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Surnames: Houle;Gurney;Jones;Paquette;De la Caz;Reed;Cooke
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I am gGr. Son of Michael John Callan who came from Callan's Mountain, Louth, County
Louth, in 1854 aboard the Lady Franklin (do not know port of entry) at the age of 14.
Worked as a carpenter while studying to enter college. Studied the ministry, became a
pastor of the Haddam, Connecticut First Congregational Church. Left there when he chnged
to the Swedenborg faith. Married Olive Gurney of Cornwall, England, dau. of Sir
Goldsworthy Gurney. Had children John Gurney Callan, Katherine Callan, and ??? J.G. Callan
educated at Lynn High School, Lynn, Mass; attended M.I.T., became a Professor of
Industrial Business studies, University of Wisconsin, then later, Dean of the Harvard
Business School unitl his death 1934.