Photo Gallery of
David Allan Cameron (1848-1902)

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circa 1875

David Allan Cameron, in a studio photograph probably taken prior to his departure from Bruce Township, Bruce County, Ontario.  He left for the Manitoba frontier the following year, homesteading in Woodside.

1878

David and Georgina's wedding page, from their family bible.

1878

Birth information for David and Georgina's family, from the family bible.

1878

Death records, once again from David and Georgina's bible.

1881

A formal portrait of David and his wife Georgina Sebastian, with their two oldest children: (l) William John Cameron and (r) David James Noble Cameron.  

1885

The Cameron Hotel, downtown Gladstone, Manitoba.  David and Georgina Cameron are posed by the door, to the left, and numerous family members and acquaintances are also featured.  (NOTE: If any family members have a better copy of this photograph, please get in touch, as we'd like to feature it!)

(Present-day photo, of the former hotel location)

June 18, 1885

Mass card for James N. (Davey) and George M.F. (Georgy) Cameron, and their cousin Isabelle Logie, all whom perished in the June 17, 1885 Cameron Hotel fire.

June 19, 1885

Headline and beginning of the story, from the Gladstone Age newspaper, on the Cameron Hotel fire, published two days after the tragic event.

June 25, 1885

A short piece from a Michigan newspaper featuring details of the Cameron Hotel fire. 

1902

David Grave, Gladstone Cemetery, Gladstone, Manitoba (Plot 81)

1903

David's  widow, Georgina, with their eleven surviving children.

1905-1944

The Cameron Family Ranch, on the S-W 1/4 of 4-47-1, in Rivercourse, near Lloydminster, Alberta

1920

The Cameron family home in the Livingstone District, near Gladstone.  The photo was taken years after the family had left and moved to Alberta.  The small log cabin in the rear was the original home, with David building the front plank addition in 1900.

1930s

A cameo of Georgina Sebastian Cameron.

1940s

Georgina, at a family picnic on the Cameron Family Ranch in Rivercourse, with some of her children, grandchildren and extended family.

1942

Grandma Georgina with some of the "wee ones"

1944

Georgina's grave, Lloydminster Cemetery, Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan

circa 1960

Article from the Gladstone Age newspaper, reporting on the donation of a marble bust of Georgina Sebastian Cameron to the Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Center, in Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan.  Detailed biographical material is included. 

2005

Georgina Sebastian Cameron marble bust, in the Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Centre (Richard Larsen Museum, Pioneer Life Room), Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan

2005

Guide to the Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Centre, with the location of the Georgina Sebastian Cameron marble bust.

2007

Tealaggan, Kirkhill Parish, as it appears today.  David was probably born in the home pictured here (the old stone portion, now part of a more recent barn structure)  (see associated map image listed under 1855 on his father John Cameron's photo gallery page).

2007

The fields and surrounding lands at Tealaggan, Kirkhill Parish, as they appear today.  David and his brothers grew up on these lands (see associated map image listed under 1855 on his father John Cameron's photo gallery page).