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calders in buffalo
« on: Sunday 25 October 09 22:52 GMT (UK) »
Hi I am looking for calders who left scotland in 1905 and went to buffalo new york They are
James Calder
Catherine Calder nee kirkcaldie
their children
twins james and margaret born 1882
thomas born 1887 NSW
mary born 1891 joadja creek NSW
elizabeth born 1898 aprox
they lived at 220 west avenue
In 1910 Catherine returned to scotland to collect her mother margaret kirkcaldie aged 79 to live with them in buffalo
If anyone has any information please and this is the last i have on this family

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Re: calders in buffalo
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 25 October 09 23:05 GMT (UK) »
1910 Buffalo, Erie County, New York

James Calder 53 born 1857 Scotland, bricklayer, mason contractor, immmigration year 1903
Catherine Calder 45 born 1865 Scotland, 7 children born 7 living
James Calder 28 born 1882 Scotland, bricklayer
Thomas Calder 22 born 1888
Mary Calder 19 born 1891
Beatha Calder 13 born 1897
William Calder 1 born 1909 New York


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Re: calders in buffalo
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 25 October 09 23:16 GMT (UK) »
October 24, 1910 Ships name: California

Traveling from Scotland to Buffalo New York

Catherine Calder born 1865 Scotland Bunntosland?
Bertha Calder age 11

Margaret Kerkcaldie age 77, born Perth

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Re: calders in buffalo
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 25 October 09 23:17 GMT (UK) »
thank you do you have any more information i am related to catherine she was my gg aunt and i am doing my family tree and i am determined to find out what happened to this family


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Re: calders in buffalo
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 25 October 09 23:20 GMT (UK) »
thats the same record i got of ellis island i want to know what happened to them after 1910 their story is very intresting the were in austalia for a good 10 years working at a shale mining town called joadja creek

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« Reply #5 on: Sunday 25 October 09 23:30 GMT (UK) »
Ontario Canada Marriage record

October 23, 1906 - marriage place, York, York County, Ontario

Margaret Knox Calder - mother: Catherine Kirkaldie, father: James Calder

Lewis Watt Reid - mother: Margaret Watt, father: Joseph Reid

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Re: calders in buffalo
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 25 October 09 23:46 GMT (UK) »
It looks like they moved to OHIO


1920 Middletown, Butler County, Ohio

James Calder 62, bricklayer at steel mill
Catherine Calder 55
Thomas Calder 31 born Australia, painting & decorator at steel mill
Bessie Calder 22, teaching dancing
William Calder 17, machine tender at paper bag manufacturer
Arthur Calder 15,
William Calder 5 grandson born Ohio

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« Reply #7 on: Sunday 25 October 09 23:50 GMT (UK) »
1930 Dayton, Montgomery Count, Ohio

Frank E Sellers 70 father in law
Cora Sellers 33 mother in law
Adaline Calder 36 wife
Thomas K Calder 41, born Australia Interior Decorator


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Re: calders in buffalo
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 25 October 09 23:53 GMT (UK) »
many thanks well it is midnight over here (i am in the uk ) and i am going to bed but will check again in the morning and again many thanks for all you help
Layna