Researching Silver Cameron
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 23277 people with the Cameron surname? In that year Cameron was ranked number 142 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Silver Cameron on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Silver Cameron and the Cameron Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cameron Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cameron family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 23668 people with the Cameron surname in the UK? Cameron is now ranked number 219 for popularity in the UK. |
Cameron Family History Databases
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Cameron Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 63803 people with the Cameron surname in the USA? Cameron is ranked number 136 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Silver Cameron
Silver Donald Cameron
Silver Donald Cameron (June 21, 1937 – June 1, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, playwright, and university teacher whose writing focused on social justice, nature, and the environment. His 15 books of non-fiction dealt with everything from history and politics to education and community development.
An avid sailor, Cameron wrote several books about ships and the sea. He was the author of a young adult novel and a thriller, both set in Nova Scotia where he lived for more than 40 years. Two of his books, The Education of Everett Richardson (1977 and 2019) and The Living Beach (1998), are included in Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books.
Cameron's only stage play, The Prophet at Tantramar, was about Leon Trotsky's month-long confinement in a prisoner-of-war camp in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and was also produced as a radio drama, one of more than 50 Cameron wrote for both CBC Radio and CBC Television. In addition, he produced radio and television documentaries, as well as writing and narrating two documentary films for The Green Interview, Bhutan: The Pursuit of Gross National Happiness (2010) and Salmon Wars: Salmon Farms, Wild Fish and the Future of Communities (2012).
His magazine articles numbered in the hundreds and his newspaper columns appeared in The Globe and Mail and the Halifax Chronicle Herald. He also wrote extensively for provincial and federal government departments as well as for corporate and non-profit clients.
Cameron served as writer-in-residence at two universities in Nova Scotia as well as at the University of Prince Edward Island. He was dean of the School of Community Studies at Cape Breton University and taught at Dalhousie University, the University of British Columbia and the University of New Brunswick.
One of Cameron's last projects involved a series of video interviews with environmental thinkers, writers and activists that appeared on subscription website "The Green Interview". Interviewees include Vandana Shiva, Farley Mowat, James Lovelock, Jane Goodall and David Orton.
Cameron's writing and journalism earned him many awards, and in 2012, Cameron received both the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia.
Source: Silver Donald Cameron, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cameron
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