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McCallum of Argyll
« on: Friday 24 March 06 13:10 GMT (UK) »
I have a Daniel McCallum born approx 1856 in Argyll, who was married to a Jeannie McDermid in New Zealand in 1883. I dont have the marriage cert yet -  will need to get that next, to hopefully get the parents names.

But I did come across this page online.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4081/mccallum.html

This page mentions the following family

Donald McCallum married to Christina Sinclair

Their son 
Malcolm McCallum b: Abt. 1815 Argyll,  d: 28 Feb 1901 Campbeltown, Argyll,
married to Mary Colville b: 26 Apr 1817 Argyll,
m: 17 Feb 1844 Argyll

Malcolm's children
- Christina C. McCallum b: 29 Jan 1845 Kilcalmonell, Argyll, SCT d: 27 Jun 1907 Campbeltown, Argyll,
- John McCallum b: 29 Sep 1848 Lochwinnoch, Renfrew  d: Unknown
- Marion McCallum b: Abt. 1851 Askness, Argyll d: Unknown
- William McCallum b: Abt. 1854 Tarbert, Argyll d: Unknown
- Daniel McCallum b: Abt. 1856 Campbeltown, Argyll d: Unknown
- Duncan McCallum b: Abt. 1859 Tomaig, Argyll d: Unknown

Does anyone have any other info about this family or know where and how I can find details - outside of Scotlands People?

Thanks.

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BURROW, BICKHAM, EVANS, SULLEY, STONE - Devon
STEPHENS, MALLET, ADAMS - Cornwall
HANCOCK , BUSSON - Somerset
MCCALLUM, MCDIARMID, MCNEILL - Argyle, Scotland
WALLS, SUTHERLAND, SIMPSON - Orkney, Scotland
FAIRBAIRN - Fife, Scotland
THOMPSON - Aberdeen, Scotland

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Re: McCallum of Argyll
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 09 May 06 21:41 BST (UK) »
Malcolm's family is not my McCallum family.  :(

My Daniel McCallum's parents were John McCallum and Jennie McMillan - according to his marriage cert.

There is an IGI extracted record for a marriage between John & Jennie.

John MACCALLUM 
  Spouse:  Janet MACMILLAN 
  Married:  25 AUG 1851   Glassary, Argyll, Scotland

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BURROW, BICKHAM, EVANS, SULLEY, STONE - Devon
STEPHENS, MALLET, ADAMS - Cornwall
HANCOCK , BUSSON - Somerset
MCCALLUM, MCDIARMID, MCNEILL - Argyle, Scotland
WALLS, SUTHERLAND, SIMPSON - Orkney, Scotland
FAIRBAIRN - Fife, Scotland
THOMPSON - Aberdeen, Scotland

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Re: McCallum of Argyll
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 16 May 06 16:07 BST (UK) »

Finally found the right marriage.

MARRIAGE:
County of Argyll,Parish of Southend:
John McCallum,Labourer, Lepherstrath,
and Jane McMillan, Dunglass,
were married 14th October 1847


In the 1861 census John was aged 36 & Jean/Jane was aged 39

According to 1841 census - John was aged 15 and his parents were John & Isabel McCallum.  Which makes sense since in 1861 one of his daughters was called Isabella
BURROW, BICKHAM, EVANS, SULLEY, STONE - Devon
STEPHENS, MALLET, ADAMS - Cornwall
HANCOCK , BUSSON - Somerset
MCCALLUM, MCDIARMID, MCNEILL - Argyle, Scotland
WALLS, SUTHERLAND, SIMPSON - Orkney, Scotland
FAIRBAIRN - Fife, Scotland
THOMPSON - Aberdeen, Scotland

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Re: McCallum of Argyll
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 19 August 06 06:29 BST (UK) »
Taking another look at the 1841 census for this family - John McCallum (aged 15) who later married Jeanie McMillan. His parents were John & Isabel McCallum.

There is a marriage record in the IGI for John McCallum to Isabel Conlly in 1809 in Southend, Argyll (extracted record). But the 1841 census says he was born in Ireland and her birthplace was listed as unknown.

So I checked the IGI for John McCallum born about 1786 in Ireland. There were only 14 born 10 years either side of that date.
One was born in County Down in 1786 - the son of James McCollum and Sarah Kerr. The christening record said "Presbyterian, Boardmills, Down, Ireland"

Does this mean it was quite likely that the family was from Scotland since the Scots are Presbyterian?  County Down is in what we now call Northern Ireland so it was strongly Protestant. 

What possible reasons would have induced any Scotsman to move to Ireland in the late 1700s??
BURROW, BICKHAM, EVANS, SULLEY, STONE - Devon
STEPHENS, MALLET, ADAMS - Cornwall
HANCOCK , BUSSON - Somerset
MCCALLUM, MCDIARMID, MCNEILL - Argyle, Scotland
WALLS, SUTHERLAND, SIMPSON - Orkney, Scotland
FAIRBAIRN - Fife, Scotland
THOMPSON - Aberdeen, Scotland


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Re: McCallum of Argyll
« Reply #4 on: Monday 05 February 18 06:39 GMT (UK) »
Hi , Daniel Mccallum was my great grandfather he moved to Waiaiwa Southland New Zealand where he married Jeanie  McDiarmid .

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Re: McCallum of Argyll
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 04 April 18 05:02 BST (UK) »
Quote
So I checked the IGI for John McCallum born about 1786 in Ireland. There were only 14 born 10 years either side of that date.
One was born in County Down in 1786 - the son of James McCollum and Sarah Kerr. The christening record said "Presbyterian, Boardmills, Down, Ireland"

Does this mean it was quite likely that the family was from Scotland since the Scots are Presbyterian?  County Down is in what we now call Northern Ireland so it was strongly Protestant. 

What possible reasons would have induced any Scotsman to move to Ireland in the late 1700s??

Howdy,
Not sure exactly how old this thread is, but I am on a search for McCollum/McCallum of county Down,
 Specifically, Thomas McCollum/McCallum, father of Margaret Jane McCollum(b.1874). Thomas’ father is listed as Duncan McCallum.
 So far, I have not found a birthplace or country for Duncan McCallum

Cheers,
Rich

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Re: McCallum of Argyll
« Reply #6 on: Friday 13 July 18 23:50 BST (UK) »
My gg grandfather was a James McCallum b. abt 1810 and I believe he was from Southern Argyllshire as a good amount of my dna matches trace back to that area.  I'm using my DNA matches on Ancestry and FTDNA and working backwards to see how my gg grandfather ties back to Argyll and saw that John and Isabel had a son James in 1809 (or at least John is listed as the father). 

Has anyone done much research on the other children of John McCallum and Isabel Conlly in Southend and know anything about their son James?

Thanks in advance! Megan