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James Cameron was born March 3, 1809, in Cornwall, Stormont Co., Upper Canada, and died February 18, 1870, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 60. He is the son of Donald Cameron of Cornwall, Stormont Co., Upper Canada, and Janet Catherine McDonald of Scotland.

Ann Abbey was born 1810 in Hope Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, and died 1834 in Upper Canada, at about age 24. She is the daughter of Nathaniel Abner Abbey Sr. of the Province of New York, and Mary "Polly" Winter of Fishkill, Dutchess Co., Province of New York.

James Cameron and Ann Abbey were married April 6, 1832, in Finch, Stormont Co., Upper Canada. 

James Cameron and Ann (Abbey) Cameron had no children.

After Ann (Abbey) Cameron died, James Cameron, a widower, married Christina "Christy" McInnis.

Christina "Christy" McInnis was born June 10, 1820, in Scotland, and died May 2, 1907, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 86. She came to Canada in 1821.

James Cameron and Christina "Christy" McInnis were married about 1840 in Finch, Stormont Co., Upper Canada.

James Cameron and Christina "Christy" (McInnis) Cameron had fourteen children:

  1. Donald Cameron: Born 1842 in Finch Twp., Stormont Co., Canada West; Died 1922 in Unknown.
  2. Janet "Jen" Cameron: Born February 9, 1844, in Finch, Stormont Co., Canada West; Died April 20, 1919, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada (age 75). Never married.
  3. Sarah Cameron: Born 1846 in Finch Twp., Stormont Co., Canada West; Died after 1871 in Unknown.
  4. Mary Ann Cameron: Born July 25, 1850, in Finch Twp., Stormont Co., Canada West; Died Died July 3, 1922, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada (age 71). Buried in MacMillan Cemetery, McMillans Corners, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada . Married September 26, 1877, in Stormont, Ontario, Canada, to Donald John MacMillan: Born July 27, 1846, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Upper Canada; Died November 10, 1927, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada (age 81). Buried in MacMillan Cemetery, McMillans Corners, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada.
  5. James B. Cameron: Born November 15, 1853, in Finch Twp., Stormont Co., Canada West; Died October 11, 1934, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada (age 80). Buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery. Married (1) to Charlotte Markley: Born 1850 in Winchester, Dundas Co., Canada West; Died October 30, 1896, in Chesterville, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada (about age 46). Married (2) January 5, 1898, in Ontario, Canada, to Jane C. Loughridge: Born January 7, 1870, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada; Died Unknown.
  6. Angus M. Cameron: Born July 24, 1855, in Finch Twp., Stormont Co., Canada West; Died October 7, 1911, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada (age 56). Married April 5, 1893, in Sandringham, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada, to Ellen Fraser: Born January 21, 1864, in Roxborough, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada; Died January 1, 1907, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada (age 35).
  7. Christina Jane "Christy" Cameron: Born December 20, 1857, in Finch Twp., Stormont Co., Canada West; Died January 10, 1955, in Dundas, Ontario, Canada (age 97). Buried in Morewood United Cemetery, Morewood, Winchester Twp., Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada. Married December 14, 1881, in West Winchester, Ontario, Canada, to Henry G. Smirle: Born September 2, 1857, in Finch, Stormont Co., Canada West; Died September 1, 1938, in Dundas, Ontario, Canada (age 81). Buried in Morewood United Cemetery, Morewood, Winchester Twp., Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada.
  8. John J. Cameron: Born July 13, 1862, in Finch Twp., Stormont Co., Canada West; Died December 14, 1921, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada (age 59). Never married.
  9. Susan Catherine Cameron: Born 1867 in Finch Twp., Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada; Died Unknown.

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Ontario was known as: "Upper Canada" from December 26, 1791, to February 10, 1841; "Canada West" from February 10, 1841, to July 1, 1867; and "Ontario" after July 1, 1867.

It is surmised that Nathaniel Abner Abbey Sr. (age 22), and his wife Mary "Polly" (Winter) Abbey (age 21), and their two children, Rosana "Rosa" Abbey (about age 2), and Isaac Phineas Abbey (about age 1), came to Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, in 1797. They were some of the pioneering settlers of Durham Co., Upper Canada. The Abbey ancestry can be connected through their father Isaac Abbey Jr. all the way back to John Abbey Sr., born about 1587 in West Halton, Lincolnshire, England. His son, John Abbey Jr. of Norwich, Norfolk Co., England, emigrated to the United States about 1635 and married Mary Unknown in 1635 at Wenham, Essex Co., MA.

It is also surmised that Nathaniel Abner Abbey Sr.'s brother, Isaac Abbey III (age 31), and his wife Anne (King) Abbey (age 30), his unmarried sister, Dorcas Potts Abbey (age 17), and their infant nephew, Clement Edmond Neff Sr. (age 5), came to Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada, about 1802.

Henry G. Smirle and Christina Jane (Cameron) Smirle are buried in Morewood United Cemetery, Morewood, Winchester Twp., Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada. Thanks to Ginnie and George Feeley for making this image available.

James Cameron was born March 3, 1809, in Cornwall, Stormont Co., Upper Canada.

Ann Abbey was born 1810 in Hope Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada.

Jannet Catherine McDonald of Cornwall, Stormont Co., Upper Canada, widow of Donald Cameron, applied for a lease of a Land Concession in 1812.

Jannet Catherine McDonald requested a Land Lease in 1812. This is the typed version of the handwritten application.

James Cameron and Ann Abbey were married April 6, 1834, in Upper Canada.

Ann (Abbey) Cameron died 1834 in Upper Canada, at about age 24.

James Cameron and Christina "Christy" McInnis were married about 1840 in Finch, Stormont Co., Upper Canada.

James Cameron died 1870, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada, at about age 60.

Christina "Christy" (McInnis) Cameron died May 2, 1907, in Finch, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 86.