What happened to the children: Ella Catherine McCallum

Mary passed away a few short months after Ella's birth, so she never had the chance to meet her mother. She was not with her siblings in the orphanage in 1900.[1] However, by 1910 Ella was living with her older sister Marie at St. Ann’s Orphanage.[2] Ella married Lawrence P. Sayers on 28 January 1925 in Salt Lake City.[3] By 1930, the couple moved to Los Angeles, California where Lawrence worked as an insurance adjuster and Ella went about life as a wife and socialite.[4] The couple had no children, but they continued to live their lives in California. No specific death information has been found at this point in time.

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[1]Edith, Eddie, and Marie McCollom in St. Anne's Orphanage (Catholic), 1900 US Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, population schedule, Enumeration District 50, precinct 49, sheet 3A&B, family 81, FHL film 1241684, Ancestry.com Census Index and Images (http://ancestry.com : accessed 1 Nov 2013).

[2] Marie and Ella McCallum in St. Anne's Orphanage, 1910 US Census. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, population schedule, roll T624_1604, Enumeration District 0077, sheet 27A, FHL film1375617, Ancestry.com Census Index and Images (ancestry.com : accessed 31 Oct 2013).

[3] Lawrence P. Sayers and Ella E. McCallum Marriage Certificate, 1925, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSP9-6J4 : accessed 10 Dec 2013), citing FHL Film 429119., image no 00838.

[4] Lawrence and Ella Sayers, 1930 US Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, population schedule, Enumeration District 19-17, sheet 14B, Family Search (http:www.familysearch.com : accessed 8 November 2014). 

What happened to the children: Edith Margaret McCallum

Edith was less than six years old when her father took her to the orphanage.[1] By age sixteen, Edith was living with her deceased mother’s sister, Margaret McCormick, and working as a stenographer.[2] She married Earl Gordon Walker in 1914 at the age of twenty.[3] The couple had two sons: John Alan and Earl Gordon.[4] By 1930, the family resided in Los Angeles, California where Edith passed away on 24 June 1941.[5] Both of Edith’s sons became Catholic priests.  

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[1] Edith, Eddie, and Marie McCollom in St. Anne's Orphanage (Catholic), 1900 US Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, population schedule, Enumeration District 50, precinct 49, sheet 3A&B, family 81, FHL film 1241684, Ancestry.com Census Index and Images (ancestry.com : accessed 1 Nov 2013).

[2] James and Margaret McCormick Household, 1910 US Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, population schedule, roll T624_1606, Enumeration District 0109, sheet 3B, Ancestry.com Census Index and Images (ancestry.com : accessed 1 Nov 2013) citing FHL film 1375619.

[3] Edith Margaret McCallum KZKP-68B, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch FamilyTree (familysearch.org : accessed 15 September 2013).

[4] Edith Margaret McCallum KZKP-68B, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch FamilyTree (familysearch.org : accessed 15 September 2013).

[5] Earl G and Edith Walker Household, 1830 US Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, population schedule, roll 133, Enumeration District 0042, sheet 9B, FHL film 2339868, Image: 619.0, Ancestry.com Census Index and Images (ancestry.com : accessed 1 Nov 2013); Edith Margaret McCallum KZKP-68B, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch FamilyTree (familysearch.org : accessed 15 September 2013).

What happened to the children: Edward James McCallum

Following a childhood in the orphanage, Edward McCallum married Eva Billings on 18 August 1917.[1] They were the parents of four children: Margaret Mary, James Bernard, Barbara, and Patricia. The couple eventually divorced and Edward moved to California where he met his second wife, Julia Marie Waagen. Edward and Julia married by a Congregational minister on 8 November 1931 in Los Angeles, California. Their marriage was witnessed by Edward’s sister, Ella, and her husband, L.P. Sayers.[2] Edward and Julia were the parents of Robert, William, and Julie Margery. Edward died on 11 May 1953 in Salt Lake City of an acute coronary occlusion. He was only 54 years old when he left behind a young wife and his youngest daughter, Marge.[3] Edward was buried at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.[4] 

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[1]Edward J. Mccallum and Eva Billings Marriage 1917, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org : accessed 11 Dec 2013), citing FHL film 429096. 

[2] Edward James McCallum and Julia Marie Waagen Marriage Certificate, Los Angeles County, California, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images,  FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8J7-7ZN : accessed 10 Dec 2013), book 1054 p. 151.

[3] James Edward McCallum, death certificate 53180990 (11 May 1953), Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.

[4] "Edward J McCallum (1892 - 1953) - Find A Grave Memorial." Edward J McCallum (1892 - 1953) - Find A Grave Memorial. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Aug. 2013.

Edward plays hookie...

James Abandons the Children

James Henry McCallum married Mary Alice McLaughlin. Together, they were the parents of four children: Edward James (1892-1953), Edith Margaret (1894-1941), Marie Frances (1897-1965), and Ella Catherine (1899-1970).[1] Mary passed away a few short months after the birth of Catherine on December 9, 1899; she was only 29. She died following a fight with nephritis and spinal meningitis.[2]

St. Ann's Orphanage shortly after its 1900 opening. via the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake

Following Mary’s death, James took the children to St. Anne’s Orphanage where they were raised by Catholic nuns. St. Ann's Orphanage was opened in 1891 at First South and Third East in Salt Lake city by Thomas Kearns, an influential Utah mine owner. By 1900, over 100 children lived in the orphanage with the McCallum children.[3] James remarried and never took the children back into his home to raise as his own.[4]  

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[1] Mary Alice McLaughlin, FamilySearch, PID L9H3-H1F, (familysearch.org : accessed 31 October 2014).

[2] Mary McLaughlin Death 1899, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949," index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 11 Dec 2013), folder 004139834, image 223 of 490.

[3] “The Orphanage,” The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake, accessed 31 October 2014, http://www.dioslc.org/history/the-orphanage.

[4] Edith, Eddie, and Marie McCollom in St. Anne's Orphanage (Catholic), 1900 US Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, population schedule, Enumeration District 50, precinct 49, sheet 3A&B, family 81, FHL film 1241684, Ancestry.com Census Index and Images (ancestry.com : accessed 1 Nov 2013).

Prince Edward Island by Smulan77

James Henry McCallum was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada in approximately 1867 and was raised Presbyterian.[1]  He was the son of James Henry McCallum; the identity of his mother is still disputed. There are currently two possible candidates for James’ mother: Catherine and Isabella. Catherine was listed on James’ death certificate as his mother whereas Isabella was the appropriate age for a mother in the James McCallum household of the 1881 census.[2] Although James’ origins remain cryptic, further research will yield answers about James and his story.  

1881 Canadian Census

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[1] 1881 Canada Census, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, pg. 11, line 23, James McCallum Household; database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 October 2014).

[2] “Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956,” (www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 October 2014), for “James Henry McCallum (1956),” #0590 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.