Brief Life History of William
When William Cameron was born on 24 February 1712, in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Cameron, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Sproull, was 27.
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- Willem Camron, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- 1712-William Cameron, Christening: 24 Feb 1712, Parish registers for Muirkirk; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNZ-ZCPR FHL Film #1041399, image 417
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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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