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Bridget Colleton/Culleton

Bridget Colleton/Culleton

Born
1833-02-02 12:00:00
Died
1919-08-02 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

Bridget Culleton/Colleton, a servant, migrated to Adelaide, South Australia aboard Confiance in 1854, age 21.  Her parents were Thomas Colleton/Culleton and Mary Whelan/Phelan? from Watree via Gowran, Kilkenny. Bridget married Johann Traugott WEINERT a farmer, at Lobethal, SA and they had nine children. She died named Mary Ann WEINERT,  aged 84 years, in 1919 and is buried at the Lobethal cemetery.

She was accompanied by Anne Williams, age 18 years,  b 1833 father Michael Williams, mother Biddy Nolan, from Coolacuttia, Paulstown, Kilkenny, and they both married German men from Lobethal South Australia. Anne was witness at Bridget's wedding in 1856. Sadly Anne has no descendants of her own. 

I was able to trace Bridget through Anne. I found them together on the shiplist for the Confiance.If it hadn't been for this clue I would never have traced her heritage as every time her name was recorded it had a different spelling. The name on the shiplist is Collenan and her marriage is Collinson. The surname for each birth was different eg Colton, Coulighan etc

Associated communities

Kilkenny

County Kilkenny, or Cill Chainnigh in Irish, is located in the south-east region of Ireland.  It is known as the Marble City because of its distinctive black marble.  We have a population of approximately 95,419.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.  

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • The church where James and Bridget were married-April 27th 1827

    Location: Kilkenny

  • O'Loughlin Memorial Church of St John the Evangelist

    Location: Kilkenny

    Dublin Road, Kilkenny

  • Kilfane House

    Location: Kilkenny

    Kilfane House, Between Gowran and Thomastown

  • Kilkenny Castle

    Location: Kilkenny

    Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland

Timeline events in this community

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1938-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1893 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final

    1894-06-24 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1897 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final

    1898-11-20 12:00:00