Sorry, I didn't think this message went through. So I sent the other one.
I see it took three days to get back to me. :-(
Susanne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl & Susanne Green" <csgreen(a)mtintouch.net
To: <callison(a)rootsweb.com
Sent:
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [CALLISON] Interesting
I beg to differ with your statement that there were no Callisons in
MT in
1920. There were at least 2 families--my great grandfather, Benjamin, and
his brother, Richard.
Susanne
----- Original Message -----
From: <GNEOLOG(a)aol.com
To: <callison(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:52 PM
Subject: [CALLISON] Interesting
> 1840 census Callison families --
> Missouri 2-3
> Illinois 4-6
> Indiana 2-3
> Tennessee 4-6
> Alabama 1-- Ohio 4-6
> Virginia 2-3
> Note: the census may have spelled their name as Collison/Kellison or
> something similar
> 1880 The family had made it all the way to Oregon and
Washington with
1 -23
> family in each of those states.
> Iowa, Missouri and West Virginia had the largest concentrations of
71-140
> families listed
> The next largest concentrations with 24-70 familes were NE, IL, IN, OH
and
TN
> The states with 1-23 families in addition to OR and WA were Dakato
> Territory, KS, TX, MN, WI, AR, KY, MI, NY, MA, VA, NC, SC and FL
> The remaining states had NONE
> By 1920, the highest population for Callison surname was
TX, IA, MO, IL
> The following states had NONE -- WY, UT, MT, VT,
> Name History and Origin for callison
> First Name
> Last Name
> Last Namecallison
> Scottish or Irish: reduced form of McAlison, a Gaelic patronymic based
on
th
> personal name Alison (see _Allison_
(
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?fid=10&ln=Allison&f...
&) ).
> Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN
> 0-19-508137-4
> Callison civil war Veterans
> 29 Confederate
> 63 Union
> In 1880 -- 35% of the population were farmers but 65 % of
Callison's
were.
> My line certainly attests to this where is is much closer to
probably 90
%
at
> that time -- maybe even 100%
>
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