Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameCatherine Anne CALDWELL 
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6898FatherRev. George CALDWELL
Individual Notes
• His wife, Catherine, was a woman of ability and considerable financial resources. She spent a large part of her fortune (£9,000) on restoring the Castle not only because the turrets were starting to disintegrate, but because the famine had caused a great hardship in Killyleagh and there was an urgent need to provide work. She spent other large sums on the farm houses. When these were compulsorily transferred to the tenants, it nearly broke her heart. Someone (I like to think it was the people of the town) put up a memorial to her where McCormick’s garage now stands. It was knocked down and removed by the local authority in order to broaden the road.6900
Spouses
Individual Notes
• The third Archie presided at the Castle during the potato famine and in his old age saw the break-up of the Hamilton estates as a result of the Land Acts.6900
• Archibald Rowan Hamilton of Killileagh Castle, J.P., Capt. 5th Dragoon Guards, High Sheriff, born 1818, succeeded his grandfather in the estates in 1834, and died 1860. He married 1842 Catherine Anne, daughter of the Rev. George Caldwell.6909
• Archibald Rowan Hamilton of Killileagh Castle, J.P., Capt. 5th Dragoon Guards, High Sheriff, born 1818, succeeded his grandfather in the estates in 1834, and died 1860. He married 1842 Catherine Anne, daughter of the Rev. George Caldwell.6909
ChildrenGawen William (1844-1930)
George Rowan (1845-)
Sydney Augustus Rowan (1846-1868)
Frederick Temple Rowan (1850-1941)
Harriot Georgina Rowan (1843-1936)
Helen Gwendoline Rowan (-1886)
Mary Catherine Rowan (-1951)