Archibald McCallum

Male1734–before 1843

Brief Life History of Archibald

Archibald McCallum was born in 1734, in Kilbrandon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Kathrene Or Christian Mac Viccar in 1758, in Kilninver, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom. He died before 1843, in Scotland, at the age of 108.

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Family Time Line

Archibald McCallum
1734–1843
Kathrine McViccar
1730–
Marriage: about 1758
Donald Mc Callum
1747–1857
Duncan McCallum
1750–
Catherine Mc Callum
1760–
John McCallum
1757–1857
John Mc Callum
1761–

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  • Archibald Mccallum in entry for John Mccallum, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

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  • Marriage
    about 1758Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland

    • Children (5)

    World Events (4)

    1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

    Age 68

    In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

    1815

    Age 81

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1817 · Dryburgh Abbey Bridge

    Age 83

    Dryburgh Abbey Bridge was a cable-stayed footbridge that connected the villages of Dryburgh and St. Boswells, across the River Tweed. Before its construction, A ferry crossing service had existed here for centuries. It was originally 79 meters long and was undergoing a period of rapid growth in popularity. The Bridge was completed on August 1 but a few months later it collapsed. Very shortly after the collapse, another bridge was built further downstream. A new bridge, which still stands today, was constructed after the first World War.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Caluim ‘son of Calum or Colum’, a personal name derived from Latin columba ‘dove’. The surname often represents a short form of Mac Gille Caluim or Mac Giolla Coluim ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Columba’ (Colum Cille). The personal name (Scottish Calum, Irish Colum, originally combined with giolla ‘servant’) has long been popular in Scotland and Ireland, due largely to the cult of Saint Columba, 521–597, who converted the Picts to Christianity and founded an influential monastery on the island of Iona. His name in Irish is Colum Cille ‘Dove of the Church’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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