George Wesley CALLAHAN & Catherine Jane WILLIAMS

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George Wesley CALLAHAN
Catharine Jane WILLIAMS

Husband: George Wesley CALAHAN / CALLIHAN / CALLAHAN
Birth: 1835, Moreland Twp., Scott Co., MO
Death: Jun 1878, Jefferson Co., MO
Father: David CALLAHAN
Mother: unknown

[In general, the CALLAHAN spelling is about ten times more common than the CALLIHAN spelling, which is about twice as common as the CALAHAN spelling.]

Marriage: 27 Nov 1859, Jefferson Co., MO

Wife: Jane Catherine / Katherine / Catharine WILLIAMS
Birth: Nov 1843
Other Spouse: m2. 1 Feb 1882, Jefferson Co., MO, George W. DODSON
Father: Thomas WILLIAMS
Mother: Ruth TODD

Children — born in Central Twp., Jefferson Co., MO:

1. Austin CALAHAN
2. Franklin CALAHAN, b. 1858
3. Martha CALAHAN, b. 1861
4. Washington CALAHAN, b. 1862/3
5. Ruth CALAHAN, b. 1863/4
6. James Thomas CALAHAN, b. 27 Feb 1866
7. George CALAHAN, b. 1869
8. Elmina CALAHAN, b. 14 or 19 Oct 1870; d. 15 Mar 1960, MO
9. Mary Jane CALAHAN / CALLAHAN, b. 7 Sep 1872, Jefferson Co., MO
10. Benjamin H. CALAHAN, b. 1873/4
11. Elizabeth CALAHAN, b. 1875/6

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Missouri

Sources (n.b., Crawford Co. is adjacent to Jefferson Co.):

1. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

George W CALAHAN
Spouse: Jane Catherine WILLIAMS
Marriage: 27 Nov 1859, Jefferson, Missouri
Source: patron submission

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): cannot find. I also cannot find George's remarried mother and several of this siblings.

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #24 of 27): Hillsboro P.O., Central Twp., Jefferson Co., MO, Roll M653_626, p. 540, PN 24, 172/173, enumerated 4 Sep 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Geo Callahan 25 M Farmer 100 Missouri

Catharine 20 F "

Alexr " 30 M "

Alexander is George's blind brother.

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #22 of 45): Hillsboro P.O., Central Twp., Jefferson Co., MO, Roll M593_783, p. 231B, PN 22, 153/160, enumerated 14 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Callahan G W 33 M W Farmer 2000 950 Missouri

         Catherine 26 F W Keeps House do

         Franklin 12 M W Works on farm do

         Martha 9 F W At Home do

         Washington 7 M W do do

         Ruth 6 F W do do

         James 4 M W do do

         George 2 M W do do

Franklin cannot be their son as he wasn't with them in the 1860 census.

5. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 38): Central Twp., Jefferson Co., MO, Roll T9_695, p. 98B, PN 18, SD 1, ED 193, enumerated 10 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13d 22 23 24 25 26

171 175 Calahan Jane W M 36 \ \ Farmer \ \ MO MO MO

_______ Washington W M 17 Son \ Working on farm \ \ MO MO MO

_______ Ruth W F 16 Dau \ At home \ \ MO MO MO

_______ James W M 14 Son \ Working on farm \ \ MO MO MO

_______ George W M 12 Son \ Working on farm \ \ MO MO MO

_______ E???? W F 10 Dau \ \ \ MO MO MO

_______ Mary W F 8 Dau \ \ \ MO MO MO

_______ Benjamin W M 6 Son \ \ \ MO MO MO

_______ Elizabeth W F 4 Dau \ \ \ MO MO MO

Williams Ruth W F 70 Mother \ \ At home \ \ MO MO MO

This record was marked out with the notation, "Correction, not in my Dist.," but with another note that said, "Erased before comparison."

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

. OneWorldTree (online at Ancestry.com).

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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