Family Roots in the Cameron Clan

The Remaining Gaps!

Two yawning gaps remain, which would probably resolve much :
(1) the whereabouts of Duncan (and, possibly Grisell) in 1841. Finding a Census entry might confirm or otherwise Duncan’s age and place of birth, indicate whether Grisell was still alive at that time, and give other clues as to the location of family members. A place to search is indicated by the location of the births of Duncan’s grand-children to Angus and Elizabeth Craig – the parish of Barony, Lanark;
(2) the death of Duncan. No record has yet been found. Duncan must have died between Census Day 1851 (31st March 1851) and the date when statutory records began to be kept (1st April 1855), i.e. between the ages of 95 and 99.
It is likely that the Camerons were Episcopalians (see “Religion and the Camerons”), and Episcopalian Church parish records are difficult to find, or are now non-existent. It seems reasonable to attack the problem from the ‘other end’, i.e. to try to link up Duncan’s possible grandfather John from known members of the Erracht branch of the Cameron Clan.