Brief Life History of Cameron
When Cameron was born in 1723, in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland, his father, John Cameron II, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Cargill, was 30.
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Family Time Line
John Cameron II
1691–
Margaret Cargill
1693–1769
George Cameron
1717–
Jean Cameron
1718–1783
John Cameron III
1720–1761
Alexander Cameron
1723–
Cameron
1723–
Ann Cameron
1727–
Sources (2)
- Cameron, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Parish registers for Coupar-Angus
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Siblings (6)
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Name Meaning
Scottish:
in the Highlands, it is usually a nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + sròn ‘nose’.
in the Lowlands it is also a habitational name from any of various places called Cameron, especially in Fife.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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