the james callan family
JAMES CALLAN (1830-1913) (Parents
Unknown)
ELIZABETH HART (1835-1908) (Parents Unknown)
James Callan was born somewhere in
County Monaghan, Ireland
and it is not known for certain when he came to this country. He is
thought to
have spent time in New York and Ohio before coming west. He married Elizabeth
in 1851 and there oldest children appear to have been born in Wisconsin.
Elizabeth is said to been born in Berlin but this is not certain. They settled
in Dakota County in 1854 and established a farm in Eagan Township.
Children
Benjerman (1854-1928) Mary Smith (married 1880)
buried Guardian Angels Hastings MN
Mary A. (1856-1878) St. Peters Mendota MN
Catherine (1858-1863) (St. Peters Mendota ??)
James (1861-1948) Mary Kennedy (1889) (St. Peters Mendota
??)
Elizabeth (1863-1919) William Handran ( ) (St. Peters Mendota ??)
Margaret (1865-1944) Robert Watson ( ) (No information available)
Frank L. (1867-1915) Bertha (Moved to St. Paul ??)
Bernard (1869-1933) Louise Krengel (1898) St. Peters
Mendota MN
Andrew (1873-1940) Emma Stewert ( ) (No information available)
Charles (1874-1945) St. Peters Mendota MN.
Robert (1878-1955) Catherine Hosch
(1907) (No information available)
During his residence in Dakota County, James served as a county commissioner,
justice of the peace and Eagan town supervisor. James and Elizabeth are both
buried in St. Peter's cemetery in Mendota Minnesota.
BENJERMAN CALLAN (1854-1928) Son
of James Callan & Elizabeth Hart
MARY SMITH (1863-1926) Dau. of Albert Smith & Ann
Bennett
Benjerman was apparently born somewhere in Wisconsin and came to Minnesota
while still an infant. He was raised in Eagan Township and married in 1880.
He apparently met his wife wile working as a hired hand on her parents farm
in Nininger. He and his wife eventually settled in Hastings where he operated
a trucking business. There were apparently no children from this marriage.
Mary died in Hastings in 1926 and Ben died two years later while visiting
his sister, Mrs Watson in St. Paul.
JAMES CALLAN (1861-1948) Son of
James Callan & Elizabeth Hart
MARY KENNEDY (1867-1913) Dau. of Henry Kennedy &
Maggy Sullivan
James Callan was born and raised in Eagan Township, Dakota County.. In 1889,
he married and appears to have moved into St. Paul where the family attended
St. Michael's church. His wife was born in Inver Grove where her father had
settled in the 1850s. About 1895, James actively took up farming in Inver
Grove Township where the family was still living in 1910.
Agnes T. (1890- ) James Burke (married 1912) (No information available)
Mary C. (1891-1970) (No information available)
Joseph R. (1893- ) ??? ( ) (No information available)
William E.(1895- ) (No information available)
George (1896- ) Ethel (No information available)
Emma M. (1898- ) (No information available)
Elizabeth (1900- ) (No information available)
Florance ( - ) ??? Cottrell ( ) (No information available)
Little information is available on this family after about 1910. James apparently
dies on April 4 1948 and was supposedly buried at St. Peters church in Mendota.
He was residing at 137th Ave N in South St. Paul at the time of his death.
FRANK L. CALLAN (1867-1915) Son
of James Callan & Elizabeth Hart
BERTHA ( - ) (Parents Unknown)
Frank was born in Eagan, Minnesota and eventually moved to St. Paul where
he was engaged in the printing business.
Children
Myrtle ( - ) ???? Kampa ( ) (No information available)
BERNARD CALLAN (1869-1933) Son
of James Callan & Elizabeth Hart
LOUISE KRENGEL (1877- ) (Parents Unknown)
Aurelia (1900- ) Peter Campbell ( ) (No information available)
William J.(1905-1980) Irene ( ) Resurrection Cem. Mendota
ROBERT CALLAN (1878-1955)
Son of James Callan & Elizabeth Hart
CATHERINE (1887-1924) ?Hosch (Parents Unknown)
Raymond J.(1908- ) ??? ( ) (No information available)
John ( - )
James ( )
Clarance (1910-1985) Gail ( ) (No information available)
Arthur ( - ) ???? ( ) (No information available)
David ( - )
In 1910 the family appears to have been living in Pine Street in St. Paul.
JOSEPH CALLAN ( 1893 - ) Son of
James Callan & Mary Kennedy
???? ( - ) (Parents Unknown)
Children
Raymond ( - ) (No information available)
Velda ( - ) (No information available)
GEORGE CALLAN ( - ) Son of James Callan
& Mary Kennedy
ETHEL ( - ) (Parents Unknown)
Children
Lorraine ( - ) Matthew VanHeel ( ) (No information available)
Burnell ( - ) ???? Akenson ( ) (No information available)
Ethel M. ( - ) Richard Cuddihy ( ) (No information available)
George ( - ) (No information available)
Elaine ( - ) (No information available)
Eileen ( - ) (No information available)
ARTHUR CALLAN ( - ) Son of
Robert Callan & Catherine Hosch
LOUIS[E?] ( - ) (Parents Unknown)
Children
Sharon ( - ) ??? Doane ( ) (No information available)
Kathleen ( - ) ??? Riebe ( ) (No information available)
Norma ( - ) ??? VandeVelde ( ) (No information available)
Robert ( - ) ??? ( ) (No information available)
Paula ( - ) (No information available)
Lawrence ( - ) (No information available)
Marion ( - ) (No information available)
Arthur ( - ) (No information available)
CLARENCE J. CALLAN ( -1985) Son of Robert
Callan & Catherine Hosch
GAIL ( - ) (Parents Unknown)
Lorraine ( - ) Cliff Kohoutek ( ) (No information available)
Genevieve ( - ) Robert Saunders ( ) (No information available)
Carman ( - ) Wade Baribeau ( ) (No information available)
Ethel ( - ) ??? Larsen ( ) (No information available)
| This family file contains the research notes of Mr. Kevin Geraghty
as of March 1999. Mr. Geraghty is researching the families and descendants
of those buried at the Highland Cemetery. Special thanks to a Callan family
member for providing a key correction. For more information or to
contribute to Mr. Geraghty's research, please send him e-mail at kgerag at
aol.com. |
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