Catherine Cameron^[1]

1825 - 1909  (84 years)

• Name	Catherine Cameron  [2]
  Birth	1825	Ockle, Ardnamurchan, Peninsular, Argyll, Scotland   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1909	Coldstream, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand
  Burial	Rangiora Presbyterian Burial Ground, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand
  Person ID	I142528	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	31 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Donald Cameron, in Ormasaigmore,   b. 1794, Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, Scotland d. Feb 1860, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Christina McLean [MacLean],   b. 1800, Ockle, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1820	Ockle, Strontian, Argyll, Scotland   [4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F55735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Macfarlane, of Coldstream, New Zealand,   b. 9 Feb 1817, Letter Farm, Port Of Menteith, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 23 Oct 1884, Coldstream, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1848	Wellington, New Zealand   [1, 6]
  Children	1. Malcolm Macfarlane, of Coldstream,   b. 27 Dec 1849, Kaiwarra-Warra, Wellington, New Zealand d. 7 Oct 1911 (Age 61 years)   2. John Donald Macfarlane, of Hawkswood,   b. 1851, Lowburn Station, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 16 Dec 1921, Hawkswood, Waiau, Canterbury, New Zealand. (Age 70 years)   3. Catherine Macfarlane,   b. 1852   d. Yes, date unknown   4. James Macfarlane, of Achray NZ,   b. 5 Oct 1853, Lowburn Station, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 3 Apr 1931, Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (Age 77 years)   5. Agnes Macfarlane,   b. Oct 1854, Lowburn Station, Canterbury, New Zealand d. Jul 1924, New Zealand (Age 69 years)   6. Walter Macfarlane, of Kaiwarra,   b. 27 May 1856, Lowburn Station, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 8 Apr 1914, New Zealand (Age 57 years)   7. Helen (Nellie) Macfarlane,   b. 1857, Lowburn Station, Canterbury, New Zealand d. Abt 1922 (Age 65 years)   8. Christina Anne Macfarlane,   b. Jan 1858, Lowburn Station, Canterbury, New Zealand d. Jan 1875, New Zealand (Age 17 years)   9. David Duncan Macfarlane, of Lyndon,   b. 1860, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 31 Mar 1914, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 54 years)   10. Frederick Grahame Macfarlane,   b. 1862, Coldstream, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 1863, Coldstream, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 1 year)   11. Alexander Macfarlane, of Achray Station,   b. 1863, Coldstream, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 31 Jan 1913, Achray Station, Rotherham, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F55713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2015

  
  

• Notes

  1 - Catherine Cameron, with six brothers and one sister, came out to New Zealand with her parents Donald and Christina McLean* Cameron in the sailing ship Blenheim, landing at Kaiwarra-warra, Wellington, on Christmas Day, in 1840. They sailed from Strontian, on Loch Sunart, near Ardnamurchan, then came down the Clyde to Greenock, from whence they embarked. The children enjoyed the four months' sea-trip. On arrival, all the passengers were carried ashore by fierce-looking Maoris. In December, 1848, Catherine Cameron married John MacFarlane, in Wellington. After the ceremony the bride and bridegroom were rowed on the open sea in a whale boat by two men who lived at Te Kope, inside Palliser Bay. These men, for some reason, refused to take the young people to their destination, so John and Catherine had to walk fifteen miles over rocks and stones to their home in Palliser Bay, where John was managing Whiterock for Mr. Barton. Malcolm, their eldest child, was born on December 27th, 1849 at Kaiwarra-warra, Wellington. When he was some months old his parents took him to Canterbury. The reason for their going to the South Island was that the Maori Wars in the North Island were endangering life and property to an alarming extent. A couple of weeks after their arrival, the first four ships sailed into Port Lyttelton. Catherine, with others, climbed up Scarborough Hill, and saw two of these sailing ships pass near the land. All were pleased at the prospect of seeing more people. * The late Sir Donald McLean, who was a wonderful Maori speaker, was a clerk in the Native Department, and later became Native Minister. Sir Donald McLean was a friend, if not a relative, of Christina. 2 - Mr. Macfarlane resided on this property till his death in 1884, and was married in Wellington, in 1848, to a daughter of the late Mr. Donald Cameron, who came to the colony in 1840. Mrs Macfarlane survives her husband, and is well known thrughout the Rangiora district. She has six sons and three daughters and about forty grandchildren. [ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] - pub. 1903 Old Colonists ]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2808] Katharine Agnes Macfarlane, Macfarlanes of Letter, (Made & printed at the Whitefiars Press, London & Tonbridge 1932), p11 (Reliability: 3). [S2808] Katharine Agnes Macfarlane, Macfarlanes of Letter, (Made & printed at the Whitefiars Press, London & Tonbridge 1932), p14 (Reliability: 3). [S2811] Unknown (probably James V Macfarlane), Macfarlane POM chart, (Descendant chart showing descent of the Macfarlanes of Letter in Port of Menteith that was the subject of the publication "A history of Macfarlanes of Letter in Port of Menteith" by Katharine Agnes Macfarlane. This chart was in the papers of John Macfarlane (deceased) genealogist of the Clan MacFarlane Society Inc. of New Zealand, that were given to me by his sister in Christchurch in July 2005.). [S2278] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of February 1, 2006), citing microfilm 1553266 for batch F186164, sheet 021, dow n loaded 25 September 2005 (Reliability: 3). [S2278] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of February 1, 2006), downloaded 27 September 2005 (Reliability: 3). [S2812] Robert Cameron, Cameron Genealogies, (http://www.clan-cameron.org.au).