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.