Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Cameron, Ernest Roy August 28, 1890 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr orr@hawaii.com August 11, 2010, 2:49 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Editor George F. Nellist ERNEST ROY CAMERON, Certified Public Accountant. Beginning his business life at an early age as a stenographer for a Boston firm, E. R. Cameron, certified public accountant and a member of the Honolulu firm of Cameron & Johnstone, later removed to California and attended Stanford University, specializing on commerce. His first position was with The 1900 Washer Co. in Boston and he was later employed by the U. T. Hungerford Brass & Copper Co. and the Boston & Maine Railroad. In 1910 he joined the Quartermaster Department of the United States army as a civilian employee and two years later entered the Internal Revenue Service, serving as a deputy collector in San Francisco. In 1915 the government sent him to Hawaii and he remained with the Internal Revenue organization here for two years, as an inspector and income tax agent. Recognizing a field for expansion in income tax work, Mr. Cameron decided to open his own public accountancy office and in association with Ralph S. Johnstone he formed the partnership of Cameron & Johnstone in 1917. Mr. Cameron is a member of the National Association of Cost Accountants, and secretary of the Territorial Board of Accountancy, a member of the Commercial Club and is a Mason and Shriner. He was born in Wakefield, Mass., Aug. 28, 1890, the son of James and Matilda (Lenfest) Cameron and is a descendant of Highland Scotch stock. His education was received in the public schools of Wakefield, Burdette College in Boston, and Stanford University. In 1918 Mr. Cameron married Alice Hopper of Honolulu and they have three daughters, Edith May, Ruth Alison, and Nancy Lewers Cameron. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/cameron213bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb