The Callans and McClarys, by John Edward Callan - Callanworld

The Callans and McClarys
Fr. James Callan, photo take in Seneca Falls, N.Y., ca. 1886.
America as a single man of 21
in 1865. On his arrival, he
studied for the priesthood in
Baltimore. The following
summer he visited relatives in
Seneca Falls in upstate New
York. Before he left, he fell
sway to the charms of his
eventual wife, Mary Ann
Magill, who was a 16-year-old
housekeeper at the St. Patrick’s
Church parish rectory. After they
were married, Bernard and Mary
Ann and their family lived
primarily in the Seneca Falls/
Utica area of upstate NY. While
on a job assignment in Baltimore,
MD, in 1879, he contracted
tuberculosis and died
there at age 35. He is buried in
Seneca Falls, New York.
We have many sources of
information about Bernard
James Callan, and will feature a
entire chapter on him later in
this book. These sources include
James died in 1887. Her Rhode
Island death record of 1921
shows that she was then living in
Providence at the home of her
niece, Maria Callan Walker.
(This home at 6 Atkins St.,
known in this branch of the
family as the Callan home, was
originally purchased in 1904 by
Mary’s brother, Philip Callan. It
continued to be occupied by
Callans until the death of Philip’s
son, James, in 1945.)
Mary is buried in St. Ann’s
Cemetery, Cranston, Rhode
Island, alongside her brother
Philip, his wife Catherine, two of
St. Joseph’s Church.
their sons, John and James, and
a sister of Catherine still with her
information provided by his maiden name, Reilly. Although
granddaughter, Rosella Callan the St. Ann’s burial record for
Burke, and her son, Terry the plot lists these persons as
Burke from
Ohio. A major
source of
information on
the details of
Bernard and his
descendants is a
book written in
1995 by his
great-grandson,
Father James
Brady Callan of Common grave for priests at St. Josephs Joseph’s Church
Rochester, NY,
The Callans of Winona Boule- buried there, Mary and
vard.
Catherine’s sister are not shown
Mary Mary Mary Mary Mary Callan Callan Callan Callan Callan (1826-1921) (1826-1921) (1826-1921) (1826-1921) (1826-1921) on the tombstone.
accompanied her brother James Our knowledge of Mary is
to California as his housekeeper based on information provided
in 1862. Details are lacking on by Callan descendants Terry
Mary’s life in Ireland and Burke of Bay Village, Ohio and
America. Oral history has her his mother, Rosella Callan
leaving California for Rhode Burke, now in her 90s. Rosella is
Island to live with relatives after the granddaughter of Bernard
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