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Note: N813 Born out of wedlock.
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NB Kenton where she was baptised, is the parish in which Powderham is. She had an uncle William West who lived at Powderham.
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“Alan Grant Cameron (1844-1926) (grandpa’s father) grew up at Beldornie from the age of 5, when his father John Alexr Cameron died in 1849. He (JAC) had married 1838 Sara West Grant, sister of Col Robt Grant of Beldornie, so Sara, widowed, went back to her family home with her child.” Jill Cameron note to RH on back of postcard photo of Beldornie.
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Gravestone at Glass:
Sacred to the memory of
J. A. CAMERON Banff d.at Beldorney 17 Mar.1850 & of
SARA his wife died in Banff 24 March 1873.
Back:
To the memory of their only dau.
MARY HELEN CAMERON
Died 17 Oct.1889 aged 44.
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Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Saturday 17 March 1838, P 2:
March 8 at Banff, by the Rev.Alex Bruce, J. A. Cameron, Esq to Sarah, daughter of the late Major John Grant, 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion, of Dawlish, in this county, and of Beldorney, Banffshire.
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Was not at Glass for the 1851 or 1861 censuses.
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1851 Census: 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh: Lodger in a Lodging House. Antoust Of Mooney Find Holer [Guest? of Money Fund Holder?] Had servant Eliza Littlejohn staying there also.
1861 Census: 5 Redhaven St, Banff: age 41, Cont Clerk. With two domestic servants living in, inc Eliza Littlejohn
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A Sarah Cameron age 88 (ie b abt 1819) died Dec 1907 West Ham, Essex, Greater London ( England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983 on ancestry.co.uk)
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John Alexander Cameron, Esq., to Sarah, daughter of the late Major John Grant, Sd Royal Veteran Battalion, of Burton Meadow, Daw 1 Mi, Devonshire, and of ...
(London Planet , Sunday, March 18, 1838, P. 8.)
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