Martha Callan

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Callan was born on 30 September 1843, in St Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, James Callan, was 21 and her mother, Sarah Prout, was 20. She married Thomas Davis on 11 December 1866, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1870 and Benson, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 8 March 1905, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Davis
1839–1925
Martha Callan
1843–1905
Marriage: 11 December 1866
Sarah Jane Davis
1867–1938
Martha Ann Davis
1870–1938
Mary Elizabeth Davis
1871–1921
Thomas James Davis
1874–1876
Emma Maretta Davis
1877–1972
Polly Barnetta Davis
1880–1956

Sources (24)

  • Martha Davis in household of Thomas Davis, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Martha Davis, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
  • Martha Callen in the Pembrokeshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1599-1995

Parents and Siblings

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1851 · Brigham City is Settled

In 1851, Brigham City is settled and named after Brigham Young.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Colm, Dermot, Aidan, Brennan, Donovan, Eamon, Ethna, Grainne.

Irish (Louth and Monaghan): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathaláin ‘descendant of Cathalán’, a personal name representing a diminutive of Cathal (see Cahill ).

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cailein ‘son of Cailean’, or Mac Ailein, see McCallion and Collin .

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

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