David Calvin was the son of William Calvin of Creevelea townland, Clones parish, County Monaghan, Ireland, and Anne Jane Hadden of Ballygawley and Goland in Carnteel parish, County Tyrone, who married in 1816 at Aughnacloy Presbyterian Church in County Tyrone. William Calvin was an elder in Stonebridge Presbyterian Church in Clones parish, and his son David was baptised there on June 2, 1834.
David enlisted in the Royal Irish Constabulary in March 1853. He was described as age 19, 5 feet 8-1/4 inches tall, single, a laborer, and a Protestant. He resigned after less than a year of constabulary service, and emigrated to Australia.
His nephew, Prof. John Alexander Calvin, described David Calvin in 1911 family letters: "(David) seems from all accounts of those whose remember him to have been a sterling fine fellow. He went to Australia and was living in Sydney. He was there at the time my father was in that country. My father went from Melbourne to Sydney to see him before he left to come home. David was a bit of a mechanical genius, and had an implement manufacturing place in Sydney. He had several patents for inventions of his own, and was, I believe, in a fair way of becoming prosperous, but he died a year or two after my father left. That must have been about 1862 or 1863. I think David was probably the best man of the family, at least I have formed that opinion from all that I have heard about him."
City directories and numerous newspaper articles and advertisements confirm the family account of David Calvin's talents.
Sand's Directory of New South Wales, Australia:
1864 - David Calvin, thermometer churn maker, 383 Pitt-street
1865 & 1866 - David Calvin, Churn Maker, Location: 385 Pitt-street
1866 - William Dunlop, bootmaker, David Calvin, thermometer churnmaker
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 18 November 1863, page 8 -- (Advertising): "REFRIGERATORS, cheap, on hand, or made to order. DAVID CALVIN, 381, Pitt-street."
The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 25 April 1864 (long article about prizes awarded in agricultural show): "The annual exhibits of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, were continued on Saturday last, on the society's grounds at Parramatta. The weather was very auspicious, and, the day being a partial holiday in Sydney, there was a rather numerous attendance.... Agricultural Implements and Machines: Churns, corn-shellers, washing machine, and refrigerator, Mr. David Calvin. Prize, £3 10s."
Sadly, David didn't live to enjoy his career -- he died in his 30s. His obituary and funeral notice appeared in several newspapers.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, 9 June 1866: "On the 19th March, at Liverpool, DAVID CALVIN, aged 32, churn manufacturer, of 381, Pitt-street, Sydney, brother to the Rev. Joseph H. Calvin, of Boligee, America." [His brother Joseph had emigrated to the United States, was educated at Princeton University with the help of their uncle, David Hadden, and became a Presbyterian minister]
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 21 March 1866: "FUNERAL: The friends of the late Mr. DAVID CALVIN, Churn Manufacturer, Pitt-street, are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, to move from the residence of Mr. W. Packey, 387, Castlereagh-street, on WEDNESDAY MORNING, at 9 o'clock. R. STEWART, Undertaker, Pitt-street."
"FUNERAL -- DAY-SPRING DIVISION, SONS OF TEMPERANCE. The Members of No. 1 Division are requested to meet at the Temperance Hall, THIS MORNING, at half-past 8 sharp, to attend the Funeral of Brother D. Calvin. -- The members of other Divisions are respectfully invited to attend. - W. EYLES, R. S."
The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, 23 March 1866, page 1: "IN THE ESTATE of the late DAVID CALVIN, Thermometer-Churn Maker, 381, Pitt street - All CLAIMS to the above estate are requested to be sent in to the executors, at the office of Messrs HALLEY and CLYDE Coach Builders, 381, Pitt street, on or before the 6th April next. WILLIAM HALLEY, WILLIAM THOMPSON, Executors. All persons indebted to the above estate are requested to pay their accounts at the above office on or before the 6th April to save further trouble."
David's 1866 death certificate correctly lists his parents as William and Ann Calvin. He had no wife or children, and no headstone has been found for him.
David enlisted in the Royal Irish Constabulary in March 1853. He was described as age 19, 5 feet 8-1/4 inches tall, single, a laborer, and a Protestant. He resigned after less than a year of constabulary service, and emigrated to Australia.
His nephew, Prof. John Alexander Calvin, described David Calvin in 1911 family letters: "(David) seems from all accounts of those whose remember him to have been a sterling fine fellow. He went to Australia and was living in Sydney. He was there at the time my father was in that country. My father went from Melbourne to Sydney to see him before he left to come home. David was a bit of a mechanical genius, and had an implement manufacturing place in Sydney. He had several patents for inventions of his own, and was, I believe, in a fair way of becoming prosperous, but he died a year or two after my father left. That must have been about 1862 or 1863. I think David was probably the best man of the family, at least I have formed that opinion from all that I have heard about him."
City directories and numerous newspaper articles and advertisements confirm the family account of David Calvin's talents.
Sand's Directory of New South Wales, Australia:
1864 - David Calvin, thermometer churn maker, 383 Pitt-street
1865 & 1866 - David Calvin, Churn Maker, Location: 385 Pitt-street
1866 - William Dunlop, bootmaker, David Calvin, thermometer churnmaker
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 18 November 1863, page 8 -- (Advertising): "REFRIGERATORS, cheap, on hand, or made to order. DAVID CALVIN, 381, Pitt-street."
The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 25 April 1864 (long article about prizes awarded in agricultural show): "The annual exhibits of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, were continued on Saturday last, on the society's grounds at Parramatta. The weather was very auspicious, and, the day being a partial holiday in Sydney, there was a rather numerous attendance.... Agricultural Implements and Machines: Churns, corn-shellers, washing machine, and refrigerator, Mr. David Calvin. Prize, £3 10s."
Sadly, David didn't live to enjoy his career -- he died in his 30s. His obituary and funeral notice appeared in several newspapers.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, 9 June 1866: "On the 19th March, at Liverpool, DAVID CALVIN, aged 32, churn manufacturer, of 381, Pitt-street, Sydney, brother to the Rev. Joseph H. Calvin, of Boligee, America." [His brother Joseph had emigrated to the United States, was educated at Princeton University with the help of their uncle, David Hadden, and became a Presbyterian minister]
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 21 March 1866: "FUNERAL: The friends of the late Mr. DAVID CALVIN, Churn Manufacturer, Pitt-street, are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, to move from the residence of Mr. W. Packey, 387, Castlereagh-street, on WEDNESDAY MORNING, at 9 o'clock. R. STEWART, Undertaker, Pitt-street."
"FUNERAL -- DAY-SPRING DIVISION, SONS OF TEMPERANCE. The Members of No. 1 Division are requested to meet at the Temperance Hall, THIS MORNING, at half-past 8 sharp, to attend the Funeral of Brother D. Calvin. -- The members of other Divisions are respectfully invited to attend. - W. EYLES, R. S."
The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, 23 March 1866, page 1: "IN THE ESTATE of the late DAVID CALVIN, Thermometer-Churn Maker, 381, Pitt street - All CLAIMS to the above estate are requested to be sent in to the executors, at the office of Messrs HALLEY and CLYDE Coach Builders, 381, Pitt street, on or before the 6th April next. WILLIAM HALLEY, WILLIAM THOMPSON, Executors. All persons indebted to the above estate are requested to pay their accounts at the above office on or before the 6th April to save further trouble."
David's 1866 death certificate correctly lists his parents as William and Ann Calvin. He had no wife or children, and no headstone has been found for him.
David Calvin was the son of William Calvin of Creevelea townland, Clones parish, County Monaghan, Ireland, and Anne Jane Hadden of Ballygawley and Goland in Carnteel parish, County Tyrone, who married in 1816 at Aughnacloy Presbyterian Church in County Tyrone. William Calvin was an elder in Stonebridge Presbyterian Church in Clones parish, and his son David was baptised there on June 2, 1834.
David enlisted in the Royal Irish Constabulary in March 1853. He was described as age 19, 5 feet 8-1/4 inches tall, single, a laborer, and a Protestant. He resigned after less than a year of constabulary service, and emigrated to Australia.
His nephew, Prof. John Alexander Calvin, described David Calvin in 1911 family letters: "(David) seems from all accounts of those whose remember him to have been a sterling fine fellow. He went to Australia and was living in Sydney. He was there at the time my father was in that country. My father went from Melbourne to Sydney to see him before he left to come home. David was a bit of a mechanical genius, and had an implement manufacturing place in Sydney. He had several patents for inventions of his own, and was, I believe, in a fair way of becoming prosperous, but he died a year or two after my father left. That must have been about 1862 or 1863. I think David was probably the best man of the family, at least I have formed that opinion from all that I have heard about him."
City directories and numerous newspaper articles and advertisements confirm the family account of David Calvin's talents.
Sand's Directory of New South Wales, Australia:
1864 - David Calvin, thermometer churn maker, 383 Pitt-street
1865 & 1866 - David Calvin, Churn Maker, Location: 385 Pitt-street
1866 - William Dunlop, bootmaker, David Calvin, thermometer churnmaker
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 18 November 1863, page 8 -- (Advertising): "REFRIGERATORS, cheap, on hand, or made to order. DAVID CALVIN, 381, Pitt-street."
The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 25 April 1864 (long article about prizes awarded in agricultural show): "The annual exhibits of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, were continued on Saturday last, on the society's grounds at Parramatta. The weather was very auspicious, and, the day being a partial holiday in Sydney, there was a rather numerous attendance.... Agricultural Implements and Machines: Churns, corn-shellers, washing machine, and refrigerator, Mr. David Calvin. Prize, £3 10s."
Sadly, David didn't live to enjoy his career -- he died in his 30s. His obituary and funeral notice appeared in several newspapers.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, 9 June 1866: "On the 19th March, at Liverpool, DAVID CALVIN, aged 32, churn manufacturer, of 381, Pitt-street, Sydney, brother to the Rev. Joseph H. Calvin, of Boligee, America." [His brother Joseph had emigrated to the United States, was educated at Princeton University with the help of their uncle, David Hadden, and became a Presbyterian minister]
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 21 March 1866: "FUNERAL: The friends of the late Mr. DAVID CALVIN, Churn Manufacturer, Pitt-street, are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, to move from the residence of Mr. W. Packey, 387, Castlereagh-street, on WEDNESDAY MORNING, at 9 o'clock. R. STEWART, Undertaker, Pitt-street."
"FUNERAL -- DAY-SPRING DIVISION, SONS OF TEMPERANCE. The Members of No. 1 Division are requested to meet at the Temperance Hall, THIS MORNING, at half-past 8 sharp, to attend the Funeral of Brother D. Calvin. -- The members of other Divisions are respectfully invited to attend. - W. EYLES, R. S."
The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, 23 March 1866, page 1: "IN THE ESTATE of the late DAVID CALVIN, Thermometer-Churn Maker, 381, Pitt street - All CLAIMS to the above estate are requested to be sent in to the executors, at the office of Messrs HALLEY and CLYDE Coach Builders, 381, Pitt street, on or before the 6th April next. WILLIAM HALLEY, WILLIAM THOMPSON, Executors. All persons indebted to the above estate are requested to pay their accounts at the above office on or before the 6th April to save further trouble."
David's 1866 death certificate correctly lists his parents as William and Ann Calvin. He had no wife or children, and no headstone has been found for him.
David enlisted in the Royal Irish Constabulary in March 1853. He was described as age 19, 5 feet 8-1/4 inches tall, single, a laborer, and a Protestant. He resigned after less than a year of constabulary service, and emigrated to Australia.
His nephew, Prof. John Alexander Calvin, described David Calvin in 1911 family letters: "(David) seems from all accounts of those whose remember him to have been a sterling fine fellow. He went to Australia and was living in Sydney. He was there at the time my father was in that country. My father went from Melbourne to Sydney to see him before he left to come home. David was a bit of a mechanical genius, and had an implement manufacturing place in Sydney. He had several patents for inventions of his own, and was, I believe, in a fair way of becoming prosperous, but he died a year or two after my father left. That must have been about 1862 or 1863. I think David was probably the best man of the family, at least I have formed that opinion from all that I have heard about him."
City directories and numerous newspaper articles and advertisements confirm the family account of David Calvin's talents.
Sand's Directory of New South Wales, Australia:
1864 - David Calvin, thermometer churn maker, 383 Pitt-street
1865 & 1866 - David Calvin, Churn Maker, Location: 385 Pitt-street
1866 - William Dunlop, bootmaker, David Calvin, thermometer churnmaker
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 18 November 1863, page 8 -- (Advertising): "REFRIGERATORS, cheap, on hand, or made to order. DAVID CALVIN, 381, Pitt-street."
The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 25 April 1864 (long article about prizes awarded in agricultural show): "The annual exhibits of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, were continued on Saturday last, on the society's grounds at Parramatta. The weather was very auspicious, and, the day being a partial holiday in Sydney, there was a rather numerous attendance.... Agricultural Implements and Machines: Churns, corn-shellers, washing machine, and refrigerator, Mr. David Calvin. Prize, £3 10s."
Sadly, David didn't live to enjoy his career -- he died in his 30s. His obituary and funeral notice appeared in several newspapers.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, 9 June 1866: "On the 19th March, at Liverpool, DAVID CALVIN, aged 32, churn manufacturer, of 381, Pitt-street, Sydney, brother to the Rev. Joseph H. Calvin, of Boligee, America." [His brother Joseph had emigrated to the United States, was educated at Princeton University with the help of their uncle, David Hadden, and became a Presbyterian minister]
The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 21 March 1866: "FUNERAL: The friends of the late Mr. DAVID CALVIN, Churn Manufacturer, Pitt-street, are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, to move from the residence of Mr. W. Packey, 387, Castlereagh-street, on WEDNESDAY MORNING, at 9 o'clock. R. STEWART, Undertaker, Pitt-street."
"FUNERAL -- DAY-SPRING DIVISION, SONS OF TEMPERANCE. The Members of No. 1 Division are requested to meet at the Temperance Hall, THIS MORNING, at half-past 8 sharp, to attend the Funeral of Brother D. Calvin. -- The members of other Divisions are respectfully invited to attend. - W. EYLES, R. S."
The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, 23 March 1866, page 1: "IN THE ESTATE of the late DAVID CALVIN, Thermometer-Churn Maker, 381, Pitt street - All CLAIMS to the above estate are requested to be sent in to the executors, at the office of Messrs HALLEY and CLYDE Coach Builders, 381, Pitt street, on or before the 6th April next. WILLIAM HALLEY, WILLIAM THOMPSON, Executors. All persons indebted to the above estate are requested to pay their accounts at the above office on or before the 6th April to save further trouble."
David's 1866 death certificate correctly lists his parents as William and Ann Calvin. He had no wife or children, and no headstone has been found for him.
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