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Anybody know of a Duncan 'Ontario' Cameron who was a barrister in Toronto living at Oakville,Ontario in 1914?

I have no other details this name has come up in a copy of a will I have just received.

Hi Angela,

1911 Census of Canada
about Duncan O Cameron
Name: Duncan O Cameron
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 51
Birth Date: Sep 1859
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Duncan
Tribal: Scotch (Scotish)
Province: Ontario
District: Halton
District Number: 76
Sub-District: Oakville
Sub-District Number: 27
Place of Habitation: Oakville
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Duncan Cameron 70
Isabella S Cameron 65
Duncan O Cameron 51
Marguerite Cameron 49


He is listed as a Lawyer!!!


Dee x

And again;

1901 Census of Canada
about Duncan Cameron
Name: Duncan Cameron
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 41
Birth Day & Month: 30 Sep
Birth Year: 1859
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Duncan
Racial or Tribal Origin: Scotsh
Nationality: Canadian
religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Barrister
Province: Ontario
District: Halton
District Number: 68
Sub-District: Oakville (Town/Ville)
Sub-District Number: H-3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Duncan Cameron 79
Duncan Cameron 41
Isabell Cameron 44
Margret Cameron 39



Dee x

Thank you Denise and Dee, you have just confirmed 2 more names on the will, Isabella and Margaret.

Angela

The 1901 and 1911 Canadian censuses are free on Automated Genealogy. If you click on "split screen" on 1911 you'll see the original which says that Duncan Sr. was born Scotland and emigrated 1853. Duncan Jr. and other children born Ontario.

http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html

Actually Duncan Sr.'s age is 90 on the 1911 census. I think this is his death:
Duncan Cameron born 1821 Scotland, died 15 April, 1916, Oakville, Halton, Ontario., age 95. Parents Alexander Cameron & Margaret Cameron.

The family in 1881:

Household:

Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Duncan CAMERON M Male Scottish 60 Scotland P Minister C. Presbyterian
Christina CAMERON M Female Scottish 62 Scotland C. Presbyterian
Isabella CAMERON Female Scottish 25 Scotland C. Presbyterian
John A. CAMERON Male Scottish 23 O N G C. Presbyterian
Duncan O. CAMERON Male Scottish 21 O N G C. Presbyterian
Margret Ann CAMERON Female Scottish 19 O C. Presbyterian


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Source Information:
Census Place Kinloss, Bruce South, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375910
NA Film Number C-13274
District 176
Sub-district B
Division 1
Page Number 26
Household Number 121

Hello Margaret

Sorry only just come back on, thank you for that information very helpful

angela

Hello Margaret

I have just found a marriage for Duncan Cameron and Christina McNaughton in Scotland in August 1853, how can I check the date that they emigrated?

thank you Angela

I'd better re-check. I said the 1911 census says that they emigrated 1853 but on the 81 census it says that daughter Isabella was born 1856, Scotland.
I don't have access to passenger records but there are others on this site that do.
I'm just off to see what year of immigration the 1901 census gives.
Update, I think the 1901 census says that they emigrated 1858.
A second look at the 1911 census with a magnifying glass and it says emigrated 1853,

The 1891 census has Duncan Cameron, widower, age 70, born Scotland. a Presbyterian minister, with daughters Isabella, 34, and Marg, 30, both born Ontario. They're in Middlesex North, Ontario.
Can't find Duncan Jr. in 1891.

thank you for your help angela

Hi,

Details for emigration don't start until 1865........ so not sure that we'll find an exact date.

1871 Census of Canada
about Christina Cameron
Name: Christina Cameron
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birth Place: Scotland
Marital Status: Married
religion: C Presb
Origin: Scotch (Scotish)
Province: Ontario
District: Ontario North
District Number: 49
Subdistrict: Thorah
Subdistrict Number: f
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Duncan Cameron 50 <<<<<<< Clergyman
Christina Cameron 50
Isabella Cameron 15
John Cameron 13
Duncan Cameron 11
Ann Cameron 9
Jessie Mc Rae 25


1861 Census of Canada
about Christenia Cameron
Name: Christenia Cameron
Age: 42
Birth Year: 1819
Birthplace: Scotland
Home in 1861: Lochiel, Glengarry, Ontario
Household Members: Name Age
Christenia Cameron 42

Living with Husband; Rev Duncan Cameron, Children; Isabella Stewart Cameron, John and Duncan.

Confirms they married in 1853 and they lived in a brick 2 storey house built in 1856.


Dee x

Thank you Dee I am sure this is what I want.

I am almost sure that Christina is the aunt of my great nan Annie McNaughton.

Christina had brothers John and Duncan and her mother was Isabella Stewart so the names of her children would certainly link

Angela

Oh my goodness! On that 1861 census that Dee found, they're in my neck of the woods! I'm not far from Lochiel, Glengarry. Hopefully I can dig up more.

In the 1857 Directory of Ontario there's a Rev. Duncan Cameron, Quigley's Corners, Glengarry, Ontario, Free Church. Makes it look like the 1853 year of immigration is correct and not 1858.

Under Stormont, Glengarry & Dundas marriages 1858:

Page 14, return by Rev. Duncan Cameron, Free church, Lochiel - only grooms names given

Peter CLARK,

Donald BETHUNE

Finlay McRAE

Alexander FRASER

James FAWCETT

Was your family, perhaps from Perthshire?
From "The Kirk in Glengarry"
Rev. Duncan Cameron took over the Lochiel Free Church in 1854. A year before he had come to Vankleek Hill through the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland. A native of Perthshire, studied at University of Edinburgh, he stayed unti 1870. He returned 30 years later to take part in the Golden Jubilee of the Lochiel Church on Monday, 29 October, 1900.

(I bet there'll be a report of that in our local paper which I can check next time I go to the library, if you think it's the right Duncan Cameron.)

Oh I hope we've got the right guy! There's a photo of him in the book.

Hello Margaret

My family are the McNaughtons from Logeriat,Perthshire.

The name Cameron has come up in the will of my great great uncle Donald McNaughton, my great nan Annie was his niece.

I think the wedding on Scotlands People in August 1853 was Duncan Cameron and Donalds sister Christina.

Angela, sorry thanks for all your help so far, look forward to seeing if it is him in the picture.

This looks like daughter Margaret:
Margaret Ann Cameron,
Born 24 Nov. 1861, Kirk Hill, Glen..., Ontario.
Parents Duncan Cameron & Christina McMaughton (their spelling mistake not mine)
Died 18 June 1922, Oakville, Ontario
Buried 21 June, 1922, Oakville.

(Kirk Hill is right next door to Lochiel.)