Kevin
Just received your posting "I have only recently seen your message
regarding the Callans' from Ardee. My GGMother was a Callan from Ardee,
though I know little of any of the family history though I too have
relatives there.
My mother's maiden name was Callan and her mother was born c.1905-10 we think, her
name was Kathleen. I met , only once my Great aunt Julia who married John Lynch and they
farmed in the Ardee area (Stabannon in fact). Both of them have now passed away, though
there children still run the farm.
If you have any information regarding the family I would be pleased to hear from you.
Regards
Kevin Smith."
We were in Ardee and the Archdiocese in Armagh looking for my wife's Callan ancestors
and Mary McGuire's ancestors, Hugh Callan and Elizabeth McGregor [McGrooder, McGroder,
McGruder, McGrowther]. To view the pedigree of Hugh CALLAN, I draw your attention to a
part of Thomas Rue's website data at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tomrue/html/p9.htm#P812 . From Lambertville, NJ
records, Callans, O'Neils, Lynches, Rogans, and others came from Ireland. The Lynches
were close to the Callans - 6/18/1876, John J. Callan & Julia Casey were married with
James Lynch and Anne Fagan as sponsors. 4/13/1858, Philip Reily and Bridget O'Neil
were married with Patricia Malone and Margaret Lynch as sponsors. 6/19/1857 Elizabeth
Lynch was baptized with William Lynch and Helen O'Neil as parents. Patrick Lynch was
the police chief of Lambertville. The Callans and the Lynches Bethlehem, PA descendants of
those in Lambertville, were always close throughout the early and late 1900s.
Arthur Roberts