William Calder and Margaret C. Walmer

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Husband William Calder ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Jul 1788 - Belair, Harford Co, MD 1 2
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           Died: 5 Mar 1861 - ? Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Calder (1749-1806) 1
         Mother: Naomi Norris (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1860 1

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   Other Spouse: Mary Kirkwood (1790-1858) 1 - 1817 1

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Wife Margaret C. Walmer ¹

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - William Calder

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He remained on the farm of his parents in Harford County, Maryland, until he was of age, when he removed to Baltimore, and soon thereafter to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. When the seat of government was removed from Lancaster to Harrisburg he came to the latter place, and resided there up to the time of his death.
Immediately upon leaving Harford County, Mr. Calder became interested in lines of stage-coaches and the United States mail service, and for fifty years this was his chief business. Up to the time of the sale of the public works of Pennsylvania he was associated with Alexander Wilson, of Lewistown, Jacob Peters, of Philadelphia, Silas Moore, of Hollidaysburg, and other gentlemen in the "Pioneer," "Good Intent," and "Express" companies for the transportation of passengers and mail by cars and canal packet-boats. He never lost his fondness for farming and live-stock, and maintained several of the most fertile farms in Dauphin County. Enterprises for the development of the resources of the country and particularly the business of Harrisburg received his support. He built many houses, favored the introduction of manufactures, and at the time of his death possessed an ample fortune. [HDC 1883, 472]

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret C. Walmer

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from Dauphin Co, PA

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 472.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 313.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 473.