The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameJohn Cameron 
Birthca 1781
Death19 Jan 1881, New Zealand
Misc. Notes
Name from passenger list of the Barque “Blenheim” that sailed from Clyde on the 25th August 1840 and arrived at Port Nicholson on the 27th December 1840, estimation of year of birth, from:
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/Blenheim.htm
Cameron, John - age 49, occupation Labourer [Therefore born circa 1791]
Cameron, Janet (McGregor) - age 44
Cameron, John - age 26, occupation Ploughman
Cameron, Angus - age 24, occupation Labourer
Cameron, Charles - age 20, occupation Labourer
Cameron, Duncan - age 17, occupation Cowherd
Cameron, Allan - age 15, occupation Cowherd
Cameron, Ann - age 12
Cameron, Archibald - age 9
Cameron, Dugald - age 7
Cameron, Marjory - age 5
Year of death from same passenger list webpage:
CAMERON family:
John Cameron and Janet Cameron (Nee McGregor) emigrated to New Zealand with their children; John, Angus, Charles, Duncan, Allan, Ann, Archibald, Dugald and Marjory. They moved to Kaiwarawara, which must be near Wellington. Later they moved to the Turakina Area, near Wanganui. John died in 1881, allegedly aged 100. If this is true he must have lied about his age on the passenger list. (Latest research points to his age at death as 90 years old) Apparently this was not unheard of for prospective migrants to lie about their age. They must have been good Christians judging from a memorial found inside the church in Turakina, "To the glory of God and in the memory of John and Jeanet Cameron our great grandparents. The first service to be held in the parish held outside their residence 15 December 1852."
…. The Cameron Clan New Zealand website…. has good information on the Camerons including a shipboard diary written by a passenger aboard the Blenheim.
Now archived as at April 2023:
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/2010....orconhosting.net.nz/
Country of death, age of 100 at death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in April 2023:
1881/1196. Cameron, John. Died age 100Y [Therefore born circa 1781]
Full date of death of 19 January 1881 from further searching in April 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/Blenheim.htm
Cameron, John - age 49, occupation Labourer [Therefore born circa 1791]
Cameron, Janet (McGregor) - age 44
Cameron, John - age 26, occupation Ploughman
Cameron, Angus - age 24, occupation Labourer
Cameron, Charles - age 20, occupation Labourer
Cameron, Duncan - age 17, occupation Cowherd
Cameron, Allan - age 15, occupation Cowherd
Cameron, Ann - age 12
Cameron, Archibald - age 9
Cameron, Dugald - age 7
Cameron, Marjory - age 5
Year of death from same passenger list webpage:
CAMERON family:
John Cameron and Janet Cameron (Nee McGregor) emigrated to New Zealand with their children; John, Angus, Charles, Duncan, Allan, Ann, Archibald, Dugald and Marjory. They moved to Kaiwarawara, which must be near Wellington. Later they moved to the Turakina Area, near Wanganui. John died in 1881, allegedly aged 100. If this is true he must have lied about his age on the passenger list. (Latest research points to his age at death as 90 years old) Apparently this was not unheard of for prospective migrants to lie about their age. They must have been good Christians judging from a memorial found inside the church in Turakina, "To the glory of God and in the memory of John and Jeanet Cameron our great grandparents. The first service to be held in the parish held outside their residence 15 December 1852."
…. The Cameron Clan New Zealand website…. has good information on the Camerons including a shipboard diary written by a passenger aboard the Blenheim.
Now archived as at April 2023:
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/2010....orconhosting.net.nz/
Country of death, age of 100 at death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in April 2023:
1881/1196. Cameron, John. Died age 100Y [Therefore born circa 1781]
Full date of death of 19 January 1881 from further searching in April 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.