Bernard, James Alexander Cameron

Birth Name Bernard, James Alexander Cameron 1a
Gender male
Age at Death 88 years, 6 months, 9 days

Narrative

Cameron was born in 1866, the son of Alexander Bernard and Amelia Mann. In the 1881 census, he was 14 and living at home.

Cameron, a tailor, married Addie E. Matthews in Massachusetts in 1892, and in the 1900 US Census they had been married 8 years with no children. They were still living in that state in 1920, 1930 and 1940.

In 1900 census as James A. C. Barnard, and the grave of James and Addie is under Barnard in Norway, Maine.

Source Citation: "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQPP-JWJ : accessed 30 May 2012), James A Barnard, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Source Citation: "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N44D-79R : accessed 30 May 2012), James Alexander Cameron Barnard, 1892.

There is also an Alex Cameron Bernard, son of Charles Bernard and Crozier, b. 1867 in French River PEI, who died in Texas.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth June 27, 1866 Lot 19, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada gave 27 Jun 1867 on a form 1b
Death January 6, 1955 Woburn, Massachusetts date on his gravestone, in Maine, although not in Herbert's obit. Death notice, Boston Globe  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Bernard, Alexanderabout 1811June 16, 1890
Mother Mann, Ameliaabout 1825March 16, 1891
    Sister     Bernard, Margaret Jane March 1, 1856 1947
    Sister     Bernard, Catherine Helen Katie May 3, 1857 October 1945
    Brother     Bernard, William Watson 1859 before 1950
    Sister     Bernard, Rachel Adeline September 5, 1860 March 16, 1940
    Sister     Bernard, Eliza Baker September 5, 1862 March 29, 1950
    Brother     Bernard, Russel George June 4, 1865 September 16, 1950
         Bernard, James Alexander Cameron June 27, 1866 January 6, 1955
    Brother     Bernard, Richard Herbert Reid February 8, 1868 July 2, 1950

Families

Family of Bernard, James Alexander Cameron and Matthews, Addie

Married Wife Matthews, Addie ( * about 1872 + 1954 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage November 24, 1892 Massachusetts, United States Mass. Marriages  

Source References

  1. Ancestry.com: 1940 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1703; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 21-60.
      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1868 Birth place: Prince Edward Island Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

      • Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1703; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 21-60.
      • Source text:

        Birth date: abt 1868 Birth place: Prince Edward Island Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States