Email: nms@es.co.nz
Researching family of William Cullen and Margaret Murray m:6 Jan
1799 Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland. Family William b:1800, Agnes b:1802, Janet b:1804,
Margaret b:1806, Isabell b:1808, Mary b:1810, Jane b:1812, John b:1815 Old Monkland d:
1884 Meadowhead, Kilsyth, James b:1818, Alexander b:1821 Old Monkland, Peter Smith b:1826
Gart Cosh. James and Peter settled in New
Zealand. Peter my grandfather came out on the Pladda in 1860 to Dunedin Otago, New
Zealand.
Janet m: Alexander Buchanan in 1831, Jane m: Henry Young in
1850 and Alexander m: Jane Young in 1855 in Kilsyth, Henry and Mary Young were brother and
sister, their parents were William Young and Jean Lang. About the time James and Peter
came to New Zealand, other members of the family emigrated to America and one to South
Africa.
James m: Jane Stevenson in NZ, and Peter m: Ann Raeburn
Russell she came out to NZ with her father Andrew Murray Russell and mother Helen
Middlemas four sisters and two brothers on the Robert Henderson in 1858. William d:1849
aged 75yrs, Margaret d:1856 aged 75yrs and John d:1884 aged 70yrs all are buried Kilsyth
cemetery.
Anyone with information on the Cullen, Murray, Russell or
Middlemass Families, please contact
Nancy Cullen Stewart, 163 Eglinton Road Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand or email me. |
