Winifred Webster Cameron

Winifred Webster (nee Bamford) Cameron We sadly announce the passing of Winifred Webster Cameron in Rochester, NH at the age of ninety-nine. She was born in Quincy, Massachusetts on Columbus Day, October 12th, 1910, to Nova Scotians John A. and Jane M. (Webster) Bamford. Winifred resided in Quincy, MA until 1917, when her mother became ill during the influenza epidemic. Her mother was slow to recover from the illness so her father moved the family to Nova Scotia to reside with relatives. Winifred's mother passed away while she was in her early teens, and she stayed for some time with her best friend, Eva Chisholm (later Langley), and her family. Her father made arrangements for her to move to Boston when she was nineteen. She stayed with and worked for a short time for her uncle, but she soon found a position with the bakeshop chain, Dorothy Muriel, which later became Brigham's and Star Markets. During her first years in Boston, she met her husband, John Hugh Cameron, who was also from Nova Scotia. They...