Cameron Family History
Cameron Name Meaning
as a Highland clan name it is from a nickname from
Gaelic cam ‘crooked’, ‘bent’ + sròn ‘nose’.in
the Lowlands it is also a habitational name from any of various places
called Cameron, especially in Fife.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cameron
Name Distribution of Cameron Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cameron families
 436 - 870  146 - 435 |
 1 - 145  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cameron families
|
2,420 - 4,837 807 - 2,419 |
1 - 806 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cameron census records
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Cameron Family Origin
Cameron Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Cameron Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Cameron families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Cameron Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cameron census records
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Military Service by Cameron
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