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pee jay
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I am looking William Culton's brother who migrated from Ireland in the mid to late 1800s who worked for the Midland Railways. He corresponded with the Australian relatives till probably around 1920s. He came from Tyrone and his parents were William Culton and Ellen Maclean.
Would appreciate any help
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KathMc
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Would you have any more info on him -- his first name, about when he was born, where he lived?
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Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA
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I think he was born around Caledon, possibly around the 1840s or 50s. He was living in the United States in 1903 and may have spent some time in Canada before that. In 1914 he send my grandparents a spoon marked Ft. Dearborn 1830 and Chicago. Unfortunately he may have bought it on a holiday.
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Would you have any idea of a first name?
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Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA
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I am guessing but the names James, David , John, Roland, Charles are repeated in both my g.grandfather's and his uncles families.
It may be family hearsay but my aunt says that ? Culton was a boss of the railways.
I hope that this may be of some help.
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I am guessing but the names James, David , John, Roland, Charles are repeated in both my g.grandfather's and his uncles families.
It may be family hearsay but my aunt says that ? Culton was a boss of the railways.
I hope that this may be of some help.
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i have just found some information in an 1877 newspaper that my William Culton was the eldest son of William Culton of Dunleith, Illinois. Seems he emigrated to America probably with his family. My william came to Australia around 1863 and his grandmother and the rest of her family came to australia in the late 1850s.
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You aren't going to believe this, but I think I found him. I found a David Culton who is a locomotive engineer in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa. Here goes:
David Culton, b. July 1851, married 9 years, born Ireland, emigrated 1861, naturalized, locomotion engineer, can read, write, speak English, owns home, it is mortgaged.
Mary M, wife, b. Oct 1855, married 9 years, 4 children, 3 living, born in Illinois, parents born Indiana, she can read and write.
Elva E, dau, b. Jul 1896 in Iowa.
Sherman M Hull, stepson, b. Jul 1878, in Iowa, father born in New York, locomotive fireman, can read and write.
Alice A. Hull, steddaughter, b. July 1883 in Iowa, at school.
I will keep looking if you think this is your guy.
Kath
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Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA
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Thank you so much for your help. Can you tie him to the William Culton who lived in Dunleith Illinois? Unfortunately I only found the Illinois info I posted sunday last week in an unexpected source.
Again my thanks
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I haven't found any William Culton in Dunleath, Illinois, or actually one who could fit so far. Do you know anymore info about this William: when he came to the US, was Ellen with him?
Kath
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Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA
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Kath,
Until Last week we did not know William senior was in the US not in Ireland. He may have left Ireland around the same time as the last of Ellen's relatives came to Australia in 1859 as there may have been a political or famine reason to leave. I have a William Coulton coming to Victoria in 1864 but have to look up some more records to see if he was Irish. Otherwise my William may have come via the States. All a guess. Have no idea if Ellen was still alive. Unfortunately many refences we find here only are to male relatives, so I was not surprised that only William's father was mentioned in the marriage notice.
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I'll have another look around and see what I find.
Kath
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Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA
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I had another look around and can't find anything that would definitively be him. Here is a link to Jo Daviess County, Illinois, which is where Dunleith is:
http://www.jodaviess.org/
They might possibly have some information, the address for the library or historical society, who might be able to help here.
Kath
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Sligo: Davey (also Mayo), McCluskey, McNulty
Wexford and Staffordshire: Hayes, McClean
Galway and Staffordshire: Scott
Coventry: Wells, Collins, Palmer, Moody, Beck, Mickelwright, Husbands
Ireland: McNulty (Sligo), Kealy, Murphy (Carlow) Connolly, Gillen, Powell, Ryan, Moore, Martin
Davis from I don't know where originally
Stahl, Russia to England to USA
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thanks Kath, I will try the link you gave me.
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