Ewan CAMERON (1840

Ewan CAMERON (1840 - 1896)

school teacher

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Mary CAMERON (1867 - ) Evan CAMERON (1868 - ) Catherine Alice CAMERON (1870 - ) Ernest CAMERON (1872 - 1958) John Stuart CAMERON (1873 - ) Annie Mabel CAMERON (1875 - 1917) Cecil Herbert CAMERON (1877 - ) Bertie Allan CAMERON (1881 - 1955) Hubert Clement CAMERON (1883 - 1968)	Ewan CAMERON (1840 - 1896) + Ann Annie SMITH (1846 - 1917)	Donald CAMERON (1803 - 1853)	John CAMERON

			Ann (CAMERON)

		Ann MCPHIE (1805 - 1883)

b. 1840 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

m. 1865 Ann Annie SMITH (1846 - 1917) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

d. 1896 at Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia aged 56

Near Relatives of Ewan CAMERON (1840 - 1896)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John CAMERON
Grandmother	Ann (CAMERON)

Father in Law	Edward SMITH	1822	Wistowe, Huntingdonshire, England	29 Jan 1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Mother in Law	Mary KILBY	1818	Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, England	07 Aug 1907	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	89

Father	Donald CAMERON	11 Jul 1803	Corpach, Argyll, Scotland	09 Sep 1853	Ginninderra, New South Wales, Australia	50
Mother	Ann MCPHIE	08 Mar 1805	Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland	18 May 1883	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	78

Self	Ewan CAMERON	1840	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1896	Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia	56

Wife	Ann Annie SMITH	1846	Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, England	05 Jan 1917	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	71

Daughter	Mary CAMERON	1867	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Evan CAMERON	1868	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Catherine Alice CAMERON	1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Ernest CAMERON	1872	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1958	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	86
Son	John Stuart CAMERON	1873	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Annie Mabel CAMERON	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1917	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	42
Son	Cecil Herbert CAMERON	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Bertie Allan CAMERON	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1955	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	74
Son	Hubert Clement CAMERON	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1968	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	85

Brother	John Ross CAMERON	06 May 1824	Scotland	08 Sep 1860	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	36
Sister	Margaret CAMERON	06 May 1824	Scotland	12 Jan 1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	36
Sister	Ann CAMERON	May 1826	Scotland	1872	Victoria, Australia	46
Brother	Donald CAMERON	Jul 1828	Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland	01 Jul 1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	55
Sister	Christina CAMERON	1831	Scotland	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	46
Brother	Alexander CAMERON	1833	Scotland	08 Mar 1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	53
Brother	Dougald CAMERON	1835	Scotland
Brother	Duncan CAMERON	1838	Scotland	12 Sep 1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	58
Brother	Charles Campbell CAMERON	1842	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	Sep 1902	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	60
Sister	Catherine P C CAMERON	1844	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	01 Feb 1870	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	26
Sister	Mary CAMERON	1846	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	Allan CAMERON	1848	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Daughter in Law	Edith Lavinia KILBY	1875	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	08 May 1951	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	76

Granddaughter	Thelma J CAMERON	1908	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Freda A CAMERON	01 Jan 1908	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	10 Dec 2001	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	93
Granddaughter	Heather G CAMERON	1909	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Selwyn E CAMERON	1911	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Ewan K CAMERON	1916	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Niece	Isabella CAMERON
Niece	Christina CAMERON	1851	New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Donald CAMERON	1854	New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elizabeth CAMERON	1857	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	David CAMERON	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Thomas MURTY	1848	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1933	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Anne MURTY	1849	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	James MURTY	1851	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Donald MURTY	04 Aug 1853	Canberra, ACT, Australia	19 Apr 1928	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	74
Niece	Agnes C MURTY	1855	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	William G MURTY	1858	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Christine M MURTY	1860	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Janet M A CAMERON	1869	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elizabeth CAMERON	1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Donald C CAMERON	1872	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Flora CAMERON	1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Christina Allison CAMERON	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1917	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	38
Nephew	Hugh VALLANCE	1860	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Christina VALLANCE	1861	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Donald VALLANCE	1863	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John H VALLANCE	1865	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Duncan P VALLANCE	1866	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Margaret A VALLANCE	1868	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Catherine Ann VALLANCE	1870	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Olivia Minnie CAMERON	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Margaret Nina F CAMERON	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Alexander C CAMERON	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Dugald B CAMERON	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Archibald S CAMERON	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Gordon C H CAMERON	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Jean Grace CAMERON	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Catherine Affleck CAMERON	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Claudius McDonald CAMERON	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Murray Steele CAMERON	1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Arthur AFFLECK	1866	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15
Nephew	John Wishart Cameron AFFLECK	1868	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1956	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	88
Nephew	Elvin SMITH	1866	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Mary SMITH	1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Louisa SMITH	1870	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Edward SMITH	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Margaret SMITH	1876	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Sidney Walter SMITH	1877	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Minnie Alice SMITH	1880	Yarralumla, ACT Australia
Niece	Annie Elisabeth SMITH	1882	Yarralumla, ACT Australia
Nephew	James Frederick SMITH	1886	Yarralumla, ACT Australia	1976	Queensland, Australia	90
Niece	Willian Shelton SMITH	abt 1887	Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Stanley Herbert SMITH	1889	Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Ettie Alma SMITH	1893	Richmond River, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Albert SOUTHWELL	1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Eva Annie SOUTHWELL	1869	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Amelia Alma SOUTHWELL	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	William Shelton SOUTHWELL	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Raymond SOUTHWELL	1875	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	16 May 1942	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	67
Nephew	Sidney Rowland SOUTHWELL	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	16 Jan 1933	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	53
Nephew	Edward John Thomas SOUTHWELL	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Celia Constance SMITH	1878	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Norton Edward SMITH	1879	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William SMITH	1881	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Allen SMITH	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Nephew	Rupert Douglas SMITH	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elsie Lavinia SMITH	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Annie Louisa Priscilla SMITH	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Ida Winnifred SMITH	1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Ellis Victor SMITH	1897	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Hilda Cornelia SMITH	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Valencia Pretoria SMITH	1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Rebecca Jane SMITH	1879	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 May 1950	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	71
Niece	Lavinia Mary SMITH	1881	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Ernest Clement SMITH	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Beatrice Louisa SMITH	1885	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Leslie Edward SMITH	1887	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elvira Clare SMITH	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Leon Russell SMITH	1891	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jun 1974	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Niece	Eunice Alma Victoria SMITH	1897	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Vida Patience SOUTHWELL	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Harold Ellis SOUTHWELL	1884	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	30 Dec 1951	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	67
Nephew	Cecil James SOUTHWELL	1886	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Mary Adelaide SOUTHWELL	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Clarence Elvin SOUTHWELL	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Muriel Irene SOUTHWELL	1891	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Hubert Lindley SOUTHWELL	1893	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Louisa Marion SOUTHWELL	1895	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Cedric Richard Ewan SOUTHWELL	1899	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law	Shelton SMITH	1842	Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, England	1922	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia	80
Sister in Law	Louisa SMITH	1844	Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, England	1926	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Maria SMITH	1849	Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, England	1852		3
Brother in Law	George SMITH	1853	Pialligo, ACT, Australia	1939	Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia	86
Brother in Law	Ellis SMITH	1856	Pialligo, ACT, Australia	03 Nov 1928	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	72
Sister in Law	Amelia SMITH	1859	Pialligo, ACT, Australia	31 Mar 1927	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	68
Sister in Law	Margaret MCPHERSON	1828	Ross & Cromarty, Scotland	01 Jun 1867	Canberra, ACT, Australia	39
Brother in Law	Michael MURTY	abt 1817	Ireland	1871	Canberra, ACT, Australia	54
Brother in Law	Malcolm MCEACHERN			1879	Victoria, Australia
Sister in Law	Elizabeth MCDONALD	12 Jun 1843	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jun 1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	42
Brother in Law	Hugh VALLANCE	1823	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland	14 Mar 1878	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	55
Sister in Law	Mary Ann RYAN
Sister in Law	Margaret MCDONALD	1852	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1927	Maclean, New South Wales, Australia	75
Brother in Law	William AFFLECK	1836	West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland	06 Mar 1923	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia	87
Brother in Law	John (W J S) ARCHER	abt 1840		1901		61

Events in Ewan CAMERON (1840 - 1896)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1840		Ewan CAMERON was born	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		6
09 Sep 1853	13	Death of father Donald CAMERON (aged 50)	Ginninderra, New South Wales, Australia		6
1865	25	Married Ann Annie SMITH (aged 19)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	3108/1865	6
1867	27	Birth of daughter Mary CAMERON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15189/1867	6
1868	28	Birth of son Evan CAMERON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15528/1868	6
1870	30	Birth of daughter Catherine Alice CAMERON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	16095/1870	6
1872	32	Birth of son Ernest CAMERON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		6
1873	33	Birth of son John Stuart CAMERON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17657/1873	6
1875	35	Birth of daughter Annie Mabel CAMERON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	18601/1875	6
1877	37	Birth of son Cecil Herbert CAMERON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	19506/1877	6
1881	41	Birth of son Bertie Allan CAMERON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	25919/1881	6
1883	43	Birth of son Hubert Clement CAMERON	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29425/1883	6
18 May 1883	43	Death of mother Ann MCPHIE (aged 78)	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		32
1896	56	Ewan CAMERON died	Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia	7010/1896	6

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 37 (Death)

- Reference = 37 (Birth)

- Reference = 37 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 37 (Marriage)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2459/ewan-cameron.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Ewan Cameron

Born: 1840; Died: 1896; Married: Annie Smith

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Ewan Cameron was born in 1840, one of thirteen children, eight of them having been born in Scotland. His parents, Donald Cameron Snr and Ann McPhey, had arrived on the Boyne from Argyleshire in 1839. Donald, a shepherd, worked for the Campbells at 'Duntroon', and in 1842 took charge of the Duntroon out-stations 'Emu Bank' (to become the site of the Cameron Offices, Belconnen) and 'Goat Station' (near Coppin's Crossing). When Donald died his sons carried on these stations and also leased the Glebe farm at Ginninderra.

At the time of Ewan's birth the Cameron family lived on George Palmer's property, Ginninderra (known at the time as Palmerville) on Ginninderra Creek. It is likely that he received his education at the Palmerville School which operated from 1844 to 1851, but according to family historian Pat Eyeington and other family members he and some of his brothers and sisters also attended St John's School at some time. Ewan was described as a studious boy who was educated to the age of eleven.

Cameron worked at a variety of jobs until 1870, when he was able to select freehold land at Weetangera and build a house for himself and his wife, Annie Smith, the daughter of pioneers Edward and Mary Smith. Edward and Mary had eight children, five of whom became teachers! Eldest son Evan (1868-1956) stayed on the family farm. The Camerons were staunch Methodists, and it was Ewan who was entrusted with the task in the early 1870's of dismantling the unused Wesleyan church at Upper Canberra, conveying, and re-erecting it at Weetangera, where a two acre site had been granted for a church and cemetery. The Weetangera Church was to serve the local community for 85 years.

On his application for a teaching position Cameron stated that he was educated at Ginninderra, Canberra and Queanbeyan. His grand-daughter Heather Shakespeare tells how Ewan continued to educate himself over the years, reading widely and treasuring his own set of William Shakespeare's complete works.

The appointment of Ewan Cameron was confirmed, with Inspector Maynard noting: 'His character is good in all respects. He has a fair education and in time will make a teacher'. The assessment of the Secretary in the Council of Education was more cautious, possibly influenced by the fact that Ewan Cameron was a farmer. 'Mr Cameron appears to be an uncultured, but respectable man. I am of the opinion that the Council may afford him a trial in the school proposed by Mr Maynard'.

[adapted extracts from Margaret Clough, Spilt Milk (2004), p. 5-6]

Ewan Cameron was the first teacher at Weetangera Provisional School, which opened in April 1875. His salary was £5 a month and 6d per week for each child, but there was no guarantee that the weekly fees would be paid.

He was born in Sydney of Scottish parents in 1840 and had lived almost his whole life in Canberra and Ginninderra. Though studious, he had little formal education, leaving school at age ten. To prepare his for the position of teacher he had one month's training at Yass School under teacher Brierley.

Yass was a good school and Mr Brierly had a reputation that extended for many miles. He was known as a harsh, stern disciplinarian, but the teachers of small schools, trained under him, were grateful for the help and advice given them. During their period of training, he gave the trainees a free hand to use corporal punishment within reasonable bounds. This concession assisted them to maintain good discipline. Half of the teachers in the Yass and Queanbeyan districts were trained at Yass under Mr Brierly.

With wide experience in teaching in almost every class of school, I can appreciate my father's difficulties who, almost inexperienced, had to face as many as 38 pupils varying in age from 4 to 18 years. Fortunately, most of the pupils were anxious to learn and some of the older girls assisted with the younger pupils.

Although most of the free selectors took up their land in or about the year 1870, a general exodus began about 1876 as they were able to sell their conditional purchases after five years of occupation In six years, by 1881 this resulted in school attendance being reduced below an average of 20, which meant my father's removal to a better school near Gundaroo (Mugwill School) as he had already gained his 3A Certificate.

[adapted from Cameron, 1957]

1 Dec 1887: Appointed teacher at Weetangera
1 April 1879: Awarded a Certificate of IIIC
4 Aug 1881: Removed from Weetangera to Mugwill
1 Oct 1881: Promoted from IIIC to IIIA (exam)
11 May 1883: Removed from Mugwill to Marengo
30 May 1883: Declined appointment to Marengo
26 June 1884: Instructed to act as Teacher at Nubba
26 June 1893: Failed to obtain promotion at Exam
9 April 1896: Death notified by Inspector Friend

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