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Henry John Cambie

Henry John Cambie

Born
1836-10-25 12:00:00
Died
1928-04-23 12:00:00
Gender
Male

Henry J Cambie was born 25 Oct 1836 in Castletown Kilbarron Nenagh, Co Tipperary, the son of Charles Cambie and Jane Disney.

He was educated in England and qualified as a Civil Engineer. 

The family left Coolbawn in 1851 for Canada.  He began work on the Grand Trunk Pacific railway and seven years later joined the Canadian Pacific Railway. He later became chief surveyor and planned the route of the famous railway line right across Canada, coast to coast. 

He settled in Vancouver and was involved in the construction of Christ Church Cathedral there. 

He retired in 1921 and died in Vancouver in 1928 where a street is named in his honour. 

Associated communities

Tipperary

County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland.  We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes.  Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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Buildings in this community

  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

    E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)

  • Spring Mount Tipperary

    Location: Tipperary

  • St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha

    Location: Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1840s

    Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis

    1848-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1889-10-20 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00

Castletownarra (Tipperary)

Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Castletownarra (Tipperary). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.

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Kilbarron (Tipperary)

Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Kilbarron (Tipperary). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.

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Buildings in this community

  • Terryglass R.C. Church

    Location: Kilbarron (Tipperary)

    Slevoir, Terryglass, Kilbarron, Carrigahorig Co.Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

No timeline events are associated with this community.

Nenagh (Tipperary)

Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Nenagh (Tipperary). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.

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  • SUMMERHILL MILITARY BARRACKS, NENAGH, COUNTY TIPPERARY

    Location: Nenagh (Tipperary)

    Nenagh, County Tipperary

  • Summerhill Military Barracks, Nenagh, County Tipperary

    Location: Nenagh (Tipperary)

    Nenagh, County Tipperary

  • St Mary's Primary School

    Location: Nenagh (Tipperary)

    Saint Mary's Primary School, O'Rahilly Street, NENAGH NORTH, Nenagh, TIPPERARY NORTH

  • Nenagh Workhouse

    Location: Nenagh (Tipperary)

    Nenagh General Hospital, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1940s

    Foundation of Nenagh Éire Óg GAA Club

    1947-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    County Tipperary in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1850s

    ROSCREA Workhouse Orphans go to Australia 1850.

    <p><a href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Roscrea/">http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Roscrea/</a></p>

    1850-01-01 12:00:00