CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NamePeter CAMERON [8664], GGGG Uncle
Birth DateNov 1816 [8664]
Birth PlacePerthshire, Scotland
MemoInferred from baptism date.
Bapt Date15 Nov 1816 [8664]
Bapt PlaceMoneydie, Perthshire, Scotland
FatherJames CAMERON (~1775-~1850)
MotherJanet NICOLSON (1774-~1859)
Research
According to “Births Deaths And Marriages Victoria” there was a Peter CAMERON who died in Orbost, Victoria, Australia, in 1898, age 81; mother listed as “Jessie NICHOLSON” and father “Jas CAMERON”; Registration # 9168/1898. Name book says “Jessie” is a Scottish familiar form of Janet. Age 81 goes with birth ca. 1817.

Same source says Peter had a daughter, Jessie CAMERON, born 1854, in “CHER, Australia”? Mother’s name was Charlotte (MyHeritage says maiden name was PURCHASE; married 1850 @ Geelong?);. Registration # 6789 / 1854. Unable to find the marriage at Victoria site.

again from Victoria site, Jessie CAMERON married Archibald MOFFATT in 1882, Registration # 2461 / 1882,
in Victoria.
Jessie & Archibald had daughter Ethel Gertrude MOFFATT, b. 1883 (possibly 08-APR) in “RICH, Australia”.
Last Modified 8 Nov 2024Created 8 Nov 2024 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 8 Nov 2024
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