Talk:Charlotte Cameron

Portsmouth
are we 100% sure that she was born in Portsmouth, RI and not Portsmouth, Hampshire or any of the other UK Portsmouths? It seems like the source for RI is a blog by an amateur historian (not a reliable source). The ODNB entry says "Cameron [née Wales-Almy], Charlotte (1872/3–1946), traveller and author, was born in Portsmouth, the daughter of Jacob Wales-Almy (d. in or before 1901), a captain in the Royal Navy"; ODNB is a British publication so I'd expect them to specify if they were talking about an American Portsmouth; and the United States doesn't have a Royal Navy... Spicy (talk) 18:11, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * this is such an intriguing case and I can't quite work out yet where she was born - as you say, ODNB suggests UK-born but the blog post suggests Portsmouth, RI. I also found a newspaper clipping suggesting Cameron's grandfather lived in Portsmouth, RI: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34578537/charlotte-wales-almy-cameron-travel/ and I notice that her first book was published in Boston, and the later ones in London. More research needed I feel! MurielMary (talk) 22:44, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I saw some newspapers.com clippings saying a Charlotte Cameron travelled to Portsmouth, RI to visit her mother... but while that is suggestive, it's not the conclusive evidence we'd need (it's not entirely clear that it's the same Charlotte Cameron, and not entirely clear if her mother was living in RI when she was born)... may be best to just leave this information out unless we can find a more conclusive source. You'd think there would be a newspaper obituary somewhere - but it's probably in a British paper and I don't have access to British newspaper archives... Spicy (talk) 22:50, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll publish it and see if any of the Women in Red librarians have access to more sources to expand it. MurielMary (talk) 23:41, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Moving from article
Cameron is listed in two books about early women travellers and writers

·       J. Robinson, Wayward women: a guide to women travellers (1990)

·       B. P. Kanner, Two hundred years of British women's autobiographies: a reference guide and reader (1997) MurielMary (talk) 23:05, 23 October 2020 (UTC)