tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346Shakin' the Family TreeA never ending journey...Dee Burris Blakley2017-01-02T19:10:53Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346:165067How I spent my long New Year's weekend...2017-01-02T19:10:53Z2017-01-02T19:10:53Zpublic0Some Calloway cousins I never even knew I had came knocking...<br /><br />A brother and two of his sisters, as well as one of his first cousins.<br /><br />They are descendants of William Arnett Calloway and Fannie N Mahar/Maher. They use the variant spelling of the surname with an O instead of an A. William Arnett's surname on his gravestone is spelled C A L L A W A Y, so I expect either his son changed the spelling or the gravestone carver made an error.<br /><br />I've spent some of the weekend talking on the phone, texting and emailing with all of them, who suspected when they found my <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=sharpchick">online family tree</a> that we must be related.<br /><br />We are fourth cousins, 1X removed - or so says the relationship calculator in my genealogy database. Our common ancestors are John S T Callaway and Amy Stamps.<br /><br />I've told them the story of the <a href="http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/16765.html">inauspicious beginnings</a> of our eldest ancestor on this soil, Peter Callaway, and how a bastard child gave rise to the colonial dynasty that is now known by the <a href="http://www.callawayfamily.org/">Callaway Family Association</a> as <i>the Peter line.</i><br /><br />There are already some twists, turns and a couple of brick walls in their extended families.<br /><br />Let's start with Fannie N Mahar/Maher. I cannot for the life of me find her parents. I'm beginning to think she hatched.<br /><br />But I expect it's more likely that her surname has been badly misspelled.<br /><br />I'm delighted to be able to add C A L L O W A Y to my tags list.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=165067" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments