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Hi everyone. I don't have much to go on, but I am hoping that someone
out there can help.
1) Betsy Callahan, born in Virginia, married Lucas Baldwin on Aug. 20,
1795 in Greenbrier, West Virginia.
i) Ezekiel, born abt. 1796 in in VA., or Brown Co., Ohio, died Sep.
15, 1846 in Shelby Co., Ohio
ii) Mary, born 1804 in VA.
iii) Rachel, born Mar. 29, 1807
iv) Daniel, born 1809 in VA.
v) John, born 1810 i9n VA., died Sep. 3, 1874 in Shelby Co., OH.
vi) Eli, born 1814 in Ohio, died Mar, 29, 1889
vii) Amos, born 1817 in Ohio
viii) Aaron, born 1818 in Ohio, died abt. Sep. 4, 1904 in Sidney,
Shelby Co., Ohio.
If anyone can add to this, please write me. Thanks,
Elwood J. Davis Jr.
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I am looking for any information on THOMAS CALLAHAN who was born in GRAND
RAPIDS, MICHIGAN about 1879 or 1880. He later married ANNIE NOS(E)WORTHY
from Newfoundland and was loving in CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS in 1905 when my
father WILLIAM HERBERT CALLAHAN was born. Both of Thomas Callahan's parents
were born in Michigan. Does anyone out there have any information on this
family.
Thank you
Theresa Callahan Kudrena
I just wanted to take this time to present a short story on my fortunate find
this past year when I made contact with cousins in Ireland and add a few tips
along the way. I hope it helps some people.
I began my maternal ancestry research back in August of last year after I made
a significant dent in my research on my paternal ancestry a year prior. I had
been wanting to take a vacation/research trip to Ireland and decided to obtain
all the facts I could before i took my research overseas. I've always wondered
if my great grandfather John came from a large family there because he
emigrated to Boston by himself in search of a better life in 1888. Also
wondered how he and his family survived the famine because he emigrated at
that time. While here, he produced 5 children, Dennis, John Jr., Margaret,
Cornelius and my grandfather Jeremiah. I began contacting all my mothers
cousins seeking any info of which could be useful in my search. These families
barely knew who I was because the 3rd generation contact was minimal, so I had
to reintroduce myself and explained what my goals were. Ive spoken with all of
the branches of family here, but the descendants of Margaret have been evasive
to this day up in Hampden Highlands, Maine. ( If anyone is familiar with the
area, please email me) When I got to interviewiing Johns daughter Peg, I
found that she was most enjoyable person and was very cooperative in my
search. She produced a bunch of old photos of her family and an old letter
that practically exploded with a wealth of genealogical information. I'm not
quite sure how to draft this part of the story so I'll just plunge right into
it. The letter was written on April 2, 1924 from a little girl in Ireland who
called herself Hannah 'Baby' Hurley and was addressed to my grandaunt
Margaret, which I cannot find her descendants. The letter is as follows,
Dear Cousin Margaret,
Just a few lines to let you know I supose you will be surprised to hear
from me as you never saw me, but I supose you know that I am there as mother
told you in the letter she wrote four years ago to Uncle John. She got the
address from Uncle Den and sorry to say he buried his wife, whom I called Aunt
Ellie, as she is twelve months buried for next May. Brother Jimmie and myself
were confirmed last May. Mother was so delighted to have us confirmed together
that she took our photos with her own ( as there was a photographer there) and
we paid him and he never sent them to us. The weather is bad here now and we
cannot take our photos till summer and we will send them to ye. Another reason
mother was delighted to get us confirmed because we were so young and she
dressed us lovely. I was in white and had a wreath and vale on. There was
thousands of unknowns before your letter and photos as ye all looked lovely
and as for Baby John he was very nice. I would like to have ye send the photos
of Cornelius and his wife in their wedding. Margaret, how many brothers have
you and have you any sisters and how old is the oldest and how young is the
youngest? Grandma is buried four years next October and Grandaunt who lived
in the city of Cork as Uncle John will tell you about her is buried also. She
came out to us to die as all her family are buried accept one Paddy, her son,
and he is buried also and he came out to us too. Don't ye forget the night ye
will be at Cornelius wedding to remember us and especially me and also do not
forget without writing as mother will answer the next letter. This is a busy
time of the year here as we are planting the potatoes. I think I must finish
as my hand is tired from writing.
I remain all my best wishes,
From Baby
(subnote) Hanna is my christian name but I am called Baby
It was with this letter that I discovered all my extended cousins all over
west Cork and is still talked about to this day. On the top right hand corner
of the letter was thier address at the time, Lower Belrose, Enniskean, a small
township just west of Bandon, Co. Cork. I looked it up on the map of Ireland
and realized it was just south of Kilmurry. Kilmurry is where my great
grandfather came from and is stated on his immigration papers. I thought it
was too much of a coincidence to just let it pass by so I wrote a letter in
May to the local parish priest and enclosed a copy of this letter asking if he
knew of any Hurley families in the area that had a Hannah 'Baby' Hurley or any
of her children. When the priest recieved the letter, there was a gentleman
there chatting with him and he asked the man if he knew of her and showed him
the letter. The man looked up at the priest and said, "Father, this is my
mothers letter".
Well, this man, Ted McCarthy who was my mothers second cousin, couldn't get a
letter off to me fast enough. He even airmailed it first class with his phone
number and I called him 2 days later. He was so delighted to hear from cousins
in the states, that he said the whole family is "over the moon". He also
stated that my mother who wrote that letter is still alive but suffers from
Alzheimers and would have been an encyclopedia of information as she was the
ambassador of the town. I was floored by this information. He said that my
grandmother was Ellen O'Callaghan, who turned out to be my great grandfathers
sister and that he knew of other O'Callaghan relatives living all over west
Cork. He asked when I would be able to make a trip over to Ireland that his
sister was getting married in August. I couldn't pack my bags fast enough to
go on a first trip to Ireland and experience an Irish wedding. In the two
months I waited for the trip, they organized not only a wedding, but a reunion
of 70 O'Callaghan family members. A goldmine of information was waiting for
me besides all the greetings. I also discovered that some ancestry used
Callaghan as well as O'Callaghan. I obtained birth and death certificates for
proof. I also found out that the (O)'Callaghans moved around from town to town
alot because of the farming jobs that they took. I even viewed church records
firsthand and discovered my great grandfather had 5 "proven" sisters and
brothers, Cornelius, John, Hanora, Jeremiah, Ellen and Dennis (note the naming
pattern) and believed to be more from other parishes. I was also told not to
focus on one specific region, but check surrounding parishes as well. I was
also educated on how the O'Callaghans migrated down from the northwest of Cork
into the area known as Inchigeelagh, which is one of the most holiest places (
Ghougan Barre) in all of Europe. I've visited the many graveyards of
Kilmurry, Kilmichael, Inchigeelagh and Macroom all full of O'Callaghan graves,
but not marked by headstones, they were marked with rocks due to the lack of
money.
One last tip I should suggest is that if you all don't recieve responses from
the parish priests on your enquiries, be persistent! Some of the priests are
very busy or some dont care at all about responding, but the records are
there. I was fortunate enough to write to one who was kind enough to pass the
letter to the family.
Well, I hope I amused or helped someone out along the way. Thanks for reading.
Steve
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