Christopher Callan was my 3X Great Grandfather. He was born in Ireland either 1813, 1811 or 1807. Different records have different information. According to US census records, his oldest son, James, was born in New York in 1846. His wife, Lucy was born in Pennsylvania. This leads me to believe that Christopher must have arrived in the US prior to 1846. He was naturalized Jan. 10, 1853 in Broome County, NY. I don't have proof, but my grandmother believed that our Callans came from Kilkenny Co.
Any info that you have would be greatly appreciated.
Wednesday 14th Oct 2015, 02:29AM
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Morning
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
I see that Pat, one of our Co. Louth volunteers has replied to your previous post about Christopher.
Best wishes
Clare Doyle
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Wednesday 14th Oct 2015, 10:15AM -
Hello Scordi,
My great great grandfather was Luke Callan (1838-?). One of his brothers lived for a while in Tioga County with the family of James Callan who I believe was Christopher Callan's brother (check out first link below). My hunch is that Luke and his brother, Owen, were related to Christopher and his siblings, Patrick, Mary (second link), James and probably John (third link). They have provided me with the best possibilities for where that branch of the Callan family might have been from.
I agree that the family was unlikely to have come from Callan, County Kilkenny. I have been there and Callan families are not associated with that part of the country.
Ron
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/callan/14/
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.groom/19/mb.ashx
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.groom/19/mb.ashx
jackcat3
Friday 26th Feb 2016, 05:20AM