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Wicklow / Re: Matthew Cullen
« on: Friday 02 September 11 04:41 BST (UK) »
Jackie - This is so great chatting with you. For some reason I have always failed to locate Matthew in the 1850 Census, which is why some of your news was really news to me (Mary's parents, being in CT for a bit, and Matthew and Mary's daughter Ellen are all news to me ... Ellen must have died young, as she is not in the 1860 census for the family). What county is the 1850 census record in (and page, etc)?
The starting point of my research had been a letter written by Michael Cullen in which he said " ... I knew my father [Matthew]'s brother Ed Cullen of New Orleans, LA. Father had another brother James Cullen who went out west." I always imagined "out west" meant something exciting and exotic. Turns out James ended up a Jackson, Brown Co., Indiana. I guess that seemed like a dramatic move out west back then ... You can also find James in the 1860 Census in Noble Co., Ohio with wife Rozannah and their many, many children (they didn't stop at just four).
Also in family lore, Michael took an extended trip (months or years) to Ireland in the 1890's to visit family still in Wicklow Co. So apparently there were still some Cullen's there at that time who possibly had stayed in touch with Matthew's immediate family.
This is great! Keep in touch! - Michael
The starting point of my research had been a letter written by Michael Cullen in which he said " ... I knew my father [Matthew]'s brother Ed Cullen of New Orleans, LA. Father had another brother James Cullen who went out west." I always imagined "out west" meant something exciting and exotic. Turns out James ended up a Jackson, Brown Co., Indiana. I guess that seemed like a dramatic move out west back then ... You can also find James in the 1860 Census in Noble Co., Ohio with wife Rozannah and their many, many children (they didn't stop at just four).
Also in family lore, Michael took an extended trip (months or years) to Ireland in the 1890's to visit family still in Wicklow Co. So apparently there were still some Cullen's there at that time who possibly had stayed in touch with Matthew's immediate family.
This is great! Keep in touch! - Michael