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Catherine CAMERON

Female 1858 - 1888  (30 years)

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  • Name Catherine CAMERON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Birth 28 Jan 1858  Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10] 
    • Liisa Macnaughton discovered via the baptism records that the year is 1858 not the 1859 first believed.
    Christening 28 Jan 1858 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 512DFAA312614F84981754731D90A0496DA8 
    Religion Presbyterian  [9] 
    Residence 1881  Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Death 30 Jan 1888  Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Aged 30 years two days
    Burial Maple, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    McNaughton 001.jpg    		 McNaughton 001.jpg
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    Person ID I6952  Ryeland Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2026 

    Father Archibald CAMERON,   b. 1826, Caledon Twp, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1897, Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Catherine MCMURCHY,   b. 1826, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1893, Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 6 Mar 1851  [8] 
    Family ID F2285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alexander Monteith MCNAUGHTON,   b. 5 Apr 1848, Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1939, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jan 1880  Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    • Married on the property on 6th Con

      Witnesses: Lizzie McMurchie of Vaughan and Peter McNaughton of Vaughan
    Alexander Monteith McNaughton and Catherine Cameron Marriage Certificate.jpg    		 Alexander Monteith McNaughton and Catherine Cameron Marriage Certificate.jpg
    Children 
     1. Peter Drummond MCNAUGHTON,   b. 6 Nov 1880, Vellore, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1953, Humboldt County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Alexander Monteith MACNAUGHTON,   b. 4 Sep 1882, Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1918, Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     3. Catherine Elizabeth MCNAUGHTON,   b. 14 Oct 1884, Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1985, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)
     4. Archibald Cameron MACNAUGHTON, K.C.,   b. 5 Jul 1887, Vellore, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1952 (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F2234  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Jan 1858 - Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Jan 1880 - Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Jan 1888 - Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Maple, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Alexander Monteith McNaughton and Catherine nee Cameron.jpg    		Alexander Monteith McNaughton and Catherine nee Cameron.jpg
    Thanks for sending us your ask the photo expert query. I'm pleased to tell you that our photo-dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, has chosen your picture (attached) to analyse this month. Please find below Jayne’s response.

    Your photo and Jayne’s response will be published on findmypast.co.uk's blog next week. Please be assured that I will only print your name and none of your other contact details.

    Many thanks and I hope you enjoy reading Jayne’s analysis.

    Jayne says:


    ‘You are quite right to seek professional help with this fine photograph. It isn’t unusual for family historians to guess at the date and names of ancestors in unidentified photographs that have been passed down the generations, without any firm evidence to support their ideas. Inevitably, they are often mistaken and this can seriously undermine their research. A valid date range is essential for placing each image within an accurate historical context that will form a sound basis for identification and may well prompt further discoveries.

    Photographs may contain various clues to help with their dating and interpretation. Firstly we see that this is a professional card-mounted studio portrait taken by Notman & Fraser photographers of Toronto, Ontario. The geographical location provides important information which should narrow down the possible candidates for the ancestors in the scene.

    Studio details printed on mounts can also be investigated and a Google search for this well-recorded Canadian photographer produced interesting links. Significantly, on the McCord Museum (Montreal) website we learn that William Notman of Quebec opened his Toronto studio with John A Fraser in the autumn of 1868 and that the business was sold in 1880:

    http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/virtualexhibits/notmanstudio/themes/portrait/page4.html

    The address of the Toronto studio was 120, King Street East and on this page of the McCord Museum website is a photograph of the very building where your forebears went for their photographic portrait sitting:

    http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/I-34684.1?Lang=1&accessnumber=I-34684.1

    Turning to the image, the evidence of dress confirms that your photograph was taken towards the end of Notman & Fraser’s 1868-1880 period of operation in Toronto. The lady wears a smart silk two-piece daytime costume comprising a fitted hip-length front-buttoning bodice and matching skirt – an outfit that displays the narrow lines of the late 1870s. The silhouette of these years was formed by the elongated cuirass corset that entered mainstream fashion in around 1875 and, producing a long smooth line over the hips, effectively forced downwards the earlier (c.1869-75) bustle.

    Clothing continued to narrow and grow sleeker in the following years but until c.1880 the residual back drapery of the skirt cascaded downwards into a long train, as seen here. These elements and other stylistic features such as the lace neck detail and her smooth, high-piled hairstyle indicate a date range of c.1876-80 for your photograph.

    Men’s dress is always harder to date closely than that of women, but this gentleman’s appearance looks fine for our period. He is smartly dressed in a formal frock coat featuring the wide lapels of the 1870s and wears the full, bushy beard that some men favoured by this date. The composition is typical of a wedding photograph and the lady clearly displays a wedding band, so when considering identity, I suggest that you concentrate on ancestors who married in the Toronto area between 1876 and 1880.’
    Catherine McNaughton nee Cameron.jpg    		Catherine McNaughton nee Cameron.jpg
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  • Sources 
    1. [S876] Archibald Cameron MacNaughton Birth, (Location: Kitchener LDS Family History Center).

    2. [S603] 1871 Canadian Census.

    3. [S602] 1861 Canadian Census.

    4. [S894] Peter Drummond McNaughton Birth Certificate, (File Num: 042893-80 Location: LDS Kitchener).

    5. [S895] Alexander Monteith McNaughton Birth Certificate, (File Num: 043802-82 Location: LDS Kitchener).

    6. [S868] Catherine Elizabeth McNaughton Birth Certificate, (File Num: 041659-86 Location: LDS Kitchener).

    7. [S869] Catherine Cameron, Isabella McNaughton, & Alexander Monteith McNaughton Grave, (Location: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Chuch, Maple, Ontario).

    8. [S243] The History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario, (URL: http://www.ourroots.ca).

    9. [S242] Alexander Monteith McNaughton & Catherine Cameron Marriage Certificate, (Location: Scanned copy from LDS Microfile).

    10. [S799] Liisa Macnaughton, Liisa Macnaughton with help from her father Peter.

    11. [S588] 1881 Canadian Census.


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