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Cameron, Andrew
Full NameCAMERON, Very Rev Andrew, B.A.,Ll.D.(Edin)
Date of Birth16 February 1855Date of Death19 May 1925Biography
He came with his parents to Otago in the City of Dunedin in l863 at age eight. He was educated at Port Chalmers School, working in the family bakery at Sawyer’s Bay and Port Chalmers.
An able student, he was granted a scholarship to Otago University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1879 and won a Senior Scholarship in Zoology.
Theological Hall Dunedin 1880 for few months before he transferred to the United Presbyterian Church Theological Hall in Edinburgh to complete his theological studies.
Licensed by the United Presbyterian Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 6 November 1883
Also undertook summer post-graduate studies in Jena and then Leipzig.
Returned to NZ early 1884, confirmed in the Liberal tradition which he maintained all his life.
Supplied in Wyndham and Lumsden during 1884.
“Andrew Cameron, who served his whole 35 years Ministry at Anderson’s Bay, Dunedin, was a pioneer in education and social service and a man of wide influence in Church and society…. Andrew Cameron was a man of great distinction. His preaching is remembered for its careful, scholarly preparation and content rather than for oratory in delivery. It is less well known that he was a keen sportsman, doing well at both golf and cricket.”
Remembered by one Parishioner as “Wise, gentle, scholarly, astute and very much loved”.
‘Prayer .... the secret of his character and of his service.’
Date of Birth16 February 1855Date of Death19 May 1925Biography- born 16 February 1855 Paisley Scotland
- son of Andrew CAMERON (a baker) and Margaret MUIR
- married 18 November 1885 Mary Jane McKELLAR, born 12 December 1862 (Invercargill), died 4.3.1951
- children Andrew McKellar CAMERON (LE Wilkinson) 1886-1954, Norman Muir CAMERON 1888-1965, Helen Margaret CAMERON (FH Wilkinson) 1890-1961, Frank Fulton CAMERON (AM McWhannell) 1893-1985, Mary Katharine CAMERON (IM Allen) 1895-1981, Agnes Irene CAMERON (CC Robinson) 1902-1990
- died 19 May 1925
He came with his parents to Otago in the City of Dunedin in l863 at age eight. He was educated at Port Chalmers School, working in the family bakery at Sawyer’s Bay and Port Chalmers.
An able student, he was granted a scholarship to Otago University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1879 and won a Senior Scholarship in Zoology.
Theological Hall Dunedin 1880 for few months before he transferred to the United Presbyterian Church Theological Hall in Edinburgh to complete his theological studies.
Licensed by the United Presbyterian Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 6 November 1883
Also undertook summer post-graduate studies in Jena and then Leipzig.
Returned to NZ early 1884, confirmed in the Liberal tradition which he maintained all his life.
Supplied in Wyndham and Lumsden during 1884.
- Ordained Andersons Bay, Dunedin 11 December 1884
“Andrew Cameron, who served his whole 35 years Ministry at Anderson’s Bay, Dunedin, was a pioneer in education and social service and a man of wide influence in Church and society…. Andrew Cameron was a man of great distinction. His preaching is remembered for its careful, scholarly preparation and content rather than for oratory in delivery. It is less well known that he was a keen sportsman, doing well at both golf and cricket.”
Remembered by one Parishioner as “Wise, gentle, scholarly, astute and very much loved”.
‘Prayer .... the secret of his character and of his service.’
P-A85.37-105
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Cameron, Andrew. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 10/06/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/112608
