FINAL CONCLUSIONS

(April 2010)

From my vantage point in 2010, based on the evidence I have developed, the parentage of the William Campbell (1819-1897) who is my maternal GG Grandfather is not conclusively proven, in a genealogical sense.  Therefore we cannot categorically state that my William Campbell`s parents were Sylvester Campbell and Helen Mason.  I have reviewed several claims that put other individuals forward as William Campbell, the son of Sylvester Campbell and Helen Mason.  

However, based on indirect evidence from census records, vital statistics registrations, naming conventions, immigration patterns, geographical proximities and the mass of anecdotal reporting in the Campbell-Isaac Genealogy Project, I would be prepared to state that my William Campbell is the most likely candidate, by far, to be the third son of Sylvester Campbell and Helen Mason, baptized in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 26 March 1819 as William Campbell.

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