McCulloch One Name Study

Griffith’s Valuation is the most comprehensive surviving survey of Irish households from the mid-nineteenth century and a crucial census substitute for genealogical research. Conducted between 1847 and 1864, it recorded every occupier of land and property in Ireland, along with details of landlords, acreage, buildings, and monetary value. Arranged by county, parish, and townland, the valuation provides insight into family residence and landholding during the period between the Great Famine and the introduction of civil registration in 1864. Surname search results: McCulloch: 49 records McCulloch + variants (e.g., McCullough etc): 971 records To keep the focus on Scottish McCulloch, I narrowed the 49 records down to 14 individuals, grouping likely relatives together ( bolded ) based on time and place: Abraham McCulloch at West Donnybrook, Dublin in 1847 and 1848 as Occupier/Renter Alex.G.S. McCulloch at Townparks, Shankill, Belfast, Antrim in 1860 as Occupier/Renter Andrew McCullo...

  Yet another eBay alert  opened up a new branch of research this week. Catharine Waugh McCulloch  (1862 -1945) was an American lawyer, suffragist, and reformer. She actively lobbied for women's suffrage at the local, state, and national levels as a leader in the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, Chicago Political Equality League, and National American Woman Suffrage Association. She was the first woman elected Justice of the Peace in Illinois. Catharine married Frank Hathorn McCulloch, a 3rd generation American Scot. His great, great grandfather was Hathorn McCulloch (1773-1859) who was born in Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland and emigrated to America in 1802. Catharine and Frank had 4 children: Hugh Waugh, Hathorn Waugh, Catharine Waugh, and (not shown above) Frank Waugh.  If you’d like to see my research so far, click the link below:  https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/191646884/family Additional reading https://en.wikipedia....

  The Illustrated London News  (August 15, 1857) Whilst revisiting the brick wall that is Wales & McCulloch , I came across another Victorian London duo in the The Illustrated London News (August 15, 1857): BUTLER and McCULLOCH.    The Illustrated London News  (September 12, 1857) This third advert revealed an interesting detail:  Established upwards of 100 years.     The Illustrated London News  (November 14, 1857) The Times (October 3, 1866) They had a fire on 7th November 1866 with apparently little impact as mentioned below: The Times  (November 13, 1866) Grace's Guide To British Industrial History lists the historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain: Butler, McCulloch and Co of South Row, Covent Garden Market, London, W.C. 1735 Established by James Butler. 1898 Incorporated as a Limited Company. London City Directories described the business variously: 1875 - Butler, McCulloch & co. Seedsmen, Herb...

While browsing an antiquarian bookshop, I picked up a copy of  The Scottish Antiquarian Tradition: Essays to mark the bicentenary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and its Museum, 1780-1980 by A. S. Bell.  It had a small tear to a page in about the middle of the book. When I opened the page, I immediately saw the name “William Thomson McCulloch” and the words “Keeper of the museum”. Needless to say I was intrigued enough to buy the book and started researching his line. I haven’t been able to connect him to any other branches of McCulloch research so far. The earliest ancestor I could confirm had origins of Port of Menteith in Perthshire - a long way from Wigtownshire! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Menteith I didn’t find much about him online but there was a lovely tribute to him in past proceedings.  https://www.socantscot.org/publications If you’d like to see my research so far, click the link below:  https://ancestry.com.au/family-tree/tools/tree/1...

Being a follower of all things McCulloch on platforms like eBay and invaluable.com inevitably means learning about McCulloch’s that have created something and therefore left their mark on the world. This weekend eBay sent me an alert for a book by John Herries McCullloch which prompted me to research his line. Alas I wasn’t able to connect him to any other of the branches I’ve researched so far… There’s a good bit of history about John at  http://www.bordercolliemuseum.org/JohnHerriesMcCulloch/JohnHerriesMcCulloch.html If you’d like to see my research so far, click the link below:  https://ancestry.com.au/family-tree/tools/tree/191353767/invitees/accept?inviteId=d603475c-4372-40d7-b8f3-ba3fed6ee78e

A number of items belonging to a Pvt Charles Lawson McCulloch have appeared at auction this week in Glasgow, Scotland. It is always very poignant to me when this happens - the personal belongings of someone appearing in a public auction, not knowing where they came from and equally where they will end up. You always hope that they will go to a good home. A collection of items pertaining to the military career of Private Charles Lawson McCulloch (3658) of the Highland Light Infantry, comprising death plaque with oak mount and accompanying framed scroll and letter (loose); 1914-15 Star; portrait photograph; inscribed bible; and another bible inscribed to a family member; together with an interesting sketch book containing drawings and inscriptions by various hands and a Victory Medal to 14191 Pte. R, McGavin S. Gds. Source:  Great Western Auctions A search of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission provided additional details including his date of death, age at death, parent's names...

This branch, known as MacCulloch of Plaidis, Rossshire, are the ancestors of the family who founded the McCulloch Motors Corporation in Wisconsin, USA.  The McCulloch Story The man behind the McCulloch brand was a true American entrepreneur. During his lifetime, he helped mechanize the whole forest industry by the introduction of the first light-weight chainsaw, made a fortune on manufacturing turbochargers for the car industry, and founded four cities. Robert McCulloch’s most unexpected move, however, might have been buying and moving the old London Bridge, brick by brick, to Lave Havasu in Arizona. Let’s take a closer look at this extraordinary man and the company he created. Early Enterprises Robert Paxton McCulloch was born on May 11, 1911, in Missouri, as the second child of three. In 1925 Robert and his siblings inherited a fortune from their late grandfather , who, among other things, had worked for Thomas Edison, implementing his power plants all over the world. After...

One of the many great things about the National Records of Scotland is that they are all online. At least "all" meaning those that have survived "hunners" of years of history, wars, weather and social change. So... here's some stats of the McCulloch parish records found online which may serve as the start of a new plan to work sequentially through them. These are "McCulloch" + name variant results:  Church of Scotland (old parish registers) - 11,352 results.  BIRTHS 5,978 birth records, the earliest being JOHNE MCCULLO son of JOHNE MCCULLO and KATHARENE INGLISHE born 26/01/1612 in Canongate [Edinburgh]. MARRIAGES 3,617 marriage records, the earliest being ELIZABETH MCCULLO and PATRIK VAWSE married on 16/01/1600 in Edinburgh. DEATHS 1,757 death records, the earliest being ROT MCCULLO son of WM MCCULLOCH died 00/08/1656 in Canongate [Edinburgh]. Roman Catholic Church - 959 results. BIRTHS 415 birth records, the earliest being CATHERINE MCCULLOCH daughte...