Hi Chatters,
I'm looking for the birth of the right Alexander Cameron to see where he was born and who his parents were.
Can you help please?
Everthing I can find in print in old Ontario family history books says he was born in Inverness. An old family note says that he was born in the "shaddow of Ben Nevis".
At the time of his death in 1901 he was reported to be 86 years old which makes him born 1814 or 1815. (This is relatively consistent with Canadian census which bounce him around 1814 - 1818). He married in Quebec 11 Sep 1845. No parents are noted in the record I've found.
I've attached the SP options. I've purchased the 19 Apr 1814 Glenelg birth as an option. Which of the others are close enough geographically to be considered "in the shaddow of Ben Nevis"?
Background in case it helps you think this through and offer alternative strategies to determining the right Alexander, his parents & his birth place:
There is an unverified tree on *A* that says his mother's name was Janet.
The Glenelg record I purchased (if correct) indicates the father is Alexander & no mother is included in the record.
The naming pattern for his chldren:
First 3 girls:
Jessie (should be named after mother's mother, however if she is actually named for father's mother then the name could coincide with the unverified tree that says mother is Janet.
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Susan (should be named for father's mother but appears to be named for mother's mother)
Sarah (should be named for mother and is named for mother's middle name)
First 3 boys:
Malcolm (should be named after father's father, but appears to be named after mother's father)
Alexander
Ewen
These children were all born relatively close together with no liklihood of having an extra "unknown" child between the marriage date and first child or extras between the first six children.
Thoughts? What are my next steps to narrow this down?
