Jennett Cameron

Brief Life History of Jennett

When Jennett Cameron was born on 9 June 1861, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, John Alexander Cameron, was 42 and her mother, Alice Parkinson, was 33. She married John Brigham Bennett on 22 June 1904, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Whiterocks, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1910 and Hayden, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1930. She died on 7 December 1950, in Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Brigham Bennett
1854–1936
Jennett Cameron
1861–1950
Marriage: 22 June 1904

Sources (10)

  • Janet Cameron in household of John Cameron, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jennett Cameron, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Jeanette Bennett, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1868

Historical Boundaries 1868: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1880: Uintah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Uintah, Utah, United States

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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History of Janette Cameron

Janette Cameron was born June 9th, 1861 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, while her parents were crossing the plain. Her father was John Cameron and her mother was Alice Perkenson. She came with her parents to …

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