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The name McCullough, so-spelled, is said to have been “peculiar to Antrim and Down” in the nineteenth century,^[1] and it is indeed in those two counties that we find the present family. Further research into the records of Antrim, in particular, could probably extend our account to some extent.

Some of this material originally appeared as part of a privately-published pamphlet entitled Notes concerning the descendants of Thomas McCullough of Purdysburn and of Samuel Hales of London (Winnipeg, 1977), distributed to family members, in which the man called Thomas McCullough of Purdysburn in the title should have been called William McCullough of Ballycowan, as below. Although these notes now begin with a man named Thomas McCullough, this is because the line has since been extended one generation back.

I should like to thank the following persons, without whose help and encouragement this project would not have been possible (listed in the order in which they appear in the text):

• Emma McCullough, wife of David McCullough, of co. Somerset, England;
• Kenneth, Doris, and Geraldine Morris, of London, England;
• my grandfather, the late Alan Blythe, of Winnipeg, Manitoba;
• my aunt, Barbara (Blythe) Bennett, of Fresno, California;
• my mother, Kathleen Blythe, of Winnipeg, who beside providing information generously subsidized this research;
• my step-father, Ross Dobson, of Winnipeg, who helped me to produce an earlier version of these notes;
• my aunt, Judith Blythe, of Calgary, Alberta;
• the late Reginald McCullough and his late wife Noel, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, who besides providing information generously subsidized this research;
• Teresa (McCullough) Alscher, of Vancouver;
• Leah (Philcox) McCullough;
• Meghan Kathleen McCullough;
• the late Ernest McCullough and his late wife Margaret, of Montréal;
• the late Joan (McCullough) Rabeneck, of Nanaimo, British Columbia;
• Sonya Rabeneck-Peimani, of Geneva, Switzerland, who supplied the photographs of Ellen (Canning) McCullough with her two daughters, and of William McCullough with a horse.

	McCullough family portaits, ca. 1896 Above: William and Ellen (Canning) McCullough with their children (back row, l-r:) Henry, Thomas, (front row, l-r): Jessie, Mary, and Frederick Left: William McCullough (courtesy of Sonya Rabeneck-Peimani) Right: Ellen (Canning) McCullough with daughters (l-r): Jessie, Mary (courtesy of Sonya Rabeneck-Peimani) (click for larger images)

1. Thomas McCullough, coach man, possibly of Greencastle, co. Antrim, was alive at the birth of his son William about 1844. His name and occupation are known only from the 1867 marriage record of this son William, which does not explicitly state whether he was then alive. His wife’s name is unknown, but he was father of:

1. 2William McCullough, b. probably in 1844 in Ireland.

McCullough entry in 1901 census of Wyck Rissington St. Bar, Gloucester

2.   William McCullough,^[2] son of Thomas McCullough, was b. probably in 1844 in Ireland (he was aged 23 years in 1867, 36 years in 1881, 57 years in 1901, and 72 years at his death), and d. (testate) 19 June 1915 at Wyck Hill Stables, Wyck Rissington, near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, of chronic interstitial nephritis, cardiac dilation, and dropsy, aged 72 years.^[3] He, at the time a servant, of Greencastle, co. Antrim, m. (by licence) 2 June 1867 in St. Anne’s Church (Church of Ireland), Shankill, Belfast, Antrim,^[4] Ellen Canning, b. probably in 1848 (aged 18 years in 1867, 32 years in 1881, 52 years in 1901, 78 years in 1920) in Ireland, d. 14 June 1920 at no. 27 Park Road, Old Stratford Within, Warwickshire, of “malignant disease of stomach [and] heart failure,”^[5] daughter of Thomas Canning, who is called a labourer in her marriage record. At the time of their marriage she was of Belfast and neither party had previously been married; the witnesses were an Alexander Trimble and a Grace Wightman.
     William McCullough and his wife were living at an unspecified place in co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, at the birth of their daughter Agnes in January 1868. Next, they were in Ballycowan, a townland in the parish of Drumbo, in the barony of Upper Castelreigh, co. Down, Northern Ireland. (This place was near Belfast, and is now a suburb thereof.) He is called a coachman in the birth records of five of his children, including that of his son Thomas (1877). According to family tradition, he worked as a stud groom and breeder at the village of Purdysburn, in Ballycowan, for an English family which owned a coal mine in Wales.^[6] The reference to an “English family,” while it has not been corroborated, may perhaps apply to the Batt family of Purdysburn House, who held nearly all the land in the area (though their ownership of a mine has not been confirmed). Robert Narcissus Batt (1844-1891), who succeeded to the estate on the death of his father in 1864, was a “hearty and genial sportsman” who kept “stud race-horses and … had many successes at race courses both in England and at the Maze and Downpatrick.”^[7] On his death he left the estate to the Belfast General Hospital, and the mansion was converted into a lunatic asylum.^[8] These circumstances would plausibly explain William McCullough’s employment at Purdysburn in the 1870s and 1880s, and his departure from the area in the early 1890s. Unfortunately, none of the Batt family’s household accounts appear to have survived, so at present the possibility cannot be confirmed.
     It is said that when William McCullough, who was a Protestant, would ride into Belfast on his two-wheeled horsecart to buy a copy of Reynolds Magazine, he was often accosted by Catholics, and his wife would later find him lying in a ditch. He accordingly carried a shillelagh with which to defend himself.^[9] William and Ellen McCullough’s connection with Drumbo Parish Church (Church of Ireland) is attested between 1878 and 1891, during which period they had several children baptized there; and their daughter Elizabeth was buried in the churchyard in 1878. The 1877 birth record of his son Thomas calls William a coachman. William and his wife were in South Kensington, London, in early 1881, when their son Henry was born, and were enumerated there at 10 Cornwall Gardens Stables in the 1881 census, in which William is called a coachman.^[10] “Cornwall Gardens,” says a local guide, “was developed in 1866-79 on a block of land belonging to the Broadwood family,”^[11] some of which family were still living in the block in 1881, and who may possibly have been William’s employers. But William and his family were back in Ireland during the years 1887-1891, when three more children were born there.
     After spending at least three more years back in Ireland, William McCullough and his wife, and their surviving children, moved to Gloucestershire, England, by about 1896, when they were photographed at Stow on the Wold.^[12] In 1901 they were enumerated with the three youngest of their suriving children (Henry, Frederick, and Jessie) in the parish of Wyck Rissington St. Bar, near Stow on the Wold, Gloucester. They were living as domestics at Wyck Hill Stables, William being recorded as a “stud groom” and his son Henry as a “groom.”^[13] William is also called a “stud groom” in the 1901 marriage record of his son Thomas. He and his wife, with their daughter Jessie, are also found at Stow on the Wold in the 1911 census.^[14] Finally, he is again called a “stud groom” in the record of his own death in 1915, which states that his son “W. McCullough…, of Curragh Camp, co. Kildare,” who served as informant, was “present at the death.” Administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Ellen McCullough on 10 July 1919, and it was evaluated at £284 17s. 1d..^[15] Emma McCullough informs us that George Cotter McCullough owns a letter from Robert Nichol Byass, dated 23 June 1915 to the widow McCullough, sent from Wyck Hill Stables, Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, “sending his most sincere sympathies on the death of her husband of whom he was very fond.”
     The 1920 death record of his widow Ellen calls her “widow of William McCullough, stud groom,” and gives the name of the informant as “W. McCullough, son, The Kennels Stables, Brigstock, Northamptonshire.” Administration of her estate was granted to (her son) William McCullough, stud groom, and it was evaluated at £277 4s. 4d.^[16]
     Known issue:

1. Agnes McCullough, b. 13 Jan. 1868 in co. Antrim,^[17] presumably d. by 1881 as she does not appear with her parents in the census of that year.
2. William McCullough, Jr., b. 1869-70 (aged 11 in 1881) in Ireland (no registration found), still alive in 1920. He was a scholar in 1881. He served as informant at both of his parents’s deaths, being called “W. McCullough, son, of Curragh Camp, co. Kildare,” in the record of his father’s death in 1915, and “W. McCullough, son, The Kennels Stables, Brigstock, Northamptonshire,” in that of his mother in 1920. He is perhaps also the William McCullough, a “coachman domestic,” aged 32, born in Ireland, who is found at Waldon Stables Cottage, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, in the 1901 census,^[18] and the Willliam McCullough, also a “coachman domestic,” aged 41, born at Belfast, who is found at no. 1 Williams Mews N.W., London, in the 1911 census.^[19] Whether or not these census entries are pertinent, there is no doubt that the present William McCullough was the father of the following:
   1. George McCullough, b. 1900 at Groton, Suffolk, a kennel huntsman. He was father of:
      1. George Cotter McCullough, b. 1926 in Cornwall. He is the father of David McCullough, of ____, co. Somerset, whose wife is Emma (____) McCullough, our informant.
3. Elizabeth McCullough, b. 20 Oct. 1872 at Ballycowan, d. 10 July 1878,^[20] and buried in Drumbo Church of Ireland graveyard, where there was still in 1966 a tombstone reading, “Erected by William McCullough in memory of his daughter Lizzie who died 10 July 1878 aged 6 years.” ^[21]
4. James McCullough, b. 18 May 1875 in Ireland (county not stated in record),^[22] living 1881 but probably d. young, as his name was unknown to the children of his brother Thomas.
5. 3Thomas McCullough, b. 7 Aug. 1877 at Ballycowan.
6. Mary McCullough, b. 7 Nov. 1879 at Ballycowan, bapt. 11 Dec. following in Drumbo parish church, still living 1906 and probably considerably later, and said to have d. unmarried. She is said to have been a maidservant to two spinsters who dwelt at a large estate six miles from Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.^[23]
7. Henry McCullough, b. 1881 (aged 1 month at the taking of the census of that year) at South Kensington, London (apparently while his parents where there temporarily), living with his parents in 1901, when he is called a “groom.”
8. Frederick McCullough, b. 22 Dec. 1887 at Ballycowan,^[24] bapt. 8 Jan. 1888 in Drumbo parish church, still living 1906 and probably considerably later, said to have d. unmarried. He is said to have been a “confidence man.”^[25] The 1911 census shows a Fred’k McCullough, aged 23 years, as an inmate in Wormwood Scrubs Prison, Ducane Road, Sherpherds Bush, Hammersmith, Fulham, Middlesex (now in Greater London).^[26]
9. Frank McCullough, b. 2 March 1889 at Ballycowan, d. 24 Aug. following.^[27]
10. Jessie McCullough,^[28] b. 5 April 1891 at Ballycowan, bapt. (as “Jessica”) 31 May following in Drumbo parish church, alive on 13 Nov. 1936. She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1911. She subsequently m. in 1916 in the Stratford registration district,^[29] Percy John Lane, of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, d. 7 Oct. 1936 at no. 14 Loxley Road, Stratford-on-Avon.^[30] Her husband had been a valet prior to the World War I, managed an aluminum or munitions factory during the war, and afterward managed a theatre.^[31] Probate of his estate, which came in at £760, was granted on 13 Nov. 1936 to his widow, Jessie Lane.
         Known issue, order uncertain:
    1. (probably) Ellen P. Lane, b. 1917-18 in the Stratford registration district.^[32] probably d. young as her existence was unknown to Reginald McCullough.
    2. (probably) Mollie Lane, b. 1924 in the Stratford registration district,^[33] probably d. young as her existence was unknown to Reginald McCullough.
    3. Patricia Lane.^[34]

3.   Thomas McCullough, son of William and Ellen (Canning) McCullough, of Ballycowan and Stow-on-the-Wold, was b. 7 Aug. 1877 at Ballycowan,^[35] d. 17 Sept. 1921, of pleurisy and pneumonia, at his home, 16 Baron Road, Canningtown District, London, England, and was buried 22 Sept. following in East London Cemetery, Plaistow, London, lot. no. 19574. He m. 25 Sept. 1901, in the parish church of Old Ford, London,^[36] Deborah Sophia Hales, b. 8 Dec. 1873 at 47 Wych (now Aldwych) Street, St. Clement’s Parish, Westminster,^[37] bapt. 4 Jan. 1874 at St. Clement Danes,^[38] d. suddenly 23 March 1951 (perhaps of heart failure) at the home of her daughter, Jessie (McCullough) Blythe, at 957 Ingersoll Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and buried in Brookside Cemetery. She was a daughter of Samuel William Hales, of London, basket-maker, by the latter’s wife Rebecca Elizabeth Keegan.
    Thomas McCullough worked for some time after his family’s arrival in England as a secretary in a coal mine in Wales which is said to have been owned by his father’s former employer.^[39] He is, however, probably the 26-year-old Thomas McCullough, “clerk commercial,” who at the taking of the 1901 census was living as a boarder at 28 Driffield Road E., St. Mary Stratford Bow, London, despite this man’s stated birthplace of London.^[40] Certainly he was living in Old Ford, London, at the time of his marriage, as was his wife; the registration gives his occupation as “clerk” and hers as “domestic,” and the witnesses were the bride’s brother William and sister Rebecca.
     In London Thomas McCullough worked as a calculator for the touts at the race tracks, and later became a tallyman for the Thames Oil Warf Co., alternating between Glengall Wharf and Dungeons Wharf at the East India Docks. His death certificate calls him a “shipping clerk.”
     Left destitute on her husband’s death, Deborah, assisted bu funds from the Salvation Army, took their five younger children to Canada in search of better opportunity; her eldest daughter Kathleen, who had just become engaged to be married, remaining behind. They left on 12 May 1922 on the Empress of India, and arrived in Canada on 19 May following, subsequently settling at Winnipeg, Manitoba, and at first staying briefly with her younger sister Rebecca (Hales) Nixon, who was already living there at 107 Selkirk Avenue.^[41] The family later lived at a number of locations in the West End. Issue:

1. Kathleen Mary McCullough, b. 3 Dec. 1902 in the Seven Kings District, London, d. 27 Dec. 1961 at London. She did not accompany her mother and siblings to Canada, being (we understand) already engaged to be married at the time. She m. 25 June 1923, Harold William Morris, b. 13 Dec. 1899, d. 14 Oct. 1964 at London. Only child:
   1. Kenneth Harold Morris, b. 9 May 1924 in West Ham, London. He m. 22 April 1950 in St. Mary’s Church, Walthamstow, London, Doris Verden Ford, b. 22 July 1920 at Walthamstow. Issue:
      1. Susan Ann Morris, b. 24 June 1952 at Walthamstow. She m. 30 June 1974, Roger Vick, b. 23 May 1951 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.
      2. Geraldine Nicolette Morris, b. 17 Jan. 1956 at Walthamstow; unmarried in 1975.
      3. Andrew John Morris, b. 11 July 1957 at Walthamstow.
2. Jessie Clara McCullough, b. 28 Dec. 1903 in the Romford District, London, England, d. 25 Aug. 1958 in the Old Grace Hospital, Winnipeg, and buried in Brookside Cemetery. Jessie worked from her youth as a dress-maker. She m. (as his first wife) 8 Oct. 1927 in St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Winnipeg, Alan Blythe (no middle name), of Winnipeg, Manitoba, b. 2 April 1907 at Brandon, Manitoba, d. 7 April 1992 at Winnipeg, son of John Jarratt Blythe, of Winnipeg, by the latter’s wife Mildred Mary Flint. Jessie and Alan met when her family moved into the adjacent suite of the rooming house where his family was staying at 311 Victor Street. They were married five years later, and after living briefly in various places, moved about 1930 to 1190 (now 1210) Dominion Street, then in 1941 to 957 Ingersoll Street. Alan worked for the Canada Malting Co., Winnipeg, from 1924 to 1974, being a kiln fireman for 11 years, a boiler fireman and assisting engineer for 7 years, and an engineer thereafter. For his subsequent marriages see the Blythe page. Issue:
   1. Barbara Ann Blythe, b. 8 Jan. 1930 at Winnipeg, alive in 2010. She received a B.A. from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, in 1951. She met her future husband in Montreal, and they were m. (she being his first wife) 7 March 1959 at Fresno, California, and divorced 1982, John Arbuthnot Bennett, b. 28 May 1925 at Buxton, d. 13 Oct. 1986 at Fresno, of lung cancer, having m. (2) 9 June 1982 as her second husband, Ellen Elizabeth (Pierson) Ward. He was a son of G.W. Leslie Bennett, of Fresno, formerly of Buxton, Derbyshire, by the latter’s wife Anne Findlay.^[42] Barbara’s married life was spent at Fresno, where she moved in 1959 and still lives. She is now an accountant. She has three children:
      1. John Alan MacFarlane Bennett (called “Jonathan” in his youth), b. 1 Dec. 1963 at Fresno. He graduated from high school in 1982, and was for four years a member of a professional rock band. From 1986 to 1989 he studied Radio and T.V. Broadcasting at California State University, Fresno. He m. (1) 17 Feb. 1990 at Denver, Colorado, but was deserted by her immediately afterward, the marriage being annulled in 1991, Paige ____. He m. (2) 17 May 2003, Susie Bennett (no relation to himself). They are living at Fresno (2010). They have one child:
         1. Austin Bennett, b. 5 May 2004 (?).
      2. Ann Findlay Bennett, b. 21 Sept. 1966 at Fresno. She received a B.A. (4-year) in English at California State University in 1990, a teaching certificate in 1991, and a law degree in 2002 (?). She m. (1) 3 June 1989 in the Wawona Hotel, Wawona, California, but subsequently divorced, Hale John Sjostrand, b. 13 April 1965 at Fresno, alive in May 1998, a commercial graphic artist, son of Gerald and Pauline (Sharp) Sjostrand, of Oakland, California. There were no children of this marriage. She m. (2) by 2006, Greg Mason. By her second husband she two children:
         1. Lauren Ann Mason, b. 2 Sept. 2006.
         2. Maxwell Prescott Mason, b. 18 Sept. 2007.
         3. Barbara Mason, b. 8 April 2010.
      3. Mary Blythe Bennett, b. 5 March 1969 at Fresno. She attended Fresno State College in 1988-89, majoring in Photography and Music. She m., but subsequently divorced, Mike Withycombe, b. 18 Nov. 1964 at Meridan, Minnesota, a professional football player from 1988 to 1992. There were no children of this marriage.
   2. Kathleen Ellen Blythe was born 23 July 1934 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, alive in 2010. She received a B.A. from United College (now the University of Winnipeg) in 1955, and did most of the work toward a B.S.W. degree. She m. (1) 27 Dec. 1958 in St. Edward’s Church (Roman Catholic), Winnipeg, Carl George Dawshka, b. 17 Feb. 1933 at Pratt, near Austin, Manitoba, d. s.p.n., v.p., and v.m. 28 Jan. 1969 at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, and buried there, son of Nicholas and Maria (Yessis) Dawshka, of Carberry, Manitoba, formerly of Naruszewicze, near Minsk, in Byeloruskaia (White Russia). Carl received a B.A. in 1954 from St. Paul’s College at the University of Manitoba, and a B.S.W. in 1956 and an M.S.W. from the University of Manitoba in 1959. They were social workers for some time in Northern Manitoba, then moved in 1961 to Portage la Prairie, where they lived at 15 Sunset Drive. She and her husband adopted two children, and she left work for some time to raise them. At Portage, Carl was Regional Director for the Social Services Division of the Department of Health and Social Services, and he was a member of Rotary International, a service club.
           After her first husband’s death Kathleen moved to Winnipeg in June 1973 to live with her future second husband. She m. (2) (as his third wife) 12 April 1975 in their home at 4 Cromer Bay, Winnipeg, but was separated from in 1984, and divorced on 21 Dec. 2000, Ross Victor Goodwin Dobson, of Winnipeg, b. 15 April 1934 at London, Ontario, alive in 2010, widower of Mary Eleanor Kuske, former husband of Carol Mary (Stark) Dick, and subsequently husband of Roberta Simpson; he was a son of Walter Dobson, of London, Ontario, by the latter’s wife Doris Eva Goodwin. He was until 197_ a producer with CBC Radio, and received a Master’s degree in City Planning from the University of Manitoba in 199_.
          Kathleen did freelance radio journalism during the late 1970s, and was secretary for Symposium Studios, an art college, in 1979. In 1979 she returned to social work, and was with the Emergency Department of Health Sciences Centre, in Winnipeg, until her retirement in 1999. In 1998 Kathleen legally resumed the surname of Blythe, which she has retained through her third marriage.
          She m. (3) (as his third wife) 24 Feb. 2001 in Christ the King Church (Roman Catholic), Winnipeg, Ronald Douglas Slate, b. 3 Jan. 1936, alive in 2010, formerly husband of the late Muriel Watt (daughter of Ed Watt, of Brandon, by his wife Florence Stewart), widower of Marie Marguerite Cecile Jeannette (Leveque) Williams, and son of Frank Douglas Slate, of Winnipeg, by the latter’s wife, Georgianna Hester Robinson. They are still living at 4 Cromer Bay, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2M 4C5, as of March 2009.
          Children of first marriage, both adopted:
      1. John Blythe Dawshka (the present writer, commonly known since his mother’s second emarriage as John Blythe Dobson), b. 7 Nov. 1961 at Brandon, Manitoba; unmarried. He received a B.A. (4-year) in Dramatic Studies in 1987, a B.A. in English in 1988, and a B.A. (Honors) in History in 1990, all from the University of Winnipeg. He started as an assistant in the U. of W. Library in 1982, worked in the Reference Department thereof from 1986 to 2000, and since 2000 has been the library’s website administrator. He has been a contributing editor to The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record since the January 2010 issue. He lived with his mother until April 2000, then at 23-10 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg, until August 2005, since which he has lived at 1170 Spruce Street, R3E 2V3.
      2. Ann Marie Dawshka (who briefly used the surname Dobson after her mother’s second marriage), b. 14 Nov. 1963 at Winnipeg. She studied for two years at the University of Winnipeg, and later worked as a baker and veterinarian’s assistant. She m. 15 June 1996 in the Roman Catholic Church, Lorette, Manitoba, Kieran Johnston, b. 18 July 1964, son of Desmond and Betty (____) Johnston, of Winnipeg. She and her husband live near Dufresne, Manitoba, and are the owners of Quickdraw Embroidery, which they operate out of their home. Issue:

         (natural child, by ________)

         1. Jessica Blythe Dawshka, b. 24 Jan. 1986 at Winnipeg. She m. 7 July 2006 at the home of her mother near Dufresne, Manitoba, Patrick Michael Leonoff, son of Les and Shaun (____) Leonoff. Issue:

            (by Adam Emerson:)

            1. Caleb Michael Dawshka, b. 16 Oct. 2002.

            (by her husband:)

            2. Mikalah Blythe Leonoff, b. 4 April 2006.

         (by her husband)

         2. Maeve Kathleen Elizabeth Johnston, b. 23 Sept. 1997 at Winnipeg.
         3. Hugh Desmond Johnston, b. 19 Dec. 1999 at Winnipeg.
   3. Judith Ann Blythe (who used the surname Wilkes during her first marriage, then reverted to her maiden surname and has retained it since), b. 20 Sept. 1940 at Winnipeg, alive in 2010. She m. (1) 30 Dec. 1960 in St Jude’s Anglican Church, Home Street, Winnipeg, and divorced 1984, John (for many years known as “Jack”) David Wilkes, b. 25 March 1933 at Winnipeg, alive in 2010, son of David Wilkes, of Winnipeg, a boiler-maker’s assistant with the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.), by the latter’s wife Elsie Sexton, daughter of James Sexton, also of Winnipeg, a tinsmith with the C.P.R.^[43] She and her husband moved to Gladstone, Manitoba, in 1961, to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, in 1962, and to Calgary, Alberta, in Aug. 1964, where they spent most of their married life at 4923 Claret Street N.W. He, who received a B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba, joined the staff of Forest Lawn High School, Calgary in 1969, and was subsequently head of the Science Department there until his retirement.
           Judith Blythe received a B.S.W. in 1980 and an M.S.W. in 1982, both from the University of Calgary, her research specialty being the counselling of families of suicide victims. Meanwhile she worked in corrections, including the John Howard Society, and for the Alberta Solicitor General as a probation officer. Since graduating she has worked for the Canadian Mental Health Association, developing a program for bereaved families of suicides; she has been a counsellor for the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, working with cancer patients and their families, from 1984 to 1986; and she has been Hospice Coordinator of the extended care facility, Bethany Care Centre, since 1986.
           Judith m. (2) (as his second wife) 19 Sept. 1987 at Calgary, but separated Dec. 1988 and divorced 23 Jan. 1992, Norman Jackson, b. 20 May 1923 at Edmonton, d. 1 May 2007 at Calgary, son of Frank and Eliza Naylor (Brown) Jackson, of Edmonton, Alberta. Until his retirement he was a social worker, and has taught university courses in Social Work.
           Judith m. (3) (as his second wife) 2 Jan. 1995, Martin T. Smith, b. 9 April 1930, d. 19 June 2010, a widower, son of Edwin T. Smith and Fern ____, of Calgary. Prior to his retirement he was a building contractor.
          By her first husband, Judith has three sons:
      1. Alan David Wilkes, b. 17 Sept. 1963 at Portage la Prairie. He received a B.A. (4-year) in Political Science from the University of Calgary in 1989. He m. Chiho Taguchi. They have two sons:
         1. Kai Taguchi-Wilkes, b. 21 Jan. 2007 at Calgary.
         2. Sho Taguchi-Wilkes, b. 14 Dec. 2008 at Calgary.
      2. Glen James Wilkes, b. 23 April 1967 at Calgary; unmarried. He graduated from high school in 1985, and was a day-care centre worker for two years. He has since worked mainly as a server in restaurants. He is now (2008) a postal worker with Canada Post.
      3. Christopher Richard Wilkes, b. 23 Jan. 1969 at Calgary. He graduated from high school in 1987. He m. 11 Sept. 1999 at Calgary, Corey Smith, daughter of Martin T. Smith, of Calgary, above-mentioned, by his first wife. They have one daughter:
         1. Rachael Elizabeth Wilkes, b. 15 Sept. 2002 at Calgary.
3. Frederick George McCullough, b. 1 April 1905 at no. 38 Guildford Road, Ilford, Essex (now Redbridge, Greater London), d. 11 Jan. 1984, following a stroke. He m. (1) before 1953, Mary ____, who d. shortly after their marriage. He m. (2) (as her second husband) 11 Dec. 1951, but divorced in 1975, Kathleen (Shehowsky) Black, a widow, d. 1993. He m. (3) probably in 1976, Gwen Fuller. Issue, by second wife:
   1. Dale Frederick McCullough, b. 27 April 1953. He m. Debra Magnussen. Only child:
      1. Jenna Rae McCullough, b. 14 Feb. 1984.
   2. Kirk Lorne McCullough, b. 27 Aug. 1954. He m. Leah Anne Philcox. Children:
      1. Samuel Lorne McCullough, b. 21 March 1987.
      2. Meghan Kathleen McCullough, b. 23 Aug. 1989.
4. Reginald Thomas McCullough, b. 19 Oct. 1906 in the Seven Kings District, d. 16 Nov. 1989 (aged over 83 years) at Vancouver, of emphysema, and buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Burnaby. He m. 17 Oct. 1931 at Winnipeg, his sister-in-law, Noel Blythe (no middle name), b. 19 Dec. 1905 at Winnipeg, d. 7 Nov. 1994 at Vancouver, aged nearly 89 years,^[44] sister of Alan Blythe, above-named, and daughter of John Jarratt Blythe, of Winnipeg, by the latter’s wife Mildred Mary Flint. They met when his family moved into the adjacent suite of the rooming house where her family was staying on Victor Street, and were married eight years later. Her husband was a sign-painter with the Canadian Pacific Railway. She had lived with her parents until the marriage, entered Success-Angus Business College in 1920 and studied there for some time, then worked for several years at Modern Laundry. After living briefly in various places, they lived at 389 Central Avenue (until 1945), at 1932 Elgin Avenue (1945 to 19__), then at 408 Jefferson Avenue until 197_, when they moved to Vancouver. Reginald McCullough was confined to a nursing home for several years before his death. Noel spent the last years of her life near her daughter Teresa, at “Trinity Lodge,” 2125 Eddington Drive, Vancouver. Issue:
   1. Teresa Helen McCullough, b. 28 June 1935 at Winnipeg. She m. (in a religious ceremony) 26 March 1966 in the home of her parents, at 408 Jefferson Street, Winnipeg, Adolf Franz Alscher, b. 28 Sept. 1934 in Germany, d. 7 (?) May 1992 at Vancouver, of hear failure. Immediately after their marriage she and her husband moved to Vancouver, B.C., where he had previously been living. He worked for some time as a cabinet maker, and they subsequently owned the Murray Hotel, which they sold about 1987. They lived, and Teresa is still (2001) living, at 2404 Eddington Drive, Vancouver, BC V6L 2G1. They have three children. Issue:
      1. Eric Franz Alscher, b. 8 Sept. 1968 at Vancouver; unmarried. He received a B.A. (4-year) in Psychology from the University of British Columbia in 1991. He worked for some time as a customs officer at the Vancouver Airport. He was living with his parents in 1992.
      2. Kurt Thomas Alscher, b. 28 Aug. 1969 at Vancouver. He received a B.A. (4-year) in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia in 1991. He m. 19 Aug. 1991 in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church (Roman Catholic), 10^th Avenue, Vancouver, Audrey Leong, b. 1 Oct. 1967 in Malaysia, daughter of Philip and Monica (____) Leong, of Vancouver. His wife received a Bachelor of Commerce degree (5-year) from the same place in 1990, and is presently working for the Bank of Canada (1990). She has an A.R.T.C. (?) in piano. They are living at Vancouver, and as of 2003 have one child, Cara Theresa Alscher, b. 3 Aug. 1999.
      3. Janna Patricia Alscher, b. 22 Oct. 1971 at Vancouver; m. Richard Lewis. After completing a year-long program, she became a Legal secretary. She and her husband are living at Vancouver, and as of 2003 have one child.
   2. Patricia Arlene McCullough (twin), b. 1 March 1939 at Winnipeg. She received a B.A. from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, and further degrees in Education and in Social Work. She is living (2001) at Montreal.
   3. Mary Elizabeth McCullough (twin), b. 1 March 1939 at Winnipeg, d. young at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
5. William Ernest (“Ernie”) McCullough, b. 6 May 1912 at Ilford, Essex, near London, d. 1 Aug. 1987. He m. 6 June 1936 in St. Matthew’s Church (Anglican), Winnipeg, Margaret Ellen Key, b. 27 April 1913 at Delorane, Manitoba, d. 9 June 1989 at Montréal, of lung cancer, daughter of Frank Percy Key and his wife Beatrice Ellen Kingston. Issue:
   1. Maureen Joan McCullough, b. 11 June 1944 at St. Boniface, Manitoba, alive in 2001. She m. 6 April 1968 in St. Marks Anglican Church, Dorval, P.Q., Charles Richard Murray, b. 1940-41 at Montréal. They were living at Montréal between 1970 and 1974, but moved to Toronto by 1989. They have two children.
   2. Virginia (“Ginnie”) Ellen McCullough, b. 16 Dec. 1946 at Winnipeg, alive in 2001. She m. 16 Dec. 1972 at Montréal, Graham Fowler, b. — Aug. 1944 (?) in New Zealand. They were living at Montréal between 1977 and 1980. They have two children.
6. Joan Deborah Elizabeth McCullough, b. 15 Feb. 1918 at Canningtown, West Ham, London, d. during the night of 28-29 March 1991 at Nanaimo, British Columbia. Joan attended Kelvin Technical High School, Winnipeg, where she was the winner of a Governor-General’s medal. She m. 25 Nov. 1940 (on her husband’s birthday) at Winnipeg, Herman Rabeneck, b. 25 Nov. 1904 at Sobolevo, near Moscow, Russia, d. 3 Feb. 1980 at Nainaimo, B.C., son of Eduard Rabeneck, of London, England, formerly of Russia. Her husband, as a child, briefly studied piano with Lily Tchaikovskaïa, niece of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with whom he was indirectly connected by marriage (his father’s brother and the composer’s first cousin married sisters). He became a fisherman. In 1942 they moved to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, where he owned a fishing boat. They have three children:
   1. Linda Rabeneck, M.D., b. 14 June 1948 at Nanaimo. She lived from about 1991 to 2001 at Houston, Texas. She m. 2 May 1970, but was subsequently divorced from, Friedhelm (“Fritz”) Aubke, b. 28 March 1932 at Herne, West Germany.
   2. Sonya Rabeneck, Ph.D., b. 9 April 1950 at Nanaimo. He received a doctorate in Nutrition Science. She worked for some time in Nigeria. Later, by 1988, she moved to Ottawa, where she and her husband lived for ten years. In 1997 she moved to Geneva, Switzerland, where she still (2002) resides, and is working for the World Health Organization. She m. by 1988, Hooman Peimani, a political scientist and author, who was born at Tehran, Iran. They have one son.
   3. John Herman Rabeneck, b. 6 July 1951 at Nanaimo. In 1976 he was working at the Nanaimo Fisheries Biological Station as an electronics engineer. He was still living at Nanaimo in 2001. He has one daughter and one son.

No. 38 Guildford Road, Ilford, Essex (now Redbridge, Greater London), birthplace of Frederick George McCullough in 1905; photographed by his son, Kirk McCullough
(click for larger image)

Notes

name                sex  born  age district          county
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McCullough, William  M   1843  68  Stow on the Wold  Gloucestershire 
McCullough, Ellen    F   1848  63  Stow on the Wold  Gloucestershire   
McCullough, Jessie   F   1901  10  Stow on the Wold  Gloucestershire   

name            relat. cond. age  occupation           where born
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William McCullough  head  M  32   coachman domestic    Ireland
Annie McCullough    wife  M  28                        Suffolk: Groton
William McCullough  son   S   4                        Suffolk: Groton
George McCullough   son   S   4 mos.                   Suffolk: Groton

name                 relationship cond. sex age occupation  where born
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McCullough, William*         head  mar   M  41  coachman    Belfast, Ireland
                                                  domestic
McCullough, Annie Elizabeth  wife  mar   F  38  ----        Groton, Suffolk
McCullough, William          son   ----  M  14  school      Groton, Suffolk
McCullough, George           son   ----  M  10  school      Groton, Suffolk
McCullough, Thomas           son   ----  M   8  ----        Hamstead, London
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* Years married: 16

Some Sites of Related Interest

• Surnames of Co. Down: McCullough & variants
  <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/Mc/ McCullough.htm>

From the Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson
URL = library.uwinnipeg.ca/people/Dobson/genealogy/ff/McCullough.cfm
This page written 27 January 2001
Last revised 30 July 2011