Miriam Callender

Femaleabout 1848–before 1850

Brief Life History of Miriam

When Miriam Callender was born about 1848, in Hinds, Mississippi, United States, her father, Alexander Washington Callender, was 27 and her mother, Lucinda Heath, was 22. She died before 1850, in her hometown.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Washington Callender
1822–1851
Lucinda Heath
1827–1873
Sarah Elizabeth Callender
1842–1879
Miriam Callender
1848–1850
Mary H Callender
1843–1850
Hiram W Callender
1845–1878
Joseph A Callender
1845–1874

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  • Unknown in household of Unknown, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "

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Siblings (5)

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English calendre, c(h)alaundrer, kelendrer (Old French calendrier, calendreur) denoting a person who calenders cloth, that is, someone who passes freshly woven cloth between heavy rollers to compress the weave.

Scottish: variant of Callander .

In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of German Kolander .

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

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