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Rev. Andrew Cameron O. C. R.¹

• Father: Allan Cameron^2,3 b. c 1820
• Mother: Catherine MacGillivray^2,3 b. c 1820, d. c 1906

• Relationships: 2nd great-grandson of Dougald MacFarlane, 2nd great-grandson of Margaret MacDonell, 2nd cousin 3 times removed of Donald James MacFarlane
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• Name Variation: Rev. Andrew Cameron O. C. R. was also known as Rev. Donald Cameron.
• Birth*: Andrew was born in 1840 in South River, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.⁴
• Occupation*: He was Ordained a priest at Arichat by his Lordship Bishop Cameron on Trinity Sunday in 1871. For about a year Father Cameron had pastoral charge at Georgeville, and during the next year he assisted the Rev. J. Shaw in administering the parish of Little Glace Bay, which then comprised the mission of Cow Bay. He was then appointed to the parish of Creignish, which he zealously administered for nine years, at the end of which time he sought the austerities of monastic life.
  
  During eleven years after his ordination he labored zealously as a parish-priest in the Diocese; but his great desire for closer union with God and conscious of being called to the religious life led him to join the Trappist Order, which he did in 1882. in 1871 in Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada.¹
• Obituary: His obituary reads:
  
  Rev. Father Andrew O. C. R.                    A5-1884-121-3
  Rev. Donald Cameron                         A5-1884-121-2
  
  Death of Rev. Father Andrew
  
       At the Trappist Monastery, Tracadie, at 8 o'clock yesterday evening, Father Andrew, as he was known in the religious order, but better known to our readers as the Rev. Donald Cameron, ended the pure and holy career that so well prepared him for eternity. He was stricken down with fever about ten days ago, and during the last few days scarcely any hope of recovery remained. His brother, Rev. Rector of St. Francis Xavier's College, when leaving for Tracadie yesterday, fully expected the fatal result we have sorrowfully recorded. Father Andrew was a nephew of of (sic) His Lordship Bishop Cameron. During eleven years after his ordination he labored zealously as a parish-priest in the Diocese; but his great desire for closer union with God and conscious of being called to the religious life led him to join the Trappist Order, which he did about a year and a half ago. The press is waiting for this week's issue of the AURORA, and we must postpone till next issue a fuller account of the edifying life of the Rev. deceased. - Requiescat in pace.
  
  The Rev. Father Andrew
  
       The Rev. Father Andrew O.C.R., whose death at the Monastery we recorded last week, was born at South River in this County in 1840. Educated at St. Francis Xavier's College, he was ordained priest at Arichat by his Lordship Bishop Cameron on Trinity Sunday 1871. The present Rt. Rev. Abbot of the Monastery was ordained priest by His Lordship the same day. For about a year Father Cameron had pastoral charge at Georgeville, and during the next year he assisted the Rev. J. Shaw in administering the parish of Little Glace Bay, which then comprised the mission of Cow Bay. He was then appointed to the parish of Creignish, which he zealously administered for nine years, at the end of which time he sought the austerities of monastic life. An unswerving devotion to duty's call and a life of prayer marked his course to the end.¹
• Death*: Andrew died on 22 April 1884 in Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.^4,5
• Biography*: Father Andrew was a nephew of His Lordship Bishop Cameron. During eleven years after his ordination he labored as a parish priest in the Diocese of Antigonish.
  
  For about a year after his ordination he had pastoral charge at Georgeville, and during the next year he assisted the Rev. J. Shaw in administering the parish of Little Glace Bay, which then comprised the mission of Cow Bay. He was then appointed to the parish of Creignish, which he zealously administered for nine years.
  
  But his great desire for closer union with God and conscious of being called to the religious life led him to join the Trappist Order.⁶