Bridget Gear Callaghan

[oldohiohome]

Bridget in Lawrence City Directory, and 1900 Census


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1886 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget, widow, house 19 Common
  John - 5, one at 29 Common, laborer Boston and Maine RR freight depot
  no other Callahan at 19 Common
 
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1888 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget, widow, house rear 51 Common
  John - 2, one at 29 Common, laborer Boston and Maine RR freight depot
 
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1891 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget, widow, house 73 Chestnut
  John - 5, none at 73 Chestnut
 
1895 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget, widow, house 86 Union
  John - 4, none at 86 Union

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1899 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget, widow, house 86 Union
  John - none at 86 Union

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1900 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget, widow, house 157 Newbury
  John - none at 157 Newbury 

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1900 Census of Lawrence
June 15, 1900
at 157 Newbury Street [a two family house]

Bridget Callahan, 58, born June 1841, widowed, 6 children, 4 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived in 1866, unknown if naturalized, no occupation
Julia Callahan, 28, born January 1872, born in Massachusetts, parents in Ireland, weaver, cotton,
Annie Callahan, 19, born June 1880, born in Massachusetts, parents in Ireland, cutter girl, paper mill

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9R3-3VT

[oldohiohome]

I finally found William himself somewhere, at least this listing in 1871/72
1868/69 Boston City Directory
Callahan William laborer house 17 Oneida
Callahan William clerk, 50 Pitts, boards 5 S. Margin

1871/72 Boston City Directory
Callahan William, stonemason, house 53 Vale

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337

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And I wonder if this is him? I know the death of death is after Julia's birth, but the birth records are not recorded in date order. They might have been transcribed from midwife or doctor's reports a year at a time, and William was deceased by the time the state record was made. (I'm kind of fishing on this). Anyway, just in case:

Deaths Registered in Boston, 1871
October 3, 1871
William Callahan, 34, stone mason, died at City Hospital from an accident on the railroad (24 hours). born in Ireland, parents: John and Julia, both born in Ireland

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7LQ-J26 : 10 March 2018), William Callahan, 03 Oct 1871; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 240 p 167, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,199.

Named a child after each parent?
Too bad he didn't die at home.

[ballydw]

I finally found William himself somewhere, at least this listing in 1871/72
1868/69 Boston City Directory
Callahan William laborer house 17 Oneida
Callahan William clerk, 50 Pitts, boards 5 S. Margin

1871/72 Boston City Directory
Callahan William, stonemason, house 53 Vale

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337

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And I wonder if this is him? I know the death of death is after Julia's birth, but the birth records are not recorded in date order. They might have been transcribed from midwife or doctor's reports a year at a time, and William was deceased by the time the state record was made. (I'm kind of fishing on this). Anyway, just in case:

Deaths Registered in Boston, 1871
October 3, 1871
William Callahan, 34, stone mason, died at City Hospital from an accident on the railroad (24 hours). born in Ireland, parents: John and Julia, both born in Ireland

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7LQ-J26 : 10 March 2018), William Callahan, 03 Oct 1871; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 240 p 167, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,199.

Named a child after each parent?
Too bad he didn't die at home.

Thank you for all the information you have discovered especially the death of a William Callahan . As I do not have Williams parents names I will check if they were John & Julia. Also the birth of Annie is a bit of a puzzle since William had died before her birth?

[ballydw]

Oldohiohome can you see William Callahan in 1870 Census tks

[RJ137]

1871/72 Boston City Directory
Callahan William, stonemason, house 53 Vale


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And I wonder if this is him? I know the death of death is after Julia's birth, but the birth records are not recorded in date order. They might have been transcribed from midwife or doctor's reports a year at a time, and William was deceased by the time the state record was made. (I'm kind of fishing on this). Anyway, just in case:

Deaths Registered in Boston, 1871
October 3, 1871
William Callahan, 34, stone mason, died at City Hospital from an accident on the railroad (24 hours). born in Ireland, parents: John and Julia, both born in Ireland

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7LQ-J26 : 10 March 2018), William Callahan, 03 Oct 1871; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 240 p 167, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,199.

Named a child after each parent?
Too bad he didn't die at home.

Thank you for all the information you have discovered especially the death of a William Callahan . As I do not have Williams parents names I will check if they were John & Julia. Also the birth of Annie is a bit of a puzzle since William had died before her birth?

The excerpt below indicates this William only had one child at the time of his death

An October 4, 1871 newspaper article  about the accident states:
 
"PROBABLY FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT - While William Callahan, who resides at 53 Vale street, Boston..........
.........The unfortunate man has a wife and one child. He was taken to the city hospital."

[oldohiohome]

Oldohiohome can you see William Callahan in 1870 Census tks

Not yet. Not in 1880 either, and not Ann Callahan's birth yet. And I haven't looked for John, who could be on his own by 1885 or so.

[oldohiohome]

The excerpt below indicates this William only had one child at the time of his death

An October 4, 1871 newspaper article  about the accident states:
 
"PROBABLY FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT - While William Callahan, who resides at 53 Vale street, Boston..........
.........The unfortunate man has a wife and one child. He was taken to the city hospital."

Thank you, any obituary for a mention of a cemetery?

If I get a chance I will look at the City Directories for Boston after 1885 and the ones for Lawrence before 1885 and see if they are 2 different Bridgets.
And if their Julia wasn't born at 53 Vale Street, Roxbury, where was she born? and where is the other Julia.

[oldohiohome]

I didn't find any Bridget Callahans, born about 1840, on the New York passenger manifests in the mid- 1860s with children. Not arriving in Boston either.

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Boston City Directory, 1877 to 1885
[I don't think she is any of these people]

1877 Boston City Directory
  no Bridget
 
1878 Boston City Directory
  Callahan Bridget widow, 16 Fremont Place, Charlestown
 
1880 Boston City Directory
  Callahan Bridget widow, 23 Bow St, Charlestown 
  Callahan Bridget widow, 1 Fellows Court [Roxbury/South End]

no 1881 at ancestry.com

1882 Boston City Directory
  Bridget Callaghan, widow, 5 Tufts Court, Charlestown

1883 Boston City Directory
  Bridget Callahan, widow, 5 Tufts Court, Charlestown 
  Bridget Callahan, widow, Taylor St, Neponset
 

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Lawrence City Directory, 1875 to 1885
[all of these could be for Bridget]

1875 Lawrence City Directory
  no Bridget

1877 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget widow, house 38 Maple

1879 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget widow, house rear 377 Elm

1881 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget widow, house 58 Common
  ? John, laborer, house 23 Common
 
no 1882, 1883, 1884 at ancestry.com 
 
1885 Lawrence City Directory
Callahan Bridget widow, house rear 26 Common
  ? John, laborer, house 29 Common


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1880 Census of Lawrence

Bridget is not enumerated at 377 Elm Street, her address in 1879. three families were. The enumerator did find 383 Elm, rear.

Bridget is not enumerated at 58 Common Street, her address in 1881. six families were.
John Callahan is not enumerated at 23 Common Street. six families were.

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I found four other Julia Callahans born about 1870 to 1872 in Boston, either marrying or dying. None of them had a father named William, so was the child born at 53 Vale Street.

Which means your family's Julia probably was the one born there. That child is listed between:

#7676 Dec 16 William Doyle, 53 Vale St
#7677 Jan 27 Julia Callahan, 53 Vale St
#7678 Dec 25 Ada Florence Whitney, 44 Vale St

I hate to start disbelieving birth records, but maybe Julia was born in 1872 and her record was turned in with the other two and was counted as 1871. Which at least explains how her father was deceased, because that William (whoever he was) died in October 1871.

Finding the passenger records would hopefully tell you how many children made the trip. Did their first child, Mary, die in Ireland, or arrive?

Ann Callahan will have to wait for another day.

Edit: grammar

[ballydw]

Oldohiohome  I have been doing some searching and the following information I have found.

1. Baptism of William Callaghan 9th October 1836 Midleton Co Cork Ireland Parents John Callaghan & Mary Hackett. 
2. Baptism of Son John Callaghan to William Callaghan & Bridget Gear Midleton Co COrk Irl 5th August 1860
3. Baptism of Daughter to William & Bridget . Maria. 8th June 1862 One of the sponsors was ELLEN Hackett   (possibly related to Mary Hackett Mother of William Callaghan 1836)
4. Above John Callaghan 1860 MARRIAGE 20 Sept 1911 Lawrence MA to Margaret M Murphy His age 50 her age 36. Gives his parents as William Callaghan & Bridget Gear.
John Callaghan Died 8th May 1913 Lawrence MA.

5. BRIDGET (GEAR) CALLAHAN  died 2nd January 1913 Lawrence MA Widowed Age 71. Parents Thomas Gear & Johanna Quinn. Address at death 27 Eutaw St Lawrence MA. Widow of William. Informant Mrs Gilbert Clark (daughter Julia Callaghan) same address as Bridget.
6. Julia Callaghan Marriage 27 August 1907 Lawrence MA Address 73 Elm St Born Roxbury MA age 36. Oddly gives her parents names as JOHN CALLAHAN & BRIDGET GEAR. Husband Gilbert S Clarke 453 Canal St age 35 Born New Brunswick Parents Benjamin Clarke Mother Annie Jones.

I do not know about William & Bridgets daughter Maria b 1862 as there wasn't Civil Reg until 1864 & possible she died in infancy.

So the only remaining question is WILLIAM CALLAHAN (also spelt Callaghan) what became of him obviously died but when.  THank you for all your researching.