MacCallum

2. Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 2:23 PM
Subject: Senator Lachlane McCallum: Tyree to Ontario
> Lachlane McCallum was born on Tyree 15 March 1823, the son of Malcolm
> McCallum and Mary McDonald who were married 7 February 1819 on Tyree.
> "While still in his tender years his mother was left a widow, and
> dependent on the exertions of her three sons, of whom Lachlan was the
> second son. In 1842... the family emigrated to Canada." (The IGI shows
> Malcolm and Mary as having 5 sons, Donald, Duncan, Lachlane, Malcolm and
> John, christened in 1819, 1821, 1823, 1825 and 1826.) He settled in
> Ontario, served in the Canadian Parliament for about 20 years, and was
> appointed to the Senate in 1887. He married Priscilla Thewis who died in
> January 1879; they had 8 children.
>
> Janet (Jessie) McCallum of Tyree married John Cameron at Tyree on 11
> June 1823, emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1830 and settled at Whycocomagh,
Cape
> Breton; she is described in The History of Inverness County (Nova Scotia)
as
> the aunt of Senator Lauchlin McCallum. This would make Malcolm McCallum
> (father of Lachlane) and Janet McCallum brother and sister.
>
> I am trying to determine who were the parents of Malcolm and Janet
> McCallum, and thus the paternal grandparents of Senator Lachlan
> McCallum. Based on the IGI and ScotsOrigins, there are two
> Malcolm/Janet McCallum brother/sister pairs on Tyree at the relevant
> times:
> 1. Malcolm McCallum son of John McCallum christened 21 May 1776 at
> Tyree (who also appears in the 1779 Argylle estate census age 4, son of
> John McCallum and Catherine Campbell, at Cornaigmor, Tyree); and Janet
> McCallum daughter of John McCallum christened 6 Feb 1791 at Tyree.
> OR
> 2. Malcolm McCallum son of Donald McCallum christened 2 Jan 1789 at
> Tyree; and Janet McCallum daughter of Donald McCallum and Mary McDonald
> christened 13 Jun 1797 at Tyree.
>
> My questions are:
>
> A. Were Malcolm and Janet McCallum the children of John McCallum and
> Catherine Campbell, or the children of Donald McCallum and Mary
> McDonald? The naming pattern for Malcolm's children suggests that
> Malcolm was the son of Donald McCallum and Mary McDonald. In addition,
> Malcolm (son of Donald) would have been 30 at the time of the marriage
> in 1819, while Malcolm (son of John) would have been 44, so Malcolm (son
> of Donald) seems more plausible as the person who married in 1819.
> Conversely, the children of John McCallum and Catherine Campbell included
> sons named Donald, Lachlane, Malcolm and John (the names of 4 of Malcolm
> McCallum's 5 sons).
>
> B. Does anyone know when Senator Lachlane McCallum died?
>
> C. Does anyone have any information on the children and descendants of
> Senator Lachlane McCallum?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken MacCallum