( Margaret Sophia Cameron had 4 funerals, 2 caskets, 3 burials
http://www.barkerville.com/vol2/cameron1.htm )
"Born in this township, John Angus "Cariboo" Cameron married Margaret Sophia Groves in 1860. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he went to British Columbia in 1862 to prospect in the Cariboo gold fields. That year at Williams Creek he struck a rich gold deposit. While there his wife died of typhoid fever and, in order to fulfil her dying wish to be buried at home, he transported her body in an alcohol-filled coffin some 13,840 km by sea via the Isthmus of Panama to Cornwall. She is buried in the nearby Salem Church cemetery. Cameron built this house, "Fairfield", in 1865, and in 1886 returned to the B.C. gold fields. He is buried near Barkerville, B.C."
-Plaque Here:
http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_STU/Plaque_Stormont15.html
Burial story:
http://www.barkerville.com/vol2/cameron2.htm
1860 marriage record states Margaret was aged 26 years.
She was the daughter of Nathan Groves and Mary Campbell.
1862 burial plaque states she died aged 28 years
There is also a birth date given for Margaret of Dec 14, 1832.
http://www.barkerville.com/vol2/cameron1.htm )
"Born in this township, John Angus "Cariboo" Cameron married Margaret Sophia Groves in 1860. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he went to British Columbia in 1862 to prospect in the Cariboo gold fields. That year at Williams Creek he struck a rich gold deposit. While there his wife died of typhoid fever and, in order to fulfil her dying wish to be buried at home, he transported her body in an alcohol-filled coffin some 13,840 km by sea via the Isthmus of Panama to Cornwall. She is buried in the nearby Salem Church cemetery. Cameron built this house, "Fairfield", in 1865, and in 1886 returned to the B.C. gold fields. He is buried near Barkerville, B.C."
-Plaque Here:
http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_STU/Plaque_Stormont15.html
Burial story:
http://www.barkerville.com/vol2/cameron2.htm
1860 marriage record states Margaret was aged 26 years.
She was the daughter of Nathan Groves and Mary Campbell.
1862 burial plaque states she died aged 28 years
There is also a birth date given for Margaret of Dec 14, 1832.
( Margaret Sophia Cameron had 4 funerals, 2 caskets, 3 burials
http://www.barkerville.com/vol2/cameron1.htm )
"Born in this township, John Angus "Cariboo" Cameron married Margaret Sophia Groves in 1860. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he went to British Columbia in 1862 to prospect in the Cariboo gold fields. That year at Williams Creek he struck a rich gold deposit. While there his wife died of typhoid fever and, in order to fulfil her dying wish to be buried at home, he transported her body in an alcohol-filled coffin some 13,840 km by sea via the Isthmus of Panama to Cornwall. She is buried in the nearby Salem Church cemetery. Cameron built this house, "Fairfield", in 1865, and in 1886 returned to the B.C. gold fields. He is buried near Barkerville, B.C."
-Plaque Here:
http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_STU/Plaque_Stormont15.html
Burial story:
http://www.barkerville.com/vol2/cameron2.htm
1860 marriage record states Margaret was aged 26 years.
She was the daughter of Nathan Groves and Mary Campbell.
1862 burial plaque states she died aged 28 years
There is also a birth date given for Margaret of Dec 14, 1832.
http://www.barkerville.com/vol2/cameron1.htm )
"Born in this township, John Angus "Cariboo" Cameron married Margaret Sophia Groves in 1860. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he went to British Columbia in 1862 to prospect in the Cariboo gold fields. That year at Williams Creek he struck a rich gold deposit. While there his wife died of typhoid fever and, in order to fulfil her dying wish to be buried at home, he transported her body in an alcohol-filled coffin some 13,840 km by sea via the Isthmus of Panama to Cornwall. She is buried in the nearby Salem Church cemetery. Cameron built this house, "Fairfield", in 1865, and in 1886 returned to the B.C. gold fields. He is buried near Barkerville, B.C."
-Plaque Here:
http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_STU/Plaque_Stormont15.html
Burial story:
http://www.barkerville.com/vol2/cameron2.htm
1860 marriage record states Margaret was aged 26 years.
She was the daughter of Nathan Groves and Mary Campbell.
1862 burial plaque states she died aged 28 years
There is also a birth date given for Margaret of Dec 14, 1832.
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