3rd Great Grandparents; Donald Cameron and Catherine Martin

 Donald Cameron (1829-1888)

When Donald Cameron was born on March 22, 1829, in Acharacle, Argyll, Scotland, his father, Alexander, was 24 and his mother, Catherine, was 19. He emigrated to Australia on the ship the Brilliant, under the Bounty Immigration Scheme, during the highland clearances. Donald was the eldest of ten children of CATHERINE MacPHERSON and ALEXANDER CAMERON (son of DONALD CAMERON and his first wife ANN MacPHERSON, who had emigrated with their family aboard the Brilliant in 1837, sailing from Tober Moray on the Isle of Mull .He married Catherine Martin in 1853 in Millers Forest, New South Wales, Australia. They had 13 children in 20 years. He was a staunch presbyterian and an engine driver. He died on September 10, 1888, in Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 59.

Catherine Martin (1831-1904)

When Catherine Martin was born in 1831 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, her father, William, was 24, and her mother, Euphemia, was 32. She emigrated to Australia on board the Heber in 1839 as part of the highland clearances and Bounty immigration scheme. She married Donald Cameron in 1853 in Millers Forest, New South Wales, Australia. They had 13 children in 20 years. She died on August 23, 1904, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 73.

Their children were "Elizabeth Cameron (born 1857, Raymond Terrace NSW, died June 1953 (married Frederick John Clements, December 1879, at Bullock Island NSW), Catherine Cameron (born 1860, Newcastle NSW, died June 1938, Marrickville NSW; married William Downie, November 1878, Newcastle), Margaret Jane Cameron (born 1862, Newcastle, died March 1915, Petersham NSW; married William George Mitchell, May 1887, Carrington), Mary Ann Cameron (born 1864, Newcastle, died October 1930, Newtown NSW; married John Thomas Dark, June 1885, Onebygamba, Newcastle), William Archibald Cameron (born 1866, Newcastle, died March 1913, Newcastle; married Caroline Fenner Spray, 1904, Wickham NSW), Peter Cameron (born 1868, Newcastle, died November 1878, Bullock Island, Carrington), Donald Cameron (born 1870, Newcastle, died January 1900, Newcastle), ?twins Louisa Cameron and Rebecca Cameron (born and died 1872, Newcastle), Ella Constance Cameron (born 1874, Patricks Plains NSW, buried June 1957, Sandgate NSW; married William James Pearcy, September 1902, Carrington) and Hugh John Cameron (born 1875, Newcastle, died November 1930, Sandgate; married Cordelia J Francis, 1900, Newcastle)." (From notes prepared by Neil R Spacinsky 519-969-9007 neil.spacinsky@gmail.com)

Martin Family on the "Heber" 1839