CAMERON family from Leith

[jimmy1957]

thank you for your promt reply if you have any more info i would appreciate
and thnaks again

jim

[swino65]

  hi   i am new to this but i have just been reading up on william & matilda cameron i think they where my great grandparents cos john henry and matilda where my grandparents i am one of there daughters daughters i would love to see more about there family's history hope i can help in some way thanks keep intouch

[swino65]

nelbec have you got a link to the photo in your reply n0 29
william cameron was my great grand father and one off the poll bearers was my dad matilda was my grand mother
hi yer mine 2 but i know we related anyway x

[wiggo53]

Hi Swino65  I agree we must be related because Matilda's elder sister Ellen was my grandmother. She passed away in October 1988 in Australia but I am really keen to follow her family tree right back to the beginning.  Does that make us both cousins of Jimmy?

[swino65]

hi matilda was my nan  that would make you and us second cousins my mum and jimmy's mum are sisters my mums name is jean pountain and we live in widnes have only just started on this site but am keen to learn more hope we can help each other out thanks hope to hear from you soon

[wiggo53]

Definitely! I am so pleased to have been able to have someone to contact who actually lives in England. There are a few things that I am wondering about and would like to contact you on your normal email address. Mine is (*) if you can send me a reply thru that channel.
I cant believe that I have found my second cousins! I am in Australia. So many questions . . . .
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[swino65]

hi my facebook is janet machell you can get me on that if you wish to talk more

[englandphil]

There is an interesting thread here regarding Eric Priestley, I have photographed all (or 95%) of the war graves in Widnes Cemetery, and was surprised to find an Aussie buried there.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10852

[wiggo53]

Hi Englandphil
Yes, Eric Priestly married my Nan, Ellen Cameron in February 1918, Eric had been in the soldier's hospital recovering from wounds where he was nursed by Ellen.  They only had two weeks together before he went back to the war.  Sadly, In June of that year, Eric was shot and killed in action.  There is an article in the Widnes Weekly News in March that tells the story of the funeral.
 My nan later met my Grandad, Angus Alexander Reid and followed him out to Australia where they married in Bendigo on Jan 18th 1920. Eric was an absolute hero and deserved the medals. If you troll thru previous posts of mine you can read all about it. Ok?