Callaway Family Association - February 2002 CFANet

Greetings once more from Down Under where our New Year began with huge Bush (Forest) fires in the Eastern States fanned by hot winds and temperatures in the hundreds. Areas of National Parks, some larger than Texas, burnt and the smoke from these fires drifted 1000 miles across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. No lives were lost though some homes were destroyed. But just as no Nation in the World where our Family has resided over the centuries has been exempt from natural and man made disaster, we, like the Australian forests have survived and flourished. Did you know that the seeds of most Australian plants will not germinate unless burnt by fire? Already, with rain, most areas are already greening and native flowers blooming, some for the first time in years!

The Association goes from strength to strength. A number of new members, many of them International, are seriously considering joining or re-joining because of the vibrancy of the Association. CFA State and Regional meetings have been held or are planned following the excellent lead by Louis and Carole Romano in Texas. If anyone is interested in Chairing a State or Regional gathering of the clan, Carole has an informative booklet on guidelines and can be contacted on lcrcsr1217 at aol.com .

CFA has entered a new year with a new agenda. Our annual meeting is scheduled for Baltimore, Md. The 2^nd week of October 2002. Baltimore is a treasure trove of American history and close to our Callaway ancestors entry point in to America. It is sure to be an exciting meeting so do make plans to attend.

Renewal notices were mailed to the members the first week of January by Martha Winkler, Asst. Sec’y. (Thanks, Martha) Fill this out and return it with your renewal check promptly. Membership is one of our prime goals this coming year. At Richmond at the annual meeting, Ben Callaway, Editor of our wonderful Journal, challenged each member to get one new member. E-mail Cary Moore c.moore2 at juno.com for the CFA Brochure. It is a great tool in recruiting C/K'’.

Your Officers and Directors are all working on various projects and this information will be relayed to all members during the year.

Those of us who are working on CFA genealogy are feverishly striving to make more connections. We have made great progress in both our American and English research. Our English, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian counterparts have been invaluable in sharing their knowledge. Everybody keep it up – more later.

The Texas Callaways will be holding their annual Picnic on Saturday, March 23, 2002 at Bastrop State Park from 11:00am – 3:00pm. Carole Romano for details.

For inclusion in the CD Project, photos of members and their relatives should be sent to Connie Sherrill for digital transfer to the forthcoming CDs. The photos should clearly indicate the subjects and include relevant dates and locations where appropriate. Further details can be obtained from Russ Callaway, CFA Computer Project Manager at r.callaway at juno.com

Around 1900, the diaries of Bishop Henry Callaway went missing. They had previously been used by his biographer. Henry Callaway was the most remarkable missionary to work in Southern Africa during the nineteenth century. He was one of the fathers of the modern Charismatic movement. During his long life he was the author of a number of important books and articles. He translated the Bible and the Anglican Book of Common Prayer into Zulu.

Born in Lymington, Somerset, England 17^th January 1817, he died in 1890. He graduated M.D. from King’s College, Aberdeen. His only two children died at an early age. Originally a Quaker, he joined the Anglican Church and became a missionary in Southern Natal and the Transkei. It is possible that Callaway’s teachings and writings influenced some American culture and religion.

An extensive analysis of the life of Bishop Henry Callaway has been written by Professor Irving Hexham Ph.D., University of Calgary, Canada. It is subject to complicated copyright, therefore more cannot be said here. However, for those interested, it may be accessed on the following hyperlink: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/papers/irving/VDHYDEN1.html

1. CALLAWAY/RICHARDSON. Dean (email address: RDTeaney at charter.net ) asks if anyone knows of the above connection. Samuel Callaway Richardson was born about 1822 in Tennessee. Census records indicate his father was born in North Carolina and mother born in Tennessee. Samuel married Eliza A. Blake in 1842 in Madison Co., Kentucky. They moved to Jefferson Co., Indiana before 1850, and to St. Clair Co., Missouri after the Civil War. Three of their sons, Alexander M., John A., and William D. Richardson served in Indiana regiments during the Civil War.

2. CALLAWAY/HOWARD. Sue (email address: waltw at electrotex.com ) would like information on the HOWARD Family. ABNER CALLAWAY (son of Rev. Enoch and Martha Reeves Callaway of Wilkes Co., Georgia) married Sarah Jane HOWARD. Sue needs information on the earlier generations of the HOWARD family.

ANSWER TO LAST MONTH'S KELLAWAY QUIZ QUESTION

Cramlington in Northumberland (now called Northumbria) in the far North of England is based on coal mines. In 1865 there was a bitter strike which went on for many weeks. The mine owners evicted most of the strikers and their families from their houses.
In December 1865, miners from Cornwall and Devon, many of them with their families, were brought, probably by train, to Cramlington to work in the mines. They were given the houses vacated by the locals who dispersed to other places of work. There were 428 Wessex miners altogether.
James would have been eleven years old at the time of the strike. Young children were, as you know, employed in hazardous work, if not mining then perhaps in leading ponies or in operating ventilation systems. I do not know exactly when James moved. His father, John Kellaway (b.1828), an engineer in the Royal Navy, is reported to have been killed in HMS Gibraltar in 1860, so it is likely that James was fatherless, and that the family was impoverished. Under such circumstances it is understandable if James joined the move to the north.
In 1876 James married a local girl Grace Stanford Smith. They later migrated to the USA.

If you wish to read the fascinating story of the strike (with a little more information about the Wessex migrants) see http://www.swinhope.demon.co.uk/genuki/NBL/Cramlington/Strike.html

And there is some information about members of the Pomeroy family who went North from Cornwall on
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allpoms/neengland1.htm This suggests that some Wessex people were shocked to find that they were expected to strike-break, and accepted a union subsidy to return home. There are other interesting social sidelines.

Finally, please see http://members.tripod.co.uk/dreycott/phillack.htm for a genealogical chart which shows James. (It's a bit slow to download.) I would appreciate any criticism or help with this story.

None of the answers mentioned the strike. The best answer was received from David Scott. David lives in Swindon which is not very far from Bristol. He might actually make it to collect his prize at the Kellaway Arms!

There were also a couple of witty ones. If you wish to see them look at
http://members.tripod.co.uk/dreycott/answers.htm

Bill Kellaway Piper

THIS MONTH'S QUIZ QUESTION

IS THERE A CALLAWAY/KELLAWAY TARTAN? If so what does it look like?

John J. Zoch, Sr. of Seaford, Delaware, a descendant of Sarah Emeline Callaway of Delaware (1827-1908) has posed this interesting question which has already provoked an interesting International exchange. Please widen the discussion by email to the Editors. If your answer is YES you must include a description of the color and pattern.

CD PROJECT REPORT by Russ Callaway, CFA Technologist

We have given all the data except the video clips to John Wilson and he is coding ‘up a storm’. William House has excerpted from the video tapes of the 1991 to 2001 meetings and we are indebted to him for this great piece of work. I have the early tapes and will excerpt from them to round out the video part of the CD. We are low on member pictures (See above) and will have to work on this for the next update of the CD. J. Stewart Callaway has taken the title of ‘JOURNAL MAN’ and is working to get the CFA Journals into computer shape by converting them to ACROBAT Reader format. He is also combining much of the work that KAYE LANNING-MINCHEW has done on scanning the early Journals. Not many people realize how much the Archives do for the CFA in the day to day operation. MARTHA HOUSE is coordinating the Index work for the CD and will be turning some more of this project as it is completed. There are others that have contributed as well and all help is appreciated.

As you can see, it is not only our work, but so many of our members as well. It is only with volunteer help that we can produce this CD Project in the time scale that we are doing, and ultimately have such a wonderful document available to the membership.

Our goal is to have completed CDs at the May meeting in Key West Florida for the Board members to review. Then we will need to establish a cost to members and advertise the CD’s for Sale.

RENEWALS

Martha Winkler, Assistant Secretary, reports that Renewals have been pouring in during the month of January, and she has now processed about 275 forms. Add to that number, approximately 50 Life members, and the total of paid up members of CFA for 2002 is about 325.

Roughly 170 of those members have e-mail, which is slightly more than 50%. When all the renewals are in, it is estimated that there will be well over 300 e-mailers on the list. These are the people who receive the CFANET BULLETIN monthly. If you know any CFA members who do not have a computer, perhaps you could print a copy and send it to them, if they wish to read it.

CO - EDITORS

Dr. Bruce Callaway, Sydney, NSW, Australia Bill Callaway, Parksville, B.C., Canada

bruce at callaway.com.au callawaybill at shaw.ca

EDITORIAL by Dr. Bruce Callaway