I'm the grandson of Sgt. Thomas O. E. McCallum (b. 1923 in South Carolina- d. 1990 Columbia, South Carolina) and Inge A. born Kessler (1930-2008).
I started my own genealogy in the 90's, I'm proud of my Roots in South Carolina, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia , in Scotland and in Ireland, England and in the Allgäu (a region in Swabia, Bavaria in southern Germany), in the Kleinwalsertal (little Walser valley) in Austria, in Bohemia, in Luxembourg and in Berlin and Strasbourg.
Since 2012 I'm the family chronicler of my fiancee Arabelle.

Jakob Stolz in Graz,Styria, Austria is the
great-grandfather of my fiancée Arabelle and the grandfather of
Margarete Stolz-Wreford in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Arabelle is the granddaughter of Leopold Stolz (1866-1957), Austrian composer and conductor, royal bandmaster.
She is the grand niece of Robert Stolz (1880-1975), Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music... [In America, Robert Stolz achieved fame with his concerts of Viennese music,starting with "A Night in Vienna" at Carnegie Hall. As a result, he received many invitations to compose music for shows and films,and he received two Academy Awards nominations: "Waltzing in the Clouds" was nominated for Best Original Song in 1941, and his score for It Happened Tomorrow was nominated for Best Dramatic or Comedy Picture Score in 1945......]

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Jakob Stolz (18 July 1832 – 02 June 1919) was an austrian composer and teacher of music in Graz, son of Jacob Stolz Sr. (1807-1871) and Susanna Halter (1796-1864).
Stolz was a student of Simon Sechter and founded a Musical Education Institute ''Musikschule Öffentliches Musik- Bildungsinstitut '' Mehlplatz 1,Graz.
The Institute was continued by his daughters, Pauline (1873-1935) and Susan (1874-1933) after his death. Stolz's heritage were his own invented music theories and about 130 compositions.
He was married to Ida Carolina Bondy.They had 13 children, among them: Leopold Jacob Stolz ( 1866-1957) austrian composer and conductor, royal bandmaster and Robert Elisabeth Stolz (1880-1975) austrian composer and conductor and Mary Ida Lesky (1870-1959) mother of Dr. h.c. rer. pol. Albin Lesky, Maximilian Stolz (1868-1945) austrian actor and Elisabeth Giurco (b. 1872).
In rememberance of Jakob Stolz there is a plaque near the Starcke-Häuschen and the Turkish well on the Schlossberg in Graz.

My fiancée Arabelle, is the great grand daugther of Ida Carolina Stolz née Bondy (1841-1903), Austrian concert pianist and consort of Jakob Stolz, daughter of Leopold Bondy, who was of french nationality and of Pauline Edle von Vernay, who was of Hungarian nationality.

The sister of Ida Stolz née Bondy was Emma Bondy (1838-1894), a austrian concert pianist and teacher of music in Scotland. She died in Glasgow.

Her great-grandson John ( b. 1936 Glasgow) is the nephew of the movie star Dame Flora Robson (1902-1984), he is the son of Shela MacDonald Robson , John is the grandson of Elizabeth Robson née McKenzie.

I'm the grandson of Sgt. Thomas O. E. McCallum (b. 1923 in South Carolina- d. 1990 Columbia, South Carolina) and Inge A. born Kessler (1930-2008).
I started my own genealogy in the 90's, I'm proud of my Roots in South Carolina, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia , in Scotland and in Ireland, England and in the Allgäu (a region in Swabia, Bavaria in southern Germany), in the Kleinwalsertal (little Walser valley) in Austria, in Bohemia, in Luxembourg and in Berlin and Strasbourg.
Since 2012 I'm the family chronicler of my fiancee Arabelle.

Jakob Stolz in Graz,Styria, Austria is the
great-grandfather of my fiancée Arabelle and the grandfather of
Margarete Stolz-Wreford in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Arabelle is the granddaughter of Leopold Stolz (1866-1957), Austrian composer and conductor, royal bandmaster.
She is the grand niece of Robert Stolz (1880-1975), Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music... [In America, Robert Stolz achieved fame with his concerts of Viennese music,starting with "A Night in Vienna" at Carnegie Hall. As a result, he received many invitations to compose music for shows and films,and he received two Academy Awards nominations: "Waltzing in the Clouds" was nominated for Best Original Song in 1941, and his score for It Happened Tomorrow was nominated for Best Dramatic or Comedy Picture Score in 1945......]

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Jakob Stolz (18 July 1832 – 02 June 1919) was an austrian composer and teacher of music in Graz, son of Jacob Stolz Sr. (1807-1871) and Susanna Halter (1796-1864).
Stolz was a student of Simon Sechter and founded a Musical Education Institute ''Musikschule Öffentliches Musik- Bildungsinstitut '' Mehlplatz 1,Graz.
The Institute was continued by his daughters, Pauline (1873-1935) and Susan (1874-1933) after his death. Stolz's heritage were his own invented music theories and about 130 compositions.
He was married to Ida Carolina Bondy.They had 13 children, among them: Leopold Jacob Stolz ( 1866-1957) austrian composer and conductor, royal bandmaster and Robert Elisabeth Stolz (1880-1975) austrian composer and conductor and Mary Ida Lesky (1870-1959) mother of Dr. h.c. rer. pol. Albin Lesky, Maximilian Stolz (1868-1945) austrian actor and Elisabeth Giurco (b. 1872).
In rememberance of Jakob Stolz there is a plaque near the Starcke-Häuschen and the Turkish well on the Schlossberg in Graz.

My fiancée Arabelle, is the great grand daugther of Ida Carolina Stolz née Bondy (1841-1903), Austrian concert pianist and consort of Jakob Stolz, daughter of Leopold Bondy, who was of french nationality and of Pauline Edle von Vernay, who was of Hungarian nationality.

The sister of Ida Stolz née Bondy was Emma Bondy (1838-1894), a austrian concert pianist and teacher of music in Scotland. She died in Glasgow.

Her great-grandson John ( b. 1936 Glasgow) is the nephew of the movie star Dame Flora Robson (1902-1984), he is the son of Shela MacDonald Robson , John is the grandson of Elizabeth Robson née McKenzie.