Hello-
This is very interesting, in an earlier post from seira dealing with this topic, she said that Ellen Flannery's maiden name was Kilcullen. This may be the same person that I am looking for. I had been looking for a Collins family from the Parish of Skreen, Sligo Ireland. Through some extensive searching (I obtained the church marriage records for Thomas and Ellen and the baptismal record for their children James and Ellen from Sligo, Ire), I learned that the name changed to Collins at some point and the family was actually the Kilcullen's. My great grandfather is James Kilcullen, he had one sister, Ellen Kilcullen. They were the children of Thomas Kilcullen and Ellen Rafferty. The story I was told is that their father Thomas died as a result of an accident in the mid to late 1850's. His wife re-married a John Nealis. Ellen Rafferty and John Nealis had five children. These were the half-siblings to James and Ellen. I have a copy of a letter that Ellen sent to James in 1886. It was postmarked in Liverpool and she signed it John and Ellen Flannery. I would be very interested to get any information regarding Ellen Kilcullen who married John Flannery that I could. Thank you for your help.
