I think the Michael Callaghan (O'Callaghan) is my great grandfather. He
was a stonemason and was told he was from Cork. In the 1900 census it
says he came to US in 1883, but don't know how accurate that is. And it
says he was born June 1869 in Ireland, but my grandmothers birth
certificate says he was 30 on Dec 26, 1900. So not sure of exact
birthdate either. He married a Hannah Reigan who was born in Ireland and
came to the US according to the 19oo census in 1885. Says she was born
June 1872. They had children Michael, Catherine and Mary (my paternal
grandmother).
Unfortunately I don't know anything much about this family. My dad
(Francis William Devine, born in Weehawken New Jersey in 1926) died at
the age of 27 from cancer and my mother quickly remarried and cut off
all ties to his family.
Rumor has it the NJ Callaghan's are related to the ones in
Brooklyn. And that may be true. My grandmother's brother Michael was
born in NY 1891.
Sally Devine Morgan