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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION
CFANET e-NEWSLETTER
January 2002
Volume III No. 1
BULLETIN BILL'S BLURB
Editorial writing is not my forte,
but at
least every other month you will benefit from Co-Editor Dr. Bruce Callaway's
Australian wit and wisdom. Since completing the last Bulletin, Bruce has had
constant computer problems, which he hopes will be corrected soon. His last
message, on December 29, reads as follows:
"Still huge problems
with my server and computer. Gave up last week and went to the beach. Just
down for the day to water garden.
Huge bushfires surround Sydney, but do not threaten us directly. Lots of
smoke. Will resume my battle with
Telstra when I have re-charged my batteries over the next couple of days.
Fingers
crossed that this message will be allowed
through!! Happy New Year."
Since the Bulletin was first published in
February 2000, there have been 22 issues (six of them in two parts), totaling
120 pages of news. Has anyone kept a printed copy of all of them? As you
probably know, the CFA web site
www.callawayfamily.org,
contains all the issues (except the 1st one)
under CFANet Archives, in case you need to review them.
In case you haven't visited the CFA web site recently, check out a new page -
Genealogy Corner, "Have You Heard This One
About the Family?" It contains history, stories, folk
lore and documents from the USA, England, Newfoundland and Ireland. Very
interesting!
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
It's that time of year again, and our Assistant
Secretary, Martha Winkler, has been busy over the last week or so preparing
the mailing of the renewal forms. With some help from her 2 granddaughters,
Samantha (10) and Olivia (7), Martha is ready to mail about 650 letters on
Wednesday. So look for yours soon, and please return the form to Martha at
your earliest convenience. Your envelope will include an
Order Sheet, which
this year has two new items on it, namely, - the "Peter-Joseph
material", and - the "Tote Bags". An order can be
sent at any time during the year.
END OF YEAR QUIZ
QUESTION
This intriguing
question
was submitted by Bill Kellaway Piper of England. Send your answer to him at
bill at dreycott.screaming.net.
Good Luck!
James Kellaway, born in Tavistock, Devon, in 1854,
married Grace
Stanford Smith in Cramlington, Northumberland, in 1876. He was a long way from home. What was a Devon boy doing in
Northumberland in those days?
Small print:
The best answer in the new year wins a pint of beer at the Kellaway
Arms pub in Bristol.
The prize may also be taken at any pub in Staplehurst, Kent.
Sue MacAlister may not enter as she already knows the answer.
The winner may have his/her name splashed across the Internet.
You'll get the answer soon.
Have a happy New Year!
Bill Piper
A QUESTION ON CALLAWAY
TARTANS
Click here: Scottish tartans-Scotland clans heritage from
Scotland On Line
Would any kind Callaway descendants know if the attached web site
lists the Official Callaway (clan) Tartan? I wonder who in
California ordered the one mentioned? I suppose if that Tartan were to be worn
on the Golf course, it would be a Dress Tartan. I would like to have one for (WBTS)
Parades & to droop over the living room couch. I see many Tartans on Troops
during Reenactments and in Parades. My Family & I, reenact with a C.S. 2nd
Maryland Regiment, (War between the States). I'm on the list for whenever the
Scottish Tartans are manufactured. (Callaway preferably)! Please
e-mail me, (Zochster
at aol.com), if you know of any
Callaway Tartan official
clan type or dress, hunting, etc. Mr. Bill Callaway, maybe you could post this
tartan question in the CFA newsletter to insert as a question on Callaway
Tartans.
In Callaway Memory, John J. Zoch, Sr., Seaford,
Delaware
Callaway Family Association member
Descendant of Sarah Emeline Callaway of Delaware
REPORT ON 2001 ENGLISH
RESEARCH TRIP - Part 2
We worked three days at the
Hampshire Record office in the historic town of Winchester. Winchester is the
ancient seat of English government where King Alfred the Great ruled in the
7th century. Cary and I had worked for 10 days last year in this record
office, so we basically re-checked, followed-up, and tied-up loose ends this
year. On Thursday we
packed up again and moved to Richmond, Surrey County. From this location we
can conveniently access, via “the tube,” the Public Record Office at nearby
Kew, and the Society of Genealogists Library at Islington, London. We tried
to schedule our visits to each place on the days they had “late” open hours.
The Public Record Office is particularly frustrating to us because of the
puzzling and perhaps archaic system of record keeping. But, on retrospect, it
would probably take a hundred years to re-catalogue so many records, dating
back for a thousand years. Research at the PRO moves slowly. We do the best
we can, ordering boxes of records to search through for the Callaway/Kellaway
name, glancing at them, then ordering copies to be mailed to us at home. Cary
calls this the “copy now, read later” method.. There is really no other way
to deal with it. It is very time consuming to read and decipher “old” and
“middle” English with the various writing peculiarities and styles of
different scribes.
Sunday,
September 23rd was the date selected for the great “gathering of the
international Callaway/Kellaway clan.” The Pitcher and Piano Pub, overlooking
the Thames River at Richmond, Surrey, was the site chosen by Peter Callaway
(son of Dr. Bruce of Sydney, Australia) and his wife, Kris. They are living
for the present nearby at Kingston-on-Thames. Around noon we began to gather,
Cary, Pat and I from the US, Peter & Kris Callaway, Bill Callaway (“Bulletin
Bill”) from B.C., Canada, Warwick and his wife, Di from New Zealand, Bill
Piper of Kent, England, and Brian Kelway Willoughby and his wife of Cheltenham,
England. It was an electric moment when we all gathered around the large
table in the pub. Most of us were “email” friends, but we had not met face to
face with Warwick Kellaway who has been so helpful in giving us historical
perspective of the earliest English Callaways/Kellaways, as well as sharing
other records from his collection. On previous trips to England we had
managed to get together with Bill Piper. And Brian Willoughby was a pleasant
surprise. We had heard about Brian, but had had no contact with him since he
does not have “email.” Brian fascinated us all with his picture collection of
the Callaway/Kellaway coat of arms (the “pears & glazier’s nippers”) found in
churches and houses throughout southwest England.
There are many, many locations
where the C/K arms are displayed, a clear indication that some of the family
had important connections in the years following the invasion from Normandy of
William “the Conqueror.” Several of the C/K men held important
positions, particularly in the Tudor years. Several were “knighted,”
some became “lords” of their manors, and a goodly number held land, leased
from the Crown or other manor lords.
The status
attained by some of the Callaway/Kellaway men allowed their daughters to marry
into other important, and arms bearing, families. These marriages explain the
large number of C/K arms displayed around the country. The arms of C/K
daughters would be quartered with those of her husband’s family and displayed
as memorials in churches and mansions relating to the husband’s family.
In the midst of
all our chatter around the table, Peter dialed up his father, Dr. Bruce
Callaway, sound asleep in Sydney, Australia. We all had a chat with Bruce so
that he could become a part of our “gathering.” This wonderful gathering
really lit a spark to our project of moving CFA to international status.
Once again we collected many new
records relating to the C/K family in England. Our task for the coming
year will be to continue piecing them all together. Working with our new
international clan we are beginning to see the family lines coming together.
And, I think we will soon be able to present a circumstantial case for
the connections of our Peter and Joseph Callaway. But the search for the
confirming records must continue.Submitted by
Sherrill U. Williams, Genealogist, CFA, Inc.
CHANGE OF E-MAIL ADDRESS
With @home.com going out of
business, I have to change my e-mail address to:
callawaybill at shaw.ca
Bill Callaway, Co-Editor
Parksville, B.C., Canada
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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Callaway Family Association
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