Re: Henry McCalla, b. 13 July 1837
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Henry McCalla, b. 13 July 1837
Barbara Bouton 8/19/99
My name is Ruth Ann McCalla from St.Catherine,Jamaica. My dad's name was Henry James McCalla born to Henry McCalla whose father was Great father was from Northern Ireland /Scotland.Of what I have heard, My Great grand father came to Jamaica in the 18 century wth his five brothers and two sisters. James was an indentured worker, John was a farmer,Henry was a blacksmith,Val a carpenter, Sam a cane cutter and a heavy drinker and sisters Alice a seamstress and Ruth a homemaker. They first lived in Old Harbour on their arrival, then they split.Brothers: one went St.Mary, one to St.Ann, one stayed in Bois Content,2 went to Trelawny and Westmoreland. Sisters one to St. Andrew and the other to St. James. I understand that they all played various musical instruments. This is what I have been told.