Birth

May 1833
Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Colony

Death

23 Apr 1912
Sepani Farm, Thaba Nchu, Orange Free State, South Africa

Biography

James (Jim) Cameron was born in May 1833 at Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Colony.

He was the son of James Cameron and Margaret Allison.

He married Elizabeth Johanna du Plooy on 21 Mar 1864 at Wesleyan Chapel, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Elizabeth Johanna was the daughter of Leendert Hendriek du Plooy and Maria Johanna Vivië. She was born on 5 Jul 1838 at Beaufort West, Cape Colony. She died on 3 Sep 1889 at Sepani Farm, Orange Free State, South Africa at the age of 51.

They had 8 children: Margaret Elizabeth Cameron, James Henry Cameron, Arthur John Cameron, Mary Ellen Cameron, Hugh Cameron, Elizabeth Marion Cameron, Agnes Le Ber Cameron and Evan Maxwell Cameron.

He died on 23 Apr 1912 at Sepani Farm, Thaba Nchu, Orange Free State, South Africa.

He was buried at Sepani Cemetry, Orange Free State, South Africa.