1926 Census Tironeil

 Not sure this links with keep working (too bad):

1926 Census

this one should stay:
1926 Census

Gr-grandfather James (Pop's father) dies in 1926, so not present for the census. Gr-grandmother Mary Anne (Hagney) is still around, she lives until 1933. 

William and Mary, Pop's siblings stay in Tironeil until when? From Paul: "William stayed on at Tironeil until Sarah retired from nursing and bought a house in Ballindrait. Sometime in the 50s Anthony Gallagher who was a neighbor bought the farm (in Tironeil)"

Veronica Meyler is related to William Meyler how?  ( who married Anne McCallion )

Anna McBride baptismal cert

 Nancy Fleming sent this to John O'Grady, found be her brother George McCallion after going through his father (my uncle) George's papers:

Amazing find after so long!

This is the church Birth and Baptismal Certificate, not the Civil birth certificate that we've already seen.

On the civil birth certificate she is listed with name as Anne, not Anna.

Next questions: 1) why isn't her mother Anne Meehan McBride listed? and 2) is sponsor Mary Meehan Anne's sister?

Murlog church

Thanks to Paul for this old postcard of the Murlog church, where James McCallion and Mary Hagney got married in 1874 and had all their childrens' baptisms. It was built in the 1700s.

This is the same church where Paul's grandfather John is buried, as well as his siblings William and Sarah (all siblings of James McCallion/Pop): 

Murlog cemetery

Paul - correct me if I'm wrong!

McCallion Reunion

WOW, what an event!

Thanks so much to Michael and Bea for arranging this event, and to their daughter Jennifer for bringing it all together! (and Melissa too! and others!)

Thanks also to all those who traveled so far to be a part of this: Texas, Ireland, etc!

And special thanks to Michael for including those beyond the ancestors of James McCallion and Anne McBride, and to include the grandchildren of James' siblings:

- Paul McCallion, grandson of James' oldest brother John.

- Fran Miller and her sister Jean, both granddaughters of James' brother Michael.

- Stephen Meyler and Marina Meyler, grandchildren of James' sister Anne

from Left to Right: McCallions!

Hagneys and Falcarragh

 Paul McCallion visited the old Hagney home in Falcarragh, as well as the Hagney descendants that still live there. (I think this was Liam Hagney ... waiting for Paul to confirm)

James (Pop's) McCallion's parents were James McCallion and Mary Anne Hagney, and she was from Falcarragh.

Paul also mention other descendants: Michael Hagney from Rice Lake Wisconsin and Donna Colburn his sister also from Rice Lake. Need to research this further

John McBride of Dooish

We know from Griffith's Eval that there are two John McBrides in Dooish in 1850s, one on the land that now belongs to the McNeils. 

We also know that John McBride & Ellen Harron are Anna McBride McCallion's grandparents.

But which John is which?

One John dies 1876 (Registration District is Stranolar):

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1876/020596/7226548.pdf

Age 81 would put his birth year in 1795.

The other John dies 1883:

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1883/06375/4829682.pdf

This John leaves his estate to his son James:

https://willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014900/005014900_00291.pdf

Which one is our  John?

We know 'our' James leaves his estate to his son-in-law, Henry McNulty:

https://family-mccallion.blogspot.com/2022/04/james-mcbrides-will-1917.html

"Mac Cailin - A Martial Clan"

Sister Maire had this in her collection of documents on the McCallion family.

It appears this article was published in "Donegal Annual 1981", which is published by "County Donegal Historical Society"

 https://donegalhistory.ie/donegal-annual-1981/

If there was a link to the article I would use that. Instead posting images here.

Note the references to the 1608 rebellion is to O'Doherty's Rebellion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Doherty%27s_rebellion

References to Inis Eoghain is the current Inishowen peninsula.

Based on bottom of page 5, the town of RedCastle was the home of the original fort for Cathar Mhic Ailin ... sounds like it is time for a road trip! Paul? John? Kath?

Billy McCallion, 1952-2022

In honor of Billy McCallion, his family held a celebration of his life in NYC on January 6th. I know his  nieces Lauren and Jennifer were a big part of organizing this, as well as his siblings, Michael and Beth (and perhaps more, there were a lot of McCallions!). It was great to see the many people who Billy knew and loved, both friends and family. 

From Beth's collection:

Eddie McCallion and Jean Woison McCallion with Beth and Billy at her graduation.

Brian McCallion, standing, with Uncle Chick and Billy.

From the McCallion re-union: Michael (far left), Aunt Jean, Billy, Bea, Cindy & Charlie McCallion (please correct me if I'm wrong!)

Beth and Billy on left, standing. Eddie on right.

more pics from John's collection

 

Jimmy McCallion (son of James McCallion and Anne O'Rourke, and grandson of James McCallion and Anna McBride), with his Grand Aunt Kitty McBride McNeil and her daughter, one of the McNeil sisters. 

Carla McBride Stevens, Josephine McCallion O'Grady, Patricia McBride, and Sheila O'Grady.

Carla and Patricia's father Charles McBride and Josephine's mother Anna McBride McCallion were siblings.

Charles McBride and Paul McAvinchey. Paul's grandmother Margaret McBride Murphy and Charles were siblings.

Josephine and Marie Minon McBride, wife of Charles McBride.

Henry, Marie, and what looks like our time-traveling cat Fizzy from 2024! (I wouldn't doubt it for a second!)

Woisin family

Edward McCallion married Jean Woisin. Here's more on her family

1940 US Census, West 104th St, Manhattan:

Line 29 is Jean's father Gustave who was born in Germany and is a chauffeur.

Aunt Jean is like line 33 and she works as a clerk in a department store.

Because Gustave landed on line  #29, we get supplemental questions:

So both his parents were born in Germany (as he was), and he is part of Social Security.

1930 US Census, Columbus Ave:

So. both of Jean's mother's (Julia) parents were born in Germany too. Julia herself was born in NJ.

Patty McCallion

Sorry for duplicates, but wanted to have this just in case:

Patty McCallion's grave site:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245859548/patricia-i-mccallion

Also, her father,  Charles/Chick:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232862349/charles-j-mccallion

and mother Irene:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232862362/irene-mccallion

and step-brother Daniel Cronan:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160289439/daniel-john-cronon

Note: I submitted an edit to fix his last name spelling.

Dooish & Griffiths

Based on the location of the McNeil's home, we can tell the location of the original McBride plot from the 1840s in Griffiths.

There are two John McBrides in Dooish in Griffith's Evaluation, one in plot 10A & B to the left and one in plot #2, to the right (Dooish is a big townland, this is only the northern part):

So the McNeil plot is #2, and likely that was John McBride's too (and birthplace/home for Anna McBride McCallion).

If I had realized I likely would have spent hours crawling the fields, especially down by the river!

Note that someone probably knew this, and just didn't realize that I didn't know!

McNeils

OK, trying to get back to this. I was wrong not to mention the McNeils earlier. With Paul's help, we went searching around Dooish for the McBride/McNeil home pictured here:

More on that photo here:

https://family-mccallion.blogspot.com/2023/04/pics-from-derek.html

We stumbled on a house that looked similar, and met Conor McNeil, son of George & Claire McNeil.

Conor introduced us to his parents. His father, George, is the son of Alexander McNeil and Maude Kelly. Alexander being the son of George McNeil and Kathleen McBride, sister of our grandmother Anne McBride. Alexander's sisters were the McNeil women we all met in Yonkers: Molly, Annie, and Bridie. A fifth sibling, Celine, married Hugh McColgan.

So, George's grandmother Kathleen McBride McNeil  and my (our) grand mother Anna McBride McCallion were sisters.

The house has been in the McNeil family for ages. I meant to ask if they knew if it was the original structure for the McNeil/McBride family. 

Note that Derek McNeil (Conor's brother) does a lot of family research too and has shared  some great photos.

Painting of the original house:

Thanks to the McNeils for allowing us to pop in!

Will need to spend more time on the McNeil & McBride side of the family next time!

Grandfather Martin O'Grady with grand-aunt Kittie/Katherine (they are not related).

Maude McNeil with family of Alex and Maude in Dooish.

Thanks to Kath for the pics!

Sackville

We've seen that gr-grandmother Mary Hagney (marries gr-grandfather James McCallion) had a sister, Sarah, who emigrates tot he U.S. and marries James Sackville:

https://family-mccallion.blogspot.com/2023/04/more-hagneys.html

That's the great part of these tools, where they can make a connection that was impossible (or improbable) just a few years prior.

Paul had this shot in his collection at his home in Donegal:

So Mary Hagney McCallion kept in touch with her sister's family, and perhaps some of her children did too.

I've reached out to a few of the Sackville descendants, no luck with responses yet.

Sister Maire

Sister Maire Nic Niallais and her brother Sean Mac Niallais were able to chart a lot of family history of the Meehans and related clans, all in the days before the internet made this a 'click and search' task. 

Here she is at Presentation Convent in Galway:

She is 92 years old and retired, but she still answers the phones at the Convent!

Her grandfather, John Meehan, was brother to Anne Meehan (great grandmother), who marries James McBride.

Sister Maire was a cloistered/enclosed nun in Portadown, near Armagh for the first 20 years of her service, until Vatican II and Pope Paul VI encouraged nuns to become part of the community. Once that happened, she quickly became frequent friends with her nearby cousin, Anna (Murphy) McAvinchey in Armagh.

She was assigned to various jobs in her tenure, including New Orleans as a teacher and principal of a school in Zambia.

Her brother Sean has passed on, but in his day he was a prolific family researcher. He wrote constantly  to family to try to determine family history.

Sister Maire did a lot of research herself and told of train trips to Dublin to spend the day in the archives searching for family info.

That's the way you did it back then!

You can find various links on this blog with the research from both Sean and Sister Maire.

Thank you both for your hard work!

Note that the sister taught me that the 'Nic' in her name was for the female members of the clan/family, 'Mac' for the men. So her brother Sean was Mac Niallais, but she is Nic Niallais.

Note also that there was some confusion at the start of my visit as she thought I was a Thomas O'Grady from NY who had married into the McCallions from MountCharles ... small world, but different family!

Update: the Thomas O'Grady above is the father of the Tom O'Grady I had stumbled on when researching the Meehans:

https://family-mccallion.blogspot.com/2022/04/meehans.html

'His' O'Gradys are from the area near Cashelcolane, were Grandma Regan was from. He said there was an area nearby known as "O'Grady" village. Is this were Michael Grady originates, before he migrates to Derreentighe in 1860s? Is this the link where Grandma Regan supposedly 'knew' Martin before they  emigrated?

Paul's collection - mass cards

Great grandfather James McCallion, who married Mary Hagney.

Some of these below we've seen before, but these should be better quality (I hope):

Above, William Meyler who married Anne McCallion, Pop's sister.

Anne McCallion Meyler, Pop's sister.

William McCallion, Pop's youngest brother.

Sara McCallion, Pop's youngest sibling.

Veronica was daughter of Pop's brother Patrick who moves to Dublin. She contracts TB and dies young.

Helena Leonard who marries Patrick McCallion, Pop's brother. Veronica above was her daughter.

Pop's mass card. So, they must have been in touch *somehow* for Paul to have this.

Pop's brother Patrick, fourth oldest of the siblings (Kath's pic)

John, son of Pop's oldest brother John. Also, this is Paul's father

John, the oldest of the offspring of James McCallion and Mary Hagney.