McCulloch, Lawson, Wooliscroft, Rutter

[Maria McCulloch]

Hi all
I am new to Roots Chat and I am really hoping there is someone out there who can help me with information on my Grandad. George Chalmers McCulloch

He was born George Chalmers McCulloch in Edinburgh on 21 Mar 1877.

He moved to Yorkshire between 1881 and 1891 with his family.  George married a Yorkshire lass,  Laura Fisher 03/08/1908  and had one son (my Dad Thomas Chalmers McCulloch):   I cannot find any trace of George Chalmers McCulloch after the 1911 Census in which he lived 8 Saxby Street, Pendleton, Lancashire, Yorkshire with his sister  Francis and his niece Lilian

His siblings were;

Francis Chalmers McCulloch 29/05/1867
Married a Benjamin Lawson in 1893, who I believe had 2 children, William Lawson and Anna Spurry Lawson.  And 3 Grandchildren Eileen Lawson (Married Jack Lockett), Harold Lawson and a Dawson Lawson (Married a Dorothy Hartley).

Sarah Wallace Barr McCulloch 19/03/1869
It is believed she had a daughter out of wedlock A Lilian McCulloch 13/05/1888
I believe she then married a John Wooliscroft  (date unknown but may be around 1899).
Children may be:
Thomas Wooliscroft 26/03/1900
Leonard Wooliscroft 16/11/1901
Arthur Wooliscroft 1903 Died 1903
Sarah Anna Wooliscroft 1908 Died 1908

David McCulloch 16/06/1873  (May have died in 1st World War  in more information needed)

James Jack McCulloch July 1875 (need more information, did he die in 1st world war or did he emigrate to Australia?)
Jack Married a Teresa Rutter 9/12/1899
They had 2 Children
William James McCulloch around Aug 1901
Dorothy McCulloch Around Feb 1904
I know Teresa emigrated to Brisbane Australia in  1920 with her children.

Zella Knott McCulloch 14/01/1879
Married a George Henry Rutter (who was adopted by Teresa Rutter's father) in Bradford 1898.
They emigrated to Queensland Australia 2905/1911.
I believe they had a daughter out there a Margaret Rutter 21/08/1914

Any help would be very much appreciated as I am going around in circles with no luck.

[Milliepede]

Sarah Wallace Barr McCulloch 19/03/1869
It is believed she had a daughter out of wedlock A Lilian McCulloch 13/05/1888
I believe she then married a John Wooliscroft  (date unknown but may be around 1899).

Just to confirm the marriage

Dec 1899 Bury
Sarah McCulloch
John Woolliscroft

[PaulineJ]

So in 1891 he's at Bradford (Yorkshire)

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:76FH-D3Z

[rosie17]

Hi and welcome to rootschat this might help with information on James Jack McCulloch he did die in the first war
James Jack McCulloch birth place Leith
Death 18 April 1917 France and Flanders
Enlisted Leeds
Prince of Wales Own (west Yorkshire regiment)
10 Battalion
Number 12028
Died of wounds

War Graves Duians British Cemetery Etrun France
Pte J J McCulloch
10 Batt;West Yorkshire 12028
Died 18 April 1917
Husband of T McCulloch of 69, Collins Street Thornbury Melbourne Australia

Rosie

[rosie17]

Death for Teresa Catherine McCulloch
1937 Victoria Australia
Father William Rutter
Mother's maiden name Hull

Death for their son William James McCulloch
1967 Victoria Australia
Father James Jack McCulloch
Mother's maiden name Rutter

Rosie

[rosie17]

Zella Knott Rutter
Death 4 May 1957
Queensland Australia
Father Thomas McCullough
www.findagrave.com
Ipswich General Cemetery
You will find details of her husband also

Rosie

[Maria McCulloch]

Hi Rosie
That's unbelievable, thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly.

Can we be certain that this is the same James Jack McCulloch, as by my records show Teresa was still in Yorkshire in 1917!! Everything else fits though.

Are you a descendant of this couple?


Pauline J
Are you talking about George Chalmers McCulloch, if so I have the following addresses for him;

1877: 46 Kirkgate, Newington, Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland EH16
1881: 4 North Elliott Street.Leith South, Edinburgh
1891: 22 Sydenham Place, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, Great Britain
1908: 69 Earsham Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire
1908 Married St Andrews Church, Wakefield
1910: 120 Leigh Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire
1911: 8 Saxby Street (boarding), Pendleton, Lancashire, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain

Hope this helps, Are you a descendant?

[PaulineJ]

I'm not related (as far as I know).

Pauline

[Maria McCulloch]

Hi Rosie

Have tried to link to the grave site to try and find information on George Rutters death, but having difficulty as it takes me to a number of site's.  D you have an exact site I can visit, or do you have any further information?