Researching Tim Callahan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 239 people with the Callahan surname? In that year Callahan was ranked number 3340 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Tim means "Form of TIMOTHY. honoring God" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Tim Callahan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Tim Callahan and the Callahan Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 202 people with the Callahan surname in the UK? Callahan is now ranked number 3852 for popularity in the UK. |
Callahan Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Tim Callahan
Tim Callahan (American football)
John Timothy Callahan (March 29, 1895 – May 14, 1976) was an American football player and coach. He attended preparatory school at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and then enrolled at Yale University. He played college football at the guard position for the Yale Bulldogs in 1916 and 1919 to 1920, and was a consensus first-team selection on the 1920 College Football All-America Team. His education at Yale was interrupted during World War I by service as a pilot in the Naval Aviation Corps. He was stationed at Newport, Rhode Island, and later in South America, before being discharged in 1919. Callahan was captain of the 1920 Yale Bulldogs football team while his brother Henry "Mike" Callahan was captain of the 1920 Princeton Tigers football team.
Source: Tim Callahan (American football), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Callahan
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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