William Calvin was the eldest son of William Calvin of Creevlea townland, Clones parish, Co. Monaghan, Ireland, and Anne Jane Hadden of Goland townland, Carnteel parish, County Tyrone, Ireland, who married in 1816 at Aughnacloy Presbyterian Church in County Tyrone.
William was born at the family farm in Creevlea townland about 1820. He enlisted in the British Army and served in the Royal Artillery from 1842 to 1864. His discharge and pension papers state that he was born "in Clones near the town of Newbliss in the County of Monaghan, Ireland." His trade before enlistment was as a "wheeler." He was 6 feet 2 inches tall (quite an impressive height for that day and time), had dark hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. He attested for the Royal Artillery Regiment at Charlemont on 9th March 1842, when he was age 21. When he retired as a Bombardier in the No. 8 Battery, 2nd Brigade, he had been in service a total of almost 22 years, during which he served abroad in Bombay and Mauritius for over 9 years. He was awarded 4 good conduct badges.
William Calvin married Mary Anne Graham on February 27, 1848 at the parish church of Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They had seven children, born in Scotland, Mauritius, Bombay and England: Martha (b1849 Scotland), William Luther (b1851 Mauritius), Ann (born abt 1855 in Mauritius), John (born 1857 & died 1858 in Bombay), John (b1860 Dover, England), and twins Archibald and George Graham (born 1862 Dover, England).
When William Calvin died in 1865, his widow Mary Anne asked for her surviving sons to be admitted to the Royal Military Asylum, where soldier's children could be schooled for the military and other occupations. Mary Anne herself died just a year later in 1866, and the eldest child, Martha, became "mother" to her siblings.
The Calvin boys were admitted to the Royal Military Asylum a few months after their mother died in 1866. Their sister, Martha Calvin, worked as a housemaid in the Royal Artillery Barracks for over a decade, and eventually married Henry Papworth in 1878. They had 3 children: Harry, Clara May, and Kate Gertrude Papworth. Henry died in 1891, and the widowed Martha married Joseph Rivers in 1902 -- but unfortunately he died in 1903. Martha died in 1929.
William and Mary Ann Calvin's daughter Ann died in 1868 at age 14. Of the youngest children, twins Archibald and George Graham, Archibald died as an infant in 1863 and George died in 1882 at age 19. We don't know what happened to their older brother, William Luther Calvin, after his military service in the 1870s.
William and Mary Ann's son John Calvin, born 1860 in Dover, Kent, England, entered the Royal Military Asylum as a young boy and, after his schooling years, joined the Royal Artillery, as his father and his brother William had done. He married Henrietta Jane Lamb in 1880, and continued his military service through 1896. He spent his last years with the Royal Artillery as a musician, an occupation that he carried into civilian life after his military discharge. John and Henrietta had no children. John died in 1905 and Henrietta in 1910.
William Calvin's nephew, Prof. John Alexander Calvin (1867-1950) wrote in a family letter of 1911 that William Calvin was the eldest son of William Calvin and Anne Hadden, and that he had joined the British Army about 1845 and served through the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and afterwards "held a position under the government" at Dover -- all of which is verified by existing records. Professor Calvin also described William Calvin's children: "He left four children, who lived about London. Some of them have visited us at Stonebridge, years ago, and I have stayed with some of them in London at times, but I think they are all dead now."
William was born at the family farm in Creevlea townland about 1820. He enlisted in the British Army and served in the Royal Artillery from 1842 to 1864. His discharge and pension papers state that he was born "in Clones near the town of Newbliss in the County of Monaghan, Ireland." His trade before enlistment was as a "wheeler." He was 6 feet 2 inches tall (quite an impressive height for that day and time), had dark hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. He attested for the Royal Artillery Regiment at Charlemont on 9th March 1842, when he was age 21. When he retired as a Bombardier in the No. 8 Battery, 2nd Brigade, he had been in service a total of almost 22 years, during which he served abroad in Bombay and Mauritius for over 9 years. He was awarded 4 good conduct badges.
William Calvin married Mary Anne Graham on February 27, 1848 at the parish church of Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They had seven children, born in Scotland, Mauritius, Bombay and England: Martha (b1849 Scotland), William Luther (b1851 Mauritius), Ann (born abt 1855 in Mauritius), John (born 1857 & died 1858 in Bombay), John (b1860 Dover, England), and twins Archibald and George Graham (born 1862 Dover, England).
When William Calvin died in 1865, his widow Mary Anne asked for her surviving sons to be admitted to the Royal Military Asylum, where soldier's children could be schooled for the military and other occupations. Mary Anne herself died just a year later in 1866, and the eldest child, Martha, became "mother" to her siblings.
The Calvin boys were admitted to the Royal Military Asylum a few months after their mother died in 1866. Their sister, Martha Calvin, worked as a housemaid in the Royal Artillery Barracks for over a decade, and eventually married Henry Papworth in 1878. They had 3 children: Harry, Clara May, and Kate Gertrude Papworth. Henry died in 1891, and the widowed Martha married Joseph Rivers in 1902 -- but unfortunately he died in 1903. Martha died in 1929.
William and Mary Ann Calvin's daughter Ann died in 1868 at age 14. Of the youngest children, twins Archibald and George Graham, Archibald died as an infant in 1863 and George died in 1882 at age 19. We don't know what happened to their older brother, William Luther Calvin, after his military service in the 1870s.
William and Mary Ann's son John Calvin, born 1860 in Dover, Kent, England, entered the Royal Military Asylum as a young boy and, after his schooling years, joined the Royal Artillery, as his father and his brother William had done. He married Henrietta Jane Lamb in 1880, and continued his military service through 1896. He spent his last years with the Royal Artillery as a musician, an occupation that he carried into civilian life after his military discharge. John and Henrietta had no children. John died in 1905 and Henrietta in 1910.
William Calvin's nephew, Prof. John Alexander Calvin (1867-1950) wrote in a family letter of 1911 that William Calvin was the eldest son of William Calvin and Anne Hadden, and that he had joined the British Army about 1845 and served through the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and afterwards "held a position under the government" at Dover -- all of which is verified by existing records. Professor Calvin also described William Calvin's children: "He left four children, who lived about London. Some of them have visited us at Stonebridge, years ago, and I have stayed with some of them in London at times, but I think they are all dead now."
William Calvin was the eldest son of William Calvin of Creevlea townland, Clones parish, Co. Monaghan, Ireland, and Anne Jane Hadden of Goland townland, Carnteel parish, County Tyrone, Ireland, who married in 1816 at Aughnacloy Presbyterian Church in County Tyrone.
William was born at the family farm in Creevlea townland about 1820. He enlisted in the British Army and served in the Royal Artillery from 1842 to 1864. His discharge and pension papers state that he was born "in Clones near the town of Newbliss in the County of Monaghan, Ireland." His trade before enlistment was as a "wheeler." He was 6 feet 2 inches tall (quite an impressive height for that day and time), had dark hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. He attested for the Royal Artillery Regiment at Charlemont on 9th March 1842, when he was age 21. When he retired as a Bombardier in the No. 8 Battery, 2nd Brigade, he had been in service a total of almost 22 years, during which he served abroad in Bombay and Mauritius for over 9 years. He was awarded 4 good conduct badges.
William Calvin married Mary Anne Graham on February 27, 1848 at the parish church of Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They had seven children, born in Scotland, Mauritius, Bombay and England: Martha (b1849 Scotland), William Luther (b1851 Mauritius), Ann (born abt 1855 in Mauritius), John (born 1857 & died 1858 in Bombay), John (b1860 Dover, England), and twins Archibald and George Graham (born 1862 Dover, England).
When William Calvin died in 1865, his widow Mary Anne asked for her surviving sons to be admitted to the Royal Military Asylum, where soldier's children could be schooled for the military and other occupations. Mary Anne herself died just a year later in 1866, and the eldest child, Martha, became "mother" to her siblings.
The Calvin boys were admitted to the Royal Military Asylum a few months after their mother died in 1866. Their sister, Martha Calvin, worked as a housemaid in the Royal Artillery Barracks for over a decade, and eventually married Henry Papworth in 1878. They had 3 children: Harry, Clara May, and Kate Gertrude Papworth. Henry died in 1891, and the widowed Martha married Joseph Rivers in 1902 -- but unfortunately he died in 1903. Martha died in 1929.
William and Mary Ann Calvin's daughter Ann died in 1868 at age 14. Of the youngest children, twins Archibald and George Graham, Archibald died as an infant in 1863 and George died in 1882 at age 19. We don't know what happened to their older brother, William Luther Calvin, after his military service in the 1870s.
William and Mary Ann's son John Calvin, born 1860 in Dover, Kent, England, entered the Royal Military Asylum as a young boy and, after his schooling years, joined the Royal Artillery, as his father and his brother William had done. He married Henrietta Jane Lamb in 1880, and continued his military service through 1896. He spent his last years with the Royal Artillery as a musician, an occupation that he carried into civilian life after his military discharge. John and Henrietta had no children. John died in 1905 and Henrietta in 1910.
William Calvin's nephew, Prof. John Alexander Calvin (1867-1950) wrote in a family letter of 1911 that William Calvin was the eldest son of William Calvin and Anne Hadden, and that he had joined the British Army about 1845 and served through the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and afterwards "held a position under the government" at Dover -- all of which is verified by existing records. Professor Calvin also described William Calvin's children: "He left four children, who lived about London. Some of them have visited us at Stonebridge, years ago, and I have stayed with some of them in London at times, but I think they are all dead now."
William was born at the family farm in Creevlea townland about 1820. He enlisted in the British Army and served in the Royal Artillery from 1842 to 1864. His discharge and pension papers state that he was born "in Clones near the town of Newbliss in the County of Monaghan, Ireland." His trade before enlistment was as a "wheeler." He was 6 feet 2 inches tall (quite an impressive height for that day and time), had dark hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. He attested for the Royal Artillery Regiment at Charlemont on 9th March 1842, when he was age 21. When he retired as a Bombardier in the No. 8 Battery, 2nd Brigade, he had been in service a total of almost 22 years, during which he served abroad in Bombay and Mauritius for over 9 years. He was awarded 4 good conduct badges.
William Calvin married Mary Anne Graham on February 27, 1848 at the parish church of Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They had seven children, born in Scotland, Mauritius, Bombay and England: Martha (b1849 Scotland), William Luther (b1851 Mauritius), Ann (born abt 1855 in Mauritius), John (born 1857 & died 1858 in Bombay), John (b1860 Dover, England), and twins Archibald and George Graham (born 1862 Dover, England).
When William Calvin died in 1865, his widow Mary Anne asked for her surviving sons to be admitted to the Royal Military Asylum, where soldier's children could be schooled for the military and other occupations. Mary Anne herself died just a year later in 1866, and the eldest child, Martha, became "mother" to her siblings.
The Calvin boys were admitted to the Royal Military Asylum a few months after their mother died in 1866. Their sister, Martha Calvin, worked as a housemaid in the Royal Artillery Barracks for over a decade, and eventually married Henry Papworth in 1878. They had 3 children: Harry, Clara May, and Kate Gertrude Papworth. Henry died in 1891, and the widowed Martha married Joseph Rivers in 1902 -- but unfortunately he died in 1903. Martha died in 1929.
William and Mary Ann Calvin's daughter Ann died in 1868 at age 14. Of the youngest children, twins Archibald and George Graham, Archibald died as an infant in 1863 and George died in 1882 at age 19. We don't know what happened to their older brother, William Luther Calvin, after his military service in the 1870s.
William and Mary Ann's son John Calvin, born 1860 in Dover, Kent, England, entered the Royal Military Asylum as a young boy and, after his schooling years, joined the Royal Artillery, as his father and his brother William had done. He married Henrietta Jane Lamb in 1880, and continued his military service through 1896. He spent his last years with the Royal Artillery as a musician, an occupation that he carried into civilian life after his military discharge. John and Henrietta had no children. John died in 1905 and Henrietta in 1910.
William Calvin's nephew, Prof. John Alexander Calvin (1867-1950) wrote in a family letter of 1911 that William Calvin was the eldest son of William Calvin and Anne Hadden, and that he had joined the British Army about 1845 and served through the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and afterwards "held a position under the government" at Dover -- all of which is verified by existing records. Professor Calvin also described William Calvin's children: "He left four children, who lived about London. Some of them have visited us at Stonebridge, years ago, and I have stayed with some of them in London at times, but I think they are all dead now."
Gravesite Details
William Calvin's burial record says he was interred on February 13, 1865, in Section H, Grave No. 735. His burial ceremony was conducted by Revd. S. Suffield.
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