GEN 5: John O’CALLAGHAN and Margaret SHIELDS
Elizabeth CALLAHAN (wife of Winfield Dayton BOYD) is the daughter of John O’CALLAGHAN and Margaret SHIELDS…
John O’CALLAGHAN (surname was also spelled O’CALLAHAN, CALLAHAN, and CALLAGHAN)
- born February 1866 in IRELAND
- immigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1886
- married Margaret SHIELDS in 1889
- died at some point between June 1905 and 1910
Margaret SHIELDS
- born March 1867 in IRELAND
- immigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1886
- married John O’CALLAGHAN in 1889
children of John O’CALLAGHAN and Margaret SHIELDS:
- Elizabeth (Lizzie) CALLAHAN (born February 1895 in Manhattan, New York City)
- Thomas CALLAHAN (born 04 October 1896 in Manhattan, New York City)
- Margaret (Maggie) CALLAHAN (born February 1899 in Manhattan, New York City)
- Mary CALLAHAN (born about 1902 in Manhattan, New York City)
- John CALLAHAN (born about 1904 in Manhattan, New York City)
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The O’CALLAGHAN family lived in New York City. They moved a lot, but mostly stayed in the same neighborhood in Southern Harlem/Northern Upper East Side (about 99th to 102nd Streets btwn about 1st to 3rd Avenues). My grandmother (daughter of Elizabeth CALLAHAN BOYD) was born in her grandmother Margaret SHIELDS O’CALLAGHAN’s apartment in New York City. My grandmother never new her grandfather John O’CALLAGHAN because he died before she was born…she thinks that she heard something about him dying after getting sick on his job as a driver, like he was exposed to the elements in bad weather a lot and got sick from that.
1905 census shows that John O’CALLAGHAN (“O’CALLAHAN”) was a driver, and the 1910 census shows that he was a truck driver. After he died, Margaret SHIELDS O’CALLAGHAN worked as a washerwoman and cleaning lady.
