Allied Families

The following allied families are in our direct McCallum ancestry:

* McCallum of Belfast & Bangor, County Down and Omagh, County Tyrone;

* Woods of Bangor & Newtownards, County Down, Ireland;

* McAlpin of Ballycarry, Templecorran (Broadisland) Parish, County Antrim, Ireland.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Eliza Woods, Newtownards, Down, Ireland 1901 Census

Eliza (McAlpine) Woods remained in Newtownards, County Down after her husband Dr. William Woods' death in 1869.  She shows up on the 1901 Ireland Census.  Her home is listed as house 23 on Great Francis Street.  The house she lived in is still standing, and in September 2000 was a dentist's office below and a tea room above.  
Dr. William and Eliza Woods house, Frances St., Newtownards, Down.
Presently "Temptations" tea room upstairs and optician downstairs.

Frances Street, circa 1900.  The Woods house is second on the left.

Also, note that her birth place is listed as County Antrim.  We know from her marriage record that she was from Ballycarry, Antrim.

1901 Ireland Census, Great Francis Street, Newtownards, Down

1901 Ireland Census, Great Francis St., Newtownards, Down - Resident List

1901 Ireland Census, House 23 detail - Eliza Woods

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

John McCallum, Financial Secretary National Education

I recently discovered proof that our Daniel McCallum, Manager of the Gas Works in Omagh, was father of John McCallum, Financial Secretery of National Schools of Ireland.  While perusing the Gas World periodicals, the article below mentions that Daniel needed to quit his position as President of the North of Ireland Association of Gas Managers due to the death of his son in 1892.  This son was indeed John McCallum, who died 21 March 1892 at Dublin.  John was born about 1843 and is buried with his wife at Tullyallen Presbyterisn in Armagh.  Finding his birth will help us locate the family origins.