(1867-27 March 1958), contractor. (Rory Cameron, D. Roderick Cameron) Born at Dyer (west of Maxville). Parents: Donald Cameron and his wife Elizabeth Fraser. Rory Cameron, “a well-known builder” in Maxville, built the Maxville Public School (1904), the Maxville High School (1914), which was known at first as Maxville Continuation School, and the Borden Plant (1915-1916) at Maxville, so important in the economy of the Maxville area. It is going too far to say without qualification that he built the Presbyterian Church in Maxville (1899, dedicated Jan. 1900) but he was certainly one of the contractors involved. The statement that he built the Roman Catholic chapel (1909) in Maxville is incorrect and probably arose through the similarity of his name to that of the contractor who did build it, Alexander (Sandy) Cameron, of Alexandria. Rory Cameron probably did some of the rebuilding after the Maxville fire of 1921. His last building project is said to have been G. H. Macdougall’s new store, Maxville, c. 1940. Rory Cameron was married to Catherine Margaret (Cassie) McEwen (d. 1 June 1920, aged 51). (three daughters) One of their daughters, Sadie Cameron, was a principal at Maxville Public School. Another, Gertrude Cameron, also a teacher, had paintings in the University Women’s Club,Toronto. The last surviving of the children, Jean Cameron, 94, a teachers’ college graduate and civil servant, died in 1996.

Gravestone, Maxville Cemetery * Maxville (1991) 122, 190, 198, 273 , 893 * private information * Maxville (1967) 15-16 * Villeneuve 241, 245 * Campbell (1990) 429-432 * Winter(G.) 20 March (QF) & 12 June 1996 * his work reported in the press: Glengarry News 20 Oct. 1899, 11 July 1913, 3 July 1914, 5 Nov. 1915