Talk:Daniel McCallum

Autobiography of Daniel McCallum
This work has just been removed from the listing, see here, claiming "wrong Daniel McCallum." After checking up on this, this indeed seems to be right, because this story starts with


 * "I was born in Glasgow, in the month of October, 1823. My father died while I was yet a child, being only a few weeks old, leaving my widowed mother and a sister about four years of age in very poor circumstances, having no other means of support but what she could earn by sewing what was called veining webs. And so ill was it to sew, and so low was the pay, that oftentimes she had to sit up all night to complete her week's work, which, when done, would only bring her about eighteenpence, three farthings per yard being allowed in those days for veining. Any other employment for women was very difficult to get, so that, through such constant sitting, very difficult to get, so that, through such constant sitting and getting but very little food — as for luxuries, that was out of the question - in a very short time she began to feel her health declining. She then commenced to look out for something else to do. At length, by much waiting on, she obtained what they called a turn in the warehouse, receiving sometimes from a sixpence to a shilling's worth of yarn to wind on bobbins, which enabled her to earn about double what she could earn at the..." [p. 7]

It is clear this text doesn't concern the "McCallum was born in Johnstone in the council area of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland in 1815." More information about this other Daniel McCallum, and/or this autobiography are not (yet) available. -- Mdd (talk) 18:30, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

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