Daniel McCallum and brother James McCallum, 1869 Examinations for Science

Daniel McCallum (b. 1853) and James McCallum (b. 1855) were the sons of Daniel McCallum (1820-1898), Manager and Engineer of the Omagh Gas Works.  Both were studying to be engineers like their father.  The Irish Examinations for Science in 1869 show that they both had taken exams in Mathematics and Acoustics, Light & Heat.  James was 13 years old and Daniel was 15 years old. 

James McCallum, First Stage Mathematics Exam, passed with 2nd Class Merit

Daniel McCallum, First Stage Mathematics Exam, passed with 3rd Class Merit

James and Daniel McCallum, First Stage Acoustics, Light & Heat Exam, passed with 2nd Class Merit

McAlpin and Stevely marriages in Templecorran Parish, Antrim, Ireland

Our ancestor Mary Stevely Woods was born at Newtownards, Down in 1860, to William Woods and Eliza McAlpin.  We know that her parents were married at Templecorran Parish:

• William Woods, son of John Woods (farmer) and Eliza McAlpin, daughter of Edward McAlpin (farmer) were married on 9 January 1852 at Templecorran, Antrim, Ireland.

From the marriage records of Templecorran Parish (also known as Ballycarry and Broadisland), Antrim, Ireland, we find the following information:

• Mary Ann McAlpin, daughter of Edward McAlpin, married 5 July 1847, to Edward Stevely, son of John Stevely. 

This is most likely the sister to our Eliza McAlpin, and it follows that Eliza named her daughter Mary Stevely Woods after her sister, whose married name was Mary Ann Stevely.

Research on the McAlpin and Stevely families of Templecorran has been sparse, however, I been able to find the following additional marriage records:

• Rachel McAlpine, daughter of Robert McAlpine, married 27 Sep 1853, to Robert McQuilland, son of John McQuilland.
• Eliza McAlpin, daugher of William McAlpin, married 17 Jan 1855 to Thomas H. Dickson, son of William Dickson.
• Mary McAlpin, daughter of Samuel McAlpin, married 22 Mar 1855, to Thomas Davison, son of John Davison.
• Jane Stevelly, married on 31 Dec 1845 to William John Grey.

Daniel McCallum - Manager, Engineer & Secretary of the Omagh Gas Works

Daniel McCallum (VI??, b. about 1820/21) was the father of Daniel McCallum (VII??, b. 16 Sep 1853, Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland).  We do not know where he was born.  The first confirmed record of him is as the Secretary and Manager for the newly established Omagh Gas Company in 1850.  He work for the Omagh Gas Company from then until his death on 28 May 1898. 

His role was primarily the Mangager and Engineer of the Gas Works, which was located at Spillar's Place, on the south east side of Omagh.  Above the offices were his lodgings where he and his wife Eliza raised their family.  The building no longer exists. 

Daniel McCallum was well known in his professional circle and was a member of the North of Ireland Gas Engineer & Manager Society.  In August of 1892, he was elected President of the Society.  In August of 1897, the Society held their annual convention in Omagh in his honor.  He died the next spring.

Below are some excerpts from various directories and associate publications that mention Daniel McCallum of Omagh:




1880 Director of Gas Companies - Ireland, Daniel McCallum of Omagh



1890 Ulster Towns Directory, Daniel McCallum - Omagh Gas Works Secretary & Manager

North of Ireland Association of Gas Engineers, 1891 Proceedings

1897 Ulster Towns Directory, Daniel McCallum, resides Spillar Place



1897 Directory of Gas Companies, Daniel McCallum - Engineer & Secretary, Omagh, Tyrone

1899 North of Ireland Gas Engineer Association, mention of D. McCallum death (1898)



Daniel McCallum, Solicitor in Belfast and Bangor, Ireland

Our ancestory Daniel McCallum (1853-1910) practiced as a Solicitor in both the City of Belfast, County Antrim and in the town of Bangor, County Down.  We find him listed in the city directories as shown below.  Also, Daniel McCallum served as Town Commissioner in Bangor as well. 

1887 Belfast Street Directory, Daniel McCallum, Solicitor 60 Donegall St.



1890 Belfast Street Directory, Daniel McCallum, Solicitor 60 Donegall St.



1892 Belfast Street Directory, Daniel McCallum, Solicitor, res. Bryansburn House, Co. Down



1895 Belfast Street Directory, Daniel McCallum, Solicitor 60 Donegall St., res. Oriel House, Bangor



1895 Ulster Towns Directory - Bangor, Daniel McCallum, Town Commissioner, Oriel House

1896 Belfast Street Directory, Daniel McCallum, Solicitor 60 Donegall St., res. Oriel House, Bangor

1896 Ulster Towns Directory - Bangor, Daniel McCallum, Town Commissioner

1897 Belfast Street Directory, Daniel McCallum, Solicitor 60 Donegall St., res. Oriel House, Bangor

Daniel and Mary McCallum family, 1901 Ireland Census

In 1901, we find the Daniel and Mary McCallum family at two different locations in Belfast, Ireland. 

Mary and the children are living in East Belfast at Creadlin Avenue, Pottinger, Holywood.  The Millar family is listed as visitors; I have not been able to determine their connection to the family.  

1901 Ireland Census, Creadlin Avenue, Belfast, Down

1901 Ireland Census, Mary Stevely Woods McCallum and children

Daniel is boarding with the McCracken family at house 17 on Salisbury Street, Upper Belfast, Shankill.

1901 Ireland Census, Salisbury St., Belfast, County Antrim

1901 Ireland Census, Daniel McCallum - solicitor

Daniel McCallum, death notice in Irish Law Times, Vol. 44, 1910

Daniel McCallum died from complications due to Diabetes on 23 May 1910 at Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Ireland.  The Irish Law Times published a brief death notice, stating that he was 56 years old and was the son of the late Daniel McCallum of Omagh.

Dr. William Woods, 1868 Medical Register

Our ancestor Doctor William Woods shows up in the 1868 Medical Register as follows: 

WOODS, William;  resident of Newtownards, County Down, Ireland; qualifications - Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1839;  date added to Register: January 3, 1859. 

The Medical Register was established by the government as an official resource for regulating the qualifications for doctors of medicine and surgery.



Daniel McCallum, Apprentice Solicitor 1880, Solicitor 1882

Daniel McCallum left his Engineering studies at Queen's Belfast to pursue a career in Law.
The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland was responsible for approving and licensing solicitors. 

The Irish Law Times and Solicitor's Journal  records when Daniel McCallum became an Apprentice Solicitor and also when we became a licensed Solicitor.  He studied under Professor William Hickson and took his exams at Solicitor's Hall, Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland.  He passed his Apprentice Exam of 5 November 1880, achieving scores in the top 1/3 of his class.  He took and passed his Solicitor's Exam on 23 & 24 October 1882.  



The Irish Law Times and Solicitor's Journal, 20 Nov 1880



The Irish Laws Times and Solicitor's Journal, 11 Nov 1882

Daniel McCallum, Education at Queen's College Belfast, 1873-1875

Queen's College, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Daniel McCallum (1853-1910) attended Queen's College in Belfast.  He first entered to study Engineering.  The university register shows him matriculating (admitted) in 1873.  He studied through two years of Engineering, and later pursued a career in Law as a Solicitor.

Register of Members, Queen's University Ireland

The above register shows Daniel McCallum (M'Callum) as Matriculating in 1873.  He did not obtain and Engineering degree however.  Also, the John McCallum, matriculated 1863, BA in 1866 was a Sr. Inspector of National Schools, having served with William Pedlow who married Daniel McCallum's sister Mary Ann.  So far I have not been able to prove a relationship, however, it seems very likely. 



Queen's Belfast 1873-1874 Calendar, Daniel McCallum's 1st year of Engineering



Queen's Belfast 1875-1876 Calendar, Daniel's 2nd year of Engineering

Daniel Herbert McCallum, VIII & Anna Catherine Burns

This is posted in an effort to pass on some of the Oral Family History that’s been relayed. It’s noted below preceded by the notation “OFH”.

**Request: If anyone has stories or oral family history to add to this, “PLEASE” tell me of it! You can either post it in the comments at the bottom of this, or email me. I’ll gladly add it to this post. Most of what I’ve been able to gather on Daniel and Anna has been put down here.
Thank you, Rose

Anna Catherine Burns was the daughter, and 4th child, of Charles John Burns & Mary Ann (Anna Maria) Leveck.

Anna Catherine was born on September 23, 1897 in Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota.

The family were members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tracy, Minnesota, where Anna was baptized there on October 24, 1897, as Anna Catherina Burns.

She lived with her family in Tracy, Minnesota until about 1909, when they moved to St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. Their residence in this city was at 818 Raymond, located on the east side or Raymond, just north of University Avenue. Her parents lived in this home the remainder of their marriage. (Present day their home has been torn down and a high rise stands in its place.)

After moving to St. Paul, they became members of the Zion Lutheran Church. Anna’s confirmation is understood to have taken place at this church. There’s a picture of her that was taken on her confirmation day, standing in front of a piano in her family home. She looks to be between 11-15 years of age, which would make her confirmation date around 1911, give or take a couple of years.

OFH: relays that Anna’s mother, Mary Ann Leveck Burns, cooked for the soldiers on University Avenue during WW1. It’s said she did this on purpose so her daughters could meet and marry soldiers. All her daughters “did” end up marrying soldiers.

Anna met a soldier by the name of Daniel McCallum, who had enlisted in Michigan, and was a private in the Army Aero Squad, stationed at the Air Force School & Repairs Building, located at 2550 University Avenue West in St. Paul. (The name of this building was originally the Overland Company building, and known during WW1 as the International Harvester Building (IHC), located at 2572 University Avenue West, and is now considered an historic site in St. Paul.) He made airplane parts while stationed there.

Daniel Herbert McCallum, VIII (Octavius) was born February 11/12, 1890 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, the son of Daniel McCallum, VII and Mary Steveley Woods. He immigrated with his mother and sisters, arriving at the port in Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada and then on to St. John’s in New Brunswick, Canada, going on to Michigan where they entered America. This was in February, 1905.
See his family post: http://mccallum-omagh.blogspot.com/2011/06/daniel-herbert-mccallum-vii-mary.html

Daniel served during WW1 with the Michigan 864 Aero Squad from 10/7/1918 through 1/3/1919 with an honorable discharge.

On August 25, 1919, Anna and Daniel were married, at the home of Anna’s parents in St. Paul.

Daniel’s family lived in Michigan, and so Daniel and Anna moved and made their home in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan after they were married. In 1920 they can be found living at 34 Liberty Street in Pontiac, with Daniel working as a stockman in a store.

This is also the home they were living in when their first daughter, Helen, was born in 1920. OFH relayed by Anna to her daughter, Helen: The women there (in Pontiac, MI) talked her into having her baby at home. She told her daughter that after that experience “She decided that she was having the rest of her babies in a hospital”, and she did!

By 1922, Anna and Daniel had moved back to St. Paul, Minnesota and were living in an apartment at 375 Roy Street, with Daniel as its caretaker and a street car conductor.

As a street car conductor Daniel worked out of the “Snelling Station”, which was located at Snelling & University in St. Paul, where he belonged to the Street Car Drivers Union #1005. But before the city owned it, he was a conductor with them when it was privately owed by a company located on Lowry & Sloan in St. Paul. OFH: The conductors had a strict uniform policy. (They had to pay for these out of their own pockets.) They were to go to Rothschild’s to have their uniforms tailor fitted. The fabrics were wonderful, and the uniforms were comfortable as well as looking very good.

Daniel and Anna lived in many different locations in St. Paul during their marriage. OFH: The family laughingly claims that they were never unpacked, and that they moved so much because they were “staying ahead of the rent”!

While living at the home on Roy Street, Anna and Daniel had their 2nd child, and first son, Charles, who was born in 1922 at the Midway Hospital in St. Paul. (Midway Hospital was absorbed into the Health East System in St. Paul and no longer functions as a hospital.)

In 1924, they can be found living at 1772 Sargent Avenue, with Daniel as a conductor.
In 1925, they’re living at 789 Pusey Street, with Daniel as a conductor for the TCRT Company.

While living on Pusey, their 3rd child William was born in 1925, also at the Midway Hospital in St. Paul.

In 1926, they’re living at 1401 Berkeley, with Daniel as a conductor for the TCRT Company.
In 1927, they’re living at 1857 Capitol, with Daniel as a conductor for the TCRT Company.

OFH: When Daniel & Anna lived on Capitol, Anna would send the kids down to sit on a wall, at the street car stop that was near their house, to wait for Daniel to come by, and then give him his lunch for the day.

OFH: Daniel enjoyed eating the Irish fare he was brought up on and was especially fond of meat & potatoes. Anna would fix different dishes for him that he enjoyed, like fried herring. The children had to eat what she fixed, and they weren’t always thrilled with some of it. Their daughter Helen remembered a time when Daniel bought a live chicken and brought it home on the street car with him for Anna to fix. Anna couldn’t bring herself to kill and clean it, so their daughter Helen “took care of it”.

In 1928, they’re living at Dayton’s Bluff Station RD4, with Daniel as a conductor for TCRT Company.
They also resided on 5th & Maple, at one time as well.

In 1929 through 1941, they’re lived in a double bungalow at 461 Mendota, owned by a Fred Roth, paying $16 a month in rent. Daniel was working in an auto factory at this time.

Daniel’s employment was at several different jobs during his life, as was many peoples during this era:
Truck Driver – In 1917 on his WW1 Draft Registration in MI
Postal Carrier - In Pontiac, MI
Stockman – In a store when they were living in Pontiac, MI
Caretaker – He was a caretaker for a few different apartments they lived in
Street Car Conductor – He was a conductor, starting before it was owned by the city, and then eventually a conductor for the city.
Auto Factory Worker - In St. Paul around 1930
Truck Driver – He drove truck for Cudahy Meat Packing, which was out of the South St. Paul stock yards on Concord Street
Laborer – he as a laborer for the Federal Works Program Administration (WPA)
Elevator Operator – He was an elevator operator for the Golden Rule Department Store on Roberts & Jackson in St. Paul.

Their 4th child, Kathryn, was born in 1929 at the Ancker Hospital in St. Paul. (Ancker Hospital became the St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, and is now known as Health Partners Regions Hospital.)

Their youngest child, Mary, was born in 1932, also at the Ancker Hospital in St. Paul.

OFH: There’s a picture of Anna, ironing in her kitchen that her daughters say is the “quintessential picture” of their mom, as she ironed all the time!

OFH: Daniel had a beautiful “Irish Tenor” voice and sang around the house all the time. He could also whistle beautifully, and did so a lot!

After Anna & Daniel moved back to Minnesota, they eventually started attending the River Lake Gospel Tabernacle on East Lake Street in Minneapolis. (This church was torn down after 2000.)

OFH: Apparently Daniel was brought up in the environment of it not being unusual for family members to go to different churches. Daniel insisted that his daughter, Helen, go the Alliance Church on Johnson Street in St. Paul. She would walk 3 miles each way. He apparently liked the strictness of the youth director at the Alliance Church, for his daughter. He told her she was the oldest and had to set an example for the others. Helen said the girls couldn’t wear lipstick or pants, and you couldn’t dance…among many other things. She said this youth director “almost ruined us”! She didn’t like it there and quit going to the church after her father died.

OFH: Pat, a friend of the McCallum girls, remembers that Daniel was a quiet man and very friendly. She also knows that he had “blinders on” when it came to his views of what church you attended.

OFH: Daniel was a very strict father, especially with his 3 oldest children, Helen, Bill and Charlie. He expected much out of them. He called his youngest children, Kathryn and Mary, his babies!

OFH: There was occasion when Helen wanted to go to her prom and her father was dead set against her going. Anna stood up to him and Helen ended up going to her prom. Helen said that when her mother felt very strongly about something you “knew it”.

OFH: Daniel was called “Mac”, according to Reverend Paul Radar of the River Lake Gospel Tabernacle, and was also known as a “street preacher”. This was told by Rev. Radar to their grandson Russ. He also gave Russ a Bible of Daniel’s.

OFH: Daniel was very active in their church. (The River Lake Gospel Tabernacle) According one of his sons, anytime the building needed repairs, Daniel saw to it that it was taken care of, getting people to donate materials and do the work.

OFH: Daniel had his fun side. It’s remembered by one of his children, that he and Aunt Dora (actually the sister to one of Anna’ sister-in-laws) would chase each other around the kitchen table in a pillow fight.

OFH: When Daniel was asked at one time, by one of his children, about his life in Ireland, he told them that he’s an American now and we don’t talk about that anymore. Because of this, we little idea what his life was like back then. We can only speculate with the information that’s been put together.

In 1939 their daughter Helen was married in St. Paul to Charles. (aka: Bud/Chuck) When Bud was drafted in WW2, Helen worked as a street car driver, out of the Snelling Station, for the same union as her father belonged to, until she was forced to retire because she was “too pregnant”. (She was making the wage of $1.00 per hour, which was a top wage.)

OFH: A friend of the family remembers that because Helen married “outside the church” (a Baptist Church), Daniel did not attend her wedding. She also remembers that the 1st Chivaree she ever saw was for Helen’s wedding, which was a custom for the families in the Bluff’s area of St. Paul. (There were lots of Irish in this neighborhood, including hers.) This included the banging of pans & throwing pennies at them….”just a fun celebration”.

OFH: One of their daughters remembers that because Daniel wasn’t healthy, and would take walks everyday. When he did, their friend Pat’s dog “Skippy” would go with him.

Daniel suffered from numerous heart, circulatory and kidney ailments. He became very ill and was hospitalized at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis where he passed away on September 21, 1941, at the age of 51.

As a veteran of WW1 he was buried at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Daniel was amongst the earliest people buried at Fort Snelling, where burials began on 7/5/1939, just 2 years before his death.

After Daniel’s death, Anna remained living at the Mendota Street address through June, 1950.

Their sons, Charles and William, served in the armed forces during WW2; Charles in the Navy and William in the Army.

OFH: Anna has been described by her children as a very quiet person, never saying much of anything, and especially anything to hurt someone else. But she apparently DID feel strongly about her convictions and the wrong doings of others. To this, the following story was told by her daughter Helen……
After Daniel’s death, living at the Mendota address, Anna was renting from a man by the name of Fred Roth and his wife was Delores. (In Helen’s words: Fred was a pervert and a drunk who beat his wife.) Anna and Delores got along well. When Delores would visit you could see her bruises. Delores started going to school to be a nurse. Helen would help her study by reading her questions out of her books to answer. Fred didn’t like Delores going to school and started beating her even more. Delores finally decided to divorce him. Anna felt strongly enough about what Fred did to Delores, and so she went to court with Delores, and testified for her. Delores got her divorce, but Fred kept the property. He tried to get rid of Anna first by putting in a furnace, which the place never had, and then upping her rent. Anna wrote him a letter telling him that his upgrade didn’t warrant such a large hike in the rent and it was unfair. In March, 1950, he then tried to evict her, claiming he needed the place to rent to his son, which Helen states was a lie. He was simply angry that Anna had gone to court and testified against him. Anna knew that there could be consequences to her going to court, but she stood up for a friend. The eviction notice was eventually revoked by the Federal Office of Housing & Rent in June, 1950.

Their daughter Helen, and husband Bud/Chuck, bought a house at 737 Plum Street in St. Paul, which was a double bungalow. OFH: Bud and her brother Charles fixed it up, putting in a furnace, which it never had. They built a separate bathroom, as the tub was just “sitting in the living room”. They fixed several bedrooms and really just overhauled the whole house.

Shortly after June, 1950, Anna and her children came to live with Helen and Bud, and Anna remained with them through 1953.

There’s a post card informing Anna that she had become an official registered voter in October, 1950, in Ward 2 of Precinct 3 at Mounds Park School on Pacific and Cypress Streets. This is while she was living with her daughter Helen on Plum Street in St. Paul.

OFH: Her daughter Helen remembers that after she was married, she and her mother would go shopping for Easter Bonnets every year. If they could find them for $1.98 they were doing pretty good!

Daniel and Anna’s son William became very ill with Leukemia & Torulosis (a fungal infection), and passed away from complications on September 13, 1950 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis, at the age of 25. He was buried at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

Anna felt that both her husband and son had become ill due to their military service. There are bits and pieces of correspondence with the Veterans Administration where she was trying to get them to see this. In both cases it was to no avail.

In 1953 their daughter Mary was married to Ray in St. Paul.

Their daughter Kathryn was married in 1954 to Jim in Hudson, WI.

In 1954, their son Charles built a home in St. Paul at 1544 Upper Afton Road. Anna went to live with him, and stayed with him the remainder of her life.

OFH: Anna was “dearly loved” by her grandchildren. They would even vie on Sunday’s to see who got to sit with her in Church.

OFH: It’s remembered that she always had some sort of sweets with her to give her grand-children. Things like Sin-Sin and the Beechman, Clove and Black Jack gums. Other sweets she would give her grand-children were Circus Peanuts and Brach’s candies.

OFH: Anna also had her grand-child stay overnight with her when her son Charles would work his 2 day shifts as a fireman. She’d alternate who would stay with her. They’d usually get to sleep on the couch next to the big clock that ticked all night and “donged” every hour!

OFH: One of her grand-children remembers that on Saturday nights you would 1st take your bath. Then you had a deal with her, if she could watch the Lawrence Welk show then you could watch Tarzan afterwards. She would make what one of her grand-children called her “brown butter popcorn” to enjoy while watching the TV shows. It tasted WONDERFUL!
For breakfast, you could have cereal, which Anna would pour with a mixture of ½ milk and ½ cream, and you might even get a banana on top! This was a treat!
You’d then get to take the bus to Church with her on Sunday morning, which was an adventure ride!

OFH: Anna would have Christmas dinner every year for her family. It became a huge gathering of all her children and grand-children, and is remembered as a very special time together. The cousin’s, aunts and uncles would all “catch up” with each other and share a wonderful meal. Tables would be lined up in the basement to eat at and afterwards they would cram into the living room, sitting side by side, to share in laughter with each other and watch as people opened presents.

OFH: You’d often see Anna with her shoe off, rubbing her foot. She had a bunion that pained her. This condition seems to have been passed on to some of her children and grand-children. One grand-child, who loved her dearly, thinks of it as grandma “always being with them”!

In order to pass on information to family members about Daniel & Anna’s health conditions:
Daniel - Coronary Arteriosclerosis (harding of arteries), Mural Thrombus (blood coagulation), Atherosclerosis (plaque, cholesterol deposits), Cholecystitis (gallbladder), Nephritis (kidney inflammation), Ascites (peritoneal fluid)
Anna - Cardiac Atherosclerosis (plaque, cholesterol deposits), Nephrosclerosis (kidney disease), Diverticulosis (colon), Ovarian Tumors

OFH: Anna had a couple other known health issues: a thyroid that was over active, which she had surgery on to remove part of. Another was that she had high blood pressure that she “bull headedly” didn’t do anything about, according to one of her daughters.

OFH: The night before Anna’s death she went to see one of her grand-daughters baptized at the River Lake Tabernacle in Minneapolis. She couldn’t stay over night with her daughter’s family, so her son-in-law took her to a bus stop in St. Paul so she could get home. She had a luncheon with friends the next day that she was “very” excited about going to.

OFH: While she was at the luncheon she had a massive stroke. Her son-in-law Bud/Chuck was called, and when he arrived she commented to him; “Oh, you came to the luncheon too?” She of course didn’t know what had happened.

Anna passed away that same evening, on May 19, 1965, at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, MN, at the age of 67. She was buried at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery with her husband.

[Their son William passed away in 1950.]
[Their son-in-law Bud/Chuck passed away in 1992.]
[Their son-in-law Ray passed away in 2006.]
[Their daughter Helen passed away in 2007.]

Children of Dr. William and Eliza Woods of Bangor and Newtownards, County Down, Ireland

Our ancestors Dr. William Woods and Eliza McAlpine lived in Bangor from 1839-1858 and then in Newtownards until their deaths.   


The following children are recorded in the Bangor 1st Presbyterian Church records, found at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland.  All were baptized in Bangor, but some were born in Newtownards.

• William Woods, born 31 Jan 1853, Bangor.  It is believed that he died young.
• Madaline McClure Woods, born 9 Jul 1854, Bangor; married Washington Nicholl in 1876, County Down, Ireland.  Washington was a linen merchant.  They lived on Seacliff Road in Bangor in 1901.  In 1912 they were in Courtrai, Belgium, the linen capital of Europe.  Madaline and Washington had three daughters: 
• Elizabeth Adelaide Nicholl
• Madaline "Quennie" Nicholl married James Brittain
• Mona Kathleen Nicholl , born 1882.  Married on 22 Jun 1906 to William Martin Kennedy
• Edwin McAlpine Woods, born 1 Jan 1856, Bangor; married Fanny Laura Rodgers in Septemeber 1877 at Kensington, London, England.  Edwin was a jute merchant and a commercial clerk in London.  Edwin and Fanny had the following children:
• Roland MacAlpine Woods, born 1878, St. Mary’s, Islington, London
• Nora Geraldine Woods, born 1879, St. Mary’s, Islington, London
• Ernie H. Woods, born 1881, Camberwell, London
• Patrick Edwin Woods, born 1882, Stepney, London.  He married Jemima Mitchell Fairweather, 1911 at Forgan, Fife, Scotland. 
• James Alfred Woods, born 10 Jul 1857, Bangor; died 26 Aug 1859, buried Movilla Cemetery, Newtownards.
• Mary Stevelly Woods, born 30 Jun 1860, Newtownards, married Daniel McCallum - see this post: http://mccallum-omagh.blogspot.com/2011/06/daniel-herbert-mccallum-vii-mary.html
• Clara Woods, married a Mr. Walter, of London.
• Helen Woods, we believe she married but had passed away by 1903.

Oriel House - Daniel & Mary McCallum family residence 1895-1897

After living at Bryansburn House, in Strickland's Glen, the McCallum family moved closer to downtown Bangor.  Oriel House, show below, is named for its 2nd story oriel window and is on the street corner.  The building is still standing today and is sadly now a laundromat on the first floor.  

Marriage records of James McCallum and Anne Jane Jeffers

I recently discovered this on the Dublin Library website. 

St. Stephen's Church, Dublin

James McCallum and Anne Jane Jeffers were married at St. Stephen's Church of Ireland, Dublin on 12Aug1879.  James' father is listed at Daniel McCallum, gas manager of Omagh, and Anne's father is listed as Matthew Jeffers, farmer. 

Children of Daniel & Eliza McCallum of Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland

Our ancestors Daniel McCallum and Eliza (possibly Clarke) lived in Omagh from 1850 until their deaths in 1898 and 1883. 

The following children are recorded in the Omagh Methodist Church Records, found at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. 

Name                                   Birth Date           Christening Date     
Mary Anne McCallum         15 Jun 1851         3 Aug 1851              
Daniel McCallum                16 Sep 1853         9 Oct 1853         
James McCallum                 25 Jan 1856         7 Feb 1856
Robert McCallum                27 Mar 1858        15 May 1858        
Eliza Jane McCallum           20 Sep 1861         7 Nov 1861

(there may also be another child, John McCallum.  This is as yet unproven, but possibly John McCallum, Sr. Inspector of National Schools, Belfast and also Financial Secretary for the Board of Education, Dublin)   


Mary Anne married William Pedlow in 1880 at Belfast.  They moved all over Ireland, as he was an Inspector for the National Schools.  They eventually ended up in Dublin, where they both are buried.  Their son, Captain William Pedlow, was killed in World War One.   They had at least 7 daughters (Lizzie, Nellie, Annie, May, Ethel, Alice and Sara).

Daniel married Mary Stevelly Woods of Newtownards.  (see separate posting on them).

James married Anne Jane Donaldson Jeffers, in Dublin on 12Aug1879 at St. Stephen's Church of Ireland.  He was a commercial clerk.  Shortly after this, they left for Australia.  Their son Daniel Clarke McCallum, born 28 May 1880 at Kitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and died in 1951 at Bronte, New South Wales, Australia.  There is a whole branch of Australian McCallums yet today. 

Eliza Jane married Thomas Johnston, of Omagh.  Thomas was a grocer, and later a Justice of the Peace of Omagh and also ran the Tyrone Constitution newspaper.  Their children were  William Johnston, Robert Daniel Johnston, Thomas Ernest Johnston and Winifred Mary Johnston.

Dr. William Woods, MRCSE, Surgeon of Fever Hospital, Newtownards Workhouse

The father of Mary Stevely Woods was William Woods, who was a physician and druggist in Bangor, County Down, and the Medical Officer and Surgeon of the Newtownards Union Workhouse Infirmiry and Fever Hospital from 1861-1869.  He was born about 1810/11 to John Woods of Ravara, Killinchy, County Down.

Here is a chronology of his life:

Date	Event	Place
1810/11	Birth of William Woods	most likely Killinchy Parish, Down
1825	Birth of Elizabetha McAlpine, William Woods' wife	Broadisland/Ballycarry, Antrim
1838	Dr. Woods earned Licentiate Midwifery	Glasgow, Scotland
1839, May 10	Inducted as member of Royal College of Surgeons London	Bangor, Down
1843-1846	RCSL, Resides: Fore Street	Bangor
1846	Potato Famine hits County Down
1847-48	Cholera Epidemic in Belfast
1852, Jan 9	Marriage of Dr. Woods to Eliza McAlpine	Ballycarry, Antrim
1853-1854	Dr. William Woods, MRCSE (Royal College of London become Royal College of England)	Bangor
1858-1859	Family move from Bangor to Newtownards, Down	Newtownards
1859, Jan 3	Lived on Regent Street	Newtownards, Regent Street
1861-63	Medical Officer of Union Infirmiry and Fever Hosp.	Newtownards
1863-64	Listed on Griffith's Valuation (property census)	Newtownards, South Street
1864	Resides Newtownards	Newtownards
1869, Mar 20	Death (will probated 11June1869 at Belfast)	Newtownards, Francis Street
1876	Mrs. Dr. Wm. Woods owned property - 8 acres	Newtownards

Omagh Methodist Church - McCallum Family place of worship

The Daniel & Eliza McCallum family of Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland worshipped at this church from 1850 until 1898.  Their daughter, Eliza and son-in-law Thomas Johnston also continued to worship here well into the 1900s.

Ann Woods marriage to Thomas McClurg

Ann Woods was the sister to Dr. William Woods, and aunt of Mary Woods McCallum.  Mary went to stay with Ann's daughter Magdalena Woods Sheppard in Fairgrove Michigan in 1905. 

This marriage record proves the relationship between William Woods and Ann Woods and also shows us where John Woods was a farmer -- Ravara, Killinch Parish, County Down.

Daniel McCallum, VII & Mary Steveley Woods

** Some of the following is based on research that Roberta & Andy Barrett-Bettcher have done in Ireland. **


Daniel McCallum, VII was born September 16, 1853 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland (today known as Northern Ireland), son of Daniel, VI and Eliza McCallum, and was baptized on October 9, 1853 at the Methodist Church in Omagh, Ireland. He attended Queen’s College (now Queen’s University) in Belfast from 1873-1875, first taking engineering and then switching to law. His solicitor’s application was entered on November 5, 1880, and he took his exam in October, 1882. From 1891-1894, and again from 1894 -1897, he was the Bangor Town Commissioner. In 1892 he was the Worshipful Master of the Bangor Union Masonic Lodge, for 1 year. Daniel, VII and his wife were members of the Bangor Parish Church.

Daniel McCallum, VII and Mary Woods were married on July 21, 1885 at the Dundela Presbyterian Church in Holywood, County Down, Ireland.

Mary Steveley Woods was born June 30, 1860 in Newtownards, County Down, Ireland, the daughter of Dr. William Woods and Elizabeth McAlpine, and was baptized on August 29, 1860 at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Bangor. She attended Trinity College in Dublin for about 2 years, majoring in health studies and particularly nutrition.

Children of Daniel McCallum, VII & Mary Woods:
Mary McCallum, born February 12, 1888, Bryansburn House, Bangor
Helen McCallum, born August 19, 1891, Bryansburn House, Bangor; Baptized September 20, 1891
Daniel Octavius Herbert McCallum (VIII), born February 11 or 12, 1890, Bryansburn House, Bangor
Kathleen Maude McCallum, born April, 1895, Bangor
Elsie McCallum, born about February, 1886, County Down

All the children were baptized in the Bangor Abbey, Church of Ireland.

Elsie died at around 9 years of age, on September 4, 1895, and Kathleen died (age 6 months) shortly after her sister Elsie, on October 14, 1895. Both died at their home, Oriel House, on the Kinnegar in Bangor.

From 1888 through 1895, the family was living in the Bryansburn House in Strickland’s Glen, located on Primrose Lane in Bangor, Down, Ireland.

It’s known that in 1895 through 1897 they lived in the Oriel House, on the Kinnegar, Bangor, County Down, Ireland.

It’s unknown where they were living from 1897-1900 and 1902-1905, possibly in Ireland or possibly in London, based on the history of Daniel, VII’s law practice.

In 1901, Daniel, VII was boarding with the Allen McCracken family at Salisbury Street, Windsor Ward, South Belfast/Shankill, while his wife and children were living at Creadlin Avenue, East Belfast, Pottinger, Holywood, Down.

In 1903 through 1904 Daniel, VII lived on Beersbridge Road in Belfast, Ireland.

A postcard, dated January 1905, shows that their children Daniel, VIII and Helen, were staying in Saintfield with relatives, while Mary and her daughter Mary were in Belfast, presumably preparing to move to the U.S.A.

Daniel VII, a solicitor/lawyer, maintained his offices in Belfast, Ireland:
1887-1896: 60 Donegall Street
1898-1900: 51 Chichester Street
1903-1905: 75 High Street
After 1905 his offices were at 2 different locations on Carlisle Street in Belfast.

Mary Woods McCallum, leaving her husband, took their 3 children and immigrated to America, departing aboard a ship from Liverpool, England on January 26, 1905. The ship's manifest listed that they were going to America, as well as, who they were joining in America, and where they lived. There are two different manifests. One manifest says they were joining cousin Edward Sheppard in Fairgrove, Michigan, and the other says they were joining a cousin, Mrs. Ed Sheppard, in Fairgrove, Tuscola County, Michigan.

Research has found that there WAS a Francis Edward Sheppard, and his wife Lena, living in Fairgrove, Michigan. It’s also shown that Francis Edward was born in 1872 Ohio, as well as his parents, and that Lena Sheppard was born in Ireland, as well as her parents. It appears that Lena probably WAS a cousin of Mary Steveley Woods McCallum. According to Lena’s death certificate and burial records, she was born Magdalene McClurg/McClury on May 6, 1866 in Ireland, the daughter of Thomas McClurg/McClury, with only a surname listed for her mother of Woods. This would probably mean that her mother was the sister of Dr. William Woods, MRSCE, who was the father of Mary Steveley Woods McCallum.

In fact, a marriage record has been found, dated January 13, 1849 Ballygowan Presbyterian Church, for Thomas McClurg, son of John McClurg and Ann Woods, daughter of John Woods, farmer at Ravara, Killinchy, County Down. This fits with William Woods’ marriage record that states his father was John Woods, farmer. It also gives us a clue where to dig further on the Woods family – Killinchy Parish, County Down.

Lena immigrated to America around 1889 and married Francis Edward Sheppard around 1896. They were living in Fairgrove, MI in 1900. Her death record also shows that she passed away due to a broken neck, having committed suicide by hanging, on March 23, 1905 in Fairgrove, MI. It was stated in a newspaper article that she had received a letter from “her old home across the sea” that day, and apparently hung herself after reading it. (Although the letter was not found.) This would have happened shortly after the time the McCallum family should have gone to Fairgrove and been with them. She was buried at the Brookside, Fairgrove Cemetery. (She had no children.)

The McCallum family arrived at the port in Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada and then went on to St. John’s in New Brunswick, Canada, in February, 1905. (Aboard 2 different ships.) It appears they entered America through the port in Michigan.

Daniel McCallum, VII passed away at the Belfast City Hospital in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, on May 23, 1910.

In April, 1910 we find Mary Woods McCallum was living in Detroit, Michigan at 396-17th Street, working as a demonstrator in a store.

By January, 1920 Mary Woods McCallum was living in Detroit at 407 Hancock, with her daughter Mary who is listed as a bookkeeper for the railway depot.

Mary Woods McCallum continued living with her daughter, who by 1925 was married. All 3 can be found in April, 1930, living in Detroit at 4230 Courtland. This census also states that both Mary Woods McCallum and her daughter Mary McCallum Potter were naturalized as American Citizens.

It appears that Mary Woods McCallum and her daughter Mary McCallum were naturalized as US citizens on November 26, 1921 Michigan. (NOTE: The entry for Mary Steveley Woods McCallum, on her naturalization, shows her birth year as 1861.)

Helen McCallum received a Certificate of Derivative Citizenship due to the act passed in 1922. She became a US citizen on June 22, 1944.

Daniel McCallum, VIII became a US citizen upon his serving in WW1.

Mary Steveley Woods McCallum passed away on October 2, 1946 at home (1015 Bedford Road) in Grosse Pointe Park, MI. She was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, MI.

Their daughter Helen McCallum:
Helen met a man who was working for the rail road, by the name of Benjamin P. Vise, born January 29, 1886 in Arkansas. They were married on June 16, 1917 in Chico, CA. Benjamin passed away on June 4, 1930. Helen Vise passed away on August 24, 1989 in Sacramento, CA. She and her husband are buried at the Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery in Sacramento, CA. Helen and Benjamin had 3 children, all born in California.

Their daughter Mary McCallum:
Mary was married on November 21, 1925 to Albert Thayer Potter. Albert was born on August 5, 1886 in Rhode Island. He was an Engineer for the Automobile Association. Albert Potter passed away on February 1, 1951 in Michigan. Mary Potter passed away on October 27, 1964 in Michigan. Both she and her husband are buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan. Mary and Albert had no children.

Their son Daniel McCallum, VIII:
Daniel joined the armed forces during WW1, enlisting in Michigan, and was transferred to serve with the 864th Aero Squadron Signal Corps, US Army, in St. Paul, from 10/7/1918 through 1/3/1919. He was married to Anna Burns on August 25, 1919 in St. Paul, Minnesota. They resided in Pontiac, MI., until about 1921, when they moved back to Anna’s home state of Minnesota. Daniel passed away on September 21, 1941 in Minnesota. Daniel’s wife, Anna, passed away on May 19, 1965 in Minnesota. They are both buried at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Daniel and Anna had 5 children, one born in Michigan and the rest born in Minnesota.