CAMERON, Isabella b. Abt 1798 Balmacara, Scotland d. 13 Jan 1891 Waipu: Who were our ancestors?

Abt 1798 - 1891 (93 years)

Name	CAMERON, Isabella
Birth	Abt 1798	Balmacara, Scotland [1]
	BDM / Death Printout has age at death of 93, which gives a birth year of about 1798. Headstone gives age at death of 90, which gives a birth year of about 1801. Place given on death printout as Ross shire, Scotland.
Gender	Female
Birth	Abt 01 Jan 1801 [2]
Death	22 Mar 1882	Auckland Hospital [2]
Death	13 Jan 1891	Waipu [1]
	Headstone gives 14th January. BDM / Death Printout gives 13th January. 19th January seems to come from Gael Fares Forth.
Death	14 Jan 1891 [3]
Burial	Abt 24 Jan 1891	Waipu Cemetery
Headstone	Abt Feb 1891	Waipu Cemetery
	'In loving memory of Isabella Cameron. Widow of Ewen Matheson, born at Lochalsh, Scotland; died 14th Jan 1891, aged 90. Also her daughter Christina, beloved wife of Donald Finlayson born at Lochalsh, Scotland. Died 23rd Feb, 1917, aged 86'
Name	Isabella Matheson
Reference Number	63
Person ID	I63	Main Tree \| Ancestor of Vern Smith
Last Modified	12 Oct 2021

Father	CAMERON, William, b. Abt 1760, Lochalsh
Mother	FINLAYSON, Anne, b. Abt 01 Jan 1760
Marriage	10 May 1777	Achmore, Scotland [4, 5]
	Odd that this would be so long before her first child was born.
Family ID	F52	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family MATHESON, Ewen, b. Abt 1793, Scotland d. Bef 01 Jan 1857 (Age < 63 years)

Marriage Abt 1823 Rosshire, Scotland [6]

Married at age 25 according to death certificate. Assuming date of birth of 1798, this gives marriage year of around 1823. This agrees with the date Alvin entered, sourced from the House of Memories.

Children

+	1. MATHESON, Duncan, b. Abt 1822, Balmacara d. 27 Mar 1882, Akd Hospital. (Age 60 years)
+	2. MATHESON, Angus, b. 15 Dec 1825, Lochalsh, Ross-shire, Scotland d. 29 Aug 1887 (Age 61 years)
+	3. MATHESON, Christina, b. Abt 1831, Lochalsh d. 23 Feb 1917, Waipu (Age 86 years)
	4. MATHESON, Jessie, b. Abt 1834, Nova Scotia d. 06 May 1894, Auckland Hospital, Auckland (Age 60 years)

Family ID F50 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 8 May 2019

Event Map

	Burial - Abt 24 Jan 1891 - Waipu Cemetery
	Headstone - Abt Feb 1891 - Waipu Cemetery

Pin Legend : Address : Location : City/Town : County/Shire : State/Province : Country : Not Set

Notes

For date of birth, see My 2. She died aged 90 - Addendum to the Gael Fares Forth. Xerox from Waipu estimates birth at c.1801. Date of death: from the Addenda to the Gael Fares Forth, p. 7, 19 Jan 1891. Xerox from Waipu gives date of death 13 Jan 1891, at Waipu.
In The Gail Fares Forth appendix p 304, she is listed as the widow who accompanied her sons on the Spray.

In MAMT, p. 158, she is named as widowed on migration to NZ. She is the sister of Christian Cameron, #1036.
In House of Memories xx, she is given as 1801-1897, from Balmacara, Scotland.

MAMT ? Maureen ...No, it's not Maureen Molloy, Those who speak to the heart. [7]
In "Those Who Speak to the Heart" in Appendix A she is listed as the widow of Hugh Matheson, daughter of William Cameron and Ann Finlayson and sister of Christina Cameron (widow of John Finnlayson).

Perhaps that's what the confusing note above is referring to.

(Raewyn)
There's a photo of a group of women, at a 'spinning frolic', at Murdoch McGregor's residence. Included in the list of women is 'Mrs Eohann Matheson'. The photo is reproduced in The Gael Fares Forth p 112. Eohann is a gaelic form of Ewen. The photo shows Mrs Matheson as an indistinct figure in the back row on the left at her spinning wheel. [8]
John McLean's "Sailor's and Settlers" says she was the sister of fellow passenger Christina Finlayson.

[S299] McKenzie, Gael Fares Forth, 2e, (1942), p. 304.
[S275] House of Memories, xerox, (26 Sep 95), xx, 26 Sep 1905.
[S275] House of Memories, xerox, (26 Sep 95), 26 Sep 1905. [What on earth does this date mean?].
[S87] Maureen A Molloy, Molloy, Maureen. Heart, (Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1991), An old ref. I think this is what it means.
[S326] Powell, Betty, Iris's notes.
[S275] House of Memories, xerox, (26 Sep 95).
[S358] McKenzie, McKenzie, Gael FF, Addendum, p. 7.
[S358] McKenzie, McKenzie, Gael FF, Addendum, reproduced photograph.

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