Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Cameron was born on 7 June 1704, in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Cameron, was 26 and his mother, Margaret Sproull, was 19.
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- Thomas Camroun, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- 1704-Thomas Cameron, Christening 7 June 1704, Parish registers for Muirkirk; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNZ-ZCPL FHL Film #1041399, image 415
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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.
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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