut.-Col. Robert Cameron was born in 1789, and when a young man went west to the County of Oxford, and began life there as one of its early pioneers, in the year 1820. He settled upon a tract granted to him as a son of one of those U.E. Loyalists whose memory is justly honoured by all Canadians. He married Agnes Ross, a native of Cornwall, by whom he had a large family, nine of whom are still living in various parts of the Dominion. He filled many positions of trust in Oxford County during life, and died there in the year 1875. Mrs. Cameron is still living, and resides at the old homestead "Glengarry Hill" with her youngest son, W. W. Cameron. The Rev. Mr. Cameron first attended a private school sustained by his father, and afterwards, when public school was opened in the section where he lived, he was sent to that with more or less regularity until he was 18 years of age. At this time he went to Starkey Seminary, situated on the western side of Lake Seneca, in the State of New York. On returning home he began to study for the legal profession at Ingersoll for a few months, but at this time his mind was turned into another channel, and after a year of teaching in the common school, his studies were shaped with a view to the ministry, and he preached as frequently as opportunity offered. He prepared for matriculation at Toronto University under the private tuition of a Roman Catholic priest by the name of Morrison. On the Sunday previous to going to Toronto, he was baptized in the River Thames near the place of his birth, and thus publicly declared that his views were in harmony with those held by the Baptists, although he did not unite with that body until a year afterwards. After having entered upon the second year at University College, Toronto, he came to Woodstock to edit and publish The Baptist Freeman, and here he formed a Baptist Church of which he was the pastor. He then re-entered the University and graduated in 1868 as Bachelor of of Arts, and in 1869 as master of Arts. Mr. Cameron then became pastor of a church at Fairport, near Rochester, N. Y., and while here he was married Sept., 186 , to the eldest daughter of the late Rev. Alexander Lorrimer, B.A., Librarian od Toronto University. He remained at Fairport until December, 1869, and then went to England to represent the interests of Grande Ligne Mission. After eight months of constant travelling in various parts of England and Scotland, he returned home and settled as pastor of a Baptist Church on 17th Street, in New york City, and filled that position for nearly five years. While there he assisted in founding the Baptist Union, and was one of its principal contributors until it became an element of disintegration in the Baptist denomination. he then withdrew from the paper, and at the same time resigned the pastorate of the church. On coming to Canada to spend his summer holidays and visit friends, he passed through brantford, and received and accepted a call to the pastorate of the Park (then tabernacle) Baptist Church, settling here as the successor of the rev. John Alexander, in 1875. Under his pastorate the old Music Hall has been sold, and the present handsome edifice fronting on Victoria Square has been erected as a church. While the design and proportions of the building reflect credit upon the architect, its internal arrangements and conveniences exhibit good judgement and taste on the part of the pastor and the Building Committee. The number of communicants and the congregation have been largely increased, and the benevolent and missionary work of the church developed under Mr. Cameron's ministry, ably sustained as he is by some of the most successful business men of Brantford.

Page 498 and Part of 499 Biographical Sketches from History of Brant County 1883, transcribed by Bill Bowman

Formerly pastor firts Baptist church, Denver; founder Woman's College. His death in Seattle, obituary and picture, p. Mar 22, 1927 - DEN

Robert married Mary Eliza Brodie LORIMER in Sep 1869. Mary was born in 1851 in Ontario; died in 1933; was buried in Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, King, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CAMERON--In East Nissouri [township], on the 16th inst., Mary, fourth daughter of the late Robert Cameron, aged 45 years

Ingersoll Chronicle & Canadian Dairyman
Thursday, April 22, 1886
Pg: , Col: 4

Emalina married William L. MACKENZIE on 8 Sep 1868 in Oxford County, Ontario. William was born in 1846; died in 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

LAST NAME: CAMERON
GIVEN NAMES: WILLIAM WALLACE
DATE OF DEATH: 10/20/1919
AGE: 73
UNITS OF AGE: YEARS SEX: M
PLACE OF DEATH: PLAP
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1919,059025
REGISTRATION DATE:

from: http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/ListView.php

CAMERON--In the city of Winnipeg, on October 20th, 1919, Wallace W. Cameron in his 74th year. At the residence of his son George F. Cameron. The funeral private from the residence, Winnipeg, on Wednesday, October 22nd

Ingersoll Chronicle & Canadian Dairyman
Thursday, October 23, 1919
Pg: 8, Col: 3

William married Marion MCPHERSON on 16 Jan 1878 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. Marion was born on 2 Dec 1844; died on 7 Jan 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Allan MACDONALD. Allan (son of Donald MACDONALD and Sarah CAMERON) was born on 14 Oct 1836 in East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario; died on 8 Mar 1916 in East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Scoon RASTALL. Richard was born in 1833 in Scotland; died on 9 Mar 1908 in Brantford, Brant, Ontario; was buried in Kincardine Cemetery, Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eva married Ross ROBERTSON on 21 Feb 1861 in Bruce County, Ontario. Ross was born on 25 Feb 1840 in Canada; died on 26 Nov 1874; was buried in Kincardine Cemetery, Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Margaret Eliza SAPINGTON on 24 Dec 1857 in Effingham County, Illinois. Margaret was born on 12 Mar 1834 in Nash County, North Carolina; died on 2 Jan 1907 in Missouri; was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Martha COVERT on 22 Apr 1870 in Effingham, Illinois. Martha was born in 1852 in Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Jennie RICHIE in 1880. Jennie was born in Nov 1842 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Jane KELLER on 15 Oct 1861 in Ewing, Effingham, Illinois. Sarah was born on 9 May 1843 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; died on 18 Jun 1907 in Watson, Effingham, Illinois; was buried in Watson Cemetery, Effingham, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married Susan SHIELDS in 1877. Susan was born in 1857 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William DOUGLAS. William was born in 1840; died in 1919 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Elizabeth Matilda FISHER on 25 Jun 1873 in Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario. Elizabeth was born in 1854 in Ontario; died on 6 Nov 1950 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Bertha A.J. WICK on 15 Dec 1891 in Harbor Beach, Huron, Michigan. Bertha was born on 18 Oct 1865 in Germany; died on 20 Mar 1927 in Harbor Beach, Huron, Michigan; was buried on 25 Mar 1927 in Rock Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Huron, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Frank N ASHLEY on 21 Dec 1915 in Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan. Frank was born about 1873 in Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Joseph Emil DEARY on 5 Apr 1892 in Wayne County, Michigan. Joseph was born in Mar 1863 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Rebecca DENNIS on 10 Jul 1895 in Huron County, Michigan. Rebecca was born in 1877 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Johanna Catharina TAGESON on 22 Dec 1897 in Huron County, Michigan. Johanna was born in May 1879 in Germany; died in 1930; was buried in Rock Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Huron, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Marie AXFORD on 9 Mar 1940 in Bay Port, Huron, Michigan. Sarah was born about 1888 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marion married Job DENNIS on 5 Jun 1896 in Sand Beach, Huron, Michigan. Job was born on 3 Aug 1873 in Elgin County, Ontario; died on 13 Feb 1947; was buried in Perry Mount Park Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Swan BJKORKSTROM. Swan was born in 1893 in Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Isabel BOMBARD on 7 Apr 1884 in Sand Beach, Huron, Michigan. Isabel was born on 5 May 1861 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario; died on 12 Apr 1934 in Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Henry SMITH. John was born in 1855 in Ontario; died in 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Phoebe SMITH on 1 May 1894 in Menominee, Menominee, Michigan. Phoebe was born about 1873 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ade E JENSEN on 16 Aug 1889 in Manistee, Manistee, Michigan, and was divorced on 19 Apr 1915 in Mason, Michigan. Ade was born in 1868 in Sugar Grove, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary S. JOHNSON on 24 Mar 1897 in Ludington, Mason, Michigan. Mary was born about 1877 in Michigan; died in 1945 in Mason County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington, Mason, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Austa C. WHISTLER. Austa was born on 18 Apr 1850 in Cardington, Morrow, Ohio; died on 31 Aug 1935 in Grand Coulee, Grant, Washington; was buried in Terrace Heights Memorial Park, Yakima, Yakima, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Alice E. BLANCHARD on 11 Aug 1879 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Alice was born about 1861 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Sarah Elizabeth MCWILIAMS on 6 Jul 1892 in Seattle, King, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Harvey SHARPE in 1885. John was born on 25 Mar 1856 in La Porte County, Indiana; died on 15 Aug 1934 in Dryden, Chelan, Washington; was buried in Leavenworth North Road Cemetery, Leavenworth, Chelan, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabella married York Eli HINES on 7 Sep 1893 in King County, Washington. York was born about 1848 in Arkansas; died on 27 Dec 1914 in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married James Austin READER on 14 Jul 1885 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. James was born about 1858 in Aurora, Dupage, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank married Effie ARMSTRONG on 29 Jun 1898 in King County, Washington. Effie was born about 1871 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Whiting BROWNFIELD. Charles was born about 1860 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Harrison COLGAN. George was born in 1869 in Minnesota; died on 7 Jul 1940 in Marion County, Oregon; was buried in Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Laura Belle YODER on 17 Nov 1894 in Salem, Marion, Oregon. Laura was born on 29 Jul 1874 in Middlebury, Elkart, Indiana; died on 12 Nov 1955 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; was buried in Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Alice Maude GASTON on 1 Feb 1922 in Yamhill County, Oregon. Alice was born about 1891 in Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: 1874
Death: Sep. 4, 1946
Jackson County
Oregon, USA

FLETCHER--Sadie Elizabeth, Sept. 4, at Medford, late of 628 NE 81st, Portland; mother of H. Howard Fletcher, Medford; sister of Will of Stayton; John of Woodburn, Percy Ramage of Columbia City; Jennie Colgan, Maude Davis, Salem; Belle Jones, Columbia City; 3 grandchildren. Friends invited to attend services Saturday, Sept. 7, 9:30 AM, at St. Peter's Mission, SE 82d and Pine, followed by service at Hubbard, Or., at 2 PM. Interment Hubbard Cemetery. Arangements in care of the Gable Funeral Home, 225 NE 80th.

Oregonian,[Portland, Oregon] September 6, 1947, page 17

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31532635 viewed October 13, 2013

Sarah married Samuel Emmerson FLETCHER on 27 May 1901 in Vancouver, Clarke, Washington. Samuel was born in 1852 in Massachusetts; died on 26 Jan 1940; was buried in Hubbard Cemetery, Hubbard, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret S. CLEMENTS. Margaret was born in 1895 in Missouri; died in 1959 in Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: HAZEL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph R DAVIS. Joseph was born about 1875 in Missouri; died in in Salem, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet married Joseph Madison JONES on 28 Jun 1903 in Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon. Joseph was born on 7 Nov 1871 in Bethel, Polk, Oregon; died on 5 Apr 1924 in Polk County, Oregon, United States of America; was buried in Hubbard Cemetery, Hubbard, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marian married John Carlson PINCKNEY on 26 Jan 1925 in Yamhill County, Oregon. John was born in 1863 in New York; died on 16 Dec 1935 in Clackamas County, Oregon; was buried in Hubbard Cemetery, Hubbard, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Lora Ethel HAYES on 26 Jan 1908. Lora was born on 24 Mar 1887 in Dayton, Washington Co., Oregon; died on 11 Jun 1976 in Mt. Angel, Marion Co., Oregon; was buried in Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Percy Ramage Dies

Funeral services for Percy Ramage, 60, former Woodburn resident who died Sunday at St. Helens, will be conducted at 10 a.m. today (Thursday) at St. Helens. Interment will be at 2 p.m. today at the Hubbard cemetery.

He was born January 14, 1890, in South Dakota. He attended local schools but had not lived in this vicinity for the past 30 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Wilma Ramage of St. Helens; two brothers, Will Ramage of Salem and John Ramage of Woodburn; and three sisters, Mrs. Jeanette Colgan and Mrs. Maude Davis of Salem, and Mrs. Belle Jones of Portland.

The Woodburn Independent Newspaper
Woodburn, Oregon
May 25, 1950, Page 3, Column 3
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105579898/ellis-percival-ramage viewed Jan 12/19

Family/Spouse: Wilma Edna CANTWELL. Wilma was born on 11 Oct 1898 in Gilliam County, Oregon,; died on 10 Mar 1977 in Lake Oswego, Clackamas, Oregon; was buried in River View Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret NELSON. Margaret was born in 1836 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Mary Jane BASKIN on 21 Feb 1860 in Perth County, Ontario. Mary was born in 1842 in New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John QUINN on 25 Dec 1878 in Oxford County, Ontario. John was born on 24 Feb 1855 in East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario; died on 3 Mar 1884 in Oxford County, Ontario; was buried in Saint John's Anglican Church Cemetery, Thamesford, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harold BOSS. Harold was born about 1857 in Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Ann "Annie" SMITH. Margaret was born about 1859 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth QUINN on 3 Jul 1873 in East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario. Elizabeth was born about 1853 in East Nissouri, Oxford, Ontario; died on 18 Jun 1940; was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Albany, Linn, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John GRAHAM on 25 Feb 1870 in Oxford County, Ontario. John was born on 23 Apr 1843 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary E. SIMS. Mary was born in 1857; died in 1919; was buried in City View Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maria Emeline CRAIG. Maria was born about 1859 in Canada; died on 23 Nov 1934 in Seattle, King, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William RUSSELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married George Robert PHILPOTT on 30 Apr 1890 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario. George was born about 1846 in England; died on 7 Jan 1923 in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabella married John William MCCALLUM on 2 May 1887 in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario. John was born in 1857 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allan married Christina MCKAY on 29 Dec 1880 in Huron County, Ontario. Christina was born in Aug 1853 in West Zorra, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Mary JACKSON on 21 Feb 1883 in Huron County, Ontario. Mary was born about 1853 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isabella SOUTER. Isabella was born on 10 May 1885 in Huntley Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 18 Nov 1973 in Victoria, British Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married George Andrew FINDLAY in 1900 in High River, Alberta. George died on 7 Apr 1928; was buried in Highwood Cemetery, High River, Alberta. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dora married John Robert BOYLE in 1902 in High River, Alberta. John was born in Feb 1870 in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario; died on 15 Feb 1936 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario; was buried in Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Caroline married Thomas SPARKS on 13 Nov 1883 in London, Middlesex, Ontario. Thomas was born in 1845 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Theressa M SANDICK on 11 Apr 1894 in North Oxford, Oxford, Ontario. Theressa was born in Sep 1872 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Agnes married Charles Napier MITCHELL on 5 Mar 1890 in Oxford County, Ontario. Charles was born about 1864 in Lakeside, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Charles WILLIAMS on 7 Sep 1887 in Oxford County, Ontario. Charles was born in 1866 in Durham County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Mary Bella BRODERICK on 15 Sep 1897 in Elgin County, Ontario. Mary was born in 1873 in Aylmer, Elgin, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fannie WOOD. Fannie was born in 1876 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William Neil MCDONALD on 29 Mar 1905 in Oxford County, Ontario. William was born about 1880 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eva married Ernest MASON on 3 Jul 1920 in Oxford County, Ontario. Ernest was born in 1897 in Beachville, Ontario; died in 1957; was buried in Ingersoll Rural Cemetery, Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christina married Harry Parter FORKER on 12 Apr 1911 in Middlesex County, Ontario. Harry was born about 1864 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Laura JOHNSTON on 6 Jun 1900 in Middlesex County, Ontario. Laura was born in Apr 1875 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Jeanette MUNRO on 26 Jul 1905 in Oxford County, Ontario. Jeanette was born on 20 Jun 1882 in West Zorra, Oxford, Ontario; died on 30 Dec 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Agnes married Alexander MCKAY on 11 Sep 1901 in Oxford County, Ontario. Alexander was born in May 1874 in West Zorra, Oxford, Ontario; died on 3 Sep 1918 in Oxford County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Zion Hill

Notes:

Buried:
Zion Hill

Edward married Sarah Elizabeth WESTON on 13 Dec 1911 in Oxford County, Ontario. Sarah was born about 1877 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marian married Charles WESTON on 18 Jun 1889 in Middlesex County, Ontario. Charles was born in Feb 1862 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cora married John Patterson KEITH on 2 Sep 1903 in Oxford County, Ontario. John was born on 22 Apr 1876 in Lindsay, Ontario; died on 10 Dec 1941 in Sault Ste Marie, Algoma, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pearl married Duncan Carmichael BELL on 5 Sep 1904 in Oxford County, Ontario. Duncan was born about 1876 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lila married John George COLERIDGE on 3 Jul 1899 in Thamesford, Oxford, Ontario. John was born about 1876 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married James Alfred YOUNG on 2 Jun 1897 in Middlesex County, Ontario. James was born in 1869 in Ontario; died on 1 Jan 1938 in London, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mabel Caroline SHORTER on 28 Feb 1912 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. Mabel was born about 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Helen COLERIDGE on 27 Sep 1911 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. Helen was born about 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Iva Lavinia WARREN on 26 Apr 1905 in Middlesex County, Ontario. Iva was born in 1884 in Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Muriel S DOUGLAS on 12 Oct 1914 in Niagara, New York. Muriel was born in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CAMERON—At Woodstock, 30th ult., Miss Mary, eldest daughter of John Cameron, Esq., gaoler, aged 23 years of consumption

Ingersoll Chronicle
Thursday, November 06, 1879
Pg: 3, Col: 6

Jane married William LEHMAN on 12 Aug 1896 in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario. William was born in 1853; died on 6 Feb 1929 in Daytona, Florida; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Woodstock, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DAVIDSON, JOHN ANDREW, pioneer, businessman, jp, office holder, and politician; b. 19 Aug. 1852 in Thamesford, Upper Canada, son of Isaac Davidson and Chrystann (Christie Anne) Cameron; m. 20 March 1878 Sophia Ellen Hamilton in Palestine (Gladstone), Man., and they had two sons and three daughters; d. 14 Nov. 1903 in Neepawa, Man.

John Andrew Davidson and other members of his family were part of the first contingent of Ontario settlers who went to Palestine, Man., in July 1871. He, his father, and at least one of his brothers took up land in Township 14, range 11 west. In 1873 Davidson served in a volunteer company raised in the area to face a threatened Sioux attack. That year he established, at age 21, one of the first two general stores in Palestine; the other was owned by his future brother-in-law Corydon Partlow Brown*. Like most early storekeepers he accepted grain and other farm produce in exchange for goods because the railway had not yet arrived and marketing arrangements for such products were primitive. In addition, he engaged in the fur trade, in partnership with John Alexander McDougall and “an old Hudson Bay officer, Mr. Mcgillivray.” This venture was short-lived and unprofitable.

Quickly becoming an established figure in the community, by 1876 Davidson was a justice of the peace, a commissioner for taking affidavits, and a trustee for the Protestant school board. One of his most important posts was secretary of the Palestine Baseball Club, for the early settlers from Ontario took their baseball seriously. In 1877 he served as secretary of the committee seeking the incorporation of Westbourne into a rural municipality which would include Palestine. Municipalities were able to offer railways cash bonuses, and the incorporation of Westbourne was designed to induce the Manitoba Western Railway Company to build its line through the area. Despite his work in securing municipal status, Davidson came at the bottom of the polls in the first municipal elections.

In 1880 he left Palestine (which had been renamed Gladstone), and with his new partner Jonathan Joseph Hamilton moved to Beautiful Plains (Arden). On the land they purchased in Township 14, range 15 west, they established not only a store but a new town which was to be called Neepawa. In order to attract settlers, they built – in addition to a brick building for their own store – a hotel, a steam-driven flour-mill, a blacksmith’s shop, and other businesses. The store proved to be successful, as did the mill and a real-estate agency they had started. Davidson became president of the Neepawa Mining Company, the Register Printing Company (which published the Neepawa Register and Beautiful Plains County Advertiser, originally the Neepawa Canadian), and the Neepawa Curling Club. An older Davidson had shifted his interests from baseball to curling, the other great favourite of the early settlers from Ontario. As one of Neepawa’s founders, he was elected to the town council as soon as the municipality was incorporated and he remained a member for the rest of his life. He would be mayor from 1895 to 1900. In 1882 the people of Neepawa gave the Portage, Westbourne and North Western Railway a bonus of $16,000 to have it pass through their town, considerably less than the amount disbursed by Minnedosa, their neighbouring rival, the following year. Minnedosa moved ahead of Neepawa in population and business enterprise until 1886, when the heavy expenses of competing for hinterland trade led to its financial collapse. By the early 1890s Neepawa had outdistanced Minnedosa in size and volume of business activity.

In addition to his local commercial and political endeavours, Davidson was involved in provincial politics for much of his life. An active member of the provincial Conservative party, he was for years a member of its executive. In 1881 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the new constituency of Dauphin, a seat he retained in the general election of 1883. Nominated for Beautiful Plains in 1886 and 1888, he was defeated on both occasions. He finally won that seat in 1892 by the slim margin of 16 votes. He lost it in 1896 and failed to regain it in 1899. Although not a member of the assembly, on 10 Jan. 1900 he was appointed provincial treasurer and minister of agriculture and immigration in the administration of Hugh John Macdonald*. After the Liberal member for Beautiful Plains was persuaded to resign, Davidson was elected in his stead in March. He remained at his post when Rodmond Palen Roblin* took over as premier on 29 October. Davidson undertook a thorough overhaul of the finances of the province, and within the first year of his administration retired the deficit that had been built up by the Liberals under Premier Thomas Greenway. Thereafter his budgets showed a growing provincial surplus, created not only by careful administration but by a tax he had introduced on corporations, including railways. His death in 1903 came after a long spell of ill health. A special train was run from Winnipeg to Neepawa, to carry any members of the assembly or the civil service who wished to attend the funeral, which was conducted with full masonic ritual. Roblin himself was among the pallbearers.

John Andrew Davidson’s political career was based on his business activities, which were largely concerned with the rapid commercial development of new agricultural settlements in what was then northwestern Manitoba. His success exemplifies the close connection between rural politics and business promoters in early Manitoba.

From Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

John married Sophia Ellen HAMILTON on 20 Mar 1878 in Palestine, Manitoba. Sophia was born on 22 Apr 1852 in Mornington, Perth, Ontario; died on 14 Jan 1914 in Neepawa, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Corydon Partlow BROWN on 21 Feb 1874 in Gladstone, Marquette, Manitoba. Corydon was born on 15 Nov 1848 in Southampton, New Brunswick; died on 17 Dec 1891 in Winnipeg, Manitoba; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Thomasina GERROND on 1 Oct 1878 in High Bluff, Manitoba. Thomasina was born on 4 Feb 1857 in Seaforth, Ontario; died on 29 Jul 1936 in Neepawa, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Maude Mary STEVENSON on 7 Nov 1893. Maude was born on 13 Jan 1866 in Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Evangeline Amelia HOLMES on 10 Apr 1883 in Gladstone, Marquette, Manitoba. Evangeline was born on 9 Apr 1859 in Nova Scotia; died on 2 Feb 1930 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Mary Eleanor ALLEN on 15 Mar 1899 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mary was born on 13 Nov 1862; died on 3 Mar 1914 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Corydon Partlow BROWN on 10 Dec 1885 in Gladstone, Manitoba. Corydon was born on 15 Nov 1848 in Southampton, New Brunswick; died on 17 Dec 1891 in Winnipeg, Manitoba; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Minnie HOLTE on 20 Feb 1895 in Neepawa, Manitoba. Minnie was born on 10 Aug 1876 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; died on 8 Aug 1972 in Vancouver, British Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rosa married Ezra MILLARD on 21 Sep 1908 in Montréal, Québec. Ezra was born on 10 Sep 1877 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska; died on 2 Jun 1920; was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Woodstock Sentinel Review June 13, 1911
DONE TO DEATH BY MEXICAN BANDITS
The very tragic death of Robert J. Swayze

Only brother of Benjamin E. Swayzie of Eastwood was burned to death by Mexican bandits. Victim was born near Kintore, and became a successful railwayman.

A few weeks ago the news despatches gave the story of the death of a man named Robert J. Sweasey or Swayzie, an American superintendent of the Central Railway of Michoacan, Mexico. According to the story told by a Mexican refuge, who reached San Francisco, this man was burned to death on May 16th, by Mexican bandits. The refugee, whoe name was Hansfelder ssaid that the bandits had made demands for money of every American in the district. Some complied, but Sweasey refused to pay. Hansfelder declared that he made his way to Sweasey’s house, three miles distant from his own homoe, on May 19th, and found the house burned to the ground and Sweasey’s body lased to a post in the midst of the burning timbers. Mrs. Sweasey had disappeared and it was thought at the time that she had been retained prisoner and held for ransom.

It now appears that the victim was the only brother of Mr. Benjamin E. Swayzie of Eastwood. Mr. Swayzie had received word from his brother’s wife’s sister in Colorado, confirming the report of the brother’s death. The news was conveyed to her by a letter from her sister in Mexico.

Robert James Swayzie, the man who was thus done to death in such barbarous fashion, was born at the old Swayzie settlement near Kintore, on the 14th day of June, 1861. He was the son of he late Elias Coleman Swayzie and Nancy Cameron, his wife. He was, therefore, a grandson of Lt.-Col. Robert Cameron, and a nephew of the later John Cameron of Woodstock. He received his education in the public schools and Wesleyan Institute of Winnipeg, and when but little more than a boy went to work for Contractor Ryan and placed the steel on the first hundred miles of the C.P.R. west of Winnipeg. Some years later he went south, where he was largely engaged in railway construction, being admittedly one of the best men in Mexico in handling the native workmen. Like his ancestors, who were all United Empire Loyalists, he remained up to the time of his death a British subject. He was a prominent member of the Masonic Order (Southern jurisdiction) having taken the Thirty-Second degree. He was married on the 23rd day of October, 1892 to Blanche Stella Bingham of Windor, Ohio. One brother and one sister of deceased reside at Eastwood, three sisters are at Spokane, Wash., and one in Maine.

An application is being made through M.S. Schell to have the Dominion Government take the matter up, and have the guilty parties punished.

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
about R J Swayze
Name: R J Swayze
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Birth Year: abt 1861
Residence: Quitman, Cleburne, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Blanch J Bingman
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Residence: Quitman, Cleburne, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1892
Marriage License Date: 21 Oct 1892
Marriage County: Cleburne
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1033446

Robert married Blanche Stella BINGHAM on 23 Oct 1892 in Cleburne, Arkansas. Blanche was born on 28 Jul 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary Jane MENAPACE on 25 Feb 1909 in El Paso, Texas. Mary was born on 19 Feb 1883 in Colorado; died on 11 Oct 1978 in Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Benjamin married Amanda Albina HUNTER on 5 Oct 1892 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario. Amanda was born on 14 Apr 1866 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario; died on 14 Dec 1896 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Mary Elizabeth JORDAN on 28 Sep 1898 in Eastwood, Oxford, Ontario. Mary (daughter of Francis John JORDAN and Elizabeth HEATH) was born on 7 Jul 1872 in East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario; died on 17 Mar 1949 in Oxford County, Ontario; was buried in Hillview Cemetery, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Age: 79

Notes:

Iona married Charles Henry SMITH on 22 Sep 1899 in Madison, Somerset, Maine. Charles was born in Jul 1862 in Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Iona married Frederick Clifton EDSON on 21 Sep 1885 in Custer, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Henry MURRAY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hines, Mrs. Nannie, beloved wife of Russell W. Hines, mother of Mrs. Aylia T. Carmichael, sister of Miss Sara E. Swayzie & Mrs. Annie May Petierson, grandmother of Mrs. Maureen Vaquette, John W. & Robert L. Carmichael, also survived by 1 great-grandson. Servies Thurs., 1:30 p.m., in the Wee Kirk o' the heather. Forest Lawn Mortuary in charge.

La Times, May 5, 1947, S. II, page 12

Nancy married Warren Emerson TALMADGE on 24 Dec 1892 in Priest River, Bonner Co., Idaho. Warren was born on 2 Mar 1866 in West Union, Illinois; died on 5 Jan 1944 in Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho; was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Russell Wyatt HINES. Russell was born on 28 Nov 1891 in Stoney Point, North Carolina; died on 7 Aug 1962 in Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SWAYZIE-At the home of her niece, Mrs Alfred Cox, 801 Main street west, Hamilton, Ontario, Saturday, March 24. 1956, Sara Elizabeth Swayzie, daughter of the late Elias Coleman Swayzie and Nancy Cam eron, of East Oxford, in her 83rd year. Funeral will be held from the Marleft Funeral Home, Hamilton, at 1 p.m. Temporary entombment in the Woodstock Mausoleum upon arrival from Hamilton at about 3 p.m. Monday, March 26.

Notes:

Jack and Anna May Peiterson, of Calavo Gardens; private services were held in the Paris Mortuary, El Cajon, followed by burial in Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Chula Vista.

San Diego Union March 24, 1953

ELDERLY MAN KILLS WIFE, THEN HIMSELF
Calls Police Before Taking Own Life in Calavo Gardens

EL CAJON - An 80-year old Calavo Gardens Resident shot his wife yesterday morning, called police and then turned the gun om himself in a murder-suicide pact for which authorities could find no clar motive.

John William Peiterson called police from his home on Creatland Rd. at 6:30 a.m. and announced he had killed his wife, Anna May Peiterson. He told Patrolman A.E. Benson he intended to kill himself, and added: "Come out and get us."

MONEY RULED OUT
Benson pressed him for an explanation, and Peiterson replied "Financial trouble." Then he hung up on the partroman's attempt to keep him on the telephone and avert the suicide.

The coroner's office ruled out money as the cause for the murder-suicide, however, after discovering the couple had two sizeable bank accounts and owned considerable property in El Cajun, Lemon Grove, Mission Beach and other parts of the San Diego area.

Deputy Coroner Jess Canale frankly admitted he was at a loss to explain the murder-suicide.

The bodies of Peiterson and his 73-year old wife lay side by side in a bed in the cluttered house. Peiterson still clutched the .38 caliber pistol he had used to fire one bullet through his wife's head and another through his own.

PATIENT AT PATTON
Deputy Sherrifs, F.J. Lee and T.E. Johnson, dispatched on Benson's phone call to the sherriff's office, found the bodies of the elderly couple at 6:39 a.m.

Canale discovered Mrs. Peiterson had been a patient at the State Mental Hospital at Patton from Aug. 28, 1951, to Sept. 9, 1952.

In her purse he found two statements written to no one in particular and signed by her husband. One dated in 1950, said the couple had been married 48 years and that Peiterson had found her "a helpful housewife and a good business manager"

EXAMANATION TOLD
The other, dated Aug. 12, 1951, said Peiterson was having his wife examined in the psychopathic ward at County Hospital on orders of an El Cajan physician. The examination, Peiterson wrote, was to be a physical checkup only because she was seeking a divorce. He added that "at no time" had his wife been insane or mentally incompetent.

The couple had lived in the Mt. Helix area for more than 30 years. Peiterson was a member of the El Cajor Elks Lodge and his wife had been a member of the El Cajon Woman's Club, and both had been members of an Eastern Star Chapter.

The bodies were take to Paris Mortuary in El Cajun.

San Diego Union March 19, 1953

Annie married John William PIETERSON on 25 Dec 1903 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington. John was born on 15 Feb 1873 in Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin; died on 18 Mar 1953 in El Cajun, San Diego County, California; was buried on 23 Mar 1953 in Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Chula Vista, San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MARRIAGES: 1 to 1 of 1
GROOM'S LAST NAME: MANN
GROOM'S GIVEN NAMES: DONALD P
BRIDE'S LAST NAME: WILLIAMS
BRIDE'S GIVEN NAMES: JANE E DATE OF MARRIAGE: 03/09/1887
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: WINNIPEG
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1887,001070
from http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/ListView.php Nov.22/07

Jane married Donald MANN on 3 Sep 1887 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Donald was born on 23 Mar 1853 in Acton, Halton, Ontario; died on 10 Nov 1934 in Toronto, York, Ontario; was buried in Acton, Halton, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married James McGregor YOUNG on 30 Jun 1906 in Toronto, York, Ontario. James was born in Jun 1865 in Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ella married Samuel CROSTHWAIT on 23 Jun 1900 in Toronto, York, Ontario. Samuel was born on 16 Nov 1870 in Dublin, Ireland; died on 24 Jan 1932 in Bancroft, Hastings, Ontario; was buried in Saint Johns Anglican Cemetery, Bancroft, Hastings, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

WAS INTERRED HERE--The remains of Robert Alexander Cameron, eldest son of Rev. Dr. Cameron, of Seattle, Washington, whose death occurred at Kansas City on the 2nd of March were interred in Ingersoll Rural Cemetery, Wednesday afternoon. The remains which rested in a steel casket, were accompanied by Rev. Dr. Cameron, who came all the way to Ingersoll to have them placed in the burial plot of deceased's grandfather. Robert Cameron was 47 years of age, and a member of the Washington Bar at Seattle. Rev. Dr. Cameron, who is a son of the late Capt. Cameron of East Nissouri [township], left this district upwards of 50 years ago. He seized the opportunity Wednesday to visit 'Glengarry Hill', his old home in East Nissouri [township]. He left Wednesday evening to visit his niece, Mrs. Little at 'Altadore', Woodstock

Ingersoll Chronicle & Canadian Dairyman
Thursday, March 15, 1917
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Robert married Julia Vail KETCHUM on 7 Feb 1894 in Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey. Julia was born on 3 Apr 1863 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; died on 5 Oct 1946 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; was buried on 7 Oct 1946 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Norman married Carrie Adelia VANDERBURGH on 25 Aug 1897 in Welland County, Ontario. Carrie was born on 20 Nov 1874 in Welland, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Washington Births, 1907-1919
about Elise P Cameron
Name: Elise P Cameron
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1910
LOCATION: Seattle
Sex: Female
Race: White
Father's name: Monterief Cameron
Mother's name: Elsie F Beckers
Image Filename: 1688

from ancestry.com November 1/07

Moncreif married Elise Fortanier RECKERS on 27 Jun 1908 in Seattle, King, Washington. Elise was born on 24 Jan 1881 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died in 1975; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary F SANDALL. Mary was born in 1886 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CAMERON—In East Nissouri [township], 24th inst., Robert F., son of Mr. W. W. Cameron, aged 2 years, 10 months and 14 days

Ingersoll Chronicle
Thursday, September 29, 1881
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George married Agnes Marion SIMPSON on 8 Jun 1904 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Agnes was born on 3 Aug 1883 in Ontario; died on 14 Aug 1952; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ross married Margaret WILLIAMS on 28 Dec 1888 in Kinkardine, Bruce, Ontario. Margaret was born in 1859 in Ontario; died in 1909; was buried in Kincardine Cemetery, Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ross married Eliza V. Martin TURNER on 17 Jan 1912 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Eliza was born in 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paulina married George FARRELL on 28 Dec 1892 in Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario. George was born about 1861 in Hastings County, Ontairo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ada married Wilson Robert CLEMENTS on 25 Feb 1913 in Kincardine, Bruce, Ontairo. Wilson was born in 1868 in Kincardine, Bruce, Ontairo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eva married Wilson Robert CLEMENTS on 16 May 1900 in Bruce County, Ontario. Wilson was born in 1868 in Kincardine, Bruce, Ontairo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William DYMENT on 20 Dec 1882 in Bruce County, Ontario. William was born about 1860 in Lynden, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ross married Jennie FRENCH on 30 Apr 1893 in Essex County, Ontario. Jennie was born about 1868 in Youngstown, Niagara, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Sadie L COLLOPE on 12 Feb 1915 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Sadie was born about 1880 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eva married Hector MACKAY on 10 Jul 1902 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Hector was born in 1865 in Ontario; died on 22 May 1945; was buried in Saint Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Marshall Lee COMBS on 7 Oct 1884 in Hannibal, Marion, Missouri. Marshall was born in Mar 1864 in Missouri; died on 16 Dec 1919 in Marion, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Elizabeth CRAMER. Anna was born on 28 Mar 1869; died on 14 Jul 1956; was buried in Fort Sumner Cemetery, Fort Sumner, DeBaca, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mr. LUEPKES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence married Cass R JOHNSON in 1899. Cass was born in May 1873 in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Henry Fred FUNK on 28 Nov 1878 in Hannibal, Marion, Missouri. Henry was born on 18 Jun 1856 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; died on 27 Mar 1932 in Hannibal, Marion, Iowa; was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Richard ATKINS on 30 Dec 1908 in Canyon, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Effie married John Stuart MAGINNIS on 10 Jun 1900 in Berrien County, Michigan. John was born on 30 May 1877 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Mary Frances LECRONE on 12 Aug 1890 in Watson, Effingham, Illinois. Mary was born on 4 Sep 1870 in Effingham, Illinois; died on 3 Oct 1925; was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Nettie LOY on 22 Dec 1892 in Effingham County, Illinois. Nettie was born about 1877 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married John Homer GIBBONS on 9 Jun 1897 in Effingham, Illinois. John was born on 14 Nov 1872 in Illinois; died on 27 Nov 1949; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Saint Elmo, Fayette, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Charles Winfield Scott SPRINKLE on 25 May 1884 in Effingham County, Illinois. Charles was born in 1861 in Watson, Effingham, Illinois; died on 5 Feb 1952 in Yakima, Yakima, Washington; was buried in Old Sunnyside Cemetery, Sunnyside, Yakima, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ora married Claude H BOOTHBY in 1900. Claude was born in Feb 1878 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frank SCHRADER. Frank was born in 1878 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Edward STEVENS. William was born in Mar 1872 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mr. RITCHIE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louise SCHMORL. Louise was born in 1884 in California; died on 10 Jul 1940 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles S CAMPBELL. Charles was born about 1849 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Wilfred CAFFYN. John was born on 5 Oct 1887 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York; died on 13 Nov 1948 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Irene married Charles W HORRELL on 31 May 1958 in Santa Clara, California. Charles was born on 15 Sep 1889 in Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1965 in Santa Clara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Beata DUHRKOOP on 25 Nov 1909 in Oregon, and was divorced on 24 Mar 1921. Beata was born in 1890 in Oregon; died on 19 Oct 1926 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Viola A DAY. Viola was born on 11 Apr 1893 in Oregon; died on 5 Apr 1999 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married Edward Blaine BIRKENBUEL on 24 May 1941. Edward was born on 26 Oct 1884 in Peru, La Salle, Illinois; died on 21 Jul 1954 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]