Archibald McCallum 1835 - 1923

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.

  1. Christina McCallum 1865- born 10 Oct 1865
  2. Mary McCallum 1867-1867 born 10 February 1867 died 17 December 1867 measles and bronchitis
  3. Neil Archibald McCallum 1868 -1869 born 1868 died the following year of whooping cough
  4. Edward McCallum 1870- Born 29 March 1870
  5. Neil McCallum 1873
  6. Archibald McCallum 1874 born: 1 December 1874
  7. Mary McCallum 1874 born :1 December 1874
  8. John Duncan McCallum 1879-1964 Born 2nd April 1879 Physician Surgeon at 71 Argyll Street, Lochgilphead
  9. 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