Andrew McCalla1

M, #3059, b. 21 September 1802, d. 20 October 1850
  • Name Variation: M'Calla2
Last Edited: 6 Dec 2020

Parents:

Father: John McCalla1 b. 1759, d. 1840
Mother: Rebecca Darrah1 b. 1762, d. 1841

Family:

Ellen McGauley b. c 1803, d. 26 Oct 1863

Children:

Henry B. McCalla7 b. c 1831
Theodore H. McCalla7 b. 20 Nov 1834
Andrew McCalla8 b. 6 Jan 1837, d. 12 Nov 1839
Ellen McCalla7 b. 9 Oct 1838, d. 18 Sep 1867
Mary B. McCalla7 b. c 1843, d. 25 Apr 1857

Notes

  • Note*: Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Tuesday 22 Oct 1850, death notices:
    On the 20th inst., ANDREW McCALLA, in the 49th year of his age.
    His relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from his late residence, No 177 North Seventh st. above Noble, on Wednesday...4
  • Note: Will of Andrew McCalla
    Written 30 Sept 1850
    Probated 13 Sep 1850
    Bequeaths entire estate to wife Ellen and appoints her executrix.
    Witnesses James Yocum? & Jacob B. Lancaster

    Inventory filed 8 Oct 1851, totaling $5950.39, includes items:
    J B Lancaster due Bill     $2000
    Rank Brook Repplier due Bill $1700

    Note that Jacob B Lancaster and John George Repplier were Andrew McCalla's brothers-in-law.5
  • Note: The Alexander McCalla who was buried at age two months on 27 Nov 1825 from Gloria Dei Church in Philadelphia was not the son of Andrew McCalla, as erroneously reported on various websites. The burial record clearly states: "Alexander, son of Alexander & Eliza McCalla ag. 2 mos. His mother is a d. of the dec. David Angelo & his relict - But this man did not hold a seat."6

Citations

  1. [S282] McCalla family, "Birth, death and marriage records of the McCalla family of Bucks (?) County, Pennsylvania" (Historical Society of Pennsylvania call # BR McC). The records are from a bible published in 1859 and given to Mrs. Samuel Morton Zulick (née Mary Hart McCalla, a daughter of Charles McCalla, brother of Andrew McCalla) in 1861. Per a May 2013 email from a McCalla family researcher, Rob Wrenn.
  2. [S350] Philadelphia County, Administration of Mary McGauley, Year 1829, File 112. Photocopy obtained from City of Phila. Register of Wills.
  3. [S72] Collections of The Genealogy Society of Penn.; Philadelphia Board of Health Records; Register of Deaths. FHL microfilm 381246 Vol. 5, May 1845 - Sept 1847.
  4. [S519] Website GenealogyBank.com
  5. [S14] Ancestry.com, online https://www.ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993. Wills, No 250-316, 1850.
  6. [S495] FindMyPast URL: https://www.findmypast.com "Pennsylvania Cemetery & Burial 1700-1950," database with abstracted data and images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com/transcript and https://search.findmypast.com/record/browse : accessed 6 Dec 2020), burial of Alexander McCalla, age two months on 27 Nov 1825; citing Pennsylvania Cemetery & Burial 1750-1831, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
  7. [S500] US Census, viewed on Ancestry.com. 1850 US Census, Philadelphia, Spring Garden Ward 2, household of Andrew McCalla.
  8. [S495] FindMyPast URL: https://www.findmypast.com, "Philadelphia Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms," database with abstracted data and images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com/transcript and https://search.findmypast.com/record : accessed 6 Dec 2020), baptism of Andream McCalla on 25 Apr 1837 at St Augustine church, Philadelphia; citing Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers), Archdiocese of Philadelphia.