Bridget Cullen b.1883 lived in Barnacullia

[maggiegorey]

Hi
What I meant was that my husbands family were RC (his father was born COI), but they seem to have changed religion like their underwear.
On the 1911 census, Margaret and Martha Harding are visiting a Walter Pender in Balgriffin (whom Im told Margaret married - cant find any evidence0 but they list their religion as RC.
Now there are Hardings all over the place - one lot in Dublin city (who may or may not be related) are very firmly RC, but according to what Ive learned so far, my husbands g/g/gfather was COI, but his g/g/gmother was RC!!
Thats what I mean about not being able to connect the dots - it means chasing down stuff in the Rep Church Body library in Churchtown (COI) or trying to find certs in the GRO.
I now know why genealogists charge so muych!!!

[maggiegorey]

Forgot to say that the Cullen/Harding link in Dublin is RC. If you put in Cullen, on Irish Genealogy, and then put Harding as another name, you get nine links to Hardings/Cullens, but I have no idea where they fit.

[nannyj]

Mmm ... Will have to bear it in mind. Will have a look at that link. Yes to the charging ... I think I'd quite lie it as a job though! Quite enjoy it all, despite the frustrations!

[maggiegorey]

 
I call it addictive, soul destroying, fascinating, challenging.....!!!
There was a time I used to spend all of my computer time on craft sites - now I would'nt know what to do with one!!!

[nannyj]

Just had a sudden thought ...
On Bridget's wedding cert in 1906, it says her father was Francis Cullen. It doesn't say deceased. Would it always have said that, if he was dead?
The reason I ask, is that Elizabeth roe/ Bessie Roe, claims she is a widow in 1901 and 1911. Maybe that means she can't be my Bridget's mother?

[maggiegorey]

Not necessessarily - they were'nt very literate, and unless they had occasion to obtain their birth certs or baptismal certs, sometimes they werentsure of their birth dates.
My own father about forty years ago had to get his boirth cert for a job, and discovered he'd been celebrating his birthday on the wrong day for about thirtyfive years!!

[nannyj]

Sorry, I meant on the 1901 and 1911 censuses, she's put widow.

[nannyj]

Hi

Replying to this thread after a long time.

I've found out a lot since ... Found my Nan's sisters and their descendants 🎉 I won't post the details as the descendants are still living and I don't know if they'd want me to. However, one ended up moving to England in the late forties with husband and children. Managed to get my mum and aunt to meet one of their first cousins before my mum passed, which was amazing. The older sister loved with an aunt on her Dad's side, and not an orphanage at all!

The bit that I still can't find is Bridget Cullen's birth.

These things I now know though:

1906 marriage at Sandyford, entry on parish records gives husband Matthew and his father. I'm ok for his side of the family, so don't need any help there at the moment thanks.
Her father Francis Cullen, stone cutter. Both adults at time of marriage.

I've since seen the marriage entry on the parish marriage register. It confirmed Matthew's mother's name, so I'm ok for his family. But ... It also gives Bridget's mother's name as Bridget. So ... This rules out the 1881 birth in Dublin where a Francis Cullen was married to Elizabeth Roe, I believe?

The 1911 census gives Matthew's place of birth as Co of Dublin, but Bridget's as DUBLIN. It gives her age as 28, suggesting DOB of c1883.

Bridget (wife of Matthew) death cert March 1914, gives her age as 29. Witness sister in law Frances Cullen, who was one of Matthew's youngr sisters.

So ... I still can't find Bridget's birth. But I do know that she was the daughter of Francis and Bridget Cullen. She was born around 1883 to 1885, possibly Dublin City rather than locally? Maybe her father was stone cutting in Dublin at the time but was from barnacullia area as that's where Bridget married Matthew and started her family?

Any new ideas here gratefully appreciated, as it's been a while since I reviewed this thread.

There is the 1901 census that one of you kindly found for me earlier in the thread.

I did find a baptism for a Francis Cullen in Stepaside in 1850 to a Patrick Cullen and Joanna Connor. Haven't found anything about these two yet, assuming I have the right Francis Cullen.

[taramcdsmall]

Hi There

There appears to be a good match to a Francis Cullen dying in 1888 aged 45.

Registered South Dublin

Living At Digged Street

Occupation Stonecutter

Tara