Hi, Looby
First, thank you for responding to my query. It is greatly appreciated.
I'll try to answer your questions from both posts in the order in which your posed them.
1. "Have you considered that John Cameron's parents may not actually have been married...?
A. Yes and I did a search for John Green and again purchased the certs, but no luck. Also the RC baptism states that he was a "lawful" child. The same applies to the earlier born William Cameron.
2. Regarding the two different iterations of his parents' names on his marriage and on his death.
A. Yes I quite agree that this can result and consequently, this is why I have also carefully searched for a Sarah Graham marriage and death. But, no luck. I could not find one certificate that a Sarah Graham had married or been a wife of any Cameron male. Also, there are no RC baptisms or marriages with a Cameron and a Sarah Graham as the mother. I have also searched the "Other Churches", the RC and the OPR registers 1830 through 1855 for a marriage of a Sarah Graham or Sarah Green to a Cameron. No luck.
3. As regards the informant on John's death certificate, it was his brother-in-law, John Campbell who had lived with the Cameron family for quite a long time. But, still, he could have made mistakes.
4. "Was John's marriage conducted by a Roman Catholic priest?"
A. No. It was performed at Bothwell, Lanarkshire at The Episcopal Church Uddingston after Publication According to the Forms of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. His wife Catherine Campbell and her family were Roman Catholic.
5. "Do you know this was his faith?"
A. Only by the two RC baptisms
6. "Where does John Cameron marry and to whom?"
A. John Cameron married Catherine Campbell 27 Oct. 1899 at Bothwell. Bothwell is the place where Catherine and her parents and siblings lived for many years.
7. "Where was John listed on 1911 Census?"
A. 1911 Census as follows:
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Census 647/3/4, p. 4
Sch. #25, 103 Beckford Street:
John Cameron, head, 47, mar, Stropper at Machine, Colliery, born Midlothian, Edinburgh
Catherine Cameron, wife, 39, mar, married 11 years, 2 children born alive, 2 children still living, born Glasgow, Parkhead
Peter Cameron, won, 13, at School, born Aitkenhead, Borthwell Parish
Joseph Cameron, son, 10, at School, born Udston Rows, Hamilton
Peter Cameron was actually the illegitimate son of Catherine Campbell and his birth was registered as Peter Campbell with no father recorded. I've tracked through his life to see if he had any children - looking for descendants. Sadly, he did not, confirmed by a newspaper report of the house fire that killed his wife in 1957. Peter's own death in 1970 was registered by a "friend".
Joseph Cameron is the direct ancestor.
8. " I'm assuming you have been unable to find him on any Census prior to 1911?"
A. Correct. I cannot find John Cameron on any other census. I have searched through many John Camerons in 1871 and 1901 with no luck. The lack of finding death information of John/James/Joseph Cameron and Sarah Green/Graham and not finding John Cameron with his parents in 1871 gives me the impression that both parents had died between 1865 and 1871, or one of the parents had died in that time frame and the other remarried. Either way it makes John Cameron pretty much unfindable in 1871. John Cameron was a coal miner/coal hewer so he could have been anywhere in 1901. I have searched the 1901 census both broadly and for every Cameron living in Hamilton in that year. No luck.
Peter Campbell aka Cameron was living with his grandparents David and Mary Campbell in 1901 and shown as their "son" at Nackerty Old Rows, 24, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
9. "Where did he die in 1940?"
A. John Cameron died at Kirkland Mental Hospital, Bothwell, Usual Residence: 71 Beckford Street, Hamilton.
10. "Did he have children?"
A. John Cameron had only 1 son named Joseph! Joseph was born 24 Jul 1900 at High Dykehead, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He died at Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada.
See additional comment under #7, above, regarding Peter Campbell aka Cameron.
I hope this helps.