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From: AW ROBERTS <>
Subject: Re: [CALLAN] Laurence & Mary O'Hare Callan
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 22:31:28 -0500
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My wife's Callan ancestors were also from Louth, actually Haggardstown Parish. John
Joseph Callan was the name of her Grandfather. He was born in 1859. We found her
Callan ancestors at the Genealogical Centre at the Cathedral in Armagh.
Arthur Roberts

M C wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I am looking for more information regarding Laurence (also spelled
> Lawrence sometimes) Callan, a farmer from Gray Aires (or Acres) County
> Louth, Ireland. Lawrence married Mary O'Hare in County Louth circa the
> 1840s and came to the United States with children and at least one
> grandchild in March of 1882 (during one of the Irish potato famines).
> Laurence and Mary had a total of 13 children (one set of twins) and they
> were scattered in various places - New York, PA, New Jersey and some
> remained in Ireland. One daughter was named Bridget and she married
> Bernard Conlon (son of Thomas and Ann Morgan Conlon). Bridget (Callan)
> Conlon had several children and remained in Ireland when her parents
> Laurence and Mary Callan left Ireland to come to America. Bridget came
> to America at a later time with at least two of her daughters, Mary and
> Catherine, who did not marry, and they all lived in Altoona, PA.
>
> A grandchild Laurence and Mary brought with them was John Joseph Callan,
> my grandfather. John Joseph married Linnie Virginia Shingler in
> Altoona, PA -- and they lived there until death, having six children:
> Ida (Callan) Baker, Madeline (Callan) O'Toole, William Howard Callan (my
> father who married Olive Muriel Good), Virginia (Callan) Pagent,
> Margaret (Callan) Cramer, and Bernard Charles Callan.
>
> Does any of this information sound familiar to anyone?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Mary Grace Callan
>
> researching Callan, Shingler, Conlon, Good, Reffner, Simmers
>
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