Cameron/McDonald 'brick wall'

[garstonite]

this may not be relevant - but England were fighting the Napoleanic War from 1799 to 1815.
and then were also fighting America 1812 - 1815 -
so - they never really sent that many troops to America because Napolean was more important to beat .
the Samuel I posted was MILITIA - independently paid - I am not clued up on England Scotland battles - but I can well understand a Scottish man going to America to fight for good money - especially if he was an Ag Lab ( Agricultural Labourer )...a bit of fighting was less hard work than Farming .
if it is your Samuel - I would be quite proud of him and his morals .
going to find out when the last England / Scotland Battle was -
added   1745 - so Samuels  grandfather would have been around -

[garstonite]

Canada would make far more sense - many many towns in Canada have Scottish names ...let me check .
no - can't find a marriage in Canada - sorry 

[Cam7]

Hmm aren't elusive ancestors just great 
So apparently Samuel and Mary farmed the tack at Ardachy boleskeine and their sons took over during the 1840s
Hopefully I can find someone who knows the local history of the lochaber area, and the families who lived there. it seems there are others trying to research this line with not much success.
Samuel seems to have fallen off the face of the earth, his name only mentioned on death and marriage documents of his children.
I don't know where to go from here so I'm tempted to find a professional!
Oh and I just found out apparently there was an ancestor/relative in the battle of Waterloo or the battle 'into the valley of death rode the 600' but another 'story' and no names!
Mary's family is a little easier to trace, but gives no clue on her husband Samuel.
Thomas' obituary states him being born Dochnassie Lochaber.

[garstonite]

I would recommend you ask an Administrator to move you Thread to  Scotland research - what county is Lochaber in ?

[Cam7]

Lochaber is in county Inverness.
Thank you for your help by the way!
Ok I will do that!

[Cam7]

Hello, i am desperately seeking info on a Samuel Cameron and his wife Mary McDonald (keppoch. great aunt of Mary MacKillop)
They are the parents of Thomas Ross Cameron born 1821 (my gg grandfather) Thomas married Annie mcdonell in fort Augustus and emigrated to New Zealand via Australia in the 1850's with their son Archibald (my g grandfather) and a few brothers aboard the ship the 'sea'.
Samuel and his wife Mary I believe farmed in the Dochnassie Lochaber area in the 1830s at Adarchy and apparently were married in the USA.
Any information regarding Samuel and Mary would be greatly appreciated as I have hit a rather big brick wall. Thanks!!


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[Johnf04]

The "Valley of Death" battle was in the Crimea, decades after Waterloo; 1853 to 1856.

[Rosinish]

Could Samuel be hiding under the name Somerled?

Annie

[Annette7]

I've looked at the many trees on Ancestry and the details there and that the family were in Kilmonivaig.   However, the children baptised to Samuel and Mary in Kilmonivaig would appear to be the couple who married there 3/2/1811 except her surname is also given as Cameron and not MacDonald.

Where has the name MacDonald come from?   The widowed Mary and family are in Kilmonivaig at Ardachy on 1841 census and this states Mary was born in Invernesshire.

Why is it thought the marriage was in USA (or Canada)?

I'm very confused.

Annette