Looking for townland in Ireland of Michael Cullen ( circa 1801-1860s). He married Mary Jennings ( circa 1806- 1880s). Their 4 children born in Galway were
Mary b. 1834
Thomas b. 1835
Martin b. Nov. 1837
Michael Joseph b. Nov. 1847
The family moved to Sheffield, England about 1850s
Thomas married Mary Molloy of Cty Mayo and lived in Mayo for 2+ years
Martin and Michael emigrated to USA in 1863 and 1868, respectively.
Thomas' daughter Mary married a Duggan in Sheffield and later emigrated to New York.
It seem that most of the family lived and worked in Sheffield for the 1860s, mostly on Doncaster Street.
Any response will be much appreciated
Ed Cullen, Sr.
Thursday 31st Jan 2013, 04:05PM
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Do you know much about their emigration? The dates, the reasonwhy they left, who they may have travelled with?..etc..Generally more information was given atthe port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g.Liverpool, New York, etc.), this could be a good place to find more information. -And perhaps evenfind out an exact place of origin. Ellis Island:http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp Castlegarden:http://www.castlegarden.org/ US National Archives/Immigration info:http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ The Boston Pilot; From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a?Missing Friends? column with advertisements from people looking for ?lost? friends and relativeswho had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 40,743 recordsis available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad thatappeared in the Pilot. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ The next thing you could do is find the counties and places in Ireland your family names are mostprevalent. Look at the website http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/ and perhapssomething will match some other clue you may have found elsewhere? If nothing turnsup ? it is advisable to try different variations of the spellings of the names. If you have a possiblefirst name you could try the Irish Census 1901, 1911 at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ or the landvaluation record called Griffiths Valuationhttp://askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml The National Archives of Irelandhttp://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/ The National Library of Irelandhttp://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx The National Archives UK ? genealogy search:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/ The Public Records Office of Northern Irelandhttp://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm The US National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/
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Hi Ed Cullen Sr. I am also tracing my family back to Galway and the last Name Is Jennings / James Jennings / There also is a Maria Durkin who married James Jennings June 10 1855 / The Jennings family moved to New York and Pensylvania Centralia PA . There is also an Annie Annie Agnes Agnus Dugan / Duggan . I have more info if you find this interesting / Note I am also on Ancestry.com DNA
Mike C