Bridget Cullen b.1883 lived in Barnacullia

[nannyj]

HI. I am trying to find the date of death of my great grandmother: Bridget Cullen b.1883 lived in Barnacullia.
She was alive in 1911 and married to Mathew Cullen in 1905/6. Her maiden name was also Cullen.
She died quite young, I suspect in childbirth?
It would be good to find her parents too.
Thanks.

[shanew147]

To search back for Bridget's birth and her parents I'd start with the marriage - based on the 1911 census return all the family were born Co. Dublin, so if married in the same area then Rathdown would be the registration district to check for...

This entry on the BMD Index looks a good possibility :
   
  Name: Matthew Cullen
  Registration district:    Rathdown
  Event type: Marriage
  Quarter and year: Apr-Jun 1906
  Volume:   2 / Page: 809


Shane

[shanew147]

there's a cross-match to a Bridget Cullen for that entry - i.e. same district, year/quarter, page and volume. So both names appear on the same page of the marriage register, and could therefore be your Mathew and Bridget...
see :  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FYDM-V47

see : Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon
         Details included on a Marriage Cert



Shane

[nannyj]

Thanks!

[nannyj]

I couldn't open the first link, but the second was ok. I will get on and order the marriage certificate. Do you happen to know if I would get the same information if I bought credits from rootsireland.ie, as it might be cheaper and quicker that way?

[shanew147]

Most of the details on RootsIreland are parish records, you usually get more detail on certs - i.e. civil records. Research certs cost €4 - so only about the same as a transcript of a parish record. Most of the records on RootsIreland only go as far as about 1900 ... so probably would not have this record ...

There are two Cullen households in Barnacullia in 1901 - no sign of Bridget, but a good possibility for Matthews family : Cullen household

If the family stayed in the same area, and Bridget died quite young then there's this possible match for her death :
   
  Name: Bridget Cullen
  Registration district:    Rathdown
  Event type: Death
  Quarter and year: Jan-Mar 1914
  Age: 29  (est. year of birth 1885)
  Volume: 2 / Page: 727


Shane

[nannyj]

Yes that's the Mathew Cullen. I have got back to his parents by looking at the Irish Genealogy site (complete with Latin names!) and found several of his relatives. I did find a record for a baptism of a Brdget Cullen, but the parents seem to be Mathew's uncle and his wife, Elisabeth Roe (who lived in Dublin City for a while but also in Barnacullia) ... I don't think first cousins can marry under Irish and Catholic Church law, so am assuming I had found the wrong one?
It says that the payment for the GROI certificates has to be in Euros and I live in England. How do I do that please?

[shanew147]

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It says that the payment for the GROI certificates has to be in Euros and I live in England. How do I do that please?

payment for orders to GRO Roscommon is usually done by credit card. I think they may accept some debit cards also..



Shane

[nannyj]

Thanks very much. Only joined this site this week and already had lots of help and advice. It's great. Thanks again for your help