When Joseph Cameron was born on 10 May 1854, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, William Cameron Sr., was 45 and his mother, Jane Frances Lint, was 33. He married Lillis Minerva Barney on 6 November 1876, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1888 and lived in Table Rock Judicial Township, Siskiyou, California, United States in 1920 and Gridley, Butte, California, United States in 1930. In 1900, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as hotel keeper in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States. He died on 14 November 1941, in Oroville, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Gridley, Butte, California, United States.
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Oroville originally was known as Ophir City, but the name was changed in 1855.
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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.
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Possible Related NamesJoseph Cameron 1854 Joseph Cameron was born in Provo, Utah May 10, 1854. Born of pioneer parents, less than seven years after the saints had reached the valleys of Deseret. He was truly a pioneer. …
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