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.