Hello List!
My information only goes back to Henry Calderwood b:ca 1810, perhaps in New Castle,
Lawrence County, PA. He married Rebecca Chenoweth abt 1837. Their children (to the best of
my knowledge) were:
William b 27 Oct 1838 New Castle, d 2 Feb 1862.
Alexander b 6 Nov 1840 New Castle, m Elizabeth Carson.Known to have been in IL in 1880.
John Alfred b 2 Mar 1844 New Castle, m Susan Marie Campbell 1880, d 1907 Illinois.
(Parents of Eva, my grandmother.)
Lawson b 25 Nov 1846.Believe he died before age 2.
Henry Mason b 4 Mar 1849 New Castle, m Eveline Shore in IL. Lived in Kansas.
Martha b 3 Jan 1852 New Castle.
James H. b 9 May 1854 New Castle, m Caroline Clapp. Known to have been in Nebraska.
Annie J. b 27 Aug 1856 New Castle, m Delbert Cameron. Lived in Nebraska and later PA.
John Alfred, James H. and Annie appeared to have traveled together to Scotts Bluff,
Nebraska. Susan died on the way and John remarried Mary Clapp, sister of Caroline
(James' wife). Story goes that John's son Howard and James'? son Ted,
"double-cousins" were known to have been in Colorado and/or Wyoming. We believe
Howard Calderwood never married but John and Mary had a son Guy who married and raised
three children in Nebraska. I have made contact with Guy's son Chet Calderwood, my
mom's half cousin you could say. There are other Calderwoods in Kansas now,
descendants of Henry Mason Calderwood and I've made contact with several of them too,
and a decendant of Delbert Cameron and Annie Calderwood Cameron.My grandmother Eva
Calderwood married Daniel McManus and remained in Illinois.
Her brother Howard Calderwood died abt 1930. Eva received a flag but we don't know
why/from where. The 1910 Census in Wyoming showed a Howard Calderwood but turns out this
one was born in four years after "mine" and in Iowa. I'd really like to find
out what happened to "Uncle Howard".
The Calderwood brothers seemed to get around a fair amount, returning to PA and/or IL more
than once. I wonder what prompted them. Perhaps other family members went west earlier?
Any connections out there? I'd gladly share any information I have.
Sue
Researching Surnames:
Heitzman McManus Noel Calderwood Hoffstetter Noden Spriggs Campbell Trail Jones Calvert
James Chenoweth Clark Bowman Hashman Worrall Blue Wood Fulton
McKee Doyle Dingman Crawford Beavers Kennedy McKenney Virus Taylor Simmons Allen Arnett
Jameson Lull Comstock Butts Rankin