Name: Archibald McCallum
Father : Iver McCallum
Mother : Christian McCallum
Birth: 3 November 1835
Baptised : 9 November 1835
Siblings:
Married : 19 December 1864 at Inveraray to Catherine Dewar1
Witnesses: Duncan McCallum and George Ferguson
Note: Archibald and Catherine were cousins: Catherine's mother, Mary McCallum, was Archibald's maternal aunt, sister to his mother Christian McCallum 1809-1842 both born in Inverchaorchan, Kilmorich parish.
Children:
from 1911 census Catherine had 9 children, with 6 children still living.
- Christina McCallum 1865- born 10 Oct 1865
- Mary McCallum 1867-1867 born 10 February 1867 died 17 December 1867 measles and bronchitis
- Neil Archibald McCallum 1868 -1869 born 1868 died the following year of whooping cough
- Edward McCallum 1870- Born 29 March 1870
- Neil McCallum 1873
- Archibald McCallum 1874 born: 1 December 1874
- Mary McCallum 1874 born :1 December 1874
- John Duncan McCallum 1879-1964 Born 2nd April 1879 Physician Surgeon at 71 Argyll Street, Lochgilphead
- Catherine McCallum 1884 cannot find birth on SP, found first on 1891… certificate found for 1881.
Death: 6 Dec 1923, Lorne Street, Lochgilphead2
- Cause: Senile Heart, Syncope, as Cert. by John B. McCallum, M.B.
- Informant: Edward McCallum, Son, Present
- Burial:
- Headstone:
Occupation:
- Grocer (1864)
- General Merchant / Draper / Grocer (1865 - 1901)
- Provost of Lochgilphead
- Justice of the Peace
Address:
- Lochgilphead (1864)
- Arkland, Inveraray (1865)
- Lochgilphead (1870)
- 1 Church Street, Lochgilphead
- Lorn Street, Lochgilphead
Census:
1841 census : ACHDN A at Auchindrain township, with family age 6
1851 census : ACHDN A at Auchindrain township, with family age 16
1861 census : so far not found on either Ancestry or Scotlandspeople. - could be in Lochgilphead somewhere trading as Grocer, as he is 3 years later at his marriage
Census:
1871 census : now at 1 Church Street, Lochgilphead, (have image - need to fill in details - looking for Duncan Leitch? age 9 as nephew.
1881 census : Lorne Street, at the corner of 33 Argyll Street, Lochgilphead, draper and grocer
1890 :Archibald registers the death of his father Edward McCallum -1890
- 1891
Lochgilphead
Lorne Street3
Only Archibald, Catherine, Christina and servant Jessie Campbell speak Gaelic & English
6 rooms with a window
Name | Rel. | Con. | Age | Occupation | Er/Ed/OA | Born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archibald McCallum | Head of family | M | 52 | General Draper & Grocer J.M. | Working own Account | Inveraray |
Catherine McCallum | Wife | M | 53 | Merchantile's Wife | Kilmorich | |
Christina McCallum | Dau | Unm | 25 | Draper's Assistant | Inveraray | |
Neil McCallum | Son | Unm | 18 | Medical Student | Lochgilphead | |
Mary McCallum | Dau | Unm | 16 | Pupil Teacher | Lochgilphead | |
John McCallum | Son | 12 | Scholar | Lochgilphead | ||
Catherine McCallum | Dau | 9 | Scholar | Lochgilphead | ||
Jessie Campbell | Servant | Unm | 15 | General Servant (Domestic) | Cumlodden |
- 1901
Lochgilphead
Lorne Street4
All but Edward speaks Gaelic & English
6 rooms with windows
Name | Rel. | Con. | Age | Occupation | Er/W/OA | Born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archibald McCallum | Head | M | 63 | General Draper | Employer | Inveraray |
Catherine McCallum | Wife | M | 63 | Draper's Wife | Inveraray | |
Christina McCallum | Daur | S | 36 | Housekeeper | Inveraray | |
Edward McCallum | Son | S | 31 | Draper's Assistant | Worker | Lochgilphead |
1911 census : family is at Lorne Street, Lochgilphead, Draper retired. age
NEED TO LOOK AT Valuation rolls for more recent info
Stories:
According to Archie's death record he is an Ex Provost JP need to check in Argyll and Bute Archives
Catherine Dewar at time of marriage was a Draper and Grocer (Spinster) living in Inveraray, Argyllshire, her father was Neil Dewar, shoemaker, master, deceased and mother Mary Dewar, MS McCallum, deceased