Christina Cameron

[tigger_lass]

Hi

I am looking to track down the birth details and parents of my gg grandmother Christina Cameron. I think she was born c1863 but cant seem to find any records. From the certificate to her 2nd marriage in 1907 her parents are listed as Allan Cameron and Christina Cameron ms Cameron, however, on her death certificate in 1934 her parents are listed as Allan Cameron and Janet Cameron ms (?) Whitet (?).

Christina had an illegitimate daughter, Annie, to William Scott then married James McGimpsey (i can find no record of this marriage). He died in 1902 and she married William Middleton in 1907.

Her father is described as a steelworker/ironworker and Christina's occupation is detailed throughout all the certificates as a farm servant.

Can anyone help me track her down?

Thanks

Tracey

[hume]

Hi Tracey,

Going by the details you have for Christina, this may be her birth?

Christina Cameron
Birth: 9th October 1862 Dalziel, Lanarkshire
Parents: Allan Cameron and Janet Whitehead (married 1841)

This is the 1871 census for them, and Allan's occupation matches pretty well!

Address: 169 - 171 Queen St, Dalziel, Lanarkshire
Allan Cameron, m, head, 48, farmer lab in iron works, Fort William, Invernesshire
Janet W ", f, wife, 48, -, Dunblane, Perth
Alexander ", m, son, 20, -, Alloel (?), Perth
Margaret ", f, dau., 16, -, Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Allan ", m, son, 14, -, Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Hugh ", m, son, 12, -, Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Christina ", f, dau., 9, -, Motherwell, Lanarkshire

hume24

[tigger_lass]

WOW! 

So quick! Yes it seems to match....guess i've got a lot more to go on. I can't thank you enough! This has stumped us for soooo long.

Thanks again

Tracey

[tigger_lass]

Ok...I now have a huge family link to Dunblane via Christina's mother Janet Whitehead. I have spent the last 2 days searching for Janet and Allan's death certificates but with no luck. I assume that they did not move back to where they came from so they must still be in Lanarkshire?

Help!

Tracey

[MonicaL]

Hi TL

I think this is a possibility for Janet W's death, with her name registered as Jane (a common variant for Janet/Jean/jessie etc.):


1875   WHITEHEAD   JANE       CAMERON   F   53   DALZIEL   /LANARK   639/00 0048

Regards.

Monica 

[MonicaL]

I also think there is a possibility that Allan may have remarried following the death of Janet (to be confirmed!): From the 1881 census:

Allan Cameron    53, Iron Works Labourer, b. Fort William, Invernesshire
Sarah Cameron    42, wife, b. Fort William, Invernesshire

Address:  15 St Vincent Place, Dalziel

Monica

[MonicaL]

The only entry I can see that fits for Allan in 1891 (if it is him) is this one:

Elizabeth Darling 41, head, laundress, b. Edinburgh
Allan Cameron    65, brother, Soda Water Bottler Unempld, b. Fort William
Margaret Cameron 63, sister, laundress, b. Fort William

Address: 198 Mowat Place, Edinburgh St Cuthberts

And maybe a death:

1899   CAMERON   ALLAN    74   CANONGATE   EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN   685/03 0867

If you know the name of Allan's siblings, maybe the names in Edinburgh in 1891 will connect.

Regards.

Monica

[tigger_lass]

Thanks for both replies Monica

I have virtually nothing on Allan before his marriage to Janet Whitehead in 1841 in Dunblane. He is aged 19 then so it would put his birth at c.1822/3. I have seriously struggled with finding his birth in Fort William, possibly Kilmallie parish. I have spent a fortune on SP credits lol.

I have done a search for allan cameron death records for scotland from 1875 to 1920 and there are none in the Motherwell area. Unless he moved back to Perthshire or into Glasgow or even emigrated....i am lost!

Can anyone help?

Tracey

[MonicaL]

Tracey

You need to try to narrow down the dates for Allan Cameron's death. Daughter Christina's re-marriage in 1907 should show on the cert whether her father Allan was alive or deceased.  Also I think I found her first marriage entry:

1893   MEGEMCEY   JAMES   CAMERON   CHRISTINA   DALZIEL   /LANARK   639/00 0039

The Al(l)an Cameron I showed living with siblings in 1891 is the only one showing a Fort William birth place on the transcripted index. Let me know how you get on 

Regards.

Monica