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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume III No. 8 EDITORIAL - Dr. Bruce Callaway
When you read this, our CFA Genealogist Sherrill Williams together with researchers Pat Schnurr and Cary Moore, will have just completed a 10-day genealogy work-study session in Johnson City, TN. This involved further organising and extensive reading and study of their more than 5 years’ worth of old English Court notes, manor and parish records, other legal papers, etc., involving C/K family members (Callaway/Kellaway/Kellway, all spellings); this includes all the many years of papers they have from CFA founder Hobart Bartlett, Sherrill, our International members and many others who have contributed…all of you included.
Whilst this principally continues as a painstaking search for documentary proof of the lineage of the 17th Century immigrants Peter, in MD by 1649 and Joseph, in VA by 1687, along the way, in the many families uncovered in the SW counties of England where most early C/K’s are found, this meticulous research will benefit us all. Congratulations go to the “Girls” for all this hard work.
You will receive details and any later findings at the CFA Annual Meeting in Baltimore ,MD, October 10-13 See Below.
FROM THE PRESIDENTS CORNER - Pat Schnurr
Perhaps you have received the Registration for the CFA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD, from the Meeting Director Victor Calloway by now. If not, I have a rundown from him.
Board Meeting – Thursday Oct. 10th –3.00pm Family Buffet dinner Thursday night. Friday Tour – 9.00am to 4.00pm will include Ft. McHenry, Star Spangled Banner House, H. Blake Jazz Museum, Luncheon cruise in Chesapeake Bay, Mansiou House at Johns Hopkins. Saturday- Annual Meeting 9.00am –12.00 noon. Luncheon- Guest Speaker. Annual meeting continues 2.30 to 4.00pm with Genealogical session by English researchers and a special presentation. Sunday 13th October – Board Meeting at 8.00am followed by a Devotional Service. The Board of Directors has discussed how we can more efficiently get the Annual Meeting Registrations to members. This is a major task, which has been handled each year by the Meeting Director. It was agreed that this mailing could be included in the Journal mailing which goes out mid-July. Not only will this eliminate a great deal of work, but also it will save CFA money ordinarily spent for postage, paper, envelopes etc.
While this will be discussed fully at the Annual Meeting in October, it was felt that this information should be included in the January 2002 Renewal notice and accompany the Memorabilia Form.
I hope everyone is thinking about the 2002 Annual Meeting to be held in Baltimore Oct.10-13th. Plan to attend. Mark off your calendar now!RESIGNATION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARTHA WINKLER
It is with deep regret that the CFA Board of Officers and Directors has accepted the resignation of Assistant Secretary, Martha Winkler. For most of you, Martha has been the first contact you made when joining the Association.
Martha has been a CFA member since 1977 joining on her Joseph, James, James line. She has served as Assistant Secretary since 1987, handling the Brochures, inquiries, sending out the Membership renewal letters each January and funnelling Memorabilia orders. All of this has taken a great deal of time and effort, which Martha handled so efficiently and promptly. A real labor of love of which we are all most appreciative.
Several years ago we had an excellent Annual Meeting in Denver, CO. Since this is Martha’s home town, she acted as Co-Hostess for the meeting, handling all the pre-convention work with ease, efficiency and promptness—even providing an added attraction on our Friday tour which has never been duplicated—a whopping golf ball-sized hail storm! Aside from genealogy, golf is Martha’s favourite hobby so the size seemed most appropriate. So from all of us—THANK YOU MARTHA!!!
Rusty Callaway, a member since 1981, a life member and in his second year as a Director has agreed to take over Martha’s duties. Thanks Rusty for taking over this important position.
IN MEMORIAM
VALE NANCY HALE HARRISON
President Pat Schnurr’s sole surviving ancestor, her Aunt Nancy [“Nannie”] Harrison has died at the grand age of 94 years in Florida. Nannie, who was a Callaway and Pat’s mentor with regards to family lineage, was described as a very lovely lady. A retired schoolteacher, some will remember meeting with Pat at some CFA meetings, Nannie had been confined to a Nursing Home for the past four years. A memorial service will be held in Arkansas. WILLIAM A. NELSON Long-time CFA member, William A. Nelson of Memphis, TN passed away on May 3, 2002. He was 85 years of age, and had been a member of the Callaway Family Association since 1977. He was a member of Eudora Baptist Church and Sons of the Confederate Veterans. Also, he was a member of the Civil War Roundtable of Australia. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Hargraves Nelson, and by a daughter and two sons, plus 6 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be sent to Eudora Baptist Building Maintenance Fund.THE CFA LOGO VERSUS COATS OF ARMS - Dr. Bruce Callaway It should be said at the outset that the CFA has no “official” coat of arms.
It seems that even before the formation of the CFA, some Callaways became interested in the stained glass windows of St. Neot’s church, Cornwall, England where there appeared a colorful coat with a golden chevron and three golden daggers below which appeared the inscription “St Callwy ora pro me" [Saint Callwy pray over me]
Some 30 odd years ago, Mr. Cason J. Callaway had prepared a “Family Tree” which included a modification of these arms wherein the daggers were replaced with fleur de lis, the chevron remained as did the inscription. (See the CFA Journal Vol.2, 1977 page 24 and the article by Sidney Scott King, Jr.).
Thus began the pilgrimage to St. Neot’s Church, but it was not long before researchers found that not only was St. Callwy a fictitious Saint who never existed, but the ‘dagger’ arms dating to the 16th century had been wrongly restored and attributed. (See CFA Journal Vol. X, page 56).
The reason the “dagger” coat of arms appears on the masthead of the CFA Journal is that Mr. Llewellyn L. Callaway had the masthead designed for our use and donated it to the association. Lew Callaway worked for Time Inc., and was business manager for both Time magazine and Sports Illustrated. He contracted with one of the artists employed by Time Inc., to design the masthead, so to honor Lew Callaway, and in appreciation of his efforts, it was decided to continue to use that COA as a masthead. Lew had also contracted with a professional photographer to photograph the St. Neot’s windows.
The new “International section” of the CFA Journal has a masthead featuring a coat of arms with four pears between crossed ‘glaziers nippers’ (ancient tools used in the medieval glass industry). These arms, some dating to the 1400’s are widely found in Churches, Manors and Abbeys in England and they are always associated with the ancestors of the Callaways/Kellaways (and variant spellings). As previously noted some of these Coats of Arms can be viewed on a website being developed by one of our members, Bill Kellaway Piper of Kent, England on http://members.lycos.co.uk/dreycott/coats.htm
A number of commercial firms around the World offer “genuine” C/K coats of arms for a fee. It is the editor's personal opinion that potential purchasers have due regard to the above and a healthy measure of scepticism!
CALLAWAY BAPTIST PREACHERS
We are indebted to our Genealogist Sherrill Williams for the following comments on this book, which is obviously being used by a number of our members.
Callaway Baptist Preachers is a wonderful little book for the biographies of the many Callaway preachers. The introductory material to that book however is quite erroneous, in that it attempts to connect the two major branches of the Callaway family in America. The book was written before any real research had been done, and was based upon assumption. The JOSEPH and PETER families were not related in America, but in some instances may have become acquainted due to the quirks of southward and westward migration. They may be related in England, but there was after all several generations’ difference in the ages of Joseph and of Peter.
JOSEPH CALLAWAY arrived in Essex Co, VA by 1687. His sons were Thomas, William, Francis, Richard (of Boonesboro) and James Callaway. PETER CALLAWAY arrived in Virginia by 1649, eventually settling in Somerset Co, Maryland. From there the family moved to Onslow Co. NC, then to Anson (later Montgomery) Co., NC and went to Wilkes Co., GA soon after the Revolutionary War when settlers were being recruited by GA to hold the line against the Indians.
CALL FOR ARTICLES
If you have an item you would like to be considered for publication in the Bulletin, please submit it to the Co-Editors: Dr. Bruce Callaway bruce at callaway.com.au or Bill Callaway callawaybill at shaw.ca Thank you.
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