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[CLIENT] Cullen1701 NM1701085 13 April 2017 Research Highlights GOALS Research and extend the ancestry of the client’s paternal great-grandfather Martin Cullen (1851-1944) who married Ann Burke. Work towards learning where in Ireland the family originated before arriving in Canada. If time remains, begin research on Martin’s wife, Ann Burke, extending her ancestry as far as time allows, working towards learning the identity of her family’s ancestral town. PROGRESS Located the baptismal record for Martin Cullen III, born in December of 1851. Discovered the marriage record for Martin Cullen III and Ann Burke who were married in September of 1882. Acquired a copy of Ann Burke Cullen’s death certificate from October of 1893. Learned that Martin III married Jane Colton in 1895 after the death of Ann. Found a 1926 newspaper article detailing a hit-and-run accident in which Martin III was the victim, and survived. Determined that Martin III died on 10 October 1944. Located several obituaries and other newspaper notices surrounding the death of Martin III. Discovered the marriage record for Martin Cullen, Jr. and his wife Ann Nolan from September of 1843. Learned that Martin, Jr. died in July of 1878. Acquired a copy of the marriage record for Martin Cullen the Elder and his wife, Margaret Power, dated 1809. Compiled a list of the names and dates of birth or baptism for all nine of the children of Martin the Elder and Margaret. Identified the parents of Martin the Elder as Philip and Jane Cullen. Determined that Margaret Power was the daughter of James Power and Mary Ryan. Discovered the death record for Margaret Power Cullen in October of 1838. Located information which strongly suggests that Martin, Jr. was the illegitimate son of Martin the Elder and Bridget Redmond but was raised by Margaret Power and considered or possibly believed that Margaret was his mother. Identified Catherine Burke as the likely mother of Michael Burke. Located Michael Burke’s burial record from April of 1888. Determined that Michael Burke was likely born in County Mayo, Ireland. Located the death record for Julia McLoughlin Burke from May of 1911. Discovered that there are no baptismal records in County Mayo prior to the year 1822. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Search for a will or probate for Martin Cullen the Elder to determine if he named Martin, Jr. as his “natural” child, indicating Martin, Jr.’s illegitimacy. 2. Compile a list of local history books for Wexford County, Ireland and Lanark County in Ottawa and then review and analyze them in an effort to learn more about the Cullen family and its antecedents. 3. Pursue additional research into the Cullen family based on the clues procured from the previous recommendations. 4. Determine the connection between Mary Hogan, Burke and Michael Cullen and the Burke family. 5. Re-examine Terrence M. Punch’s Erin's sons: Irish arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853 for evidence of arrivals into Canada for John and/or Catherine Burke as well as Mary and Michael McLoughlin. 6. Trace the children of Michael and Julia, specifically looking for marriage and death records which might include not only the names of their parents but also the locations of their places of birth. 7. Pursue additional research into the Burke and McLoughlin lines building on the results of recommendations 4-6 above. 2 Research Report The goal of this research session was to extend the ancestry of the client’s paternal line, specifically the lineage of Martin Cullen, with the goal of determining where in Ireland the family originated. If time allowed, we were also asked to begin the same type of research on the family of Martin’s wife, Ann Burke. The client provided us with access to her Ancestry family tree as well as a narrative of some family history and two pedigree charts. We reviewed the client’s online family tree and discovered that there were no sources to verify any of the information regarding Martin Cullen and Ann Burke with the exception of their names included on the marriage record of their son, Harold, and in the 1901 Canada Census. Because a woman named Jane, not Ann, was listed as Martin’s wife in 1901, it appears that Ann had died and Martin had remarried, but that was only conjecture and needed to be proven with documentary evidence. We began our research by searching for additional information concerning Martin Cullen and Ann Burke. A note regarding the identification of the individuals named Martin Cullen: As our research progressed we determined that there were three men named Martin Cullen who succeeded each other from one generation to the next. To clarify which person was under consideration throughout this report we labeled the husband of Ann Burke as Martin Cullen III. His father was referred to as Martin Cullen, Jr. The initial Martin Cullen was given the moniker of Martin Cullen the Elder. Martin Cullen III and Ann Burke The client reported that Martin III was the son of Martin, Jr. and Ann Nolan. Martin III was born on 18 December 1851 and died in 1944 but no location for either event was recorded. 3 Martin III was married to Ann Burke, the daughter of Michael Burke and Judy McLaughlin. Ann had been born in about 1858 in the Province of Quebec and she died on 3 October 1893 in Pointe Gatineau in Quebec. There was no date or location for the marriage of the couple, although their eldest son, Michael, was born on 17 July 1884 in Point Gatineau, suggesting that the marriage of Martin III and Ann took place prior to the fall of 1883, most likely in Quebec. Martin III was enumerated with his family in the 1851 Canada Census, although, according to the document, he was only a month old.1 Martin’s father was also named Martin, a 31- year-old tailor from Ireland. His wife was 30-year-old Ann, another native of Ireland. An older child, two-year-old Margaret, completed the household. The entire household was Catholic, and the two children had been born in Quebec, or “Canada E.” The Martin, Jr. household in 1851. DOCUMENT 1. 1 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Aylmer, Ottawa, Canada East [Quebec], sheet 23, Martin Cullen household, http://ancestry.com, subscription database, accessed March 2017. DOCUMENT 1. 4 Using the information from the census, we located the baptismal record for Martin III which took place on 21 December 1851 at the church of St. Paul d’Aylmer in Quebec.2 The baptism occurred three days after Martin’s birth on the 18th of December. The baptismal record noted the names of both parents, including the maiden name of his mother, Ann Nolan, as well as the fact that the couple was lawfully married. Martin III and Ann Burke were married on 5 September 1882 at the church of St. Elizabeth in Cantley, Quebec.3 Martin was reportedly the son of the late Martin Cullen and Ann Nolan of the parish of Aylmer while Annie [sic] was the daughter of Michael Burke and Julia McLochlin of the parish of Cantley. Both bride and groom were of age and they were able to sign the register. Martin III and Ann Burke’s signatures on the registry entry of the 1882 marriage. DOCUMENT 3. This marriage record was helpful in locating Ann living with her parents in two of the census reports prior to her marriage to Martin III.4 Although it appears that the enumerator made a transcription error when he copied the data onto the 1861 census report page, it is very clear from the 1871 census that Ann was the daughter of Michael and 2 Eglise catholique, Saint-Paul-d'Aylmer (Aylmer, Québec), Registres paroissiaux, 1841-1876, “Index, 1841-1872; registres, 1841-1852,” baptism of Martin Cullen, 21 December 1851, entry no. 68, https://familysearch.org, accessed March 2017. DOCUMENT 2. 3 Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, 1869-1899, sheet 141, marriage of Martin Cullen and Ann Burke, 5 September 1882, entry no. 8, http://ancestry.com, subscription database, accessed March 2017. DOCUMENT 3. 4 1861 Canada Census, Hull, Ottawa, Canada East [Quebec], sheet 581, Michael Burke household, Library and Archives Canada, http://bac-lac.gc.ca, accessed March 2017. DOCUMENT 4; and 1871 Canada Census, Hull, Ottawa West, Quebec, sheet 50, Michael Burk household, http://ancestry.com, subscription database, accessed March 2017. DOCUMENT 5. 5 Julia Burke. We believe that the child listed as Sarah in the 1861 census was actually two- year-old Ann and not Sarah, who was born in about 1871 or 1872. On 3 October 1893, Ann Burke Cullen died in Cantley and was buried in the cemetery of St. Elizabeth’s church.5 She was 36 years old. The burial record noted that Ann’s husband, Martin III, was a blacksmith. He and three of Ann’s brothers, Patrick, John, and Joseph (who made his mark), signed as witnesses to Ann’s burial. Martin and three brothers-in-law signed as witnesses to the burial of Ann Burke Cullen in 1893. DOCUMENT 6. About fifteen months after Ann’s death, Martin III remarried.6 His new wife was 31-year- old Jane Colton. Their marriage record included the names of Martin’s parents, verifying that they were Martin Cullen and Ann Nolan. As an aside, during the course of our research, we located a newspaper article detailing an automobile hit-and-run accident which left 75-year-old Martin in the street with numerous 5 Eglise catholique, Sainte-Elisabeth-de-Cantley (Cantley, Québec), Québec, Hull, Cantley, Church records, 1869-1900, sheet 335, burial of Mrs.